Turning Japanese-ah
FS: Name and occupation?
RR: Jasper Roy Rebong, programmer by day millionaire playboy by night..
FS: Current location?
RR: Ichikawa Chiba, Japan
FS: Hometown?
RR: Manila, Phils.
FS: What made you decide to go to Japan?
RR: Money, the chance to see a new place for free.. to experience living abroad and expose my self to another culture - for personal growth in short. but mostly about money.
FS: How long have you been staying there?
RR: 5 months
FS: Is this your first time in Japan?
RR: No, ive been here about 6x before.. cumulatively, ive already stayed here 2 years previously
FS: What do you like most about Japan?
RR: Convenience.. everything is just a few short walks away.. trains, malls, etc.. its just a rich country.. If you have the money, and if you work here, you surely would.. anything you wanted can be bought..
FS: What do you hate most about it, then?
RR: Its too lonely here.. i feel like the prototypical old geezer, living alone with no one to talk to and nobody to go out with.. plus, the japanese work style is a little too mechanical.. do this, do that.. etc.. very little freedom.. lots of rules and such.. not very casual..
FS: What do you like most about the people?
RR: I dont know about the guys here... i dont go near them.. but the girls.. i can spend all day just looking at all those little things passing before my eyes.. japan is a heaven for perverts.. good thing im not one.. hehe..
FS: Ok, sure. If you say so.
FS: What don't you like most about the japanese people?
RR: I dont know.. they are as alien and foreign to me as when i first met them.. I dont understand them at all.. We have no connection whatsoever.
FS: So you don't consider yourself turned-japanese?
RR: No.. I mean I can speak japanese.. but sometimes, i dont know if what im saying and what they're understanding is the same.. and vice versa.. i used to think i wanted to settle down here.. but after thingking about it.. i dont think i can.. the land rejects me like i am starting to reject it now..
FS: Ok, this is for everyone: Teach us how to swear in japanese..
RR: chikuso! i dont what it means.. but it means something bad.. or hari! you have little pecker.. hehe.. it means shit or something.. i heard it in manga, anime, etc..
FS: What's the equivalent of putangina or son of a bitch?
RR: Wait, now i get it:
chikuso is damnit
kuso is shit
hentai is pervert
kisama is bastard
okama is a homo
ama is bitch
FS: Ok. So how do you say "Dammit, you piece of shit! I knew you were a bastard-homo!"
RR: Haha.. just connect them all? chikuso kisama.. hentai-nakama deshou seems about right.. or chikuso kisama.. hentai-okama deshou
FS: What's the biggest difference or change that you had to cope with, with your recent stay there?
RR: The weather.. i've not experienced such cold..
FS: If you can bring something to japan (from the Phils), what would it be?
RR: I think superficially.. the japanese way is superior from the filipinos. But they are too materialistic.. Perhaps they just need to relax some more.. It is too intense at work sometimes..
FS: If someone you knew was going to go to Japan to work, what would you say to him/her?
RR: Mahirap pare!!! palit na lang tayo ng kalagayan... ayoko na dito... waaaahhhh..... or something like "Japan is really beautiful.." and the money is good.. but f***k, its kills you inside.. So if you can exchange your soul for money, then go ahead and do it.. but if you can't... then just stay there and dont turn your eyes from places such as this.. its like getting that pretty girl youve always wanted.. but when you finally get her, you realize you two are way incompatible.. she wants you to spend, you want to save.. she wants to go out partying.. you want to raise a family.. and so both of you are miserable..
FS: Nice analogy.
RR: Something like that, only.. the only one miserable is you.. and the family you've left behind..
FS: How bleak...
RR: A lot of filipinos are here.. but all ive met.. wanted to go home.. maybe they couldn't so they stay.. but they long for it.. its the one thing thats common among us here.. that hunger to go back home.. but maybe for a sabio it will be different..
FS: Hehe. Maybe. Maybe not.
FS: What is the single most unforgettable experience you had in Japan?
