ah the women of the staff room...
so, as i was saying on my previous entry, i've been trying to not eat as much rice and bread. ok. fair enough. maybe a bit anal but who's business is it anyway? so lately this has caused a bit of a stir amongst the teachers whom i eat lunch with at the lunch table in the teachers room. the women. arg the women. today i was helping to put soup on a tray and one sensei asked me why i didn't eat my rice yesterday and asked if i was trying to diet. i said, well, kinda. choto diet! and she just looks me up and down and says, 'smart girl!' and then another teacher asked me if i was bigger before i came to japan, and i thought about it and just said, 'well maybe a bit' and there were gasps of astonishment and laughter...as if they couldn't actually believe i had been bigger than i am now. aaaaaaaaaah what a great day. such a cruel "...."
posted by Justine at 12:45 a.m.
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try not to let it get to you. although i have had similar experiences here(and some recently). it sucks. we are genetically different to them. we are not meant to be the same size as them. i feel like a heifer in a land of waifs! remember we are not fat/big at home! plus japanese woman are obsessed by their weight anyway. appearances are everything in this country. totally understand how you're feeling though.
xxx
thanks kell xo
actually, i was saying to the girls earlier about how nice it's been hanging out with all of the ALTs doing the musical. all 30+ of them are all shapes and sizes, and for once in a year and a half i felt normal next to them!
by the way...are you coming to singapore????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? hope so!
You know that Japanese people usually use the the word "smart" to mean thin. Honestly, I found out when I was doing my appearences lesson. Thin people are smart, and smartly dressed are formal.
really! interesting.
how was england, martin?
As I mentione last night and Martin said, I don't know why but Japanese people say "smart" as a thin or slim. Crazily, they believe that word "smart" is an English word which has the same meanings as English "smart" does. She probably meant you did not have to be on diet. However, the last part was not really nice anyway...
I dunno J, i saw you eat a tub of lard last week you fattie. You need to cut down.
aw kitty kat. you really know how to make a girl feel good.
hey are you coming to mari and kim's wedding party tonight?
WHY HASN'T ANYONE GOTTEN BACK TO ME???????????? except for lindsay and iwan. THAT'S IT! dumbasses.
gomen ne
ive had no computer time this week.
Anyway, answer is, NO, i shall not be coming as i have 101 things to do before tomorrow....culture day plus since i gotta be in school at 8, and i can never turn down a drink or two, i thought it would be best.
However, was gonna pop over to yours on the way home from the city this afternoon (doing license shit) and ask a favour..can i borrow your camera charger till sat night...that's when ill meet you lot in the city or whatever it is we ve decided to do.......onegai?
ok, back to work
you're missing rehearsal again?
i think mary should just cut you out of the play. very irresponsible.
re. the charger: what time were you thinking? i'll be at school till 5pm and i'm on my bike in toyoura...should be home before 5:30...but the only thing is that my camera battery is also dead and i'll want it for tonight so i'll need to charge it first. what time were you thinking about coming?
yes yes what can i say? Ill be there sunday.....school has all my time :-)
Ummmmmmmm, sometime around 6ish, anyway, before you go out....no worries
there's no rehearsal on sunday. only on saturday this week.
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