Comments on: My Shinjuku Mansion （私の新宿マンション） http://www.gmixer.com/archives/23 Mark Cooke's - personal and game development notes. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:52:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrea http://www.gmixer.com/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-355 Andrea Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:09:58 +0000 http://www.guilezero.com/wp/?p=23#comment-355 Thanks for the 411 Mark. Yeah, I'm from Miami. I'm a Latino/Asian mix, but still I make a lot of cultural errors with my Japanese friends. Thank goodness they laugh at my mistakes though, because they figure I'm American. ^^; I feel bad for this one guy though. I was reading his blog about cultural errors and twice told his wife (while they were dating) that he hoped she died or that he's sorry for her death by giving her funeral flowers when she was upset or sick. He didn't know, but I'm glad that he still managed to marry her. LOL! Thank you so much Mark. And thank you for posting your journey in a viewable blog. It truly is enlightening and fascinating. (^_^)/ Thanks for the 411 Mark. Yeah, I’m from Miami. I’m a Latino/Asian mix, but still I make a lot of cultural errors with my Japanese friends. Thank goodness they laugh at my mistakes though, because they figure I’m American. ^^; I feel bad for this one guy though. I was reading his blog about cultural errors and twice told his wife (while they were dating) that he hoped she died or that he’s sorry for her death by giving her funeral flowers when she was upset or sick. He didn’t know, but I’m glad that he still managed to marry her. LOL!

Thank you so much Mark. And thank you for posting your journey in a viewable blog. It truly is enlightening and fascinating. (^_^)/

]]> By: Mark Cooke http://www.gmixer.com/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-354 Mark Cooke Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:13:06 +0000 http://www.guilezero.com/wp/?p=23#comment-354 Hi Andrea - comparisons depends on where you are from in the US but yes, the cost of living in Tokyo is high. Especially high for the square footage you get. E.g., you could pay $1300 a month for a 1K (for a single person, maybe reasonable rent in NYC) but the square footage will be in the ballpark of 300 or so. After my experience I'm convinced the hardest thing, more difficult than language, is cultural misunderstanding. Just not coming from the same frame of reference as the person your talking to. It can also be quite interesting as it often brings new perspective to life. Hi Andrea – comparisons depends on where you are from in the US but yes, the cost of living in Tokyo is high. Especially high for the square footage you get. E.g., you could pay $1300 a month for a 1K (for a single person, maybe reasonable rent in NYC) but the square footage will be in the ballpark of 300 or so.

After my experience I’m convinced the hardest thing, more difficult than language, is cultural misunderstanding. Just not coming from the same frame of reference as the person your talking to. It can also be quite interesting as it often brings new perspective to life.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.gmixer.com/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-352 Andrea Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:58:04 +0000 http://www.guilezero.com/wp/?p=23#comment-352 Ohayou gozaimasu, Mark. I have been reading some of your entries and I find your enthusiams and journey to be quite interesting and humorous. ^^ I Hope you don't mind me asking, but it's been a long life dream of mine to live in Tokyo. How much did your 1K go for? Is the cost of living over there worse then in the states? What was the hardest thing you encountered while living there? P.S. Your drunk yoi and ii blog was hilarious. Reminds me of the time me karate sensei's wife was pissed drunk and started screaming out at a karate gathering, that she was "Saki-ada" (Spanish drunk way of saying Saked up). (^_^) Ohayou gozaimasu, Mark. I have been reading some of your entries and I find your enthusiams and journey to be quite interesting and humorous. ^^ I Hope you don’t mind me asking, but it’s been a long life dream of mine to live in Tokyo. How much did your 1K go for? Is the cost of living over there worse then in the states? What was the hardest thing you encountered while living there?

P.S. Your drunk yoi and ii blog was hilarious. Reminds me of the time me karate sensei’s wife was pissed drunk and started screaming out at a karate gathering, that she was “Saki-ada” (Spanish drunk way of saying Saked up). (^_^)

]]> By: mark http://www.gmixer.com/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-13 mark Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.guilezero.com/wp/?p=23#comment-13 I can see from the picture how it looks like there is a wall right there. No, there is a small balcony out there with a clothes drying rack and then the Park Hyatt hotel is across the way. It's probably like 30 feet to the wall, there is a small street below.<br/><br/>I haven't met any neighbors yet - dunno if I'm supposed to introduce myself or what. I literally have not even seen a single person coming into or out of this building either. Perhaps only ninjas live here? Ok... dumb joke. I can see from the picture how it looks like there is a wall right there. No, there is a small balcony out there with a clothes drying rack and then the Park Hyatt hotel is across the way. It’s probably like 30 feet to the wall, there is a small street below.

I haven’t met any neighbors yet – dunno if I’m supposed to introduce myself or what. I literally have not even seen a single person coming into or out of this building either. Perhaps only ninjas live here? Ok… dumb joke.

]]> By: Robert http://www.gmixer.com/archives/23/comment-page-1#comment-12 Robert Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:59:00 +0000 http://www.guilezero.com/wp/?p=23#comment-12 Wow, that is small! Is that a concrete wall 2-feet from the window? <br/><br/>Still, sounds like a fancy place. How are the neighbors? Wow, that is small! Is that a concrete wall 2-feet from the window?

Still, sounds like a fancy place. How are the neighbors?

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