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Not much new here. My four-year-olds attacked me, my crazy female stalkers jumped on the desk and professed their love for me, my depressed coworkers fist-fought each other at the all-you-can-drink karaoke bar, and I have no idea what I ate yesterday but it was uncooked and squishy. Pretty much the usual. What’s new from home?
Ben took the teaching job in Japan because he wasn’t quite ready to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. Instead, his efforts were put towards figuring out his new students, coworkers, and dinner. He is a “gaijin,” the Japanese word for “foreigner.” From festivals and temples to bicycles and cleaning supplies, Memoirs of a Gaijin: Emails from Japan is the one-year collection of emails and journals that chronicle Ben’s experiences in the comedic and confusing country of Japan.
“A witty, honest work. Ben Hesse’s Memoirs of a Gaijin should be a required read for those college grads who are contemplating the increasingly popular first ‘real life’ step of teaching English abroad.”— C.J. Renner, author of Tried to Say | | | |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 It's funny because it's true Sep 02, 2008
By L. Cullison
A very funny and honest account of the ups and downs of overseas-living. Whether you're a college exchange student or an ex-pat, this book is a must read for the wayward traveler!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Entertaining & Comical! Sep 02, 2008
By Emby
"Emily H"
I found myself laughing & smiling throughout this entire memoir, as the author takes his readers through all his crazy adventures in Japan. A well-written, thoroughly entertaining read indeed! I have recommended this book to several people, and they have really enjoyed it as well. Great work!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Good read Sep 02, 2008
By M. Borg
It was a good, light read. Something to sit down and relax with and enjoy a good laugh.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Peek directly at the long-stretched ties that span halfway around the globe. Sep 02, 2008
By C.J. Renner
A witty, honest work, Ben Hesse's Memoirs of a Gaijin should be a required read for those college grads who are contemplating the increasingly popular first "real-life" step of teaching English abroad. The meat of this book is the correspondence of E-mails between Ben in Japan and his friends and family back home in Minnesota. E-mail may not be as comforting a medium for them as the long-distance phone calls of ten years ago, but luckily for us, they allow us to peek directly at the long-stretched ties that span halfway around the globe. In between E-mails, Ben fills us in with the details that cast light onto that which, out of consideration for those who worry about him, he leaves out of his mass mailings back home.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Terrific read on a trip. Sep 02, 2008
By Tim
So many times I've thrown a book in my suitcase to read while traveling. Whether its my favorite 'choose-your-own-adventure', the latest applied mathematics book my smart friends recommend, or the R-S volume from my mom's encyclopedia, the book usually stays in the suitcase. This one is different; I actually read it. Funny and genuine, this is worth packing.
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