speak politely in front of me! hey!you can argue anything! politics!economics!public entertaiments!daily life!anything! start an argument! refer every thing to me!
>>22 I will speak politely to you, if you do the same, Cyrano-kun. Arguments as mere means of picking a verbal fight are rather passé and quite pointless, unless one's practicing playing the devil's advocate and one's ability to use rhetoric to one's advantage. If that is what you wish, I can assist. Otherwise, I suggest we have a discussion. I see arguments as a process between several parties to come to a conclusion and an agreement, even if it is but to agree to disagree.
Arguments held not for the sake of the topic, but for the sake of "winning", are of no use but practicing the art of arguing in an intelligent and convincing manner, holding a dialog with your opponent with the intent of swaying his/her (or the audience's) opinions to your advantage. Is this what you're looking for?
Actions speak louder than words! Let's talk about middle eastern politics. How doy think about israel's foray into Lebanon. Do you affirm their actions?
>>25 Sorry, no ;D I was merely distracted by my find! <3 the band. Though to my sorrow, there aren't any of Weeping Willows' music videos there... Regarding Israel and the Hezbollah, they're both being asshats, as far as I've noticed. They're both claiming to act in their own interests, which they probably are, but they refuse to see beyond themselves. That is my impression, though I have a limited amount of knowledge about the situation. I only know what I've read in various newspapers. My impression may suffer from an amount of truthiness. I haven't bothered to investigate.
>>28 Cyrano-kun, that's not arguing, nor does it in any way dismiss my statement. That's stating something about me, an incorrect statement too. Even worse, it isn't connected to what I stated. How would me stating that both the Israeli government and the Hezbollah are behaving badly make me someone of the Judean religion or ethnicity? You have a long way to go, Cyrano-kun, before you can claim to be even remotely skilled at arguing. You even fail at giving a good retort, as it's but mere unrelated "name-calling" that lack wittiness as well as any attempt to twist my words into insult myself. You have much to learn. Should I give you links to threads where you can practice snappy one-liners? You seem to badly need it.
>>29 You seem to be fond of looking down on Judeans, as well as people who profess themselves to Judaism. What's the matter, did the Torah crawl into your crib and rape you as a child? Should I start referring to you as the Jack Thompson of anti-Judaism, Cyrano-kun?
>>31 Not really, Cyrano-kun. If there's a way for me to "match up" to your level, I'd hate to know it. I wouldn't want to sink down to your level. Your comments lack wittines, intelligence nor do they manage to actually be offensive. You're just tossing out random pointless noise, Cyrano-kun. Your "retorts" are as worthless as the effort you've put into them. They have nothing to say, and they achieve nothing.
Anyone can go "lawlz hay u r poooopy", but it takes skill to actually be able to argue well, and even just a battle of insults requires some thought put into it for it to actually have an effect and to be noteworthy.
>>30 How can I call your name?I don't know your name. Let me know your name.Horovitz?Friedman?Goldberg?Rosenberg? I would call your name as much as you like.
>>35 Sir, you massively fail at insult. Your one-track mind is also horribly dull, and lacks any kind of ability to comprehend when it's time to stop trying to pull non-existant strings. I do not find it insultive to be called a jew, nor any other ethnical group of people, and thus your attempts to insult me by refering to me as one goes straight to /dev/null.
I'll happily have an insult fight with you, if that's what you want, but this isn't even insultive. You're just being horribly dull and pointless. There are plenty things about me you can use as ammunition, yet you've horribly failed to even realize that they exist.
You dissapoint me greatly, Cyrano-kun. You need to get back to the drawing board. Should I suggest some reading for you?
He does not have an account at Wikipedia to my knowledge, nor is there any point for searching for jewish articles about him. Next time you're trying to use a search engine: Use the minimum amount of keywords, and after that (if there are too many search results) just add more keywords. x search: Jack Thompson Jew Article wikipedia.com Account o search: Jack Thompson o search: Jack Thompson attorney
>>48 What I meant to say was, that it's my pet nick-name for the poster whom the name fits so badly. The bloke with the peculiar obsession with jews, who thinks that he "wins" arguments by stating dull nonsense.
after someone is in deep despair, what the person's next movement? first the person should cry and yell hard and then probably does really nasty things to others. Is it easy for him/her to give it up?
In my case, I was in a "mood swing" for a long time then gradually I got back to a normal state.
Only 22:15 here, but I live in an area with a university and a lot of older people, so there's a couple bars, a supermarket, and a donut shop open at this hour along with one diner that has a two customer per table minimum during peak hours (all weekend). I was hoping to get some translating work done tonight, but it's too distracting to try and do something like that at home.
I just don't feel productive at home. I'm easily distracted by the net and the DVD player (the former will even pull me away from the latter) when facing big tasks, and they make it too easy to procrastinate.
Plus I like doing any kind of writing project with pen and paper and then typing it later. It just feels better and more productive that way to me with the added benefit of being able to do some editing and crosschecking as I type it into the computer afterwards.
A walk is probably a good idea, as the weather is not so hot anymore. If nothing else, I should go buy a drink so that I have change to use with the laundry machines tomorrow.
Life is pretty dull right now. Get up, go to work, come home, watch whatever DVD came from rent-by-mail, and if I'm lucky do some kind of hobby/project work. I'm not under a deadline for my translation except for a self-imposed one, so it's not a huge deal if I slack, because I know that once I start I'll get through it. On the upside, I'm mostly through another translation project... right now I'm getting a proof together to send to my editor so that I can revise it and be over with.
And do public laundry machines in Japan not use coins? The ones in my building and at most laundromats do, but a couple of the buildings I've lived in used a card based system instead.
If you take a look on other threads in this English seciton, most of the people are like you. Our life are not fun and trying to come here to ge some fun. They come here when they have some questions on their studies and ask some experts in English. Maybe we are just happy to know the real meaning of the inexplicable word. Something like that...haha
I don't know your age, but if you have some buddies you can enjoy to hang out with, it's good just to chat with them or go to a club and pick up some girls...well... if you feel like it...if you like staying alone...then just ignore my suggestion.
