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Re: Yongfook | Web Producer and Usability Consultant based in Tokyo

Viet — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:42:36 -0000

Wow, this certainly is a different take on presenting updates. So far I like it.

I am definitely interested in reading your explanation of Lifestream.

Re: 天むす (Tenmusu) | Tofugu.com

Viet — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:25:13 -0000

Oh man.. I LOVE TAKOYAKI

Re: Huh? What? Questions? | Tofugu.com

Viet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:24:51 -0000

Lies....

:)

Re: Huh? What? Questions? | Tofugu.com

Viet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:45:48 -0000

College is pretty much a four year vacation. The reason why Japanese kids study so dang hard for entrance exams is that their society heavily emphasizes on the name of the university you attend, not your GPA, major or anything else. College level work is cakewalk compared to studying for the entrance exams. So in essence, the path of your life is determined by the name of the university. Employers don't really care what skills you have as they'll will provide the necessary training. I mean, the students already proven themselves by studying like maniacs to get into that prestigious university. An example: Todai students are almost guaranteed to get high-level job such as in the government (as bureaucrats, considered to be one of the highly honored positions) or upper managerial positions in the private industry.

Re: Beginning Japanese I: Where do self-teachers start?

Viet — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:29:55 -0000

MASU
MASEN
MASHITA
MASENDESHITA

Re: MoMu and Ultraman sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Viet — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:15:13 -0000

I wonder if he wears that costume in bed...

Nevermind.. I don't want to know >.>

Re: ウルトラローライズデニムビキニパンツ (Ho Pants)

Viet — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:43:35 -0000

I want to puke.

Re: Mini Post: Crazy Food Pun Time!

Viet — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:01:41 -0000

Oh man.. it's part of the 99 cents menu!

Re: Godzilla Youtube Feature

Viet — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:25:28 -0000

Go away. No one wants you back.

Re: Godzilla Youtube Feature

Viet — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:24:03 -0000

Oh.. Since you have made it "big time" on YouTube, can we expect to ability to stream tofugu videos on our iPhones? :)

Re: Godzilla Youtube Feature

Viet — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:32:22 -0000

Ahh it's on the feature section!

Re: In Japan, be Humble

Viet — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:48:47 -0000

"Your grandpa also told you never to eat mochi."

Be a rebel. Eat some mochi.

Re: A Work in Progress

Viet — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:23:39 -0000

Be cool. Participate in the Flickr group.

Re: A Work in Progress

Viet — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:30:27 -0000

Mathias is cool :)

Re: Restaurant: Ninja Akasaka

Viet — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:26:23 -0000

The card trick ninja was a level 4 master ninja, if I remembered correctly.

Re: Restaurant: Ninja Akasaka

Viet — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:08:50 -0000

It was too pricey in my opinion. Id rather have spent my 10,000 yen on konbinis and UFO catcher... :o

Re: Restaurant: Ninja Akasaka

Viet — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:47:53 -0000

Yea.. We did get sick of eating konbini for every breakfast. But I want some now!

edit: I take that back. I want some takoyaki.

Re: “The Ramen Girl” Makes Me Want to Cry

Viet — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:39:21 -0000

The Japanese version of Shall We Dance is pretty good. I never got to finish it though :(

Re: Studying Japanese with a Nintendo DS

Viet — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:30:57 -0000

The homebrew games are loaded with the R4 chip. If you need the link IM me Koichi.... A lot of my coworkers and brother have the loader :)

Re: Tokyo’s Fruity City Landscape

Viet — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:48:55 -0000

Shinjuku? So you are attending Waseda?

Re: Japan’s Top Producer of Ugly Women: Gunma*

Viet — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:15:57 -0000

In other news Gunma is #1 in percentage of ugly women getting laid.

Re: Hello Kitty: Emasculating Thai Police Since 1974*

Viet — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:35:55 -0000

Am I the only one that finds it not that humiliating to wear a Hello Kitty armband?

Re: Hello Kitty: Emasculating Thai Police Since 1974*

Viet — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:53:43 -0000

@Erin

I wouldn't want to wear one also. But I can think of more humiliating things they could employ instead. The armband is like a slap on the wrist.

But then again.. We are talking about macho Thai man.

Re: Are you a J-Doramaholic?

Viet — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:33:19 -0000

@animerika

http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_4461.h...

No subs... Enjoy :)

Re: Tofugu News: A New Series, Guest Writers, and Chat Stuff

Viet — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:57:17 -0000

The iChat image is awesome.

Re: Storytime: Mori Building, Tipping, and Coldstone Japan

Viet — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:10:45 -0000

See! Now you guys know how awesome it is :O

The employee on the bottom left corner of the pic above knows her role, unlike her shameful coworkers.

Re: Storytime: Mori Building, Tipping, and Coldstone Japan

Viet — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:55:36 -0000

@kronik

Koichi was being sarcastic. That's how I interpreted it...

Re: Storytime: Mori Building, Tipping, and Coldstone Japan

Viet — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:52:39 -0000

@George

Arigatou gozaimasu

It's hard to catch the arigatou since they said it really fast.

