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Re: Why Japanese in Hawaii Weren’t Interned during WWII

JackTamaki — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:07:39 -0000

My school has the IB Program too! I'm a senior this year, and my extended essay topic is why internment was handled differently in Hawaii, focusing on the economic factors. I wrote a paper on internment a few years ago in a non-IB class, so this seemed like a natural next step. It's going to be about 14 pages long, but I wonder if I can keep it that short. Hahaha. It's really interesting, so I'm having fun with all of my research. :)

Re: How to Watch Live Japanese Television (For Free!)

JackTamaki — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:54:20 -0000

Too bad I have a Mac. :( I still like Macs better, but a lot of great applications out there aren't available on the Mad yet. My family has a communal Windows computer, so maybe I'll try to see how it will work on that one. Hopefully a Mac version of TVU networks will come out before I go to college and lose access to my family's home computer. XD

Re: Home Made Air Conditioning

JackTamaki — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:12:45 -0000

I normally get to the lowest place in my house and hunker down. Heat rises, so if your house has multiple levels then it might be more comfortable to hang out on a lower floor.

Re: Japanese Face Shaped Watermelon (and other weird shapes)

JackTamaki — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:09:22 -0000

Yikes. As if Japan didn't already have enough over-priced fruit.

Re: Watermelon Poisoning

koichi — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:34:56 -0000

putting caramel on rice is one thing - putting salt on watermelon is wonderful, and I think many people do it. I just love salt, I guess :)

Re: Watermelon Poisoning

JackTamaki — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:16:53 -0000

:( I've heard that water poisoning can be dangerous. But I guess you're feeling good enough now to be posting. Btw, my mom always eats her watermelon with salt too, but I still can't bring myself to put salt on any kind of fruit. It would be like... putting caramel on white rice.

Re: Interview with a Pro Fighter in Japan: Roxanne Modafferi

JackTamaki — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:35:54 -0000

Wow! That's great that she was willing to do an interview. It was really great getting to see what she had to say about her life in Japan.

Re: Some Japanese Restaurant Culture

JackTamaki — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:24:56 -0000

Yeah, I drink a ton at restaurants too. When I was at one okonomiyaki place in Kyoto the waitress came and refilled my midget water glass about 8 times. The service was great, but it was still embarrassing to have my cup refilled every few minutes.

Re: Plasticky Crêpes

JackTamaki — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:17:31 -0000

The crepe stands are still everywhere in Japan. I saw them all over in Fukuoka, Kyoto, and Tokyo.

Re: Win some Tasty Japanese Candy: Follow us on Twitter!

JackTamaki — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:15:01 -0000

I've had a bunch of those gummies before. I can attest to their unbeatable flavor.

Re: Jim Breen on the iPhone

JackTamaki — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:13:57 -0000

I was in Japan when the iPhone came out. The news was always commenting on the crazily long lines. People were pretty excited.

Re: How to Study Japanese Over the Summer

JackTamaki — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:40:56 -0000

I also agree whole-heartedly with Koichi.
Words are always worth more than face value, and it's hard to understand the deep subtextual meaning of words unless you grew up using them. I hope that one day I can become fluent in at least Spanish and Japanese, but I strongly doubt that I would ever be able to communicate in Spanish or Japanese in a way that would make me linguistically indistinguishable from a native speaker.

Re: How to Study Japanese Over the Summer

JackTamaki — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:06:42 -0000

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it yet, but Concordia Langauge Villages has a great program for students 18 years old and younger for Japanese. They have both two-week and four-week immersive study programs in Minnesota. There is also a one-week program for younger children, and a four-week program to Japan. Both four-week programs meet the requirements for receiving high school credits, but you'll have to check with your school to see if your school will accept your summer study with CLV for high school credit. It's too late to sign up for this year, but keep the program in mind in planning for next year! CLV offers programs for Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. It's a very very good organization and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to studying foreign languages in the states.
http://clvweb.cord.edu/prweb/japanese/japanese.asp

Also, for college-age students, Middlebury has a well-known and well respected (and intense) summer language immersion program for many languages, including Japanese.

Re: Mini Post: Odd Personal Grooming Choices

Viet — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:48:21 -0000

You gotta go with the Pai Mei look.

http://passtheammo.com/wp-content/uploads/kung-...

Re: Mini Post: Odd Personal Grooming Choices

JackTamaki — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:11:22 -0000

Wow, I'm surprised that it hasn't fallen off yet. If she could, she should grow all of her eyebrow hairs out and then braid them, or maybe get them put into corn rows (is that what they're called?).