I'm Going To Japan

Just goes to show you..... there's a$$holes in every culture. He was probably against having an exchange student in the first place.

I'm hoping we can host a Japanese exchange student next year. It would only be for a few weeks, but I think it would be great!

Anime Dad wrote:Just goes to show you..... there's a$$holes in every culture. He was probably against having an exchange student in the first place.

I'm hoping we can host a Japanese exchange student next year. It would only be for a few weeks, but I think it would be great!

tell them to bring you some kobe beef packed in dry ice as an omiyage for you (their host family).....except nothing less. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:i read this post over at another forum...this has got to be the worst host family exchange experience EVER. American teenager staying in Japan

I am currently on a foreign exchange in Japan and i have to say i have had one of the worst host dads ever. he`s so rude to me. i really can`t stand him so thank god i only have a month left (i`ve been counting the days for a long time)
here`s some examples
on the first day, the. very. first. day. i went home together with the family. first it was pleasant but as we were sitting down to dinner the dad is looking over my information and points to my weight and says `is this real? are you sure you`re not more like 90 kilos (30 kilos more than what was written down...)?`
i am not fat i am a normal sized 17 year old. i am on my cross country team back in the states. i couldn`t believe how rude he was especially on my very first day and when i was already so nervous to be in a new country and he had to say something so rude.
it wasn`t a joke either.

here`s another example, during around the half-way point i came home from the gym and i was so tired and the host dad says to me that i had really tried hard. he also said the word `debu` (fatty) in that sentence so i thought he was calling me fat again (he called me fat and compared me to the buddha guy with the big belly a lot during the year) and i had finally had it. i never confronted the dad before, i was always patient and pretended to ignore but that day had been bad and i was tired so i finally confronted him and he exploded.
he got in my face screaming and saying that i was making a mistake and how he didn`t care what i thought about him. the mom had to calm him down he was storming around and yelling angrily the whole time. sometimes saying very rude things about me. i couldn`t believe it. he calmed down finally though. i cried that night. i hated him so much.

here`s one/two more recent examples of his stupid shit:
he asked/scoffed why do americans make such a big deal out of christmas. i replied to him that it was a time to get together with family and the celebration of jesus` birthday. `that`s it?` was his basic reply `just because of jesus` birthday?` (he`s catholic. he`s such dumb shit.) i asked him what`s so great about the new year. `because it`s the start of the new year` he replied grinning as if that explained everything.

one more. he told me about how after the war (he was born after the war so he wasn`t a soldier or anything and his family wasn`t affected by it either) that there were many americans in japan. they would teach him boxing and give japanese children american candy. he then added later on how they would call americans akai oni (red devils) because of how red white peoples faces get.

why did he even have to add that? why is he so rude? are all japanese men like this? i hate him so much. it`s kind of dettering me from japan but i`ve liked my classmates a lot i just can`t stand this guy. sorry about all this text. thanks for reading, please give me some advice or hope.

That was....interesting, wow the host dad did sound a little rude though, he probably never wanted to exange students in first place, i bet he argue with his wife about having a american student come to Japan to live with him for while, i can feel his pain, but he should have still showed a little more respect to the student i guess? I have a friend who just went to Japan also, because her father live there, and she also have a boyfriend there she wants to see badly so lol.

Tu_triky wrote:

tell them to bring you some kobe beef packed in dry ice as an omiyage for you (their host family).....except nothing less. :hehe:

Now there's an idea....... and some sake too.... just so they feel at home.

Raining JHan wrote:

That was....interesting, wow the host dad did sound a little rude though, he probably never wanted to exange students in first place, i bet he argue with his wife about having a american student come to Japan to live with him for while, i can feel his pain, but he should have still showed a little more respect to the student i guess? I have a friend who just went to Japan also, because her father live there, and she also have a boyfriend there she wants to see badly so lol.

if that was my host dad i would have stuck a chopstick in his eye...and then kicked his ass in front of his daughter to show him that her dad really is a bitch so she should lend her dad one of her bras.

Tu_triky wrote:

if that was my host dad i would have stuck a chopstick in his eye...and then kicked his ass in front of his daughter to show him that her dad really is a bitch so she should lend her dad one of her bras.

OMG Violence would not be the answer u know? lol :shakehead:

Raining JHan wrote:

OMG Violence would not be the answer u know? lol :shakehead:

no violence, you'd just be helping him get in touch with his feminine side...cuz once you punk his ass, he'll feel like a beeyotch.

Tu_triky wrote:

no violence, you'd just be helping him get in touch with his feminine side...cuz once you punk his ass, he'll feel like a beeyotch.

:rofl: :rofl: You're on fire today man :hehe: :hehe:

Anime Dad wrote:

:rofl: :rofl: You're on fire today man :hehe: :hehe:

gotta get through mondays somehow...since i'm refraining from imbibing alcohol spirits for the time being....i must turn to my other addiction....humor. :P

Tu_triky wrote:

no violence, you'd just be helping him get in touch with his feminine side...cuz once you punk his ass, he'll feel like a beeyotch.

:rofl: oh my goodness, maybe it would not go that far, before u know it u would be asked to leave the country for out of line conduct lol

Anime Dad wrote:

Now there's an idea....... and some sake too.... just so they feel at home.

yeah the type of sake they used to massage the cattle before it became your next dinner. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:

gotta get through mondays somehow...since i'm refraining from imbibing alcohol spirits for the time being....i must turn to my other addiction....humor. :P

At least humor is good for you :P

Thankfully i've survived Monday already, now i'm putting up with Tuesday :doh:

Anime Dad wrote:

At least humor is good for you :P

yeah last time i checked i doesn't screw up your liver....

Thankfully i've survived Monday already, now i'm putting up with Tuesday :doh:

then you should be saying "mo ippon onegaishimasu"

Tu_triky wrote:

if that was my host dad i would have stuck a chopstick in his eye...and then kicked his ass in front of his daughter to show him that her dad really is a bitch so she should lend her dad one of her bras.

:lol: Thank you. :bow: I needed the laugh.

Wynter wrote:

:lol: Thank you. :bow: I needed the laugh.

dou itashimashite <you're welcome>

:victory:

Tu_triky wrote:

then you should be saying "mo ippon onegaishimasu"

Sounds good to me :) :drink:

Anime Dad wrote:

Sounds good to me :) :drink:

Oh my Goodness!

Anime Dad wrote:

Sounds good to me :) :drink:

or if you want to dispense with the honorifics you can always just say
"mo ippai"...means the same thing.

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A woman walks by the winter illuminations outside Tokyo Dome in Tokyo December 8, 2006. (Reuters)

Tu_triky wrote:[image]

A woman walks by the winter illuminations outside Tokyo Dome in Tokyo December 8, 2006. (Reuters)

Wow!! The shapes and lights make it real beautiful!! :love_eyes: