My story about how I ended up in a Japanese hospital bed, scared out of my brain. Recorded live in front of an audience at the British Council in Paris.
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I can confirm, because I was there, last week in Paris at the British Council. The "show" was great! After the Luke's performance, we have been invited to share a glass with Luke and I had the opportunity to have a quick chat with him! 😊👍 And I asked for a picture 😬
Yes, it is incredible how Luke is famous, it is true that a lot of people were waiting for a picture with him or for an autograph!!
I was so happy Luke to meet you in person! But I admit, like you said in your podcast, that it was a little bit strange for me also, to be suddenly just near you, a person that I know very well, but only through my mobile phone on YouTube, FB or Spotify! 😂
I wish you a lot of new moments like that in the future, enjoy, you derserve it!
Thank you again for your work, very useful for learners and pleasant at the same time. 🤗
I will have a lovely thing Luke!
I really love Luke’s way telling stories . I like English humour, please Luke come here in my hometown Turin ,it s not too far from Paris!!
I sometimes think that technology has deprived our lives of this kind of adventures. Nowadays you'd use google translate in Japan, you'd call or text your physician back home, as well as your family. There's no risk of getting lost (GPS), which is nice but it prevents us from living memorable moments. Easy lives are more forgettable… though I must say that I enjoy the comfort of modern technology 😅
Even when we travel we usually know a lot of things about the place we're about to visit, so it's harder to be surprised. Nevertheless, when I traveled from Palermo (IT) to Vienna (AT), I was impressed by the cleanliness of the city!
Was the one at the hospital the first time you read the lord of the rings? If so, do you think that you would've read it anyway in the future?
Hi, Super Luke, never be bored to listen to your talking, and your colorful life makes my life colorful as well🤓
what a small world, it isn't? in 2002 I was in the school 2 grade in Brazil. and Luke is in Japan and I would never thought met Luke and right now I'm listening his podcast to practice my listening Crazy world dude kkkkk
I went to the UK in 2004. On my first night trip I got stuck in the toilet just before I was about to get off the train. I have never seen so many buttons before! I pressed all of them, setting off the alarm. I was terrified, alone, not knowing the language, locked in the toilet…Fortunately a big African man came to rescue me just in time. I spent 3 wonderful years in the UK. Just loving your country and your language 😘
Thank you, Luke, for your podcast. It is a pleasure to listen your stories. In this one , which is actually the second version of that I have heard previously, I picked up a phrase " No, I have to work". Well, so did I too in 1998. I believe I could understand your feeling about concert in Japan. So, thank you for good story with you.
Hello Luke! Thank you for sharing your story. I have some interesting experience when i was living in Kyoto. I have been for 3 months in Kyoto studying Japanese. I felt bad some day with the stomachache and for me it isn´t usual. But i decided to go to visit doctor. My insurance sent me to doctor who could speak maybe 4 idioms, among them was English, Spanish, French and maybe Polish or Czech. I was impressed because i studied languages and I know four languages. When i visited him he spoke Spanish. And he spoke with me as well showing me a pictures. If you say yes he could show you another one. So as i understand japaneses communicate with gaikokujin (foreigners) by showing them pictures so if you say yes or no it depends which next picture they will show to you. He showed me some pictures of shit and it was four different conditions of shit 🙂 i choose one that i had at this moment. In summary their method to communicate with foreigners is quite interesting and deserved to be discussed.
That was one of the best dicisions that did you do to become in a teacherher because i think you are so good doing this i really like how do you teach us.
I've already heard that story, but it's quite interesting. Give us more stories like that, please Luke!
Hi Luke and Lepters out there. I'm from Vietnam. Thanks for your story and all of your jokes again (can't all of them but some is enough for to open my mouth with smiling =))). Luke, you might not know me, i suppose =)) but you've helped me a lot. Thank you!!
I've never been to Japan, but I'd love to.
you'd better kept your rants under an hour
I was at the British Council for the second time to hear this terrible story. Luke is not only a great teacher ( I am a premium lepster) but the way he tells stories is literally captivating and funny. How talented he is ! Also Thank you to the BC for the friendly atmosphere created at the time, all of this making me more and more fan of the British culture and humor, so unique, so British !
Hervé M
Luke Thompson Super Star!