Yes, we use coins in laundromats. I just said your life sounds fun is because...it's hard to say...sounded you have plenty of freedom(?)lol sorry if I sounded offended.
I'm not a hikki, but I do prefer spending time by myself and get uptight when in crowds.
The English forums are lots of fun; I've posted a few times in the help threads.
As far as freedom goes, I guess that's what being an adult means. While I like being able to travel if I want or buy porno, etc., the freedom to be responsible for paying my rent and bills isn't overly appealing, either. I guess that it's just one of life's little trade-offs.
>>81 yeah, that's right. Probably I kind of envy you because I live with my family. I have my mother and father always staying in my small house and keep guard on me and sometimes give orders etc..>,< So I'm looking forward to living alone in the future. Hopefully I go to U.S. or Canada and study there. lol
Yeah, me too. I don't like to be in crowds. When I want to buy something, let's say if I want a certain book, I go to a book shop as straight as an arrow and pick up that book and go to a cashier..lol It's still very hot here so yes...I'm not a hikki either but staying home is much better than walking around outside...lol
I sympathize with living with your parents. After my first year away from university I returned home and thought that I would kill my mother or myself out of anger by the time I went back to campus. As it is, we've come to the conclusion that we can stand visits of three to five days with each other before we have to go our separate ways. It's one of those benefits of being an adult and on your own.
If you can study in the US or Canada, go for it. Studying abroad is one of the best things you can do in your life. It opens your mind and forces you to learn a lot about yourself, grow up in ways you may not want to otherwise, and provides you with stories for life.
re: crowds, I'm not so bad that I can't be in a shop with people, but a packed subway or a location where there's no way to get around the issue short of outright leaving bothers me. It's bad enough that when I make semi-annual vists to New York (I'm US based), I've already worked out how to get anywhere near Times Square without having to actually go through it because of how hard it is to get around once you enter the masses of people.
Maybe that's why I haven't tried to visit Tokyo yet...hmmm....
As for the heat....28°C on Friday, should be around that Saturday as well.
here is like 35℃. but there is a sudden rain and a thunder! >,< Maybe I'll go to an electronic shop later and buy a special device muhaha see ya nice talking to you! ^^
Whoa!!! I just took a nap. *blinks* I got sweaty while I was sleeping! because there was no aircon! >,<
Bbbbbbut !!!! I met miyavi in my dream!!! *dances* lolz~~ we were dating! but I got him lost! *mew* but we met again in the toilet! lolz~^^ but....I wwwwooonder why he was wearing that uncool red stripe shirt!!>.<
soup is good. i just wish i didn't feel l ike curling up in bed and going to sleep with some movie running in the background. i hate being sick.
>>103 Of course you may join. After all, this is a public thread, and not some private chatroom. Welcome ^-^ And yes, very impressive artwork. It would be neat to make something like that.
>>119 Ah, my education doesn't require an entrance test. Some educations do, like the most sought after ones, or the ones that are related to some sort of performance such as art, dance, etc. The grade-average you had before university level is all most educations look at, as well as if you have taken all the courses that are necessary for you to be eligible for the education you've applied to.
I apologize for my slow reply, my boyfriend was online for an hour, so I was busy speaking with him.
>>121 By test in the performance related educations, I mean a representative sample of what you are capable of doing. Such as paintings for an art school educations, etc.
>>123 The former is far easier to achieve than the latter. All Erika needs to do is to use peach-flavoured lip products, or just chew on some peach-flavoured candy/chewing gum, or drink such a drink. How Yukoring gets her farts vanilla scented... I don't really want to know, nor do I think it's likely to be particularly healthy.
>>127 Majime? What does that mean? If it means bored, then yes :-p Though there was no question, I was merely bored enough to commented on a silly statement.
>>125 Let's not... As it really can't be healthy to make one's bowel gases smell like pure vanilla. I think the yukorin fans would get pretty upset if she found the suggestions for how to carry the plan through and attempted any of them, dying in the process.
>>126 Hmm... I don't I've ever used peach-flavoured lip balm, though I like using fruity lipbalm. Melon, strawberry, cherry, pear, raspberry, and vanilla are the different flavours of lip balm and gloss that I remember using over the years (listed in no particular order). Umm... And passion fruit, I think? I'm not too sure. A friend of mine gave me that one.
sawasiri has a face not special. her inpropotional media expose is to do with her influential talent agency and CHOSEN interest. infamous director izutu inculcate incorrect,biased history into her. she put on airs and deludes herself. she is only an ignorant uneducated banal teenager.
>>130 Ahh, thank you for explaining that to me. ^_^
>>131 The silliness didn't lie in stating that, but in connecting the two statements: the peachiness of her lips with Yukorin's farts. It isn't a particularly natural sounding mix, you know...
>>135 Yes, I'm still awake. I might be so for yet another few hours. I can't tell you what american's think. That might be stereotyping it too far? I'm not sure. I think Yukorin is plain cute, but that's me. There's also a difference between behaving in a cute and adorable manner, and just being plain annoying. I've never seen Yukorin in action, I've only seen some photos of her, so I don't know if she crosses the border. Oh... Wait, I forgot I could try to see if I find any vids of her on youtube.. Is this her?: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ULaWaEjUaT4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=u6hKpypeKQ4 Hmm.. If this is her, then her singing voice isn't bad, but quite unremarkable. But then again I've been told that her quirky personality is the best bit about her. I have no idea.
>>138 Hi! k-tan! *hugs* Yeah! that's Yukorin. lol she's rather annoying type of girl.. lol I wonder why she didn't play the Ranger girl' role yet...(Yellow or Pink ranger).
>>141 Yeah Power Ranger is still airing...it's like an endless TV program but every year, under another form, Right now the one of the Ranger series is Bokenger...
>>140 Jennifer and Meg Ryan are cute and also smart while Yukolin is not... or maybe she's smart enough to show herself fool....lol it's hard to explain.
