Japanese mind frame (chinese wisdom)
"Some things, though right, were considered wrong
for generations. Since the value of righteousness
may be recognized after centuries,
there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation."
"Some things, though right, were considered wrong
for generations. Since the value of righteousness
may be recognized after centuries,
there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation."
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Miss Japa
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6:51 PM
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nani
wakarimasen food for thought, nipponpedia, notepad
Procrastination
procrastinatus pro- (forward)
crastinus (of tomorrow)
Posted by
Miss Japa
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7:46 PM
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nani
wakarimasen emotional geography, notepad
I've never been to a city where, even though the non-stop excessive stimulae, it is so easy to switch off your brain and stop thinking. To simplify things just by responding in a Pavlovian way, to external inputs with actually stopping to reflect on them.
| “ | I was born a gaijin. I grew up a gaijin. I came to Japan a gaijin. It's always been as natural as gazing out a window and appreciating the landscape yet not being one with it. I fit in Japan because I matched the role. I was a gaijin from the get go. I suspect a lot of us were. More than this, I suspect there are many Japanese who feel like gaijin too, viewing themselves as enduring extras in their long-playing epics of life. But none of this is necessarily negative——as all "true" gaijin will understand. | ” |
| —Thomas Dillon, "Born and raised a 'gaijin', Japan Times, December 24, 2005 | ||