‘Be the unconscious conscious #01’ - 11th October 2020

Serving for others? Or, being under a carpet?　Under the social norm of the herd mentality (2/2)

On the other hand, a Russian woman who happened to meet after re-living in Sapporo recently. She came to Japan earlier this year and was unable to return to Japan due to this pandemic and she has been stranded for more than seven months. I could resonate with her through my own experience of being stuck for about three months in Manila. So I asked her if I could do something to support her and we decided to go to the Immigration Department asking if she could at least convert her current travel visa to a work visa. In such a situation, if she could work, even a little financial anxiety factor would disappear. Unfortunately, the results do not seem to be so easy to get a work permit on paper. 7 months is such a long period without any assistance.

With foreigners who were stranded like this woman, the immigration office was quite crowded. There was an Italian man and a Japanese woman who happened to be there. The Japanese woman didn’t speak English at all, and all their conversations were done with an iPhone voice!  I’m very ignorant of these apps, so I could see the future there. It seems that the Japanese young woman found the Italian man raising his hand to hitchhike on a rural road in the suburbs, so she picked up him in a car, and let him stay at home since then. Are you sure that you feel comfortable letting him stay at your place?  I suddenly became an alert. When I lived in London, I had an unpleasant experience trying to help others in a similar situation ending up screwing my life greatly, so I felt like I was shown the past ‘me’ in her. Then, for some reason, I became sick in my heart. Why life is showing me another exploited naivety in front of my eyes? What came to my mind was the words of an American who had lived in Sapporo for about 20 years. ｀ Japan is such a peaceful country and people are generally kind and caring but the problem is that you don’t seem to have a red flag ‘watch out for people who you associate with’ in your heads.’

‘Equal giving and receiving are important for human relationships.’ People would say. There are many things that make me think about this pandemic this year. It may be because of this situation that it appears on the surface.

I felt like I saw a contrast between indifference and compassion. 

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‘Be the unconscious conscious #02’ - 11th October 2020