2008年8月30日土曜日

引越しました We moved

8月13日に引っ越しましたがずっとインタネットが使えなかったのでこっちを更新するのが遅いです。

無事でしたね。注目点の一つについてちょっと話したいと思います。
日本人は引っ越すに当たって役所で住民票の移転の手続きをするのが必要です。
外国人は住民登録できないので住民票もありません。
その代わりに「登録原票記載事項証明書」が使えます。

引越しの際だけじゃなくこの証明書は他の申し込みとかに使われているので外国人が「住民票」が必要だと言われたら「登録原票記載事項証明書」を使います。

On August 13th, we moved. However the internet was unusable for quite a while so my updating here has slowed down.

There were really no problems. I want to draw attention to one point though.
When a Japanese national moves, they must go to their government office and fill out paperwork to move their "Juuminhyou". A foreigner cannot register like a Japanese individual, so they have no "Juuminhyou". Instead they can use a "Touroku genpyou kisai jikou shoumeisho".

Not only when moving, but this paper is used in other types of applications, so if a foreigner is told they need a "Juuminhyou" they will use a "Touroku Genpyou kisai jikou shoumeisho".

2008年8月5日火曜日

Devilman Lady vs Train Lady

Jです。

電車に乗る時は漫画を読むのが大好きです。
今デビルマンレディーを読んでいて凄く面白くていい漫画だと思いますが
問題点が一つあります。登場するキャラクターはあまり。。。服を着ません。




はい、当時五巻目を読んでいました。
えっと、私は女性ですから女性のヌードを見ても別に何も思わない。
何よりプロットに興味があります。でもやっぱりヌードだけじゃなく、セックスもレイプも悪魔もバイオレンスもプロットになりますので、ちょっと、まぁ、周りの人に見せない漫画でしょうね。

とにかく、当時電車に乗って「ああぁ、漫画読みたい漫画読みたい、でもいやらしく思われるかも」んんんでも「いやらしく思われても別に大丈夫じゃない?どうせこの電車の中の人達に多分、二度と会わないでしょう。この漫画で私の人格が推定されても構いません」とも思いました。

閉まったドアと席の隅を向いて、本を体で隠しながら読み始めました。。。が

その席に中国人のおばあちゃんが座っていました。どんなに隠してみてもデビルマンレディーがあの人に見られました。突然私を見つめ始めた、いや見詰める事だけじゃなく、はっきり頭を動いて私の足も顔も全てをチェックして中国人同士と見ながらうるさく話しました。両方にばれてしまいました。

えっと、中国人だという事は別に悪くも良くもありません。私も差別シタクナイよ!!ただ、何言っていたかほとんどわかりませんでしたが明らかに私についての話をしていました。日本人のおばあちゃんだったら、批判の言葉が理解して多分コミュニケーションも少し出来たかもしれません。コミュニケーションっていうのは喧嘩とか、そういうような事じゃない!多分「私は日本語が話せますよ」と言っておばあちゃんが黙るかもしれません。中国語だから、チラッと「ええどうしよう?!」と少し悩みました。

(大学で1.5年間中国語の授業をとりましたが今はほとんど全然話せません)

後数分間降りました。

正直さ、爆笑しようと思いましたがあっちの方が変ですね。
最初はやっぱり不安を感じましたが、あの人の反応がそんなにうるさくて大げさのようで笑う事しか出来ないと感じました!
まぁ、周りの人から多分*頭の中の批判*を受けると思いましたが、そんなうざい批判は絶対予想以外でした。

面白い。あのおばあちゃん面白いです。


It's J.

When I get on the train I love to read manga.
Right now I'm reading "Devilman Lady" which I think is extremely interesting but...
There's just one problem. The characters don't really wear clothes.



Right, at the time I was reading the 5th issue.
Well, I'm a girl, so seeing another girl nude doesn't really make me think anything.
I'm much more interested in the plot. However, with this kind of manga, it's not just naked people, but sex, rape, demons, and violence make up the plot too. It's not really the type of thing I want to show to the people around me.

Anyhow, at the time I got on the train and kept thinking "I want to read manga, I want to read manga, but everyone around me will think I'm perverted!" Buuut, "Even if I'm thought to be perverted, it's not really a big deal is it? I'm probably never going to meet this group of people again. Even if I'm judged on my reading choices, it's not a big deal."