>>140 Paris Hilton? x_X;; Meg Ryan is more attractive than Paris Hilton... My impression isn't particularly positive, sadly. The impression I have is that she's daddy's girl with a particular love for his wallet, a rich bimbo, scatterbrained and just does whatever they can get away with. I badly hope I'm mistaken. Though I heard that she even got a manga made after her, in Japan...
More sexy, agressive women can be quite attractive, provided that they're not airheads. But then again, that's just my opinion. I like it when people aren't stupid and happy about it.
>>143 To clarify... Paris Hilton = wallethungry bimbo, not Meg Ryan.
>>142 Wow.. I should watch some Power Rangers, at some point, I guess. And yeah, my impression too is that they're smart. Regarding Yukorin, I don't know. My impression is that she's just playing along with the character she presents to the outside world, but who knows. Perhaps I'm just overestimating her.
>>145 While as I do think she's acting the way she does deliberately, I don't think it requires a cynical point of view. The media have never been a really good indicator of how things really are, after all. People may be famous for one way/style, but that doesn't mean they can't do/be other ways.
>>146 It is very hard to express in English. I also think that for foreigners it is very hard to get subtle nuance frome Ogura yuko.Some feel attractive and others feel contrived,offensive. Ogura yuko ranks top ten of most hated talent from women's view. She is frequent one.
>>149 Oh? Which subtle nuances? I'm guessing some women see her fanbase as a threat against people finding women who do not act like 12 attractive, is that why they dislike her?
>>145 >I bet she is acting deliberatly. I see her cynically.
lol Yeah, some girls are like that. I thought it's only in Japan but one of my friends in Canada said there are some girls exist who act just like Yukorin. So this trend(?) is universal...lol
>>152 Ah. Well, a lot of people discover that they gain advantages by behaving in certain ways, and then utterly exploit that. Though did you mean lolitaesque behaviour?
Do you know this expression in Japanese "tennen"? That's similar to Yukorin's deliberate character but more like natural born silliness. "tennen" 天然is literally means "crude". So someone who is born with a silly and natural and follow one's own path kind of personality. But tennen people are not always stupid. you can find tennen ppl more in the intellectual crowds.
Some people say I am "tennen". I would say most of my female girl friends are tennen. So tennenxtennen makes us very out of the society atmospher...lol
Yeah. Even the one shows rather innocent personality in front of men even though she is just a normal girl. She even knows a lot of things more than normal girls. the pretentious cutie. Are there many girls like that in Sweden too?
>>159 I don't know, to be honest. The people I hang out with display a pretty consistent character. I think it's more common in Japan, as it seems that the focus on that youth equals beauty/desirability is greater there. Though, this is just my impression.
>>161 Don't worry. At this point I'm so sleepy most minor errors to not register in my brain. It's a pretty weird experience when you misread things to become what they were intended to say. Besides, not as if my own English is particularly good when I'm in this state. I can't complain.
Yeah, what you said is right. So Tennen is the real. Do you know comedian, Jimmy Ohnishi? he is the genuine 100% tennen guy. lol He is almost like retard but he is genius at the same time (he is a painter).
>>165 I'm rather inconsistent when it comes to that... I have preferences when it comes to single words, rather than a single style. I favour color over colour, and favour over favor, etc. I'm a Swede though, yes.
>>184 lolz~~sir you are sharp! lolz~~ I think both.*sweats* both distanced and respected...umm not quite *shifty eye* but some friends love me very much. ^^ *grin*
*shifty eye* hum..I just like him. He attracts me a lot. ^^ I used to like Johhny Depp, white guys...hehex but now... Asian rules! ummm..bbbuuut I like some white guys too. keke
Why is it necessary to like a certain ethnicity, and not just some types of character, regardless of ethnicity? Ethnicity has a lot less to do with most celebrities than what some think.
>>135 "ordinary" americans (or canadians like myself) aren't attracted to the cute act that yukorin puts on. It looks silly. When trying to get attention, most girls here try to look sexy and intelligent, not cute and childish.
>>150 omg! the ending song from school rumble... that's funny.
>>193 ..."Home town" makes it sound a bit too inbred... But personally, I'm a lot more interested in people's personalities than their nationality/ethnicity. I know far too well that someone being of a certain ethnicity is no guarantee whatsoever for them containing certain qualities. Though the culture where people grew up does guarantee that they are aware of that culture, regardless if they follow (some of) its conventions or not.
>>191 ..Wait, what? School Rumble? That explains why the tune was so oddly familiar. I couldn't place it, though.
>>191 I once read on the web . Americans were taiking about a certain japanese av(porn) actress. They praised her beaty,especially her breasts and face.But they were dissapointed about her shy,euphemistic moves.
>>200 Hm.. What I've heard people complain about when it comes to Japanese porn actresses are that they "sound like little girls being hurt" and that they're stiff and show little enthusiasm. How true this is though, I don't know. Is this really true?
>>200 Porn is something else entirely. An "ordinary" american could have a preference for either the innocent child-like virgin, or the experienced aggressive girl, or both. It doesn't really reflect on what one looks for in a mate, as they're just fantasies.
>>205 Though I agree with that what one desires may not be what one needs, isn't what one prefers in fantasy connected to what one is may be looking for in a partner, regardless of if it is wise or not?
>>208 Umm? "can"? Restrictions? Where? What? Confused and tired -_-;; I was not aware of that there were some sort of restrictions about the topic, as long as it in some way related to English, this being an English board and all. But as we're conducting the conversation in English, I thought that covered it.
>>207 Sometimes that may be the case (pedos are easily distinguishable), but porn is entertainment, and like any entertainment or fantasy you have to switch things up to keep it unpredictable and interesting - different characters and stories.
anyway, i have to go... neighbouring females invited me to a BBQ =P
I don't think watching the pantsu so much, but why the guys prize a pantsu or pantira? It's just a cloth. I can't understand. I can't understand Tashiro, too. what is the things to gain? therefore, I can't understand the romantic comedy , ( ) and the pantsu mangas. It's just a cloth.
additionally, why do girls wear the clothes that can't cover their pantsu? not but it, the girls make it the school uniforms? I approve it. no, the reason why I like it is I can see the pantsu. because I feel it's something good. I pretty love the schoolgirl uniform, and that kind of things.
no, the problem is the pantsu. not the schoolgirl uniform.
no,no, what I want to ask is why they wear the clothes that not cover the pantsu. I approve it.
