On realizing I was a "South Paw" in Japan

I have written a couple of posts about baseball in Japan this morning. Which reminded me that I wasn't completely aware that I was a left-hand pitcher until I came to Japan! And it was thanks to a nickname a teacher in Japan gave me that I learned this fact about myself!

When I came to Japan first, as an exchange student, I had a sports class at least once a week in university. There were seven of us that came together as exchange students to Japan from Ireland. Our sports teacher couldn't remember our names and had resigned himself to the fact that he never would. But he had a nickname for me and so I became the one that he would call on for everything! He nicknamed me "サウスポー" sau-su-po, which is the Japanized English for South Paw! Because, as it turns out, I throw a ball with my left hand, even though I am right-handed.

I had played rounders in school in Ireland. I do remember my teacher then remarking to me a couple of times that I was pitching with my left hand. But I was not really fully aware that it was all time, until I came to Japan! Have you learned anything interesting about yourself thanks to living in Japan?