RR: It was not a single moment.. but rather, a culmination of a process.. three years ago i was stationed here too for a year..at the start i was really happy.. going out and so.. but then i started missing my family.. and more and more everyday i got unhappy.. by the tenth month.. i was bitter and angry.. i realize then that i should have handled my emotions better.. but at that time.. i started fighting with everyone.. with my boss, with my coworkers.. i just made everybody's life miserable.. its just not a good thing to do.. i didnt recognize the me of that time.. i hope never to become like that again..
FS: How did you cope?
RR: I wasnt able to..
FS: http://www.wikihow.com/Adjust-to-Life-in-Japan
RR: Thankfully, i came home..
FS: And now you're there again...
RR: And started returning normal.. i thought i can do better this time.. since i was aware of what happened.. i thought it can be prevented.. but.. its starting to drive me crazy again.. and the food pala! I'm sick and tired of japanese food.. bleach!!!
FS: Hehe, japanese food? Tonkatsu? Maki? Yakiniku?
RR: Yeah.. they taste the same.
FS: What do you do in your free time?
RR: Nothing..
FS: Nothing??
RR: Haha.. I just sleep.
FS: No videoke?
RR: Nah. With whom?
FS: No anime movies?
RR: Sometimes, I watch.
FS: No drifting practice?
RR: Nothing.
FS: No samurai swordsman lessons?
RR: Hmm.. I go to places and such.. but nothing social.
FS: No watching "gaki no tsukai?"
RR: Ano yun?
FS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjUkS63mfVY
FS: Panoorin mo yan. Eto pa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcofZqccSQA
RR: Hahahahaha!! Ang wierd talaga nila..
FS: Last question.
RR: Yup.
FS: Any regrets?
RR: Yeah.. lots of regrets.. why, why did i have to do this.. if i was there, i could have prevented ***some text missing*** if i was there.. i wouldnt be like this.. Nagregret ako.. i mean.. i was supervisor and stuff.. tapos nasayang yung careerko.. nanghihinayang ako... sa career ko..
FS: Ok pwede na 'to. Ano kaya astig na title nitong blog entry na to?..
Check out Roy's own blog at: http://mrnezhmetdinov.blogspot.com/
RR: Jasper Roy Rebong, programmer by day millionaire playboy by night..
FS: Current location?
RR: Ichikawa Chiba, Japan
FS: Hometown?
RR: Manila, Phils.
FS: What made you decide to go to Japan?
RR: Money, the chance to see a new place for free.. to experience living abroad and expose my self to another culture - for personal growth in short. but mostly about money.
FS: How long have you been staying there?
RR: 5 months
FS: Is this your first time in Japan?
RR: No, ive been here about 6x before.. cumulatively, ive already stayed here 2 years previously
FS: What do you like most about Japan?
RR: Convenience.. everything is just a few short walks away.. trains, malls, etc.. its just a rich country.. If you have the money, and if you work here, you surely would.. anything you wanted can be bought..
FS: What do you hate most about it, then?
RR: Its too lonely here.. i feel like the prototypical old geezer, living alone with no one to talk to and nobody to go out with.. plus, the japanese work style is a little too mechanical.. do this, do that.. etc.. very little freedom.. lots of rules and such.. not very casual..
FS: What do you like most about the people?
RR: I dont know about the guys here... i dont go near them.. but the girls.. i can spend all day just looking at all those little things passing before my eyes.. japan is a heaven for perverts.. good thing im not one.. hehe..
FS: Ok, sure. If you say so.
FS: What don't you like most about the japanese people?
RR: I dont know.. they are as alien and foreign to me as when i first met them.. I dont understand them at all.. We have no connection whatsoever.
FS: So you don't consider yourself turned-japanese?
RR: No.. I mean I can speak japanese.. but sometimes, i dont know if what im saying and what they're understanding is the same.. and vice versa.. i used to think i wanted to settle down here.. but after thingking about it.. i dont think i can.. the land rejects me like i am starting to reject it now..
FS: Ok, this is for everyone: Teach us how to swear in japanese..
RR: chikuso! i dont what it means.. but it means something bad.. or hari! you have little pecker.. hehe.. it means shit or something.. i heard it in manga, anime, etc..