I faced the corner between the closed door and the seat and started reading...but

In that seat sat an older Chinses lady. As much as I tried to hide Devilman Lady she saw me. Suddenly she was staring at me...no more than staring, she was clearly moving my head checking me from my head to toes. She then started talking to her pal who was also Chinese very loudly. So I was found out by both of them.

Now, though I say "Chinese" that's neither good or bad. I also don't want to be discriminatory!! It's just that I couldn't understand much of what they were saying even though they were very clearly talking about me. If it were two Japanese ladies I would be able to understand their critisism abd maybe just a little communicate back to them. When I say communicate, I don't mean start an arguement or anything. Maybe just say "I speak Japanese" and that lady would be quiet. However, she was speaking Chinese, so I lost my cool and was like "What do I do!?!"

(In college I took 1.5 years of Chinese class but right now I can barely speak anything)

After several minutes I got off.

Honestly, I thought that I would burst out laughing but that's even more strange.
At first I was uncomfortable. However that old lady's reaction was so loud and out of proportion, I think the only thing to do would be to laugh.
Well, I thought the people around me would probably judge me in their heads, but I definetly wasn't expecting such an obnoxious judgement.

It was amusing. That old lady was really amusing.

2008年8月3日日曜日

冷たいわ

ここが狭いからNちゃんと一緒に引っ越したいのです。今日不動産に行ってきましたが。。。オフィスに入った瞬間から雰囲気がきつかった。自分の想像じゃなく、店員さんに挨拶してからすぐ「ああぁ、やっぱり一人で来た方がよかったかも。。。」とNちゃんが言い出した。皆凄く冷たかったのです。

しかし、こういうような反応、実は予想していました。自分が居る事はなんか、疑わしいので結構しつこいを聞かれました。質問は私にとって普通ですけど多分日本人には聞かないかもしれません。

日本語が話せますか?
お仕事は何ですか?
大学を卒業しましたか?
ずっと日本にいますか?
結婚するつもりですか?

正直わかりませんけど、全部Jに対する質問でしたね。質問自体より、店員さんの態度の方が怖かったで結構緊張していました。

それで物件の写真とかを見ていた時に店員さんが「こちらは~外人が絶対駄目~じゃない所ですが駄目だという可能性もありますよね~」と説明しました。つまり外国人が駄目な所もありましたが見せてくれなかった。まぁ、見せるとしても意味ないでしょう。外国人禁止だからですねぇぇぇぇうわぁぁ。。。

っというのはまずい事ですけど、結局今日がとても良かったです。引越し先に決めました。それで、審査の結果を待ちながら凄い緊張していました。私が外国人という事だから多分合格しないと予告されましたが合格しました。わい~!

でもやっぱり差別を感じるのがいやだよね。上記の事でさえそんなに酷くないと言ってもどんな差別でもいやな気持ちです。アメリカ人の私よりもっともっと酷い差別を受ける人(人種)がいますよ。

差別やめましょうね。

Me and N want to move because there's no room here. We went to the real estate office...but from the moment

we entered, the atmosphere was stifiling. It wasn't me imagining it either. After greeting the real estate agent, N said, "Ahh, it would have been better for me to come by myself afterall..." It felt really cold.

That being said, I was actually expecting this type of reaction. The fact that I was there was somewhat doubtful

and I was asked some pretty inquisitive questions. These questions were normal for me, but perhaps you would not

ask a Japanese person these questions.

Do you speak Japanese?
What is your job?
Did you graduate from college?
Will you be in Japan for a long time?
Do you plan on getting married?

Honestly I don't know, but all the questions were directed towards me. More than the questions themselves, the

realtor's manner scared me. I was pretty darn nervous.

Then when we were looking at the building pictures the realtor explained,"I'm going to show you the places that ~don't~ say that foreigners are absolutely not allowed. However, there's the possibility that they aren't allowed. In other words, there were places that foreigners were not allowed to live but he didn't show them to us. Well, even if he showed them to us it wouldn't mean anything. Foreigners aren't allowed!!Aaaa....


So, it was pretty bad, but in the end everything was good. We decided on a place to move. We were pretty nervous waiting for the reply as to whether we could live there or not. We were warned I'm a foreigner I we may not be allowed. We were OKed though. Yay!

It feels pretty rotten to be discriminated against though. What I've written about here isn't even that bad, but any discrimination puts a bad feeling in my mouth. And there are a lot of people (races) that receive much much worse discrimination than an American like me.

Let's stop discrimination. Alright?