Belgium? or am i wrong?

[SushiShin]

I think you allready heard or saw about the rumour that is razing over the country where i resident at the moment.

there is still no new governement and if this continues thezy have to put new elections and if this doesn't work out they are maybe going to divide Belgium.

Well i don't care to be honest, this land has nothing to offer really except chocolate,beer.
Gas, vandalism, taxes, 'fresh' breathing air, 'japanese' people (haven't seen a japanese gal who lives here more then 1 year here) etc....

My questions are simple:

*Did the news reached your ears/eyes?
*What is your opinion?

[Han Chan]

I saw Kim Gevaert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Gevaert) winning 200 m sprint - she is a rocket!

I love the mussels and oysters you get in Brussels.

The Belgian society is a faschinating mix of north and south european mentalities. Nothing work really well (ever heard about Sabena?), but people are still having a good time. In many ways it is the right place as european "capital", however, I am concerned by all the corruption there.

One final good thing about Brussels: There are direct flights to Japan from there.

[SushiShin]

lol! im not very fund of this country! but i can't deny it has some good things too! for example the flight to japan, but even that is becoming a problem too!

[RockLee]

Originally Posted by Herbal Shin

lol! im not very fund of this country! but i can't deny it has some good things too! for example the flight to japan, but even that is becoming a problem too!

Yet you still came here to study. Thing is, Belgium is a bit pricy, yet we have one of the best social health care systems.

Why you think so many foreigners live here? We pay taxes till we drop dead, and the immigrants come and bring their families with them to live on social welfare.

Education is one of the best too.

About your "Japanese staying not longer than 1 year", well, most Japanese live in Brussels, and they DO live here longer than 1 year. You think because you know 1 Japanese in Antwerp you know them all? Most are here on a temporary visit also, either for work or pleasure. Those who work here for x amount of time, bring their family with them, they go to the Japanese school in Brussels and when they finished prep school here, they move back to Japan, take entrance exams and go to school there.

As if the Philippines are a dream country, with all the corruption and poor people. You make it sound like a paradise, which it isn't by far!

[SushiShin]

Well you again, why are you always the pain in the ***.
For me its paradise cause i live in a bigger house and i have a better status then in Belgium.

Remember one thing and it counts for everyone, with working you don't become rich.

For me Philippines is good for other rich people too. It is quite logical to be honest, if you are rich you don't have to complain. But that doesn't mean im like all the others, im different poor people adore me rich people respect me.
To be honest Philippino people see me as a japanese one and so is my family. i don't have anything similar with Philippines except my blood and the rest of my family.

But this thread is about Belgium. I go to a school were we speak more English then this so called Dutch 'Flemish'.
And yes i know all the japanese people in Antwerp! it's my city and my city isn't very big, the port of antwerp is huge but the city is tiny! i didn't say they ALL leave after a year but the most do!

I haven't say i don't know any japanese people, my friends are japanese but like me they are mixture from finnish,thailandese,malaysian, and dutch.

I haven't seen a japanese person around the 18's who lived his/her whole life in antwerp and is 100% japanese (ofcourse they have taken over the belgian traditions) but i don't care.

What i also want to say RockLee is : FIRST read then think then write, after some mistakes on this forum with you i am not really in the mood in a discussion again, unrather then you i forgive things!

To other people,please continue! Im eager to hear your statement!

[RockLee]

Originally Posted by Herbal Shin

Well you again, why are you always the pain in the ***.

Well hey, someone has to correct the bullshit you post.

For me its paradise cause i live in a bigger house and i have a better status then in Belgium.
Remember one thing and it counts for everyone, with working you don't become rich.

If you're some rich spoiled kid maybe. Some people have to WORK for their money, and don't get it from mommy and daddy.

For me Philippines is good for other rich people too. It is quite logical to be honest, if you are rich you don't have to complain. But that doesn't mean im like all the others, im different poor people adore me rich people respect me.

Oh boy, seems you live in some paradise indeed. You really have a vivid imagination.

To be honest Philippino people see me as a japanese one and so is my family. i don't have anything similar with Philippines except my blood and the rest of my family.

Hey, sometimes I feel Japanese too, too bad I don't look the part.

And yes i know all the japanese people in Antwerp! it's my city and my city isn't very big, the port of antwerp is huge but the city is tiny! i didn't say they ALL leave after a year but the most do!

There are about 120 Japanese people in Antwerp alone according to statistics, I don't think you know every single one of them.

I haven't say i don't know any japanese people, my friends are japanese but like me they are mixture from finnish,thailandese,malaysian, and dutch.
I haven't seen a japanese person around the 18's who lived his/her whole life in antwerp and is 100% japanese (ofcourse they have taken over the belgian traditions) but i don't care.

