The Japanese Job
I was on a business trip to Japan recently. It doesn’t really warrant a blog post as the whole trip was too short (just four days and hence the title), but here’s a typical Japanese anecdote I brought along.
It was the next day we arrived. We were supposed to leave the hotel at 8:30 in the morning. Maki, our sweet Japanese tour guide lady/PR representative, walks up to me with a big grin on her face, and the following conversation takes place:
Maki: “Who-sane san! Good news!”, she said cheerfully.
Who-sane: “Oh, what is it, Maki san?”
Maki: “The traffic is light today, Who-sane san. We reach our destination earlier. So we don’t have to leave the hotel at 8:30.”
Who-sane: “That’s great! So what time do we leave?!”
Maki: “We leave at 8:33!”
Who-sane: “……..&^#!@**%$… …..!!”
Maki: “Who-sane san?”
Who-sane: “Well, errrr … that’s errrr good news, Maki san! Now we’ll leave at 8:33 instead of 8:30!!”
Maki: “Yessss!!!”
I LOL’d.
Anyway, here are some photos and a video I took in Japan. It was my first attempt at creating/editing a video, so please spare me the giggles 