a foreign born mamasan but will i be a successful here
By mika1868
@mika1868 (4)
Japan
June 29, 2007 4:46am CST
i may look like a japanese in everything from my face down to my skin color but the colors of my eyes, my accent, my body in proportion to my long and slender legs gave way to my not being a real mccoy. but my being not a real japanese never discouraged me to pursue my dreams and ambition to be successful here in this country where discrimination is very much alive.
most of the time, i feel like giving up, especially where japanese girls working at your club are concerned.
so i get me a japanese bartender to manage the girls, you know why.. they dont want to work with a foreign born mamasan.. the arrogance, the racial slurs but they need to work where they can get competitive salary and i can pay them slightly higher than a real japanese mamasan.
i came to love this country where the good, the bad and the ugly racial discrimination is part of my everyday life .no one is encouraging me but my firm resolve to do it alone successfully with nobody helping me emotionally, mentally and physically . how much longer will i last in this kind of business here where discrimination is rampant especially to one like me?
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2 responses
@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
30 Jun 07
Wow... This sounds like an interesting Career. One I am definately wishing you much Success with. Sounds like a lot of Struggles you have to go thru to succeed, but sounds like you have what it takes to make it. I do wish you much success, and remember don't give in when the going get's tough. That only means it is time to get going.
@mika1868 (4)
• Japan
2 Jul 07
this is what i am waiting for . someone to give me a push when the going gets tough.. yeah... yeah... been struggling for the first three years krauseHome but i am alright now..after ten years, the hardships and the struggles looks easier now. i am established now for ten years running two japanese watering holes "izakaya" we called it here and a snack bar/club. i get to travel every year now since four years ago. . i was able to built a house , sold it and buy another one much bigger than the former. and some foreign born mamasan been in contact to go partnership with me. thanks for your time and comments. mika
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
29 Jun 07
Hi Mika, welcome to mylot. I see that you have so much of hatred in where you are now. Just be patient. You have to understand human nature. This place is just right for to be in. I think you can have great conversation with many people here. Happy mylotting.
@mika1868 (4)
• Japan
2 Jul 07
NO, zandi458(901), you're definitely wrong, i love this country very much although i was born in a wrong country, the philippines, i am of a third generation japanese and i have been here for twenty years now. although most of my siblings are naturalized american citizen, i rather stay, live, work and die here. i have accepted the facts that discrimination is part of a human ills. i have no hatred whatsoever with the country, its people that i have adopted. i rather be here than living in some parts of europe like a younger sister of mine who is married to a german, and living in america where the food and culture is not in tuned with my personality and character. the problem is: japanese has this tribal mentality--whether i belong there or not coz i m not a 100% pure japanese. i am running two japanese bars and a snack bar. the club is being managed by a pure japanese male and i do the tow japanese bars we called izakaya. and ten years running businesses here is a mighty feat for a foreign born mama-san. anyway thank you very much for your time and comments.