Thank you for great story and your positive energy. You always make me smile. Cheers.
I was absolutely confused by the number of buttons with unknown Japanese characters in the toilet at bus stop outside Tokyo airport – I had to go back to airport building where they had English "subtitles" 🙂
And also I was surprised in New Zealand that buses will not stop on bus stop and will not pick you up, if you don't lift your hand (like you want to catch a taxi).
In 2002 l was new in Bergen in Norway with my husband and my two little daughters. I was practicing as a doctor in a hospital there and it was not the happiest experience of my life.
Thank You Luke
thank you , from Japan .
This is extremely interesting. I was in Japan from September 2002 to August 2003 doing an MSc at GRIPS situated close to Sinjuku, but now located at their own building at Roppongi. I was staying first at a residence in Odaiba, where we travelled on an unmanned train, which goes along the Rainbow Bridge over the Tokyo bay. A wonderful location. After three months, I had to leave that place when my wife joined me about three months after I went there. We moved to an apartment in Nishi-Ojima and I went to and from College by the trains on the Sinju-ku line. We loved the Spring most. The fall was manageable, but the summer and winter were extremely harsh.
It was our first stay in Japan. Japanese people we happened to deal with were very good. I mean they have good human qualities. The landlady was very kind and helpful. My wife became pregnant with our first child while we were there. She was five months pregnant when we returned. Our landlady Sachiko-san was a lovable woman with motherly qualities.
We loved our stay there. I did my studies well. My wife had to visit a doctor at the International Medical Centre for her pregnancy. It cost 12000 yen per visit. It was big money for me who depended on a stipend. I fell ill with an attack of hyperthyroidism. It affected my health badly. Thanks to the doctors who did the perfect diagnosis and prescribed the best medicines, my health became normal in no time. Even after 20 long years, I have trouble with my thyroid glands. We both went to a dental clinic call Suzuki Dentist, I suppose. Close to our college then.
It's now 20 years and the fillings still last.
Our experience with the doctors were very pleasant.
I had contact dermatitis issue too. The lady doctors at the Dermatology Clinic were excellent. How kind and nice they were. I had these heal issues when I was there. They spoilt my one year long stay to a little extent.
My memories of Japan still live with me. I have travelled to Thailand, the UAE and Switzerland, but Japan is exceptionally good.
I appreciate all who helped us live there happily. I have aong story, but nobody will want to read that much.
Thanks Luke. I enjoy your podcast, which helps learn (or acquire) the English language.
This episode is interesting to me personally as I did experience the Japanese way of life for a year.
Thanks
Hello,Luck! Thank you for your story.I didn’t stop laughing, listening to your story. It was real great.
I have experience living in another country. I'm from Russia. In 2004 I had to work for six months in China as a doctor in local hosputal. I’m well aware of the language barrier. The funniest is when the Chinese don’t understand you, but they do not show that they haven't understood. To show misunderstanding means for them to "lose face". When one does not understand,the second joins him. And now they don’t understand together anymore.
Then others join in and they’re all together with a big crowd don’t understand. But most importantly in this case they "do not lose face".
i like the Chinese. But the truth is, we’re very different and we have trouble understanding each other.
We must respect each other’s culture and try to learn as much as possible about each other.
Hallo i'm blind from egypt you inspired me how you faced difficulties and changed your life from being directionless to be famous succesful and effective person and make people happy and laugh all over the world thank you much what you are doing is so great
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 💐🤍
2003 is the year my daughter got EB virus in Tokyo. It was quite awful memory. Anyway, I like your story.
Such an awful experience for you, Luke, in Japan and such a great story for us 😁😆🤗
Thanks for this great story!💛
Wow, it’s crazy, but I think I was one of your NOVA students! The video popped up on my home page and I thought you looked familiar…
You were one of the great teachers (NOVA teachers were a mix of all sorts..)! I kept leaning English and now I make sewing tutorials in English. Thank you so much for being a great English teacher! 😊
I was listening and for moment I felt I was there, one of the audience! Very great episode, I enjoyed listening to your story and experience and also learned new adjectives. Thank you Luke
Japan sucks
Does a japanese liver work? 😂
So good😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤
I love the song Cotton-Eye Joe💀♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️thanks for playing for us in the end