Assuming american is required, the following 40 results were found.
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eating meat would reduce my caloric intake and unconsciously lead to healthier meal choices. Seeing how many of my fellow Americans were or eventually became grossly overweight, I should make a lifestyle change now to avoid future health issues. Unlike...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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and it's one of those things I never realized until living abroad. I have collected several points to ponder regarding American's unmistakable culture. A Puritan Culture America was founded on Puritanism--a conservative Christian doctrine expounding the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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We're The Red Coatshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10086-were-the-red-coats
remember from high school history class that a key advantage we Americans had over the British during the American Revolution was that the British simply didn't know who to shoot. The American rebels all looked like farmers, and farmers looked like...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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Why Japanese TV Suckshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/10053-why-japanese-tv-sucks
If you're in America right now, I'm really jealous of your horn of plenty that is American TV. I took my home country's TV for granted, and now I realize how good I really had it. The USA makes the best freakin' TV shows in the world, and to quote the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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Being American living a minimalist "Zen" lifestyle is not something that comes naturally to me. I'm used to ample space, spacious lawns and backyards, and a commodious garage packed full with crap I barely ever use. Over the years Japan has worked...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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crimes here. I could easily go on a crazy "Brewster's Millions" shopping spree and skip town. While jobless irresponsible American me managed to get a decent credit card as a college student, responsibly-employed living-in-Japan me failed time and time...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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What I'll just go ahead and say it from the get-go: American culture just doesn't have as many privacy or modesty provisions built into it as Japan does. We Americans all want attention and fame and all the bling-bling that goes with it. We post YouTube...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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over the drink machine. You can fill up that trashcan-sized cup as much as your high-sodium-&-high-sugar-diet-pumping American heart desires. Damn, I miss that. In Japan, the drink machine is out for customers to use with an ominous bilingual sign...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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my first video podcast. I discuss experiences working in Japan's talent industry with the beautiful and talented fellow American Cait Meyer. More info about Japan's show biz industry here: http://www.mondaiji.com/blog/japan/show-biz
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Podcast
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British Englishhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10197-british-english
During a trip to the UK, I compiled a list of vocabulary that sounds "British" to American me. at the weekend biscuits = cookies brilliant bullocks can't be bothered chap cheeky cheers chips = fries crisps = chips crowd = audience dodgy fit flat hoover...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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platform comes the closest to achieving this easily. - It got a little annoying maintaining a whole PC just for watching American TV streams (I affectionately called it my "Brian Williams PC"). Both Linux and Windows wanted updates and reboots. Approach...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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my first video podcast. I discuss experiences working in Japan's talent industry with the beautiful and talented fellow American Cait Meyer. We shot enough for 2 episodes, so please stay tuned for more! More info about Japan's show biz industry here:...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Podcast
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36 - Overtime in Japanhttps://japanatron.com/?view=article&id=10379:36-overtime-in-japan&catid=52
doing crazy amounts of overtime work, so much so that some have literally dropped dead. There's no way you're going to get American me to work such hours, so what's up with all the overtime in Japan?
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Podcast
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Welcome to Japan--land of ramen, birthplace of Pikachu, and inventor of panty-selling vending machines. Who needs the American dream when you can be an American living in Japan? All the freedom and no Donald Trump! Well, kind of. Assuming you get the...
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- Author: Japanatron
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Take Off Your Shoeshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10092-take-off-your-shoes
any American living in America, I wore my shoes in the house. Shoes on the sofa, shoes on the bed, shoes in the shower, shoes in the backyard, then back in the house. I didn't think twice about it. Living in Japan opened my eyes. Take your fuckin' shoes...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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votes for the best comedians, and the top ones move on to the next, bigger live show. It's basically a contest a la "American Idol." I made it in the show the first time. I think being the only foreigner in the audition room helped a lot. I heard people...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz
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Podcasthttps://japanatron.com/?view=category&id=52
Writer / comedian / American ex-pat David Pavlina hosts Japanatron--a podcast about life, learnings, and cultural experiences in the land of the rising sun. A wide variety of topics related to Japan are covered, all told from the standpoint of an...
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I discuss healthcare in Japan, comparing and contrasting it with USA healthcare. I also share several personal experiences to paint a more colorful cultural picture.
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- Author: Mondaiji
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I've increasingly found myself in this situation: - I find something online that I just must have--usually something very American (and a bit silly) like ridiculously potent gel that makes my teeth gloriously white. - Not surprisingly I can't buy it in...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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As an American guy living abroad in Japan, sending money between the USA and Japan is something I'm used to dealing with. In fact I documented the various international money transfer methods I've used over the years here: How I Send Money Between my...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General