KID ETHNIC IS WRITTEN BY:
saleem
who is currently moving around East Asia.
kidethnic@gmail.com
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The Alpaca Song
I wrote and recorded this for you. Because you <em>need</em> a song about alpacas, don’t you?
The Whiteboard Videos
Music+Whiteboard Markers+Friends=Good ways to spend weekends
SEAWEED BREAKFAST
A weekly column about Japan that I wrote for Glimpse.org.
Twitter
I twitter infrequently. But hope we can stay friends.
100JapaneseThings
A collaborative site to help folks (and each other) find Japanese stuff.
The Annual Kid Ethnic Valentine
Because I love you so much.
Japanese Television Loves You · 29 March 05
And me. And her. And him. And anyone else who looks a little funny.
The above photo of me being video-taped for Japanese television has nothing to do with today’s story about me being video-taped for Japanese television. That’s how often (and how easily) foreigners get put on television here.
A few weeks ago, I ran a 2k leg of a distance medley relay for my high school teacher’s team.
During pre-race preperations, I was accosted by an EXTREMELY energergetic Japanese TV hostess and her video crew.
Here, to the best of my memory and translation ability, is how our on-camera conversation went (italics mean “in Japanese”):
HER: Hello, how do you do, my name is, etc.
ME: Hello, my name is Saleem.
HER: It’s nice to meet you.
ME: It’s nice to meet you, too.
HER: So, you’re running with Yushinkan high school today?
ME: Yes.
HER: (Lots of really fast Japanese stuff.)
ME: Hmmm… Sorry, I don’t I understand.
HER: (More really fast Japanese stuff.)
ME: [pretending to understand, I nod and make “Ahhhhh, sooooooooo” * noises]
HER: Do you think you’ll win?
ME: Don’t know yet… we’ll do our best.**
[She fumbles a bit in English, I fumble a bit in Japanese. We pause and look at each other.]
HER: I love you.
ME: I love you, too.
Yes, that is how my first real Japanese TV appearance ended. I told a hyper television hostess that I loved her, too.
* Yes, we actually make that sound all the time here.** We totally won.
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