The people of Nagoya seem to have never met a Bahraini before, at least that’s what the people at my dorm office say, although I am surprised that they know where it is (maybe because of the many hard fought battles on the football pitch over the last few years) and when I chatted with one of my Chinese neighbours, ‘Andy’, he said, “Aah, you are from West Asia!” 
Yaelekea watu wa hapa Nagoya hawajawahi kukutana na yeyote kutoka Bahrain, walau hicho ndicho wanachonieleza watu wanaofanya kazi katika bweni langu, hata hivyo nashangazwa na ukweli kwamba wanajua kule ilipo nchi hiyo (pengine ni kwa sababu ya mapambano makali katika viwanja vya kandanda miaka ya hivi karibuni) na nilipozungumza na mmoja wa majirani zangu wa Kichina, 'Andy', alisema, "Ooh, kumbe wewe unatoka Asia Magharibi!" na nafikiri yuko sahihi ... hasa ukizingatia kwamba sasa nipo huku Mashariki ya Mbali.