Saturday, 28 February 2009

Am I becoming Japanese?

Today as I was reflecting , I realised that I have acclamatised myself to Okinawa. Here are 10 areas of progress:

1. The cars that I originally thought were small are now "normal size" in my eyes


2. The Cherry Blossom that was lighting up the place with its pink flowers, shade those flowers and I didnt notice until today!( May be I could be typically Ugandan on this:)



3. The Family Mart store seemed like miles away but now feels like a walk next door.

4. Sleep now comes naturally..no more begging.


  1. I can now walk around without my famous green jacket, neckscarf and gloves!



6. I can confidently say "Ohayo Gozaimasu" ( Good morning) without fearing that I will accidently replace it with " Okinawa gozaimasu"

7. I can comfortably use chopsticks when I eat.

8. I no longer badly need a glass of water after I have climbed the over 87 staircase to my dormitory.

9. I slip some Japanese words such as abunai ( dangerous), yasai ( vegetables), takai ( expensive) into my vocabulary


10. And lastly, I can with EASE write my first name in Japanese!! Hooray

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