My First Embassy Dinner

Attended my 1st Embassy Dinner in Tokyo - it was hosted @ Westin Tokyo - which was a minute's walk from my office. When I reached the ballroom, I was shocked at the number of Singaporeans that are presently based in Tokyo. Mostly are in their middle age - 40's. Many of the women I spoke to are here because of their husbands. Some married Nihonjin.

The young bunch - mid 20s to early 30s stuck in a group right in the middle of the ballroom. We were entertained by an active and elderly Singaporean lady and her Japanese husband who kept taking photographs of us. He said that - anyone with spectacles and camera - you know he is a nihonjin.