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2 years have passed since Jeff moved to Japan.
His Japanese is getting better and his appearance is Asian, so people often mistake him for Japanese.
But there are many moments that I feel he is really Taiwanese, not Japanese in our life. So I’m gonna share some of them.
Arrange the melody of Japanese songs he doesn’t know.
We often sing together at home.
If I start singing a foreign song we both know, he would join me with the correct melody.
But if I sing an old Japanese song or commercial song,
he would join me with melody arranged by himself.
Then I say “the next melody should be ‘……’!!!” to correct him,
but he replies “I just arranged because I don’t know the song.”
I kinda feel sorry for what I said….well I’m impressed at his mind that he just wanna join me even if he doesn’t know the song.
Familiar with Japanese animation, Doraemon, but not Sazae-san.
Doraemon is very famous in Taiwan too.
It is broadcasted on TV and released as manga books.
But one day I said “Let’s watch Sazae-san together.”,
he said “Whose story is that?”……in Japan, both Doraemon and Sazae-san are very famous and popular.
All Japanese know both animations.
I hope Sazae-san is also released in Taiwan someday.
Laugh at foreign movie dubbed in Japanese.
In Taiwan, there is no foreign movies dubbed in Chinese.
Therefore the movie dubbed in Japanese is very funny for him.
He always laughs every time we watch a foreign movie on TV.
Feel uncomfortable with sitting on the floor. Love sitting on the chair.
Taiwanese people don’t have a habit to sit on the floor. Jeff ‘s ass gets hurt easily if he sit on the floor for 20-30 mins only.
Therefore although our apartment is very small, he got a chair for him.
And every time we go back to my home together, my family and relatives are relaxed on the floor.
But only Jeff sits on the chair and relaxed with us.
I will post more tomorrow:)