>>215 You've slightly confused me, but at this late hour it's no great feat. Regarding why people may wear clothing that doesn't cover their underwear well: perhaps due to comfort reasons, or because they enjoy teasing others, hinting at things the onlooker may never get to see/experience except for in their mind?
Regarding the comfort reasons: too long skirts can be annoying sometimes, if they're not wide enough and one wants to have one's movements unobstructed.
>>211 *blinks* no...I mean I am still 16 so I just thought compare to English sites, this place is fewer restrictions. But nvm. Pls continue! I want to listen(read) your convo.
>>215 oh in da summer months, I don't want to wear something to cover my pants...lolz~~ but I normally do. lolz~~ you like schoolgirl's uniform? oh no~~pervert! >.<
>>217 Eh. I think it's sort of like comparing apples with oranges to compare this BBS system with traditional western forum systems... Especially while as the latter usually have a lot of mods, 2ch is generally without moderation, to my knowledge. For instance, if someone's trolling, it's seen as the responsibility of the other posters to ignore the troll and carry on.
I found out that most people on the net are against Kameda Kouki, who achieved the world-wide fame as a boxing champion. They say it was a fixed match he won.
>>224 But It was so exciting and impressive match! Did you watch it? I did. He's won. It's indefeasible. However we argue on the Internet world, it will make no use. And on a few days later,Sakuraba's match in HERO was more unforgettable. He has next one on coming day. Check it out^^
Sakuraba is one of my favorite fighters On the Internet you may say Sakuraba is week hoxever,I think no other fighters are more fascinating than he for example,even if he has been defeat over and over again,he try to confront his enemy without fear. When I watch the spectacle,I feel immense power.
>>230 I dont know what that I feel is. But dont you think he has something special :warm and humane? I feel familiar to him and his action. Bashfully say, I couldnt stop tears dropping ;)
>>224 It's just a figure of speach, you know. But I guess his father would persist in telling us Kouki won a fair match. hehe
>>229 Of course, I did. Plus we can watch the match again on youtube.
>>230 He's spectacular, yes. But do you know the cordinator of the k-1, Tanigawa whatever his name is, was criticised becuase he didn't order the judge to stop the fight when Sakuraba almost lost his consciousness? he would have been in coma, or worst, dead.
>>244 Well, I'm not sure if I'm very familiar, but yes, I love to see k-1, boxing, Pride (which isn't supposed to be on the air any more), and what not. And I admit the match was really dramatic. He flew to Brazil in order to hone his fighting skills. That's really impressive. He knows what he does.
>>247 Just to make my position clear, I didn't say the match was good.
Tanigawa replied to the criticism that he should've made a clear rule whether to stop a match when a fighter loses consciousness, and also said that it was really difficult to make such a rule, especially if a fighter keeps standing or something. It's a case-by-case basis whether or not a match should be continued.
in the past week I've been approached, at random, by three people wanting to talk to me: a cute young woman who saw I had my tokyo map out and was wondering if I was lost; a person from Ohio, USA who was wondering if I was also going to Comiket (I was); and some guy in Akiba who asked if I knew english, and then begged me for 500yen.
>>255 Hmm, I thought you dyed your hair purple. By the way, Comiket made news. I watched it on today's news report this morning. It said there were not a few people from overseas coming to the place.
>some guy in Akiba who asked if I knew english, and then begged me for 500yen. That's crazy of him! Did he also seem from an English speaking country or Japanese?
>>257 I would go for Ramen! By the way, what's that blue colored numebers and alphabets opposite to the time?
About the Miyavi guy, he looks sort of like Kamenashi from Kat-tun, doesn't he? I think I can't tell them apart if they both put make-up on their faces, can you?
Ramen is one of my favorite food. hehe Soy-sauce flavored one is tasty, but that's me.
>I couldn't post until now Ah, the same thing happens to me sometimes. I don't know why, though. For what it's worth, the guidelines of 2ch may tell you why you couldn't post: http://info.2ch.net/guide/
>>261 lolz~~oh Kamenashi? YEAH! I like him too! well he didn't attarct me at first but only recently...humm....but I think Miyavi-kun is the one and only! *faints*
Yep Shouyu! Shio Tonkotsu! My favo is shouyu too! *yum yum* XXXDDDD
>>262 Yeah, I think some providers restriction...it said I am only allowed temporarily..so maybe it happens again....how saaaaddddd.....T_T
>>259 Yeah, my hair's still purple. And I have a nostril ring. I suppose that's too weird for lots of people. I didn't see all that many foreigners at comiket - unless you count "more than ten" as a lot.
The guy begging for money was oriental, and couldn't speak english very well. Don't know what was up with that - maybe he was related to the korean/chinese/vietnamese/whatever cellphone hustlers a few blocks up the road, up to no good.
>>270 I'm on vacation (but they had me come into the Tokyo office to fix some things, bah.) Comiket was the main excuse I had for coming over here, but I've wanted to visit for quite a while. I'm wondering if tonight I should visit one of the onsen.
>>272 One of the nice things about being in the (American) tech industry is that you can be as bizarre as you like, as long as the work gets done. For instance, my boss is highly respected within the company - and she also has purple hair.
>>276 You make it sound as if I only own one pair :-p
>>277 ...Um. why did you link to that ebaumsworldized image? :-/ I suggest that the next time you grab a fresh copy of an image you want to link to, and upload it to photobucket, or imageshack, or whatever really instead. Or just go get some AA to post instead. That works too.
>>268 Yikes! The photo of your passport may look really vivid.
>>279 The scary news has reached Japan as well, of course. As a matter of fact, they have tightened security for Japan-US and UK flights.