I didn't say you don't know anyone of Japanese descent, and I wasn't talking about Antwerp, but about Brussels. You said you didn't see a Japanese gal living "here" (here is Belgium), yet you don't know every Japanese person in Belgium, so how would you know? Hence I said there are lots in Brussels.

What i also want to say RockLee is : FIRST read then think then write, after some mistakes on this forum with you i am not really in the mood in a discussion again, unrather then you i forgive things!

I think you should first THINK, then write pal! Oh, and don't think you know anything about Belgium, cause of your remarks you obvious don't have a clue.

[SushiShin]

RockLee: to be honest lets just stop this war, i have nothing against you, but i see you do. If people are different just accept it, and i don't care about Brussels, i live in Antwerp so why should i care about Brussels many of my Japanese friends say that there are indeed more Nihonjin there then in Antwerp. I know many Japanese families in Antwerp (CITY not PROVINCE!!!) because i work as you allready may guess as a waiter/Teppanyaki chef in a famous restaurant here in the neighbourhood.
About Philippines again i don't see it as paradise i see it as my home, isn't it normal you like your own home? well enough otherwise we have an eternal discussion about this.
I never say im perfect nobody is, i'm not a shove up about beeing rich in fact i help people a lot why do you think i go working? I do this to support my grandmother and to have enough money so that i don't have any problems when i have a bad moment (for example if my business is not going well)
RockLee to be honest again, i'd rather speak in a friendly way then to fight eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth, if you don't like me just say it.
I never seek for problems because i know if you would ever be in trouble im always here to help. But if i need help would you lend me a hand?
Hope i cleared things out so we can chat in a more adult way, because really making a fight is really the last thing this forum needs.

With Friendly greets,
Herbal Shin

[Juno333]

owwwww cosy thread. hey Shin! *wavey wavey* are you having fun out here? naah naah RockLee, don't you think you're being a little unfriendly against Shin? Oooffffcourse I know absolutely nothing about Belgium. I'm just one of those silly Dutch blond girls, I bet many of those jokes apply to me too ;p Furthermore I want to bet that there are fewer Japanese people in the Netherlands (except for Amstelveen or some place like that, but that's the middle of nowhere to me) than in Belgium, so praise yourself lucky ;p haha although I think that our taxes are higher and our health care better..nahnahnah nahnahnah....your chocolates are the best though, yummy. Right! I'm very diplomatic!

@RockLee: stop being to agitated! hai! ofcourse you are right about some things you've said, but if we all were to be so pesky and assume things like that, this thread wouldn't be very popular, would it? haha plus everyone would have to read back over and over again to figure out what we actually said wrong. And everyone knows that reading/thinking is bad for us. At least that what both the Dutch and the Belgium government are trying to make us think. haha;p although I think it would be kinda cool if Belgium were to split up. I never thought of Flanders and Wallonia as one. I suppose the French could take Wallonia back and we(the Dutch) Flanders, haha back to the good old times. I mean, both provinces are practically only bound together by the borders of Belgium if you ask me ;p besides, I wouldn't mind having another funny accent in this country, you're more normal than those Frisians anyway haha. hey RockLee! Don't forget to be nice! If you're a good boy, I'll send you a cheese for Christmas haha ;p

[RockLee]

Originally Posted by Herbal Shin

RockLee: to be honest lets just stop this war, i have nothing against you, but i see you do. If people are different just accept it, and i don't care about Brussels, i live in Antwerp so why should i care about Brussels many of my Japanese friends say that there are indeed more Nihonjin there then in Antwerp. I know many Japanese families in Antwerp (CITY not PROVINCE!!!) because i work as you allready may guess as a waiter/Teppanyaki chef in a famous restaurant here in the neighbourhood.
About Philippines again i don't see it as paradise i see it as my home, isn't it normal you like your own home? well enough otherwise we have an eternal discussion about this.
I never say im perfect nobody is, i'm not a shove up about beeing rich in fact i help people a lot why do you think i go working? I do this to support my grandmother and to have enough money so that i don't have any problems when i have a bad moment (for example if my business is not going well)
RockLee to be honest again, i'd rather speak in a friendly way then to fight eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth, if you don't like me just say it.
I never seek for problems because i know if you would ever be in trouble im always here to help. But if i need help would you lend me a hand?
Hope i cleared things out so we can chat in a more adult way, because really making a fight is really the last thing this forum needs.
With Friendly greets,
Herbal Shin

I have nothing against you, but you sometimes have such a vivid imagination. You don't really think we take everything you said for real do you? Most of the times it's kids talk, or some bla bla without actual meaning. You say so much, but you don't have proof. IF you are talking about something, please look up before you post something. Don't just write some mindless things.

