Four.

My observations while commuting to work.

1. Riding to work in a crowded train would not work well in North America. People would complain about personal space, people would talk to loud, people would smell, and again, people would complain. Japenese people, they don't talk. If you talk on trains you get stared at. If you eat on trains you get stared at. If you sneeze on trains you get stared at. And God forbid, if you talk on the phone on trains, you practically get murdered with their eyes. This just would not work well in North America.

2. I have come to rely on the little old man who waters his pavement every day at 5 as I get off. Not his plants, or flowers, or even a tree. But the pavement. 

3. One time the trains were late and 3 people pulled out their phones to take a picture of it. 

More to come.

Three.

Dishwashers.

This is what I have to say about dishwashers. I dislike them. With a passion. I am definitely the minority when I say this, but it's definitely true. Here is why.

1. I like to wash dishes as I go. Whenever I cook or bake, the counters have to be spotless or I go mental.

2. Typically, you have to rinse the dishes anyway to pretty much remove every piece of food so that the dishwasher practically gets the easy part of the job. So why not just wash the dish while your at it?

3. Some dishwashers leave dishes with this strange film feeling that makes me shiver.

4. Washing the dishes can be very therapeutic. Dishwashers are not.

5. You have to load, push buttons, wait, then unload the dishwasher. I feel like that is more work then just washing the dishes.

Ya.

That's all.