<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post337524309136621800..comments</id><updated>2008-03-14T23:55:35.077+09:00</updated><category term='Technology'/><category term='Space'/><category term='Cultural observations'/><category term='Crime'/><category term='Gestures'/><category term='Silly'/><category term='japanese traditions'/><category term='Japanese names'/><category term='America'/><category term='USA'/><category term='Politics'/><category term='Leisure'/><category term='Songs'/><category term='World War II'/><category term='J-Wife'/><category term='spring'/><category term='Sex'/><category term='Japanese society'/><category term='Golden Week'/><category term='japanese TV'/><category term='History'/><category term='Money'/><category term='Fist of the North Star'/><category term='Vending Machines'/><category term='studying Japanese'/><category term='kids'/><category term='Japanese Cars'/><category term='Blood type'/><category term='Nature'/><category term='Gaijin'/><category term='Toilets'/><category term='birth rate'/><category term='japanese language'/><category term='Learning Japanese'/><category term='amway'/><category term='old people'/><category term='Beauty of Japan'/><category term='Baseball'/><category term='japanese grammar'/><category term='Japanese superstitions'/><category term='food'/><category term='Teaching Japanese'/><category term='Engrish'/><category term='Seasons'/><category term='anime'/><category term='bento'/><category term='Bathing'/><category term='Television'/><category term='English conversation'/><category term='conventions'/><category term='Education'/><category term='Sadness'/><title type='text'>Comments on J-List side blog: Adapting to Group Culture when Living in Japan</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/feeds/337524309136621800/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html'/><author><name>Peter in Japan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://images3.jlist.com/f5/head2a.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-8838036497519640365</id><published>2008-03-14T23:55:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T23:55:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, in my old American mode of thinking, I never...</title><content type='html'>Well, in my old American mode of thinking, I never thought that shoes were particularly dirty, although I wouldn't put them on the dining room table. I know better now..</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/8838036497519640365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/8838036497519640365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html?showComment=1205506500000#c8838036497519640365' title=''/><author><name>Peter in Japan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://images.jlist.com/pic/head2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-337524309136621800' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/posts/default/337524309136621800' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1301692250'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-2431408828148785794</id><published>2008-03-14T22:53:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T22:53:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>What I cannot understand how people could think th...</title><content type='html'>What I cannot understand how people could think that it's OK to leave shoes on while standing somewhere other people sit O_O&lt;BR/&gt;Don't you prefer keeping floor dirt off your clothes? Or your floors are squeaky clean all the time?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/2431408828148785794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/2431408828148785794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html?showComment=1205502780000#c2431408828148785794' title=''/><author><name>q</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12300961325911826273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-337524309136621800' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/posts/default/337524309136621800' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-892573308'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-2022388597916394389</id><published>2008-03-13T10:24:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T10:24:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>also makes for cold, cold houses :(  to everyone's...</title><content type='html'>also makes for cold, cold houses :(  to everyone's great discomfort.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/2022388597916394389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/2022388597916394389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html?showComment=1205371440000#c2022388597916394389' title=''/><author><name>ac</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18305174350640592532</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-337524309136621800' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/posts/default/337524309136621800' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2115289184'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-7549868040509451479</id><published>2008-03-13T03:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T03:30:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Why do you think the birth rate is falling? ^_^  Y...</title><content type='html'>Why do you think the birth rate is falling? ^_^  Yes, I gather when that happens the people on the other side of the wall are more aware of it than they might be in the U.S. I had a friend whose upstairs neighbor was going at it all the time, to his great discomfort.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/7549868040509451479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/7549868040509451479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html?showComment=1205346600000#c7549868040509451479' title=''/><author><name>Peter in Japan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://images.jlist.com/pic/head2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-337524309136621800' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/posts/default/337524309136621800' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1301692250'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-6159415157575055043</id><published>2008-03-13T01:55:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-03-13T01:55:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Those thin walls must make it hard for, um, men an...</title><content type='html'>Those thin walls must make it hard for, um, men and women to have relations.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/6159415157575055043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/337524309136621800/comments/default/6159415157575055043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html?showComment=1205340900000#c6159415157575055043' title=''/><author><name>PeterD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01263443398462972771</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.expandabroad.com/headshot.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.peterpayne.net/2008/03/adapting-to-group-culture-when-living.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-337524309136621800' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9653036/posts/default/337524309136621800' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1911885927'/></entry></feed>
