You see, the mother of one of my students was waiting at the entrance of school yesterday to give all of the teachers a little piece of cake that she had made, nicely wrapped in individual little bags. This in itself is really sweet, but the way she wrapped it carried with it the typical Japanese attention to detail, especially when it comes to presents.
Now, there is a whole subset of humor devoted to making fun of the Japanese use of English (aka "Engrish"), often with pretty good reason. English is used because it's different, and exotic, and often gets pretty butchered in the process. This was not one of those instances.
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Maybe it had to do with the overall tone and character of the day, but it just struck me as simple and beautiful.
proud, happy, sad, but mostly full of (future) love,
-greg.
ps: the cake was also yummy, which is a nice bonus.
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