Re: Canned Disaster Relief Ramen NOT a Disaster

Viet — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:00:25 -0000

Man.. Where were all these weird things when we were over there?

Re: Fuji inspired X-Seed 4000 to house 1 million people. Pyramids not impressed

Viet — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:12:49 -0000

More info here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Mega-City_...

The Japanese have been babbling about this project for the last year. I remember watching a show that discussed about this project. It was probably on the Discovery or History channel...

Re: Charity Never Felt So Good

Viet — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:59:00 -0000

Man... This shit won't fly in the States.

Re: Charity Never Felt So Good

Viet — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:55:59 -0000

I like how the Google Ads are outputting a mix of 'Donations', 'Charities', 'Fundraising' and 'Japanese Girls for Dating'.

Re: Beginning Japanese III: Taking Steps

Viet — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:16:00 -0000

Apparently alcohol is my booster >.>

Re: Putting the “hu” in Tofugu

Viet — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:10:01 -0000

I see the college students four year vacation are rotting their minds.

Re: Pivo 2 Unveiled: Generation of Lazy Drivers in the Making

Viet — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:57:36 -0000

I'm still waiting for my hover car Japan....

Re: Are you a J-Doramaholic?

Viet — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:03:21 -0000

Recommendations please!!!! I've need something to keep my mind off of school work and work work.

Re: My Pokemanz, Let Me Show You Them

Viet — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:25:23 -0000

That's one big sex toy...

Re: Nice Japan p I: Violence and Anime

Viet — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:29:59 -0000

You should fix your links.. They are point to no-no land.

Re: My Pokemanz, Let Me Show You Them

Viet — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:01:22 -0000

We have someone speaking for an entire country now? Get off your high horse. I don't think anyone (at least me) will dispute the cost saving measures of the design, nor the inability of a child to process the sexual connotations of the opening. Whats wrong joking about it as mature individuals? Personally, I don't see a huge problem with the position of the opening. But, internet must be serious business. I'm sorry we proved YOUR expectations wrong.

Anyway, my Japanese friends found it amusing (They were the ones that first mentioned it).

Re: Customizable Cup Noodles

Viet — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:20:43 -0000

During middle school it was "cool" to eat the freeze dried noodles straight out of the package with seasoning.

Personally, I'm not into the instant ramen foodstuff. I'll eat it if I have to, but it's something I don't have any excitement over.

Re: Erotic Weather Channels…yes, that’s plural

Viet — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:06:32 -0000

Apparently there is a city called Happy Land in Erromango. The place sounds deceiving. I bet they offer cake >.>

If you tilt your head to the right it while looking at the first image the katakana spells out 'ho'.

Re: How to Win at UFO Catchers

Viet — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:53:24 -0000

@Eevee

Generally the staff will replace it immediately (from our experience). If not, you can always ask them.

The coolest moment I've had with these machines was when I won two prizes back to back. After winning the first prize, the arcade peon went in to set up another prize. Bad mistake on his part since I still had two tries left on my credit :)

Re: How to Win at UFO Catchers

Viet — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:05:21 -0000

@Erin

You're right. It was Koichi playing it.

Re: Top Japanese Impulse Buys of 2007: Part 1

Viet — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:43:48 -0000

The Mega Mac was one of those impulse buys. I wouldn't buy one again.

Re: How to Win at UFO Catchers

Viet — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:15:05 -0000

@fredy

Thanks for the compliments. This article was definitely a team effort.
Fixed the image.

Re: How to Win at UFO Catchers

Viet — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:26:49 -0000

@Zaakro

They have these at my local Gameworks (Seattle) also. But every time I've visited there the prizes don't seem winnable.

Re: My Pokemanz, Let Me Show You Them

Viet — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:48:40 -0000

@Salem

You can cry once you are inside Pikachu.

Re: Half of Japanese Authors have Meaty thumbs

Viet — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:12:50 -0000

That T616 Sony Ericsson is as big as her head! Yeah, I'm a cell phone whore :(

Re: Half of Japanese Authors have Meaty thumbs

Viet — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:55:33 -0000

I want a Japanese cellphone like the next guy, but lets be realistic here.

Even if you do get a Japanese phone to work on the US cell network, it'll just be as shitty as the US phones. Heck, it'll probably be worst, since most of the features touted won't work at all.

All the features that make it better depends SOLELY on the cell phone provider. They support fast upload/download speeds because of the wireless spectrum + technology provided by the cell service (DoCoMo, Softbank, etc). Same goes for the coupon scanners and TV tuners. These are provided by the cell service companies. The framework is in place and this allows the cell phone companies to make their god-like phones. Maybe we should start wishing that companies like AT&T;, T-Mobile, etc provide services equal to that of the Japanese cell carriers. Then and only then we might get phones that are on the same level. The cell phone companies are limited to whats provided to them.

So the question "iPhone or Japanese phone?" should be revised to "AT&T; or DoCoMo?" I'd choose DoCoMo.