FS: What's the equivalent of putangina or son of a bitch?
RR: Wait, now i get it:
chikuso is damnit
kuso is shit
hentai is pervert
kisama is bastard
okama is a homo
ama is bitch
FS: Ok. So how do you say "Dammit, you piece of shit! I knew you were a bastard-homo!"
RR: Haha.. just connect them all? chikuso kisama.. hentai-nakama deshou seems about right.. or chikuso kisama.. hentai-okama deshou
FS: What's the biggest difference or change that you had to cope with, with your recent stay there?
RR: The weather.. i've not experienced such cold..
FS: If you can bring something to japan (from the Phils), what would it be?
RR: I think superficially.. the japanese way is superior from the filipinos. But they are too materialistic.. Perhaps they just need to relax some more.. It is too intense at work sometimes..
FS: If someone you knew was going to go to Japan to work, what would you say to him/her?
RR: Mahirap pare!!! palit na lang tayo ng kalagayan... ayoko na dito... waaaahhhh..... or something like "Japan is really beautiful.." and the money is good.. but f***k, its kills you inside.. So if you can exchange your soul for money, then go ahead and do it.. but if you can't... then just stay there and dont turn your eyes from places such as this.. its like getting that pretty girl youve always wanted.. but when you finally get her, you realize you two are way incompatible.. she wants you to spend, you want to save.. she wants to go out partying.. you want to raise a family.. and so both of you are miserable..
FS: Nice analogy.
RR: Something like that, only.. the only one miserable is you.. and the family you've left behind..
FS: How bleak...
RR: A lot of filipinos are here.. but all ive met.. wanted to go home.. maybe they couldn't so they stay.. but they long for it.. its the one thing thats common among us here.. that hunger to go back home.. but maybe for a sabio it will be different..
FS: Hehe. Maybe. Maybe not.
FS: What is the single most unforgettable experience you had in Japan?
RR: It was not a single moment.. but rather, a culmination of a process.. three years ago i was stationed here too for a year..at the start i was really happy.. going out and so.. but then i started missing my family.. and more and more everyday i got unhappy.. by the tenth month.. i was bitter and angry.. i realize then that i should have handled my emotions better.. but at that time.. i started fighting with everyone.. with my boss, with my coworkers.. i just made everybody's life miserable.. its just not a good thing to do.. i didnt recognize the me of that time.. i hope never to become like that again..
FS: How did you cope?
RR: I wasnt able to..
FS: http://www.wikihow.com/Adjust-to-Life-in-Japan
RR: Thankfully, i came home..
FS: And now you're there again...
RR: And started returning normal.. i thought i can do better this time.. since i was aware of what happened.. i thought it can be prevented.. but.. its starting to drive me crazy again.. and the food pala! I'm sick and tired of japanese food.. bleach!!!
FS: Hehe, japanese food? Tonkatsu? Maki? Yakiniku?
RR: Yeah.. they taste the same.
FS: What do you do in your free time?
RR: Nothing..
FS: Nothing??
RR: Haha.. I just sleep.
FS: No videoke?
RR: Nah. With whom?
FS: No anime movies?
RR: Sometimes, I watch.
FS: No drifting practice?
RR: Nothing.
FS: No samurai swordsman lessons?
RR: Hmm.. I go to places and such.. but nothing social.
FS: No watching "gaki no tsukai?"
RR: Ano yun?
FS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjUkS63mfVY
FS: Panoorin mo yan. Eto pa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcofZqccSQA
RR: Hahahahaha!! Ang wierd talaga nila..
FS: Last question.
RR: Yup.
FS: Any regrets?
RR: Yeah.. lots of regrets.. why, why did i have to do this.. if i was there, i could have prevented ***some text missing*** if i was there.. i wouldnt be like this.. Nagregret ako.. i mean.. i was supervisor and stuff.. tapos nasayang yung careerko.. nanghihinayang ako... sa career ko..
FS: Ok pwede na 'to. Ano kaya astig na title nitong blog entry na to?..
Check out Roy's own blog at: http://mrnezhmetdinov.blogspot.com/
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