What can you say about music?
Thursday, August 20, 2009
A Little Boost...
Sunday, July 19, 2009
A little recess...
Hello, it's JPOtaku, and... well, I'll be gone for a month.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Multilingual...ism
I find it harder and harder to be learning more than one language at once. Prime example? Japanese and French.
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Labels: difficulties, Japan, Japanese, kemushichan, multilingualism, Youtube
Saturday, July 11, 2009
HOLY CRAP #2-- (Fit's Gum)
Now-- I just recently found out about this Youtube craze a week ago, but still--- it was inevitable that this trend would spread all over Youtube Japan.
A Japanese gum company, "Fit's", released these commercials to promote a new, innovative, unbelievably soft, more mouth-accessible pack of gum. In the commercials, the model takes a piece of gum, chews it, and then proceeds to do a very distinctive, lively dance that gets anyone in a 15-foot radius excited to chew and dance as well. All the while, an infectious jingle plays in the background that would make anyone who knew the dance moves want to get up and shake it, too.
But wait!
We can shake it, too!
On the Fit's website was posted the instructions to the dance, in Japanese, along with their official announcement of their Youtube dance contest. That was when bunches of Japanese Youtubers picked up their webcams, shook it, and advertised their imaginary packs of gum.
A Fit's Entry
Another Fit's Entry
A Third Fit's Entry (my personal favorite)
A Fourth Fit's Entry (WHOA, foreigners?! No way. :P)
As far as I know, Fit's company (LOTTE) has promoted 32 entries. Now-- if this seems crazy or pointless to you, just think back a little-- just how many commercials have us Americans obsessed over?
Visa? (There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard.)
Geico? (The gecko AND the cavemen. AND the cash with the googly eyes.)
Freecreditreport.com? ("My legs are stickin' to the vinyl and my posse's gettin' laughed at!")
Remember those? :P
--JPOtaku
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Labels: advertisements, commercials, Fit's, gum, HOLY CRAP, LOTTE
Monday, July 6, 2009
My Japanese Progress!
Lately, since it's summer vacation, I have been able to do a LOT more Japanese. Particularly, I have been trying to learn more kanji to correspond with new adjectives and verbs I've been memorizing.
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Labels: Japan, Japanese, smart.fm, tofugu.com
Thursday, July 2, 2009
HOLY CRAP-- #1 (J-Dorama)
Ahh... What can I say about J-Dorama?
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Labels: asian dramas, HOLY CRAP, J-Dorama, mysoju.com, tofugu.com
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Starting over...
Okay, so I am now safely assuming that no one right now is reading this, and that in order for this post to even be made known, I'd have to e-mail it to my closest friends. It's fine! fresh start, right? ^.^
So, みんな, It's been a solid 5 months since I've posted here. After a while, I was a bit reluctant to post here, because I thought that I'd neglected this blog for so long that I should delete it, give up on my account, and deny that the entire experience had ever even happened.
But, why should I do that? I've been through so much so far, and my Japanese studies have been so exciting! I still feel like there's a part of me that just wants to document all of this, so I can just look back 20 years from now, when I'm a big CEO in Japan (schoolmates will get this), and look back on all of my fun times.
So, to... I suppose... regulate my posts here, I'm going to start a new series, called "HOLY CRAP". It's going to be, basically, an abridged version of all things Japanese, which have been obsessed over by 1) me, 2) my friends, 3) the entire nation of Japan, 4) USA. In addition to that, I'm going to continue the list of books I put in my Japanese Box. But... now, it's sort of a Japanese... Bag. At least the bag is biodegradable!! (Yeah, ik, Brooklyn Gardener!!)
Finally, thanks to whoever will read this! I hope you will enjoy my first edition of "HOLY CRAP"!!
--JPOtaku
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Quick update:
Unfortunately, I STILL can't find enough time to post on this blog weekly! But, so as to not completely be a slacker, here's something I watch sometimes on Saturdays-- you know, Mixed Bag day. :D
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Labels: anime, Chi's Sweet Home, children's shows, Japan, Japanese
Monday, January 12, 2009
I am, in fact, still alive...
Thanks for checking in, though!
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Labels: homework, Japan, Japanese, Japanese box, Kanji Pictograpix, review, schedule, speaking, study, writing
Saturday, January 10, 2009
My Japanese Schedule!
Just for reference. ;)
- Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji
- Translating romaji into traditional Japanese
- Writing in Japanese in journal
- Practice writing Japanese sentences using correct Japanese word order, grammar, and proper particles.
- Learn new words and phrases from Japanese in 10 minutes a Day.
- Listen to Japanese Youtube videos, songs, or anime.
- Observe rules of Japanese from textbooks.
- Practice writing Japanese sentences using correct Japanese word order, grammar, and proper particles.
- Learn new words and phrases from various workbooks and textbooks.
- Observe rules of Japanese from textbooks.
- Study rules of Japanese, learn new Japanese words and phrases.
- Review Hiragana and Katakana, review Monday's Kanji. Translate romaji Japanese into traditional Japanese writing. Write in Japanese in journal.
- Watch a bunch of animes or read a bunch of mangas.
- Review material learned in the past week.
About Japanese... umm....
I've been on it like skin on grapes! :D
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Labels: culture, English, inspiration, Japan, Japanese, Japanese box
The inevitable DIARY DISORDER
Hello, *the two people who might actually have stumbled on this blog looking for something else completely unrelated and have probably stopped reading by now*. It's so nice to see you again.
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Labels: brain crack, diary, disorder, excitement, help, Japan, Japanese, new, otaku, ze frank