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Old Dec 2, 2012, 12:34 am
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joejones
 
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Originally Posted by Taiwaned
I wish I am naturally blond and Caucasian. Then there will be no chance of been mistaken as learning disabled but have some patience for being a gaijin.
I have a friend in Tokyo who is Chinese-American from a small town in the Midwest. When I asked him how he likes Japan, he said "It's so great -- nobody thinks I'm weird just because I'm Asian!"

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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