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Chris Has Moved to Tokyo At Last!

Abroad in Japan

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The Importance of Speaking Japanese

I've never had an ah-ha moment. I mean, it just stumbled around. Nobody knows what I'm saying. My heavy accent doesn't really work when I speak in English anywhere. It's just a lot of ego. After 11 years, and it's really awkward because they're like, oh, Nihon, Nagindiska, like I've lived in Japan a long time. And so if I don't speak Japanese, like very well after I've said that, I feel like a dickhead. Yeah. Can you speak any other languages other than English? No, never had to go any of the absolute shite. It is pretty thrilling. Oh.

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