One of my good friends in Japan who has lived there for a long time asked me to send a white oak leaf. He spent his boyhood years in Ann Arbor and said a white oak leaf would carry good memories going back to his good old days. I went outside during lunch time in order to take some pictures of the apartment complex. I found oak leaves there when I quickly thought of this friend in Japan. I collected some leaves and put them in my car. It brought me to a silent joy as I was doing that.
"You can tell a White Oak because the tips of the leaves are rounded, like a bullet. Red Oak have pointed tips on the leaves, like the tips of an arrow. That's how we learned the difference." He explained to me.
This sort of friendship will not be limited to my private life. I even have a chance to speak with a guy I worked with in Japan over the telephone. We still work together via e-mail. It is thankful that I am able to do that, even though I have changed the company I work for.
When it comes to term with convenience, Japan should be so much better. However, it is interesting, at the same time, to be realized that there is no other country has obtained a higher standard of living than Japan with respect to the social system, infrastructure or customer services, but it is one of the worst places in some sense, where people are incapable of being connected with others. This is not a question of good or bad, but just whether you like it or not.
I personally think that if their demanding service quality are exported to other countries, it would make both Japanese and other nation become happier together.
