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03-05-2007, 06:37 AM
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03-07-2007, 03:06 AM
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"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer." |
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03-07-2007, 04:02 AM
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Another thing also is it is lonely to get old here. Some might not agree with me, but I have met some old people here, and usually they would asked me how we treat old ppl in my country, some of them admits that they have not been in contact with their children for a long time, and that really saddens me. |
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03-07-2007, 04:08 AM
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"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer." |
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03-07-2007, 04:17 AM
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But what I admire from their old people here is there independence. Even though they are already walking very slowly with their pushcarts/chair they still manage to go to the grocery and buy veggies and other stuff ( am not sure if they live alone though ) |
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03-07-2007, 04:25 AM
true smaller city’s like the one I was staying at might do this because there is more space (still not a lot lol) I generally see that most Japanese Families are close by American standers but still value there personal space (I haven’t met many Closter phobic Japanese either lol)
"To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer." |
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03-07-2007, 04:37 AM
oh yes they really reallly really value their personal space / privacy. It was even discussed how far are we going to protect the personal space of each person. There was a case in the news last year, an old man living alone, was found dead cause he slip in his room and he was unconscious , no one bother to check on him when he did not go out because they thought he needed some privacy.. after a couple of days, the kanrinin finally decided to check on him and found him dead.
Then we they were hit by the spyware winny, there was a big issue on protection of personal information. All personal information must not be disclosed, somehow it was blown out of proportion that somehow I find it really amusing |
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03-07-2007, 04:48 AM
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There was this old man that lived next to one of the English Teachers, and he attempted to commit suicide by lighting himself on fire, well half way threw this he decided he wanted to live, and put himself out. But was in so much pain that all he could do was cry out for help…well the English teacher didn’t really know much Japanese and could hear this man, from the next building but couldn’t understand what he was, (there where other Japanese People there but did nothing ) an hour latter she couldn’t take it any more and Called ( called the local Japanese helper translator first) then the police. He latter died in the hospital but Just to think that no one did any thing because of personal space kind of sucks "To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer." |
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