As of yesterday, my roommate Kuni, has moved out of the apartment as he moves to Nagoya to start work with "Brother," a printer manufacturing company. Originally they started with building sewing machines and manged to move into the market. It seems that many Japanese companies have interesting beginnings.
A new roommate by the name of Hiro will be moving in to take Kuni's place. It will be interesting to see how this works out. The nice thing about Kuni, was that he lived in Canada for about a year and has become quite laid back as a result of his living experience. We just sort of stick things in to the fridge where ever there is space and do a generally good job of keeping track of where we put our stuff. There has been the occasional scenario when someone forgets whose is what and sometimes we end up leaving stuff in the fridge longer than it should be there. Yes, we've had a few "biohazard" incidents.
Well this time, it looks like it is going to be a little different. The new roomie seems to be more comfortable with his own rack in the fridge, as opposed to the haphazard way we've been doing things... same thing for the shoe rack. As long as this "organized" thing doesn't got overboard, then I should be fine. Is it really a Japanese thing? I wouldn't say so... I have met some neat-freak Canadians before. Sometimes, the idea that some behavior is "culture" based is not always the best way to describe things... sometimes, it ends up being the easiest excuse.
Anyways, it was nice living with Kuni. Best wishes to him and hopefully our paths will cross again in the future.
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Your place must be a total living hazard! Well, mine is just as bad. The new guy that movied in is increbily neat. I am going to have a hard time keeping up with him. Entropy is okay, just as long as you can find everything!
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