Soon Come

Adjusting to Island Time

One of the most annoying phrases I’ve encountered since moving down here is, “[XXX] soon come.” I hear it pretty often, everything from “Me soon come,” to “The mail soon come,” to “The report that was due three days ago soon come.” There are…

Pocket Money

How did my life come to this?

I don’t buy clothes. I don’t buy shoes. Occasionally I buy manga, or a novel, from the second-hand bookstore, Book-Off, but only occasionally, and only at the lowest possible prices (generally second-hand books are about 400 yen or so, but after a…

Shower rail

How did my life come to this?

Every day I take two showers. I used to take three showers, when I went to the gym at lunchtime, but now I go to the gym in the evening, so I take two showers.

How did my life come to this? — How did it come to this?

How did my life come to this?

I live and work in Japan.

I ‘live’ and ‘work’ in Japan.