my nuts? so what?

The Life Size Gundam was officially released and they held the opening ceremony on Saturday. This panoramic image is great, it’d be nice as a wallpaper on your PC.

This is a post that discusses "what is unlucky about Japan, the Japanese?" I agree with some of them, but I think that Japanese politics suck. I would love to show emotions more freely and hug and kiss in public. And I don't like the mentality that: "the nail that sticks up will be hammered down" (=a tall tree catches too much wind). In this society, uniqueness doesn’t make a good impression. Now I remember that Titanic joke about the Japanese.

I understand that foreign people can enjoy adventures in the supermarket because I really love to go to supermarkets in other countries too. It's fun to read peoples’ comments.

This is a new digital sign at a Tokyo electrical event or something. It's pretty cool, right?

Comments

[mari]

yes ! Henry I agree with you.

[henry]

chris:

yet, isn't it better not to decide one's behaviour by the disdain of others (especially old men--how did younger one's respond?), but by what you believe is better and right? In other words, do you want to create the world the way you would like it to be, or just be what others believe you should be (perhaps even due to their own feelings of insecurity, envy, etc.)

[Chris Kuan]

Henry;

mari is talking about the general opprobrium about showing *any* such emotion in public - even between family members.

It's not the embarrassment to the people performing the act - it's the disdain with which they are regarded by the observing members of society.

I once kissed my cousin goodbye as I got off a train in Tokyo, and got a hard stare from one of the old men on the train... -_-

[henry]

It is awkward and embarrassing at first, but it is never bad to offer hugs to people around one when one greets or leaves. It can always leave a good impression with everyone. The people I know who do it, get better at dealing with people and have better relations with people. Some 20 something women friends hug both the men and women they work and study with. There is also a growing "free hug" movement but that seems to be more among strangers. While it is not for everyone, if one can build up the courage and be fair to all around, hugging seems to be a positive energy builder.