Biggest disappointment about Japan and JET so far is...University of Florida bragging rights.
Japanese people follow sports closely, if it's sumo or baseball.
Japanese Person: Oh, do you like sports?
Me: Yes, I do.
JP: American people like football, right?
Me: Yes. Actually, my university won the national championship in football. Oh, and we also won the national championship in basketball back to back.
JP: *blank stare*... So, do you play baseball?
Then there are my fellow JETs.
JET1: Where did you go to college?
Me: University of Florida.
JET1: *eyes glaze over* Is that in Florida?
JET2: You went to Florida?
Me: Yes! You follow sports?!
JET2: No.
Me: National Championship?...Football...basketball...twice...
JET2: ...
JET3: I like sports, my college was in the NCAA tournament two years ago.
Me: Oh! So was mine! University of Florida!
JET3: Don't know...
Me: Do you know who won the tournament two years ago?
JET3: No.
Me: FLORIDA!!
JET3: *rolls eyes*
And these are the American JETs. Everyone else is from the UK, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
For it being a 'small world', Gainesville seems so far away.
Putting the 大 in 大宜味.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
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Cliff, I'm sorry to hear about the failure of bragging rights in Japan. If you want, you can borrow my story about holding the door for Michael Jordan, "Shikago burusu!"
Keep up the good postings, I'm enjoying them.
You met Michael Jordan?!
LOL that's hilarious. We won the game today!!!!
Man, just be glad you got out of the swamp.
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