Assuming fun is required, the following 33 results were found.
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in my face. But since the "Lehman Shock," those days of freely granting credit to non-permanent residents was over. It was fun while it lasted. Apply for a card associated with a bill you already pay. Dejected and depressed, I traversed other avenues...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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economy, so don't feel like you're alone in this boat. Others have it just as bad if not worse than you do. Let's all make fun of the situation so we feel better about it. As our entertainment maintains such a strong interlock with reality, it makes us...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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mine, I say. This is a job, and that's all it is. Personally, my real family and friends (Japanese included) are a lot more fun to be with, and I structure my schedule accordingly. I'm cautiously optimistic and hoping my leaving-on-time ethic will rub...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Tokyo Makes Me Hate Peoplehttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10081-tokyo-makes-me-hate-people
them in. Like flies to honey they will come. Ask them to bring the food and drinks, and you've successfully installed the "fun" locally and even got a free meal out of it. It's an apt solution if you're a wimp and not yet able to fully sever the ties....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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The Rosetta Stone (PC / Mac) - www.rosettastone.com The Rosetta Stone is the Ferrari of language learning software. It's fun and extremely interactive, engaging all the senses to maximize retention. It's automatic lesson review feature quizzes like a...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Studying Japanese
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I'll just take the day off. Luckily, I had enough lead-time to request a day-off this time. The show itself was a lot of fun. I had much more preparation time, so I knew exactly what questions would be asked of me. We even had time for a few practice...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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interest in Mike's musicianship (and more). Her English was very limited, however, so Kayo and I translated for them. It was funny having to translate Mike's ultra-skillful flirtations. Mike was bummed, though. Here he meets this very cute girl all of a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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smoking a cigarette in the dark. Osaka Street Live I played guitar on the streets of Osaka a few times. The first time was funny because the police came and asked all the other Japanese performers to leave. I will say that the other performers were...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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for the school. She asked me to do it, so I was on Japanese TV! Whooooo! It was only like 30 seconds long, but it was fun nonetheless. I gave this ultra-dorky lesson to the attractive female news reporter and they included it in their local news...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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to visit. We toured Tokyo, Kyoto, then ended up in Tottori. Sarah and I went a New Year's party at our hotel in Kyoto. It was fun despite the fact we were by far the youngest people at the party. I even got the hammer to smash open the New Year's sake...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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some training program on how to talk to foreign teachers about the campaign. I studied psychology in college, so it was funny cuz the stuff she said to me was right out of one of my organizational psychology textbooks. For example, she kept saying,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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November 2003 - My Name is Debuhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/10020-my-name-is-debu
* Last weekend I hiked up Tottori's Kyusho Mountain. The hike was a really strenuous climb up thousands of stairs. It was funny cuz the only other people I saw along the way were really old women. They just cranked up the mountain like it was nothing. I...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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used to make fun of my mommy because of the way she sleeps. She expertly wraps herself in countless blankets much like ancient Egyptian embalmers going to town on the latest deceased pharaoh. The only sign there is a living being under all the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General