What happens in Japan STAYS in Japan LOL : ) <Stillwaters Idea), I love it ....Hahahahaha..... wait a minute....I might need that police station one say it slower!! .....Hahaha BLessed BE!!!
hello, umm yea the night club is on fire and you have a beautiful toilet.. both popular things to say to folks when you visit Japan..
In my history reading, I discovered that Japan must be like one of the oldest peoples in the world with things that are distinctively Japanese going back 17,000 years or more.... plus they make some real good machines.. of all the motorbikes I have torn apart, the honda's and the suzuki's were the best..
...and thank you. Our toilet was made by a master...
Yeah, they're an old culture but way too closed minded for my tastes.
I got off the line with a friend of mine over here. It looks as though yet another major company in my industry is going belly up soon. I'm considering making a warning video for anyone thinking of coming over here to work.
I like Zen and some other eastern thinking, the Japanese also have a movie tradition that reminds me of our own western motif - their women are pretty and delicate (which is not to say that German stock red heads are not :) ed.)) It's like our youthful North American culture, I can appreciate the old and the people very much but making them into idols and resentment are perhaps what turns us off..
yes, I have seen another downgrade on Japanese debt.. what's going on?
In the west we don't see that they don't really like to learn over here. They are trying to solve all their problems in the traditional Japanese way, but that way doesn't work anymore.
So, their system is falling apart and they remain blind to it all.
I have very little hope that Japan will correct itself in the future, sadly.
Sry I'm late to reply Crim, I had a skype call from home.
The traditional Japanese way of doing things is militaristic based upon the belief that there is no better way than what the Japanese male comes up with. Though there has been a lot of development in their society in the past couple of decades, the old ways are still quite prevalent.
For instance, the way bosses around here encourage their employees to work is to gather them all together and verbally abuse the worst worker.
Arranged marriages only ended in the generation preceding mine.
The end result is that many younger Japanese university grads are looking at the west, seeing what we have, and trying to leave Japan. They are experiencing a brain drain as a result.
Another problem lies in the traditional concept of "wa" or peace. The short version is: Don't rock the boat for other Japanese people. It's due to this principle that their banks found themselves in trouble in the '90's...
The banks, when looking at their non performing loans, did not want to cause trouble for Japanese companies so instead of pressuring them to put together companies that actually work (not the Toyotas and Mitsubishi's, but the smaller local companies that make up a large portion of the employers around here) they would ignore the blatant fact that these companies had altered their books.
Then, when these compaies fail, the bosses turn around and blame the employees.
Sorry for the lengthy response. I'm kind of in the thick of it over here and I'm watching more and more companies, larger ones, fall apart at the seems.
Add to that the fact that they will not accept help from outsiders, (ie foreigners) no matter what, and it spells a recipe for disaster.
Right now, I'm watching a former company of mine (a major player in my industry) go through the start of its death throws for the very reasons above, as well as others.
Well it does sound like the winds of reform are in the air in Japan.. Considering their economic rise since WWII I would think these problems might exist as that is where they were at then and the emporer was still God.. I would consider too that back when I was a kid, cheap Japanese stuff still was everwhere of the low quality we find from China today but now Japanese products are considered high quality.. oh and sometimes the shit will hit the fan before it gets better.
Sounds like working for some Japanese companies as a Japanese person is like everything I hated about the military, when a good soldier really should be defined as when that helps his buddy out when he falls behind.. this idea of rising to the top by stepping on everybody else doesn't suit what I know is right and what my religion teaches.. kind of the opposite and the Japanese would do well to listen to their own ancient fathers and mothers.. who was that Zen philosopher.. ???
PS.. I also remember when they were all about that Japanese method of running companies in the late 1980s and I forget what that was called.. but that rah rah rah shit always made me ill.. I prefer the Martin Luther idea of vocation to that stuff.. i.e. you do your job well because it's the right thing to do, not because of some prize.. I worked in an office that they pit the other sales people against each other and in 2004 I left all that to do it myself for the reason that I like a paycheck.
Yeah, I hear ya. The problem is the prize they're competing for is to not be the one yelled at when things go wrong.
The economic rise in Japan after WWII actually didn't have much to do with their products. The banks just kept pumping money into the system without regards for non performing loans, much as what China is doing today. However, it' hurting Japan now as they are experiencing a real bust after twenty years of boom.
In my world we call that CYA... it's like the silent moto of the securities business.. that's why I am a loner and I don't have a yacht but i do have a canoe and it's very nice.
'banks pumping money'
so then President Obama is embarking on more silly economics with his populist 'give more loans to small business'.. ??
In all honesty, I haven't been watching what President Obama has been up to.
I think, however, it would be iportant to remember that the reason we are in this mess right now is because of all the loans that Reagan encouraged and the debt that was created under his administration.
The bottom line is that the current economic system is failing everybody. A new one is going to have to come about.
lol!!!! nice i loved it =D
Shadowsilas 1 year ago
lol too funny XD
xxxSavvyxxx 1 year ago
What happens in Japan STAYS in Japan LOL : ) <Stillwaters Idea), I love it ....Hahahahaha..... wait a minute....I might need that police station one say it slower!! .....Hahaha BLessed BE!!!
hybeerian 2 years ago
@hybeerian
:) Blessed be!
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
You appear to have missed one of the most important phrases. How do you say
Coffee chusayo
in Japanese?
JustAnotherMutant 2 years ago
@JustAnotherMutant
Chusayo? Don't know that one. Do you mean "chisai" as in "small" ? It sounds a little like "Chisai kohi o nomitai o kudasai" but I can't be certain.
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
Chusayo is "give me, please" (although obviously not in Japanese)
JustAnotherMutant 2 years ago
@JustAnotherMutant
"Chyodai" is the Japanese equivalent.
