Life of an English Hen

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Strange English things

Ok, now I've written the main bulk of my time 'back home', now I'll enlarge on weird things about being being there!

*Queues
*Chocolate bar vending machines (that don't exist in Japan, only drinks ones, or cigarettes, or alcohol.) And that don't accept notes either!
*Blunt bordering on rude Dutch air-staff, although that is due largely to their outgoingness/frankness, in contrast to the perfect service done so humbly by Japanese staff and especially women.
*A lot of people with different skin colours.
*Couples kissing on the plane! (In Japan couples hug or hold hands, but rarely kiss in public.)
*A lovely relaxed attitude towards Christian mission which I liked, seeing God as the author of all that happens.
*Lots of cakes. And more cakes. And puddings. And sweet things.
*Grubby coffee shops and toilets.
*Enormous sizes of clothes and shoes in stores like Tesco. (actually just 'normal' UK size but looked kinda enormous.)
*Chatty taxi drivers who don't dress up for the job.

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