[RockLee]

Originally Posted by Juno333

Furthermore I want to bet that there are fewer Japanese people in the Netherlands (except for Amstelveen or some place like that, but that's the middle of nowhere to me) than in Belgium, so praise yourself lucky ;p haha although I think that our taxes are higher and our health care better..nahnahnah nahnahnah....your chocolates are the best though, yummy. Right! I'm very diplomatic!

I don't know, Holland is a bit bigger than Belgium, I think there are more Japanese living there as there are here. Can't say for sure though. Health care better? Don't really think so. Education sure isn't better.

@RockLee: stop being to agitated! hai! ofcourse you are right about some things you've said, but if we all were to be so pesky and assume things like that, this thread wouldn't be very popular, would it? haha plus everyone would have to read back over and over again to figure out what we actually said wrong. And everyone knows that reading/thinking is bad for us. At least that what both the Dutch and the Belgium government are trying to make us think. haha;p although I think it would be kinda cool if Belgium were to split up. I never thought of Flanders and Wallonia as one. I suppose the French could take Wallonia back and we(the Dutch) Flanders, haha back to the good old times. I mean, both provinces are practically only bound together by the borders of Belgium if you ask me ;p besides, I wouldn't mind having another funny accent in this country, you're more normal than those Frisians anyway haha.

I wouldn't want to be a part of The Netherlands ever to be honest. You can keep the Wallonians tho!

hey RockLee! Don't forget to be nice! If you're a good boy, I'll send you a cheese for Christmas haha ;p

I don't eat cheese, only if it's molten between a burger!!

[SushiShin]

hehe thanks RockLee you are right thanks for the support i will listen more to you often, as to me please accept my apologize but i also want that you are more open to people before judging them with bad or wrong.

[Guilty41]

To Belgium people who don't live in Antwerp ( that town is a country on its own) . Most Antwerp citizens are entirely different from the rest of Belgium . I agree not all of them . Flemish laugh with them all the time.
That's why there is also much racism there because most of them think they are better then people in the rest of the country.
why you don't see much Japanese in Belgium. I think it's because we are to
small to be noticed.

[Skullcrushergurl]

I live in America,the first to make news, never the first to get it. Especially when it comes to world news.
I haven't heard about it.

[SushiShin]

thanks for the replies! keep them coming please!

[Pachipro]

Originally Posted by Herbal Shin

My questions are simple:

*Did the news reached your ears/eyes?
*What is your opinion?

Not one bit and I listen to the news for more than a few hours a day driving.

However, we have heard much about the possible sighting of the McCann baby and a little on the unrest and shootings of the protest of the monks in Myanmar.

Here we get very, very little international news. One must go to the net for that.

[Seon-a Kim]

I like the beer and hate the politics...and definitely Vlaams Belang and all those muppets behind it >_>

[SushiShin]

hehe 115 days allmost and still no governement in Belgium.

[Seon-a Kim]

That's good, we dun need any XD

Powwa to tha peeple!!!

[SushiShin]

hahah in fact i don't care about this governement, what i do care is, the price of gasoline and grain is every day higher and higher.

[RockLee]

Now I'm living in Finland, so the Belgian politics is even less of concern to me. ;D

[Juno333]

owowowowowowow haha you live in Finland?? hihi, owow I'm sorry I find this so funny. But although Belgium isn't heaven, what in heavens sake are you doing in Finland...Norwegian: cool, Sweden: very cool....Finland: ???...reminds me of fish and lakes. owww lakes, nice for sailing...How's the weather there? I guess you do have that cool Scandinavian design....;p haha hey, this post ended up quite positive...haha why can't I never make up my mind...hihi ;p

[SushiShin]

Belgium isn't the country of the sweet honey. For many working people its a pain in the *** because of the high taxes and everything what you buy has a VAT/BTW on it!

argh but for the rest its still a good country.

[Sarapva]

I had heard that Belgium might be divided, but I read the news on the computer and had connection problems, so I haven't heard anything else since then. I don't know what I think about dividing countries - overall I think it's probably best to keep a country whole; that way there's no worrying about fighting between the parts. I've heard Germany is better to live in since it became one country instead of being East and West, though I don't what it's like to be there.

[Duo]

Belgium is a very comfortable country to live in. Well i should say Brussels. There is no other city alike. It is true that belgian laws and authorities are more than often a pain in the *** especially if u are a foreigner but I must say that there are so many benefits here. It can be a very nice and decent place to live. Belgium in general is also nice with opportunities for students and good health insurance and also very generous welfare program( too generous). Herbal shin u have some strange logic, u are judging a country based on how many japanese people live here and if you know any or all of them. Honestly that's just dumb. This is belgium and not japan, what kind of criteria is that?

[tokapi]

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