The last word on bursting bubbles
Hopefully Debito Arudou¡¯s essay ¡±Time to burst your bubble and face reality¡± (Just Be Cause, Dec. 3, 2014) will prove to be a long-overdue wake up call to a great many gaijin [foreigners] like myself who should have realized years ago that all ¡°good¡± things must finally come to an end.
Back in 1984 my rather shy students would ask me, ¡°Why did you come to Japan?¡± Now they would probably ask me in not so shy a manner, ¡°Why are you still here?¡± My response would be ¡°Why not?¡± or even ¡°It¡¯s none of your goddamn business.¡±
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