Oh, your boyfriend's suppposed to be stuck at the airport and Japan's narita airport.. Hmm bad timing. But happy for you. You didn't see him for a long while, did you?
>>284 but I'm too crazy over miyavi...all I think is about him...maybe I'll stalk him during my summer vacation...do you think it's a good idea? lolz~~ so that I can be happier than now...^^;;
>>287 HEY!!! I was about to ask somebody about that too!!! I saw your posts and you also have that number WHY??? LOLZ~~ what is your provider? dion? *shifty eye* lolz~~
>>288 Genuinely stalking him would be a very bad idea... Though it would probably a really good idea to join official fanclubs of his. I hear official fanclubs get perks and such. Perhaps if the club arranges a trip to some concert, you might get to see him backstage? Some celebrities do such things for their official fanclubs.
>>294 I know lolz~~girls are good at it. *sniff* from the right brain to the left brain....anywayz...*dies* really seriously sick...I mean insane over him. *sniff* so I'll probably stalk him 24 hours. until I'll be caught officially....lolz~~ don't blame meeee~~~~that's his fault! he's too hawwwwwttt! *dies*
that's the 人気 (how popular you are) point. *shakes head x 5* I've read it somewhere...you'll gain that point but people's vote..but I don't know why I got that point all of a suden! I've never requested that! >.<
oh phew...you were still here....ppl might think I am insane and too hyper...T_T...I'll be more quiet from tomorrow and save my energy for miyavi-kun....*dies* Thanks Kouki *huggles*(ehehex)*blusher*
In this BBS, you can have your writings castigated for free of charge. You can pay by castigating others' writing in your mother tongue. This BBS was founded in order to improve language skills of each other around the world!!
>>320 Wishful thinking from your side too... Sorry to dissapoint you, I'm not a shemale nor a hermaphrodite.
>>321 =( I know too well what that's like. I hope things will get better for you soon.
>>322 Hm. Interesting. Though castigation is a bit too... Severe and negative... I'd rather visit more friendly places to get sentences and habits constructively criticized, rather than flamed.
>>322 Thanks. I'll take a look later. I don't know what the verb "castigate" mean(I'll do some quick search later), but you mean we can "donate" money by doing something in our mother tougue?
Ahhh, as I said my internet connection got out of hand! Why can't I post more smoothly? --;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqkhkDpVjA This video is really hilarious. I couldn't help laughing out.. From the appearances of the girls on the video, I'm guessing it is at least 20 years old.
>>328 No, not at all. But I must've thought some people don't like the scene where a guy holds a girl from behind (though not serious, IMO) What I found funny was just the "take anything you want" dance..
Anyway, I watched part 1 of The Big In Japan. I felt kinda ashamed. Japanese people easily get enshusiastic, I admit. ^^
>>329 Don't feel ashamed, I'm willing to bet good money on that you could do the exact same thing in any other famous big city in the world (for instance New York, or London) and get the same results. :-) People who are used to celebrities popping around all the time usually become like that.
By the way, the Kanou sisters on part 2 of the show are bogus celebrities... They are not real sisters, but a unit. I don't understand why the media adore them.
>>387 Nah! none of them are online.....there are numbers under my name.. do you want to know that number? then you can contact me? lol you wanna try? lol
>>389 lolz~~ I'm still ichinensei...so juken is still way ahead for meee...lolz~ or I just become a hair stylist...lolz~ ^^ and later translator...lolz~~
But hey this ICQsystem is dangerous...I mean no security... if someone find my name cute? they just can add my name and talk with me, right? well I don't mind though...
>>437 No, I was planning to stay put and study here in Sweden. Though possibly try to do some year in UK if my boyfriend still will be studying there and not in Japan.
>>438 I blame my boyfriend. He's a wikiholic. It's rubbed off on me a little, I guess.
>>447 That sounds about as fun as having sex with an ice cube. :-p My room is far too cold for my liking, I've gotten far too used to the hot temperatures this summer. I'm even wearing double layer shirts right now. Though the scarf I'm wearing just because of my cold, and that my throat is hurting a bit. I feel wussy. I used to wear just a t-shirt and a thin jacket on my upper body in the middle of winter before. =( Now I can't take this "high" temperature without freezing. -_-;;
>>454 Lying regarding what? >>455 Ahh. I wish you luck. >>457 Yesno. I have an old one, which is fairly pointless and crappy. I'm going to get a new one at one point soon, one where I'll be blogging about my education somewhat as well as other topics.
Hmm... Does anyone know of any good, free blog-services? There's always LiveJournal, but I'm not so certain if I want to use that one, though I know it's good. Was contemplating Wordpress, but I don't know how good they are.
>>466 ..Natalie Portman was in it? I didn't notice... But then again I saw that movie before I noticed her. The movie is silly and amusing, so I liked it.
>>471 And once again, I have to ask this: What do you think I'm lying about? O.o;; Mars Attacks came out before Star Wars 1-3. I have yet to see Leon (sadly), so I didn't commit her name nor face to my memory before her role in Star Wars.
>>485 Surely you mean that millions of Japanese would be arrested? Considering the large amount of doujinshi that uses characters the artist does not have legal right to use, and such, that's being sold in the country.
>>489 Hey, stay for a while and discuss; Doujinshi are made, though in obmutescence, by courtesy of the original authors in the sense that they're homage works, whereas 2-channelers are overtly anonymous and even quite often lack communication manners. I know the same matter, in common-sense terms, occurs regarding BBS all over the world, but it might be somewhat difficult to try to identify the matters together as definite conclusion. By the way, k-tan, did you go to the comic market this summer?
>>492 No, but my boyfriend did. I'm not in Japan, though. I wasn't stating that I think that there shouldn't be doujinshi made, either. I think that fanart is beneficial for the hype of any product, it makes people more fond of the product. I was merely stating that fanart/fanfiction technically is a breach of copyright ;-)
yarrrr.....then I have second thoughts... maybe just to have a break have a kit kat *it's okkayyy schoool g you can you can* ^^;; and go into the love section and see if some abnormal love and read their stories...sometimes so hawwttt or should I go to NEET section for my future reference lolz~~press kakikomu yes yes! >.<
>>506 Ah neat, the same days as my boyfriend. Hope you have fun tonight.