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
OMG, and you looked so darn *serious*! through the whole thing! That made it twice as---umm-informative.
Yeah.
informative.
lol
Lanthiriel 2 years ago
I was trying not tocrack a smile, it kind of ruins the effect I was hoping for.
:)
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
hi hi what???? cool things to know!? lol
PingeMusic 2 years ago
Lol!! Glad you liked it!
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
hello, umm yea the night club is on fire and you have a beautiful toilet.. both popular things to say to folks when you visit Japan..
In my history reading, I discovered that Japan must be like one of the oldest peoples in the world with things that are distinctively Japanese going back 17,000 years or more.... plus they make some real good machines.. of all the motorbikes I have torn apart, the honda's and the suzuki's were the best..
you have a beautiful toilet.
crimthann86 2 years ago
?!? Who set the night club on fire?
...and thank you. Our toilet was made by a master...
Yeah, they're an old culture but way too closed minded for my tastes.
I got off the line with a friend of mine over here. It looks as though yet another major company in my industry is going belly up soon. I'm considering making a warning video for anyone thinking of coming over here to work.
Please don't eat the yellow snow!
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
I like Zen and some other eastern thinking, the Japanese also have a movie tradition that reminds me of our own western motif - their women are pretty and delicate (which is not to say that German stock red heads are not :) ed.)) It's like our youthful North American culture, I can appreciate the old and the people very much but making them into idols and resentment are perhaps what turns us off..
yes, I have seen another downgrade on Japanese debt.. what's going on?
crimthann86 2 years ago
The country is falling apart, actually.
In the west we don't see that they don't really like to learn over here. They are trying to solve all their problems in the traditional Japanese way, but that way doesn't work anymore.
So, their system is falling apart and they remain blind to it all.
I have very little hope that Japan will correct itself in the future, sadly.
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
what is the traditional Japanese way? Why do you say it's falling apart.?
crimthann86 2 years ago
Sry I'm late to reply Crim, I had a skype call from home.
The traditional Japanese way of doing things is militaristic based upon the belief that there is no better way than what the Japanese male comes up with. Though there has been a lot of development in their society in the past couple of decades, the old ways are still quite prevalent.
For instance, the way bosses around here encourage their employees to work is to gather them all together and verbally abuse the worst worker.
cont..
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
Another example:
Arranged marriages only ended in the generation preceding mine.
The end result is that many younger Japanese university grads are looking at the west, seeing what we have, and trying to leave Japan. They are experiencing a brain drain as a result.
Another problem lies in the traditional concept of "wa" or peace. The short version is: Don't rock the boat for other Japanese people. It's due to this principle that their banks found themselves in trouble in the '90's...
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
cont...
The banks, when looking at their non performing loans, did not want to cause trouble for Japanese companies so instead of pressuring them to put together companies that actually work (not the Toyotas and Mitsubishi's, but the smaller local companies that make up a large portion of the employers around here) they would ignore the blatant fact that these companies had altered their books.
Then, when these compaies fail, the bosses turn around and blame the employees.
cont...
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
Sorry for the lengthy response. I'm kind of in the thick of it over here and I'm watching more and more companies, larger ones, fall apart at the seems.
Add to that the fact that they will not accept help from outsiders, (ie foreigners) no matter what, and it spells a recipe for disaster.
Right now, I'm watching a former company of mine (a major player in my industry) go through the start of its death throws for the very reasons above, as well as others.
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
Well it does sound like the winds of reform are in the air in Japan.. Considering their economic rise since WWII I would think these problems might exist as that is where they were at then and the emporer was still God.. I would consider too that back when I was a kid, cheap Japanese stuff still was everwhere of the low quality we find from China today but now Japanese products are considered high quality.. oh and sometimes the shit will hit the fan before it gets better.
crimthann86 2 years ago
Sounds like working for some Japanese companies as a Japanese person is like everything I hated about the military, when a good soldier really should be defined as when that helps his buddy out when he falls behind.. this idea of rising to the top by stepping on everybody else doesn't suit what I know is right and what my religion teaches.. kind of the opposite and the Japanese would do well to listen to their own ancient fathers and mothers.. who was that Zen philosopher.. ???
crimthann86 2 years ago
PS.. I also remember when they were all about that Japanese method of running companies in the late 1980s and I forget what that was called.. but that rah rah rah shit always made me ill.. I prefer the Martin Luther idea of vocation to that stuff.. i.e. you do your job well because it's the right thing to do, not because of some prize.. I worked in an office that they pit the other sales people against each other and in 2004 I left all that to do it myself for the reason that I like a paycheck.
crimthann86 2 years ago
Yeah, I hear ya. The problem is the prize they're competing for is to not be the one yelled at when things go wrong.
The economic rise in Japan after WWII actually didn't have much to do with their products. The banks just kept pumping money into the system without regards for non performing loans, much as what China is doing today. However, it' hurting Japan now as they are experiencing a real bust after twenty years of boom.
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
"Yeah, I hear ya"
In my world we call that CYA... it's like the silent moto of the securities business.. that's why I am a loner and I don't have a yacht but i do have a canoe and it's very nice.
'banks pumping money'
so then President Obama is embarking on more silly economics with his populist 'give more loans to small business'.. ??
crimthann86 2 years ago
In all honesty, I haven't been watching what President Obama has been up to.
I think, however, it would be iportant to remember that the reason we are in this mess right now is because of all the loans that Reagan encouraged and the debt that was created under his administration.
The bottom line is that the current economic system is failing everybody. A new one is going to have to come about.
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
BTW, I prefer canoes to yachts. They're less expensive and quieter...
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago
LMAO!! Thanks for the lessons!
MsSophiaDawn 2 years ago
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!!
;)
CanadianoftheCoast 2 years ago