Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Hopefully there wont be any problems anywhere I'm betting though that the English teachers are going to cause all sorts of problems.. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I don't know really I stayed home most of the time with my baby. The times I went out I saw no troubles. The servicemen were here during new years and from what are heard were drunk servicemen of the stereo typical kind. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 hope they ain't there this new years, can do without that shite Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 nice to remenisce Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Nahhh Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 so many memories, so many beers. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 punch up anyone? no thanks, just had one. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Originally Posted By: Creek Boy Hopefully there wont be any problems anywhere I'm betting though that the English teachers are going to cause all sorts of problems.. yeah they sure will. Spelling errors, grammatical mistakes, dress code violations, haircut infringements, spitting etiquette, yo mama jokes. Have a nice one. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 and heres a gem Originally Posted By: powda tele Quote: Originally posted by Meathelmet: Thought that if i want to travel half the world for skiing,it might be nice to be met with "minimal amount" of prejudice,or something. So we choose something else. What a wank. Have you thought about pointing this back at yourself? It'd be nice if you visited the place, had a great time, met some really nice people, and then made your own judgements. Last time I was there this season, I saw: (a) a little old lady in Seicomart who did her best to help a big Aussie tourist who was bumbling through his shopping with gestures, ( an old guy in an onsen who gave me his spare modesty towel because he thought I might be more comfortable, © three guys in an onsen who wanted to talk about why I was in Japan, (d) a couple of Japanese skiers who were happy for me to join them for some off-piste skiing, (e) a local butcher who asked if I liked the special yakiniku sauce she had sold me the day before, and then couldn't stop laughing when she learnt how much I had eaten, and (e) a young ski tech guy in a ski shop who was lamenting that his English wasn't good enough to give technical details to his foreign customers. That was all in the space of one weekend. Prejudice? Yeah, all in all, I feel like I got pretty special treatment. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 yet another one Quote: I am white and speak English and therefore in Italy and France, I get treated like a Pom all of the time: I get treated like crap. My GF is Japanese and she is our saving grace, that is, once she steps in and manages the communications with the locals we are seldom given the unfair prejudicial treatment that many perfectly decent English folk are instantly given. Once it becomes apparent that I am Australian, I usually get treated a lot better, particularly in Italy. I bet if meathelmut went to Niseko, he would be assumed to be an Australian and therefore more likely than not to be associated with their well documented bad behaviour. It is unfair, but a fact of life. I saw a Pom get treated like shit on the weekend in Italy and he simply did not deserve it and I felt sorry for him. But judging by the behaviour of other English guys you see, I can see why the Italians react like they do. Another minor example: A friend and I were in the gondola in Niseko, first ride up in the morning. There were two Japanese girls and two gaijin guys in the bubble. We got talking and the second I answered "Australia-jin", the girls screwed up there face and said they didn't like the behaviour of Australian men. They very quickly lost interest in talking to me and only spoke to my friend for the remainder of the ride up. As an Australian, that had never happened to me before. In most places I visit in the world, being Australian is a passport to a smile and a friendly welcome. I am prepared to speculate that this is most often not the case in Niseko, other than being tolerated as a meaningful injection of tourist cash. Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 ahh thursday, the bogan culture so many are proud of an expression around here is CUB - Cashed Up Bogan - our economic well being, driven on by the resources industry has allowed a lot more of our bogan culture to be exposed to international cultures Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 cashed up bogan? OMG, that's like having chavs with guns and beer money to spare Link to post Share on other sites
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