Oh funny fact, DoCoMo owns a sizable share in AT&T.; I wish they could do something about the laughable cell service here.

Re: Half of Japanese Authors have Meaty thumbs

Viet — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:27:30 -0000

@Ramaja

That is true. The culture among the end users have influence on what is being provided and thus the provider (supposably) accommodates to those needs by providing the technical services. But ultimately in the end it is up to the provider to provide those services as they are the ones that have the resources to execute it.

It just seems to me the Japanese cell providers are willing to take more risks with random services like coupon scanners and built-in credit cards. I honestly don't think there was a demand for these services, but they took the risk and the market accepted it. In the US the providers are very conservative.

It really depends on how you look at it I suppose.

Re: “Mama Sucked out my Nose Mucus;” Child Protection Agency Works Overtime

Viet — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:10:53 -0000

"It’s not a pill so us American’s won’t deal with it."

But would American's deal with inserting pills through their rectum?

Re: How to Win at UFO Catchers

Viet — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:48:23 -0000

@Ste

Awesome! I'm glad the tips worked out for you.

Re: “Mama Sucked out my Nose Mucus;” Child Protection Agency Works Overtime

Viet — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:34:30 -0000

Hmm. Imagine doing this on yourself.

Re: The Secret to Learning Japanese! Amazing!

Viet — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:15:32 -0000

I'm going to have to agree with Tori :)

@Marc

It was bought at some store in Kyoto, off the head of a freeta D:

Re: Tofugu.com Named “Most Humorous Blog on Japan in 2007″

Viet — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:35:03 -0000

o_O

Re: Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008

Viet — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:47:57 -0000

Resolutions?

Hmm maybe start learning the language again.

Re: Tofugu’s Japan Week in Review 1: Fukuda, Elevators, & Mochi Death

Viet — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:17:02 -0000

From my understanding, the Japanese are still "researching" other whales, but humpbacks are excluded for now.

Yes, listen to your Grandpa!

Re: Tofugu’s Japan Week in Review 1: Fukuda, Elevators, & Mochi Death

Viet — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:36:23 -0000

The state (US) governments allow Native Americans to hunt an allotment of whales for cultural reasons. I have no problems with that, except for the fact they can use high power weaponry to kill the whales, which is something I don't agree with. Anyway, the point is this is happening in the US, but it seems the focus are on the Japanese whenever this hits the news or some social linking website like Digg. Which is fair considering the magnitude the Japanese are gathering the specimens. But at the same time shouldn't we "clean" up our act before we go attacking others?

Whale consumption in Japan seems to be a cultural thing, which personally I have no problems with. It seems people are pissed off because they are using the guise of "research" to harvest these mammals and think they could get away with it. In addition, they are breaking whale hunting laws by using a loophole. Using such a blatant lie is an insult.

In conclusion, to me it isn't so much the whaling that makes me think Japan in a negative way, but the obvious lies they try to pass off to the international community just to fulfill their gluttony.

Re: Tofugu’s Japan Week in Review 1: Fukuda, Elevators, & Mochi Death

Viet — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:21:55 -0000

Mochi kills old people who can't chew properly.

Re: Use Mixi.jp to improve your Japanese (and make some friends, too!)

Viet — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:37:28 -0000

In for one..

Hey, is that your yakuza friend in your profile pic?

Re: Fuji inspired X-Seed 4000 to house 1 million people. Pyramids not impressed

Viet — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:11:40 -0000

http://whatheck.net/index.php/component/content...

Looks like the Russians are doing something equally crazy. They even have the go ahead for this one!

Re: Customizable Cup Noodles

Viet — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:36:59 -0000

@Mai

I think its a good hour to hour and a half by Shinkansen if I rememeber correctly.

The places you are visiting sounds like my planned graduation trip :)

Re: Use Mixi.jp to improve your Japanese (and make some friends, too!)

Viet — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:57:13 -0000

@kevinnwhat

Your web browser's encoding setting is probably set wrong. Do the following (I'm assuming you are using Firefox):

1) View > Character Encoding
2) Select Unicode (UTF-8)

If that doesn't work, try the selecting the other character encodings.

Re: Japanese Online Translators: They Laugh at You

Viet — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:11:24 -0000

Another great article Koichi!

>.>

Re: Japanese Online Translators: They Laugh at You

Viet — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:36:36 -0000

Here is an awesome site to assist those that are actually doing some work by translating online content themselves.

http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx

This is so much faster than opening up a dictionary or even using Jim Breen. I've used it a few times and I have no complaints.

Re: Japanese Online Translators: They Laugh at You

Viet — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:07:01 -0000

No love for Erin.

Re: Tofugu’s Japan Week in Review 1: Fukuda, Elevators, & Mochi Death

Viet — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:41:04 -0000

This is so bad, ahahaha

http://harpooned.org/

Here is a video of the trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR4KN6EfX6M

Re: How to Win at UFO Catchers

Viet — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:10:47 -0000

Hi Asian Kid

Welcome to the site. I'm glad you are enjoying out content ;)