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11 months ago

in Some Japanese Restaurant Culture on Tofugu Comments
hm, well I'm going to try to look into that because I tried to do a host family stay in japan this summer but I didn't receive a scholarship so [sadly] could not go.
ありがとう!

11 months ago

in Some Japanese Restaurant Culture on Tofugu Comments
hey. hm...
very interesting. lol

I guess I learned something new. lol. okay, I lied, i learned more than just one thing. ha

um, you said you went to japan in highschool and stayed with a host family. do you mind me asking what program you went through to go to japan
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koichi Went through the Japanese government. I think it was foreign ministry.
They were even nice enough to pay for it, too, and pay my host family
for things like bikes and food. mmm.

1 year ago

in Relay for Life on La Vida
lol
well make sure they aren't too scary that u wet the bed.
trust me, its not good. haha

1 year ago

in Of Condoms and Japanese Candy on La Vida
haha.i would buy some of those, but no money. lol. yeah. thats my reason. lol

1 year ago

in Of Jousting and Fried Chiken on La Vida
oh dont worry, i wont. haha
unless your not carefully . hhaHAH

1 year ago

in Japanese Pop. on La Vida
lol.

well, there are many options

1. smack it over ur friend's head to get the marble
2. keept it in ur room to shower friends
C. try to think of a more "creative" thing to do with it

1 year ago

in Japanese Pop. on La Vida
yeah, it stays in there.
you can't play with it or nothign! i know..sad.
yup, I thought so too about the design.

1 year ago

in Tofugu Poll: What do YOU want to see more of? on Tofugu Comments
Let's see..sometimes something about real news in japan and sometimes about grammary history to see if you understand (it) better.

thats my translation.
Even though My spanish sucks...
but as to the site....
I think you should (of course) add more japanese blogs that involve teaching a few things,but like gueru said, something so we can practice reading and see if we are understanding it.
I'd also like to see more of the "japanese textbook reviews" so we can see what are the other [good] things out there.

1 year ago

in Japanese Textbook Review: Genki I on Tofugu Comments
I just typed in tofugu.com and BAM! There it was...Genki! I got this book for christmas and I've been teaching myself since. Sometimes I'm a little lazy and might skip over a few things before they are majorly ingrained in my head, but I have to say, this book is great! And I think how it always puts you in host family situations is great, well, for me that is. I might be going to japan this summer with YFU so I thought it's pretty neat. I'm glad you made a review of this book and you even gave it a 10/10, which (I think) is always a good thing.

well anywayz. nice review.

1 year ago

in Use Mixi.jp to improve your Japanese (and make some friends, too!) on Tofugu Comments
yup. Thanks for the invite koichi.

I'd start using it now...but im off to school

1 year ago

in Use Mixi.jp to improve your Japanese (and make some friends, too!) on Tofugu Comments
hm..Mixi. sounds interesting. I could practice my reading japanese on it. if only I was invited............

1 year ago

in Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008 on Tofugu Comments
good suggestions. I'm definatly gonna try the 'kanji a day' and 'read an article', but I better find some lower level, not so complex writings because I'm not that far along yet.

1 year ago

in Tofugu’s Japan Week in Review 1: Fukuda, Elevators, & Mochi Death on Tofugu Comments
hm.....getting in a car crash never seemed so fun. ha.

1 year ago

in Japanese Youtubers Part I: Moonkey4U on Tofugu Comments
haha. That first video...man..thats good! Sugoi! And the music. The music in both were awesome, they added a certain something to the videos. I will definately check out his videos and most likely subscribe. I'll practice my listening skills. Arigatou gozaimasu! thanks for putting this up and letting us know about moonkey4u.

1 year ago

in Hello Kitty: Emasculating Thai Police Since 1974* on Tofugu Comments
ahha. When I think of plaid, I imagine Clark Kent from Smallville. The classic farm boy, and yet, I don't think the police were going for that look.

1 year ago

in Hello Kitty: Emasculating Thai Police Since 1974* on Tofugu Comments
Now that’s something you don’t see everyday. I think Koichi is right, an entire hello kitty uniform is much more humilating. Stealing plaid you say? interesting………Maybe they were just sick of seeing the same old colors and thought "hey, this looks pretty [dang] cool" haha

1 year ago

in A Work in Progress on Tofugu Comments
hey, nice update. And I'm really looking forward to the japanese lessons. I've been teaching myself japanese for about 6 months and I think this could really help me. And the lessons could have a few vocab, a verb here and there. a verb ending, and maybe a small conversation with someone (formal and casual). I know I might be sounding a little pushy but I think these are good suggestions, unless, everyone else thinks they aren't. Well that's all.

Keep it up!

jaa ne!

oh, and I would really like to write for the website. I want to be a journalist, and I would love all the practice/experience I can get. And if I did submit something, what should it be about?
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