>>501-502 You miiight want to reduce the amount of sugar in your diet. ;-) What do you mean with abnormal love, though? O.o;;;; And what does kakikomu mean?
>>509 lolz~~ if you go to the love section and read, you'll know it...@.@ you'll see many love stories that are not mainstream! lolz~~ (some are gross) *shivers* kakikomu = submit I wish there was "preview" button *shrugs* ^^;;
>>510 Umm... I can't read japanese, so that's sort of preventing me from investigating on what you mean by abnormal. Could you explain, more than just stating not mainstream? I'm not even sure what you mean by mainstream love stories... And I agree, it's a pity there isn't a preview button.
ummm.... fell in love with a woman who is about the same age with his mom fell in love with a girl 20 cm taller than him a Jr high teacher fell in love with a student...etc..^^;
and the gross one was....like..you knwo incest...? *yuck yuck yuck!!* *almost makes me throwing up*
this thread is saying "why good looking guys go for 3 dimentional girls (real girls) instead of 2 dimentional girls (anime or idol). silly but 2channelers would agree with his idea... maybe.lol
>>521 Ah *shrug* Personally I sorta don't care about the length of my partner, as long as it's not too tall. I don't like almost breaking my neck or having to fetch a ladder just to be able to place a kiss on my partner's cheek. Though if I would have found someone right who happened to be too tall, I would have put up with it. I'm too picky about people's personalities to let someone as trivial as height stand in the way.
sorry maybe I've changed the mood of this thread!!! T__T I sometimes peek those unusual love stories...but most of the time...I feel ewwww....grosss gross grosss!!!>.< and end up refreshing myself with the miyavi's world to cleanse myself!!! Yay!! miyavi rules!
>>529 Kouki! >.< you are so cool unlike me!!!....lolz~~*panic panic* always....I worry about the impact I've made...but you are always so even tempered....XXDDDD lolz~~ envy you!!!! even you are only 17? yeah yeah!! i once even liked..a girl....what am I talking about???? what am I?? *dies* *rest in peace*.......obon version...lolz~~~>.< *panic*
>>532 *crancky* well...k-tan, that's what people say...but what I like about him is his puuuuuurrreeee heart and yes! beautiful face and atmospher..but inside he is very manly...that paradoxical(?) combination.XXDD I love a guy who owns incompatibility inside! lolz~~ *sniff* XXXDDDD
>>533 I'm not saying he isn't manly, just that he looks feminine. :-D Though I do not find that combination paradoxal. It's fun when people make others aware of the existant gender biases, and do well in spite of not conforming to them in a traditional way. Though in Japan, I guess such things actually are partially traditional.
>>537 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hack&r=f >1. A clever or elegant technical accomplishment, especially one with a >playful or prankish bent. A clever routine in a computer program, >especially one which uses tools for purposes other than those for which >they were intended, might be considered a hack.
The sites Lifehack and Lifehacker are about doing hacks related to real life, in order to make one's life more practical/efficient.
http://lifehack.org/about/ >About lifehack.org >This site dedicated to life hacks. Danny O’Brien linked together the >words “life” and “hacks” and created a phrase that enable to >describe any hacks, tips and tricks that get things done quickly by >automating, increase productivity and organizing. This site is built >around this theme. It is a frequently updated, to provide news and >articles which able you to get things done in a faster pace.
not AIU but IAU. but I have a bad news for you. You bekieve in Korin Planet somewhere. But IAU denied its planet is a perfect lie told by notorious busaiku idol named Yukorin.lol lol lol You are deceived by her. lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol You should have only to masturbate! lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
>>557 Hehhh.. How would you know what ethnicity I have? Who says I'm caucasian? As far as you know, I might as well be inuit ethnically, or even a genetically modified dolphin the military hooked up to the internet via brain implants connected to a computer network. :-p Who cares what ethnicity I have? It's not as if it would matter the slightest, unless you're planning to transfer some of my organs to yourself, and you need a donor that matches your genes as close as possible. :-p You bring up the matter of ethnicity when it's completely irrelevant, which gives the impression that you're racist. Cyrano-kun, is that you? Also, my life would have been easier if i would have been getting ignored. My friends whine about that I keep neglecting them too much IRL, as I deal poorly with stress, and try to decrease the stress by focusing on whatever's giving me the most stress, and thus in the process accidentally ignore my friends. Fortunately most of them have learned that I'm "weird" like that, and do not take it personally. I'm trying to learn to handle stress better, and to plan better, so that I'll be able to deal with things more efficiently without putting the rest of my life on hold.
>>557 Unfortunately, this board is the only japanese site I really visit, and most of the time I only read this Chat in English thread. I do have this thread up on my computer most of the time nowadays indeed, regardless of if I'm at the computer or not, as it's summer and I actually can afford being social online here while doing other things at the same time. I spent a lot of time here last summer too, then during the school time my visits decreased a great deal. The same will happen now, though probably worse, as I'm going to be spending a lot of time in the city my uni is located and I don't know if I'll have time to post here whenever I get computer access there. Also, you might have great difficulties with multitasking, I however do not. I'm almost never just here, most of the time I'm doing one-three other things almost simultaneously as being here. For instance sorting through documents while looking some things up on top of replying to the thread, or studying + keeping an eye on the thread.
I've listened to one track sample, I'll listen to the rest later, I need to go have really late lunch, and then go off to a place. See you later, sweet dreams.
I am really sleeeeeeeepy so I am going to bed soon. Please don't try to wake me up. I have unsteadable temper when my sleeeeeeeeeeeping is disrupted!! Caution!!
I imported a game called 伝説のクイズ王決定戦 for the Nintendo Gamecube, and it's really difficult!! The only questions I can answer are the game and comic related ones! Thankfully Nintendo have furigana over the kanji, but I'm having a hard time reading fast enough to actually answer the questions before time's out! Also, the game uses a microphone, and doesn't like my Japanese pronounciation very much, so I have say each sound very clearly.
