There are two observations about international students I made today that I find to be a breakthrough in my most recent sociological research.
Firstly, Japanese girls like to scream. A lot. About what, I don't know, but they do it. I was in the restroom today, and they were chit chatting away in their language and then one of them screamed, then the other followed suit. I'm guessing it had something to their makeup because they were applying it at the time. Goopy mascara maybe? We all leave the restroom together and we all just happened to head out to the cafeteria. It turns out they were meeting their other Japanese girlfriends at a table. The Japanese girlfriends at the table all start screaming in unison when the see the other Japanese girls walking towards them, who screamed soon thereafter. They hugged, sat down, and started scarfing down their tempura. I jotted down the events in my trusty notebook.
Secondly, desis in general enjoy traveling in herds. If you spot one while sitting on the bench, you'll be sure to eventually see another handful trailing behind. Sometimes they walk in a diamond formation, with a leader that charges on and clears up sidewalk space for those following. Other times they are in a staggered 2-by-2 conformation. On rare occasion, I have seem them in more of a circular formation reminescent of a jalebi. The etiologies of such walking patterns continues to be uncharacterized. I will continue to research this and get back to you.
I believe the Japanese folks were screaming because they saw a brown creature in a white coat and were like WHAT? who wears white after labor day. For the indians, I think it was a mating ritual.
ReplyDeleteSince when do Japanese people care about Labor day. Everyday is a labor day for them, those hard-working individuals!
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