When a non- Japanese got lost in Yokohama
Ravethy and I couldn't find the way back to our hotel. The road signs then were all in Japanese. Even the road map brochure was of no help. And, it was getting darker. We were delighted when we saw a man in uniform. He was very happy to help; rattling away to me (in Japanese) both palms together pointing forwards, then his right hand directing to the right... brushing aside my attempts with crossed hands and shaking headSigh! We stood byto say I did not understand!the road side again!The baseball game was over at a nearby stadium. We were lucky to find a fellow Singaporean to explain the route to us. It was only a ten minutes walk away! That was in the 1990s. *******
Four years ago, I went back again to Japan. I found that more Japanese people could speak English. The signs and maps seem easier to read. I learned to speak some simple Japanese, too!
The uniformed man had mistaken me for a Japanese. Last week a fellow blogger addressed me as a Korean! Not long ago another thought I was a Taiwanese!
A face and a name can be misleading!
I am from Malaysia! My ancestors were from Hainan island, China.
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Chen Song Ping 
Lol 😆 i knew you were from china because of your name ….. ( Lol i watch a lot of chinese series 😂😂)
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Now you are wrong. There are many Chinese people who have migrated to other parts of the world, including Malaysia.
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Oh ! I am really sorry 😔
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No, it is OK! You have good drawings!
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Awww thanks! Gald you liked it . 😊
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I went back to Tokyo a few years back. A man along the road offered to walk me and my friends back to our hotel – a kilometer away! I was very surprised because no one in my city would do that! We declined and managed to walk back as instructed by the man’ s sign language!
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I hear Japan can be a difficult place to navigate. Good thing it sounds like it wasn’t too bad for you to get around – regardless of how you were identified! 😂
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Haha! Yes, I remember when I lived in USA, I was Taiwanese, Mainland Chinese or Korean. Not Singaporean – in 1990s Lil Red Dot was an unknown and thought to be a part of China LOL!
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😊👍🙏🙏🙏 Singapore is now a very bright star!
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Yes, she is and she has come a long way since colonial days with thanks to the late founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his cabinet ministers back then.
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Yes, I admire him!
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Many Asian look alike. 😊🙏🙏🙏
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LOL. There are so many different ethnicity and cultures in Asia. Even if we look alike, we can’t take for granted. I’ve learned that…
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