Have any of you played it? The more the merrier, so please come here and play it with me some time!
>>656 Unfortunately, I don't have the game. But I guess the game has many Japanese-related questions which is difficult for non-Japanese to answer even if you've learned the language.
I would help you solve such questions, though, if you put down any of them here.
>>660 I guess you can't answer Japanese-related questions even if you are a Japanese. because you don't have common knowledge about Japan at all. If you get angry with me,try the questions below.
To begin with,geographical questions 1 what's the longest river in Japan ? 2 What's the deepest lake in Japan ? 3 How high is Mt,Fuji ? you should answer immediately,not referring to any materials
How embarrassing ! those questions were in elementary class. I expected you to answer all of them easily. but I don't want to make questions any more. because I never know whether you google them or not.
>>673 Miyavi's ugly as shit, and he can't sing at all. Did you ever think about how much his voice actually sucks? Well, that might be something he has from sucking so much cock. I don't understand why many people like him.
>>660 Thanks for the offer! But actually, I'm far from the level of fluency required to seriously play it! A friend who also studies Japanese visited me, and we tried our best, but the computer won in the end every time!!
I can't think of any specific questions now, except for some kanji I'd like to ask about, but I don't have any image of them right now. Thanks!
I thought that“Do‘How could be,’and‘The way life's meant to be.’stand for?”when I heard a music. Please reply my question if a man were in here that he can understand it and represent it in Japanese.
>>674 I've barely heard him sing, so I can't really judge the quality of his voice. I tend to not care what an artist looks like, as long as I like what he/she produces. If a really good artist looks like a hobo, I may question his taste in attire, but that wouldn't make me think any less about the quality of the music he/she produces.
>>678 All non-Japanese J-rock fangirls are like "OMG YES MYVMYVMYVVVVV *drools* he's SOooOOOo pretty MARRY ME MYV!!!! *squeeeee*" about him all the time. That is why I hate him the most, for all his stupid fans.
The world basketball championship is taking place today. Japan's having a game versus Germany today. A famous NBA player Dirk Nowitzki, a great shooter, heads the opposing team. In my layman's opinion, Japan will have difficulty scoring against Germany, and still I'll be happy seeing our representatives keep up competitiveness and hold them own against other national teams.
sI'm going to see the game on the tube! Is there someone here with interest in the championship?
It's certainly not your fault. I read in today's newspaper lots ot Japanese men over 30 or 40 don't really want to have a girl friend and just stay single
I don't want to remain myself single! I wanna marry a pretty girl just like Emma watson. But, Most female around me reagard me as a lolita-complexed mania! They insult me as if I were a crimer! They and many males around me are laughing at me! That's my tragedy!
>>706 yeas she is 16. but in case you didn't know, Japanese civil law permits us to marry and have the sweetest and happiest life! I wanna make her happy! I want her. I need her love!
Wow! That would be nice. I would like to see her in person. That is something I can boast about for the rest of my life. I could say, "Listen. I attended Emma Watson's wedding ceremony." I hope she will be interested in marrying 37 year old guy.
Japan lost by 11 points to Germany. Nowitzki is one of the best NBA players of the age. Any Japanese players couldn't stop him scoring yerterday. And our reps often failed to shoot in the paint area, while the opponents made good spin moves to shoot there.
But on the bright side, Japan kept running all the time: speed and stamina. I hope we will win the game versus Angora today.
>>720 Yeah, though I was originally supposed to get up at 6. But I figured it would be foolishness to get less than six hours of sleep. I've been having difficulties with falling asleep lately, took me two hours to fall asleep the day before yesterday -_-;; This past night I didn't fall asleep until around one a.m. -_-;;;;;;
>>747 Well, you did imply that much. Why do you find it sexually arousing, though? Cuteness doesn't automatically mean that it's sexual, so I'm curious regarding what you associate with "cute boyhood"? What do you think a cute boy is like, since you find it so sexual?
what did you say ? There's no account for taste ? It's in vain to ask him such a difficult thing. and he doesn't look so smart enough to analyze himself as a psychologist.
>>755 Japan have another 3 games left: Panama, New Zealand, and Spain. We should win Panama and New Zealand at least in order to step to the tornament of the championship. Even Jerico, the head coach of Japan (who is from Croatia), said Spain is so strong we can't expect to win against the team; Spain is ranked at the 5th position in the world, while Japan is 25th. We should keep reminding ourselves that Japan is a challenger.
>>756 I'm supportive of Japan, of course. I just looked at the game from an objective veiw point.
>>763 To tell the truth, I also haven't seen either Serbia & Montenegro's national team or Lithuania's play basketball, but I watched Argentina win the gold medal in Athen's olympic games.
Nothing gonna be a disadvantage you have ever experienced so why don't you stat doing something new? I have plenty of things I want to do but as I don't have so much time, I cannot do it. Please make a move instead of me. I konw you can make it. you have time to see 2ちゃんねる。
I went to a store that was recently renovated, and I saw a peculiar thing. The section that sells milk, cheese and the like had a sign in english that said 'Daily Foods'. I thought to myself,"Sure, I drink milk 'Daily' but isn't it usually called 'Dairy'" I thought of mentioning this to the store manager, but I get a good laugh every time I go buy milk from the daily section. Does anyone have a similar peculiar japa-english situation?
Hello. Hmm, it seems the thread has got less busy for the past few days.
Just to bring up a subject, I'm studying the civil law of Japan and several other sections of laws now because I'm going to take an exam to get certificated. Is anyone here who knows a lot about laws?
>>774 That's a funny story.:) For some reason, I haven't paid much attention to signs in English except for the ones in the trains: priority seats. Well, maybe priority seats were called "silver seats" in Japan for long. I remember I wondered if the name made sense to non-Japanese people.
By the way, the basketball game, Japan versus Panama, is on the air soon. I think I'll watch it.
