Day 446 { Japanese And Blood Types} Monday, June 8, 2009
Day 446 { Japanese And Blood Types }
Today I taught the four-year-old group at the kindergarten. I taught them fruits and it was the first time they were knowing about strawberries. After teaching, they did not want me to leave... Every kid wanted a high 5 like 20 times... Then the 5 year olds were just coming from playtime and they saw me... Oh boy.. They too wanted high 5s...and shortly after that, I was surrounded by 4 and 5 year olds who wanted high 5s. The teachers had to pull them away from me so I could escape from them.
After work, I went to my apartment then went to the English conversation that is normally on Tuesdays. They kept it today because the leader has some engagement tomorrow. Only 6 of us came and we spoke about all sort of stuff.... One of the topics that came up was that of Blood type...
I can't believe I am here for over a year and this I think is going to be my first post on the blood type thing in Japan... So, here goes.....
It seem that many Japanese people (chiefly females) believe that your blood type is directly tied to your personality and character.... It is so bad that, it is very possible that if you are dating a Japanese girl, and she finds out that you are of a certain blood type, she will break off with you there and then..... Because they are seeking someone of a specific blood type... Now, a little problem is that, it seem a good percentage of foreigners, don't have a clue what their blood type is.... And if you should tell this to a Japanese female, she may be shocked out of her wits... as in " How can you not know your BLOOD TYPE ???? " kind of shocked. I was saying this to the Chinese/American girl who came to the English conversation thing, and she didn't know that this was probably embedded in the Japanese mind...But she experienced it right there at the English conversation, because when she said that she didn't know her blood type, one of the Japanese ladies shouted in disbelief "HONTO" ... REALLY!!!!!! So we all laughed and I said " you see!, I told you" ...
At least 2 persons have suggested to me that I am a TYPE-O .... well, I have no evidence of this so I don't know... Wikipedia says this blood type business was derived from historical Scientific Racism...
Today I taught the four-year-old group at the kindergarten. I taught them fruits and it was the first time they were knowing about strawberries. After teaching, they did not want me to leave... Every kid wanted a high 5 like 20 times... Then the 5 year olds were just coming from playtime and they saw me... Oh boy.. They too wanted high 5s...and shortly after that, I was surrounded by 4 and 5 year olds who wanted high 5s. The teachers had to pull them away from me so I could escape from them.
After work, I went to my apartment then went to the English conversation that is normally on Tuesdays. They kept it today because the leader has some engagement tomorrow. Only 6 of us came and we spoke about all sort of stuff.... One of the topics that came up was that of Blood type...
I can't believe I am here for over a year and this I think is going to be my first post on the blood type thing in Japan... So, here goes.....
It seem that many Japanese people (chiefly females) believe that your blood type is directly tied to your personality and character.... It is so bad that, it is very possible that if you are dating a Japanese girl, and she finds out that you are of a certain blood type, she will break off with you there and then..... Because they are seeking someone of a specific blood type... Now, a little problem is that, it seem a good percentage of foreigners, don't have a clue what their blood type is.... And if you should tell this to a Japanese female, she may be shocked out of her wits... as in " How can you not know your BLOOD TYPE ???? " kind of shocked. I was saying this to the Chinese/American girl who came to the English conversation thing, and she didn't know that this was probably embedded in the Japanese mind...But she experienced it right there at the English conversation, because when she said that she didn't know her blood type, one of the Japanese ladies shouted in disbelief "HONTO" ... REALLY!!!!!! So we all laughed and I said " you see!, I told you" ...
At least 2 persons have suggested to me that I am a TYPE-O .... well, I have no evidence of this so I don't know... Wikipedia says this blood type business was derived from historical Scientific Racism...
Comments
Thank you for writing about Niimi English Salon. I will give you a grade A (not blood type A) to your report on blood types.
Kiyoshi
the leader of the English Salon