One summer, I went to study Spanish in Spain. I met this tall Japanese girl in the Spanish family we stayed. We became very good friends immediately. She was studying for her master degree in Canada, but she didn’t finish due to some bad break up with her Chinese boyfriend. She is a tall delicate traditional Japanese girl. When she was growing up, she hated to be tall. She put a basket above her head, so she could stop growing. (Japanese superstition) She always walked behind me. .When we went to ladies’ room, she would bow to me, and said, “thank you for waiting for me.” Akane, wish you the best.