The first time I read Saturday’s strip I left thinking you were so out of practice that you’d forgotten your book on the bus, which is amusing enough for a punchline, and certainly cheaper.
I’m so sorry to hear about your phone. I would be so stressed 😩. I hope you get it back 🤞
When I was healing from hurting my legs many years ago now, the physio told me to walk backwards as past of my exercise to strengthen a set of leg muscles
Thanks. Fortunately or unfortunately, I don't use my phone that much, but it seems to be an obligation of modern society. I'm going to the Lost and Found today...
a) Walking backwards is a traditional Chinese exercise. This is not to be confused with young people in China "lying flat", where they reject the "996" culture by deliberately not working hard in defiance of the hyper-competitive work culture.
b) How do you write your Japanese name Kiyoshi in kanji? I always like to compare to the Chinese characters. Usually the English rendition of the same character has more syllables for the Japanese character versus Chinese.
c) When I was in China in the 80s, I was supposed to register at the local police station when I stayed with friends and family. I never did. As long as you got along with your neighbours, especially the old people sitting on very low stools in the alleys (hutong), nobody would report you.
d) What is the name of the Japanese registration certificates prior to Pearl Harbour? In Canada for Chinese they were called C.I. (Certificate of Immigration) certificates, even though my Dad was born in Canada. They were issued by the Department of Colonization and Immigration. Colonization!
a. I suppose at the moment I am "lying flat" in spirit.
b. I think Kiyoshi is often just 清 meaning pure, but my understanding is that mine is 清志 which is more like "pure intention."
c. I guess since I was part of a lab of a national university, I went by the book.
d. I think they were just registration card. Here is an example of one
https://nikkeimuseum.org/www/item_detail.php?art_id=A5163. They had different colours depending on whether they were "Japanese Nationals"(yellow) "Naturalized Canadian" (pink) or "Canadian Born" (white) but eventually all got treated the same.
That's interesting about having to register in the city. When I went to live in the Netherlands I had to register at city hall, but not because I was a foreigner, everyone who lived there had to register. This is how they (thought they) knew, how many unhoused were living there. This does seem unlikely to have been accurate, but if they were registered, unhoused people (dakloos) could get a voucher for a shelter bed and a meal for the night by doing some litter picking.
During WW1 Ukrainians were also issued ID cards under War Measures Act. Governments get paranoid during wars or political wars like McCarthyism.
I think the Residential Schools were most cruel, taking indigenous children away from their families and culture, destroying their identity.
The first time I read Saturday’s strip I left thinking you were so out of practice that you’d forgotten your book on the bus, which is amusing enough for a punchline, and certainly cheaper.
I’m so sorry to hear about your phone. I would be so stressed 😩. I hope you get it back 🤞
When I was healing from hurting my legs many years ago now, the physio told me to walk backwards as past of my exercise to strengthen a set of leg muscles
Thanks. Fortunately or unfortunately, I don't use my phone that much, but it seems to be an obligation of modern society. I'm going to the Lost and Found today...
Good luck 🤞
a) Walking backwards is a traditional Chinese exercise. This is not to be confused with young people in China "lying flat", where they reject the "996" culture by deliberately not working hard in defiance of the hyper-competitive work culture.
b) How do you write your Japanese name Kiyoshi in kanji? I always like to compare to the Chinese characters. Usually the English rendition of the same character has more syllables for the Japanese character versus Chinese.
c) When I was in China in the 80s, I was supposed to register at the local police station when I stayed with friends and family. I never did. As long as you got along with your neighbours, especially the old people sitting on very low stools in the alleys (hutong), nobody would report you.
d) What is the name of the Japanese registration certificates prior to Pearl Harbour? In Canada for Chinese they were called C.I. (Certificate of Immigration) certificates, even though my Dad was born in Canada. They were issued by the Department of Colonization and Immigration. Colonization!
a. I suppose at the moment I am "lying flat" in spirit.
b. I think Kiyoshi is often just 清 meaning pure, but my understanding is that mine is 清志 which is more like "pure intention."
c. I guess since I was part of a lab of a national university, I went by the book.
d. I think they were just registration card. Here is an example of one
https://nikkeimuseum.org/www/item_detail.php?art_id=A5163. They had different colours depending on whether they were "Japanese Nationals"(yellow) "Naturalized Canadian" (pink) or "Canadian Born" (white) but eventually all got treated the same.
That's interesting about having to register in the city. When I went to live in the Netherlands I had to register at city hall, but not because I was a foreigner, everyone who lived there had to register. This is how they (thought they) knew, how many unhoused were living there. This does seem unlikely to have been accurate, but if they were registered, unhoused people (dakloos) could get a voucher for a shelter bed and a meal for the night by doing some litter picking.
That seems like an honourable system.