My daughter,Sabrina (the girl half of my 15 year old paternal twins) has raised her obsession of anything Japanese to another height.
She's been pestering me to sign her on to the students exchange programme this coming December IE a 2 weeks programme in Japan organised by "Yayasan Antara Budaya".
The TV has been blaring with her Japanese drama shows which i can barely understand ,as usual the characters are young teenagers and some have their hair dyed blond as if being a Beckham look alike is a cool thing in Japan now.
The irony of it all this daughter of mine can pass as a Japanese with her more Chinese looks!!
Have i been to Japan myself? Yes, once almost 12 years ago on a seminar of some sort.
What i remembered was their efficient and fast bullet train and the officer announcing to us of their daily programme for our entourage from Asean , read this...
Protocol officer: "Gentlemen San, our programme for today will be;
8.02 Am Breakfast
8.24 am arrive at train station for field trip
8.25 am train departs .......bla bla
Hmm that's what i remembered, the punctuality and preciseness of the timings.
Excuse me can i have a 3 minutes 25 seconds break for the toilet please??
I though was not at my best behaviour i remembered while walking around their beautiful park and singing to the tune of the theme song from the movie,"The Bridge Of River Kwai"...haha i can envisaged Alec Guinness grimacing at my untoward behaviour towards my hosts.
Ya Sabrina , i too have some fondness for Japan even though all my acquaintances do not have blond hair but more of those keep nodding their heads at almost once a minute but then they are all great guys !!!
Her twin brother Faizul meanwhile is so oblivious to what's going on around him as he battled his way in the PC game, Counterstrike and DOTA.....
Like any doting parents, we never realise how fast your children has grown and as they reach their teenage age,new things, new obsessions will occupy their mind. Nonetheless as responsible parents we will always give them space to grow their own minds .
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