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aliceyumi 53F
315 posts
5/21/2016 5:55 pm
I think these pics were from 2000's something
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1ClassyLady 68F
3289 posts
5/23/2016 8:15 am

 Don't worry, be happy.
Are you currently working (a job)?


Honesty is the best policy.


aliceyumi replies on 5/23/2016 9:35 am:
Hi ClassyLady. I teach portuguese and japanese 3 times a week, not that much but that's what I have for now. Have a nice week!

1ClassyLady 68F
3289 posts
5/23/2016 5:34 pm

 Have a job is good for you not only financially but also keep your mind away from missing someone.

Just as I thought, you are Japanese descendant and speak Japanese too.


Honesty is the best policy.


aliceyumi replies on 5/24/2016 1:25 pm:
For sure having an occupation makes me feel well. Interaction with people is something I find very useful and interesting.

I'm not fluent in Japanese but I can still teach for beginners or basic level students.

1ClassyLady 68F
3289 posts
5/25/2016 7:50 pm

 I have learned Japanese in university for a year and a summer class at a YMCA. I can write Japanese and speak a little Japanese.

My mom could speak, write, read Japanese very well. When she was very young, Japanese occupied Taiwan for many years during WWII. My mom found a job at a "Japanese Retirement Home" in East Los Angeles in 1978 and worked there till 2002. She passed away in Sept of 2013.


Honesty is the best policy.


aliceyumi replies on 5/26/2016 5:15 am:
Knowing an other language is always a plus and very useful.

So have you been to the US for a long time?

Sorry to hear about your mother.

Is it common that people in Taiwan speak japanese due to that history episode?

1ClassyLady 68F
3289 posts
5/26/2016 9:07 pm

 I have been in USA for 36 years (since 1980). I am a California licensed pharmacist (also was Taiwan licensed pharmacist).

My mom passed in 2013 when she was 87.

Yes, my parents generation could speak, read and write Japanese because during WWII, Japanese occupied Taiwan and they had Japanese education. In my generation, most of us don't speak, read or write Japanese because President Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan from mainland China in 1949. Japan had been defeated and returned to Japan at end of WWII. USA bombed two atomic bombs in Japan and Japan surrendered. Japanese return to Japan.


Honesty is the best policy.


aliceyumi replies on 5/27/2016 2:41 pm:
36 years is a long time. It seems you enjoy living in the US.

Congrats for your license.

Thanks for telling me the Taiwanese side of the history. I knew that Japan occupied some lands but I wouldn't be able to tell which were those precisely.

I remember that an Indian friend thought Japanese were wild people due to the history she had learned. She was surprised to see how gentle and kind a Japanese could be.

In Brazil, the connection Brazil-Japan makes most people admire the Japanese people living here, they say Japanese are hard-working and intelligent. They would even tell a joke saying kill a Japanese each day and get your vacancy in the public college.