My roommate recently lended me a book called Coin Locker Babies, by Japanese author Ryu Murakami. The book is about two Japanese babies that were left in coin lockers (the lockers one finds at train stations, the gym, airports, skating rinks) in a train stations by their mothers as babies. The rest of the book is about how this experience affects them for the rest of their life. As orphans, they are never exposed to any kind of love; they have only each other. The two kids, Kiku and Hashi, are adopted by the same foster parents and grow up together. One is athletic and social, and the other quiet and weak. Neither can seem to come to terms with being given away by their mother’s in such a way.

I found the book extremely interesting, because I find Japanese culture extremely interesting. I also find that Japanese authors are creative in a way completely different from Western writers.

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Major: International Business
Minor: German
Expected Graduation: May 2015

Thanks for taking the time to view my e-portfolio. My name is Scott Workman and I am a junior, International Business major at Temple University Fox School of Business. I am very interested in languages and different cultures. I have been to 9 different countries as of yet (Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Canada, Dominican Republic), and look forward to seeing more of the world. If I could visit one country today it would be Japan. I enjoy working with and learning about other peoples lives and would like to eventually have a job where I am constantly meeting new people.

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