Out After 10 Year (25): The Chinese-Filipino Couple

One short story is left from my last year's trip to Japan. It has a lesson for the people who travel alone, so if you're one, you might want to read this. 

I had my layover in YVR and I think it was around 2 hours or so. That is how Air Canada operates. It was not a bad service but the next time I'm going which I hope will be 2027, I'm going to fly JAL. It's a bit more expensive but I think it has a better service. It was at YVR where I met an Eastern Asian couple while waiting. Nice people: A Chinese man and Filipina lady. I had a little chat with the lather and she was a very smart lady. I was quite surprised how she talked and about the thing she told me. I don't think they live in Canada because she was telling me stories about their road trip and I guess they were returning to China or the Philippines. She had advice for me which I recalled when it was too late when I was in Tokyo! She told me to find a company to enjoy the trip better. She didn't directly say a Filipina girl but when I was in a supermarket next to Tokyo Skytree, and was ready to pay for a few things that I had purchased, I realized that the cashier,  the girl was able to speak in a way that was easy to understand. Something you rarely see in Japan. She had a mask on and of course many East Asians look alike. When I asked her how she spoke very well, she said she was Filipina. I thanked her for her help and left but that was just after leaving when I realized what the Lady meant! It was too late but I know many men would go back to ask the girl out. I'm both shy and hesitant when it comes to women. That's why I'm lonely! 

I don't know what's with the Japanese meal size which are all small! Does it have to do anything with the average size of people?! Perhaps! This sort of Pizza bite for nearly CAN $3 looks very good but since wheat flour has never been a staple in Japanese cuisine I don't think they know how to bake it. I had difficulty sinking my teeth in and take it apart! 

I was once in a Korean store on the other side of the city and this time it was a Japanese girl, or at least that is what she said she was. I missed that too.  Nevertheless I think it's very good advice and it's very helpful to have a more enjoyable trip. I don't think I will be able to pull that off during my next trip. I will be too old! 

(Photo: The entrance to Life Supermarket just adjacent to Tokyo Skytree a tourist destination in the city. I think they want to make it somehow modern and Westernised although everyone I saw there was Japanese! It's a good shopping place for all sorts of food as long as you don't buy Western-style Japanese meal! This is where I met the young Filipina cashier and unfortunately blew it!)