Ha I was right

I had dinner at La Casa Pasta with some students last night.  It was the first time I had been there since they moved premises along Dixon Street.  The food was pretty good, especially for the price.  Took a while to get the food, but worth waiting for.

Anyway at the table next to us was a group of Asian naval officers.  Someone queried what nationality they were and I said I thought they were Japanese.  Someone else insisted they were not and said they were Korean.  One person said he knew Japanese and they were not speaking Japanese.

I claim victory on the basis of this article in the Dom Post.  One day I’ll tell the story of what happened in my younger days when I asked a Chinese girl (who I had only met clubbing several hours earlier) whereabout in Japan she lived.  Surviving that incident provided a good incentive to improve my recognition abilities.  On the other hand hey I still regularly get asked if I am Australian when I travel!