Joined: 3/13/2004
Posts: 1118
Location: Kansai, JAPAN
I know this is only one step above complaining about IRC, but I thought I would tell everyone that I'm going to be studying in Japan next year.
No word yet on whether or not I will be able to continue my moderation duties while I am away.
てりーくん, I'm coming! Put out an extra pair of slippers in the 玄関！
You are hereby required by law to create a webpage detailing experiences where the culture is hilariously different to your own!
Also, good luck, and all.
Do you know where in Japan you'll be?
What will you study?
Next year is still a long time away. But anyway. Since I'm here now feel free to ask me anything. Maybe I can help, maybe I can't. I just remember that I didn't have anyone to ask about all the things I should have asked about.
Joined: 3/13/2004
Posts: 1118
Location: Kansai, JAPAN
OmniEnt wrote:
Good Luck, and here's to hoping your name doesn't have long streams of consonants, so everytime they say your name it doesn't take 5 syllables. ^^
Nope, I'm lucky in that my name rhymes with a common English word that most Japanese are familiar with. You'll notice it's written in my sig in katakana. Of course, most Japanese people tend to address me by my first name with -San, making every day feel like The Karate Kid II.
NrgSpoon wrote:
You are hereby required by law to create a webpage detailing experiences where the culture is hilariously different to your own!
I've been doing that on my blog for a year now. I find I have a lot of cultural clashes here in the United States. But when I go to Japan I hope to add more pictures.
FerretWarlord wrote:
Try some fugu for me!
As a firm believer in Murphy's Law, I will not be eating anything with a deadly nerve toxin in it.
Truncated wrote:
Do you know where in Japan you'll be?
What will you study?
I'm going to Kansai Gaidai in Hirakata. It's a foreign language university, so I'll be studying Japanese as well as Japan-related topics (those will be in English). I'm very fortunate to have met someone here at Albany who lives in Osaka so he'll be around to help me adapt.
