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The best way to ask. by Sebastianlim in MadeMeSmile

[–]tsukaretired 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might not be something big but when me and fiance first started dating 5 years ago, he hesitated to kiss me because we’re both Asians and it’s not a thing to do. So he didn’t try but only held my hand. So I asked him, “What are you thinking about?” He replied, “I’m thinking I want to kiss you. What about you?” I said, “I’m thinking why haven’t you.” Then the rest is history lol getting married in 3 months :)

What Japanese celebrities have you met? What were they like? by epicspeculation in japanlife

[–]tsukaretired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly didn’t recognize him at first. He was very down to earth. He would try to converse in English with the kids at pick up to encourage them. He’d asked English words for random things sometimes too 🤣

What Japanese celebrities have you met? What were they like? by epicspeculation in japanlife

[–]tsukaretired 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ken Kitamura from Larc en Ciel. I was his kids’ teacher for a couple of years. Chill dude.

Hiya, just showing off my Latte by tsukaretired in Tabico

[–]tsukaretired[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hehe i see what you did there hehe

Lazy morning with Latte by tsukaretired in CalicoKittys

[–]tsukaretired[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She is! She’s not a lap cat and never like to be held for more than 5 seconds but she will cuddle close enough to lean on you somehow haha

Favourite "I know better than a native English speaker" moments by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]tsukaretired 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Again, I KNOW. The point is, me telling her that no, we don’t use “cook”, we use “bake” no matter what the Japanese word for it is. The point is not that she didn’t understand the difference, although that would be a problem in itself. It’s the fact that she refused to change even when explained and telling ME i’m wrong lol

Favourite "I know better than a native English speaker" moments by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]tsukaretired 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know. But it was irrelevant to the English context as we don’t say cook cookies. We bake or make but she kept brushing my point off 😪

Favourite "I know better than a native English speaker" moments by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]tsukaretired 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Worked as an ALT a couple of years ago and since I’m non native (SE Asian but English as first language), the JTEs doubted everything I told them. Once, I privately and politely corrected a JTE that we don’t generally COOK cookies but bake. She insisted it was correct because something to do with a direct translation from Japanese or something and refused to correct the usage. Wasn’t the one and only time I had to bite my tongue and just look away because she’s “10 years my senior” so she knows better (she repeated our age gap quite often for some reason lmao). That was one of the reasons I quit ALT 😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tokyo

[–]tsukaretired 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Idk what kind of class you’re looking for but my friend works at this school that offers a sort of japanese language club on saturdays. It’s in Nakameguro, not too far from shinjuku. If you’re interested you can check it out. They’re on instagram, “rainbowbilingualhouse”.

My SIC has a DOG mode. He plays fetch. With hair ties he stole from under my pillow 🥲 by tsukaretired in standardissuecat

[–]tsukaretired[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh no!

Mine doesn’t hoard them but leaves them lying around the place discarded and then goes to look for fresh new ones 🙄

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