>>781 Priority seats? Is that supposed to be first class seats, for people of high priority such as elders/injured/pregnant people or seats that are supposed to be taken before the others? I sadly do not know much about various laws, though if you notice anything you find particularly interesting, it would be nice to hear about it.
A perplexing statute in Japanese civil law: §822 basically states that with permission from the family courts, a guardian of the child can put the children in a detention facility for up to SIX months. Note that the child does not have to commit a CRIME! The statute was inacted in S22; to this date, no such facility has been built...nor should it ever be.
If a parent is unable to discipline a child without help from the big bad government, doesn't that prove the parents' incompetence...
>>782 Fisrt class may be too strong a word, but yes, priority seats are for those who are elderly/pregnant/injured. The seats are not modified or castamized for such people, but we are supposed to make sure they sit down on priority seats.
Silver hair reminds us of older people so I think priority seats were called silver seats in the past, even on the English signs in the train (and the bus). Actually they are dyed different colour than the other seats even now.
Are such seats not needed in your country?
>>783 Intersting. I haven't carefully studied the family part yet. I didn't know about the article 822.
Saddly, but I don't know much about law technical terms in English. Maybe the civil law is translated into English and there're established translations word for word, though.
>>793 Thanks well...it seems like he is going well with his present girl friend. So there is no space for me. Maybe I'll find the way to be happy without him lol. But it's ok I can manage it. I am the one who meddle in their relationship. ^^
but but .....I still can't forget him...So I will be loving him even how annoying it would be. lol but as long as they woudn't know, it would be ok.....T_T ah I sound too pathetic!!! >.<
Who said polygamy is wrong. Unless you belong to a certain religion, why not be in love with multiple lovers. It's funny that when it comes to love, people opt for exclusivity. Try to disconnect your self from western, christian theology and connect with you Japanese roots. Is there any logic to confining your self to one lover, or do you just feel that exclusivity heightens the value of that lover? Traditional Japanese marriages were arranged, and were not based on personal choice, that's why exclusivity occurred, not out of emotion, but because the women were property. You are free to love as many person as you like, you can't marry multiple people legally but that's only if you want a marriage licence from the government. So feel free to have a 内縁関係 with multiple people. Sharing is a beautiful virtue!!
片思いsan I'd say go for it. Competition can be good. I'm sure the new girl friend will try to become a better lover to the guy, as well as you will try to become a better lover to him. It's really a win win situation, I don't know if you'll be able to win his love at the end, but you'll definitely become a more lovable person. Unless your definitely certain that you can't love him as good as his girl friend, then you should accept the fact that your a pathetic person who just doesn't deserve his love. However, if you think your as good as his girl friend, but he doesn't think so, he is the pathetic person who just doesn't deserve you.
I'm back home from my vacation in Tokyo. Woo. I could write up my thoughts on the visit, but doesn't nearly every gajin do that anyway? I don't know what I could add that'd be new or interesting.
an old Japanese proverb says any doctor or kusatunouo can't cure a patient of love sickness. love sickness is a sort of mental illness The more lonelyness you feel in this world,the heavier sickness you tend to suffer from.
The dinner party at my uni was a lot more fun than what I expected ^_^
>>788 Yeah, some of the seats in the front of the bus are reserved for such people, though they are a bit different from the others. The bus usually has room for baby carriages too, or bikes, in the middle of it.
>>797 Speaking from experience, you'll get over him, just give it enough time, activities and new people.
>>798 Polygamy is wrong if done badly, or in an unfair way, the same way monogamy is wrong if done badly/in an unfair way :-p Your statement about competition is very hyporcritical, as it indicates more of monogamy type relationships. Or are you talking about competing about who gets to be his "primary" girlfriend? That's still very unfair. That's playing two different people against each other. Doing something as mean as that deserves both of them dumping that person's sorry ass. I feel that if people have polygamous relationships, they should be complementary, not some sort of mindgame in order for one of the many parties to get the maximum benefit out of the other people, who get to suffer and anguish a lot thanks to the situation. That's way too parasitic for my taste. I don't feel that being in a monogamous relationship with my boyfriend makes him worth more, more of that being in a polygamous relationship is too much of a hassle. It's difficult as it is to find someone to be with that fits you well, to fit two people who work not only very well in your life as individuals, but together is even more difficult. Also, too many people have too big communication difficulties. -__- It's a huge pain in the ass to be with someone who expects you to be able to read their mind, and keep playing mind games with you.
>>798 "Sharing" isn't some sort of magical "panacea" that will take care of problems, though it is true that some dramatical stories are rather silly when you consider the option of polygamy. However, I do hope that you're very bloody well aware of exactly what you're talking about. Polygamy isn't easy, it requires that all parties are mature individuals, as well as that they are all not only in on the exact contract of the relationships, but also strive to maintain them for the greater good, rather than being petty and try to damage the relationships because of some silly event that isn't even related to the relationships.
>>799 Thanks. Yeah, I am a little negative. I'll try to be more positive even it's a hard thing to do. A triangular love affair only gives you a nagative spirit I think. So I just want to be relieved from there. I try not to think about her presence and just try to be nice to him and when I can stay with him, I'll just enjoy and take the precious time and feel how pleasure it is to stay with him. But about the competition you mentioned, I don't want to compete with her. it's not an economic matter. So development of a competitive economy would probably make this society more exciting but I am out of it. I'll just ignore her completely.
>>802 Yeah, my case is like a sickness. lol But I live with this sickness for more than a year...and still a long way to be cured^^lol
>>807 Though my impression is that very little in your life has changed over the years when it comes to this bloke. Would it be possible for you to get some fresh settings, find new fun people to hang out with, that are not connected to the bloke nor his girlfriend? hmm.. I need to be up in six hours. Good night *hug*
OK! My name is musashimaru! Im a man who every time is break heart to playing ps2 games. it's not a such a shame.I feel great smile when it`s play. But my mother not plesure that Im a play game.
>>809 Though I think what you said is reasonable enough, it is too hard for me to get over from it. But it's not impossible for me to change my life. I will maybe slowly change my life...but don't know if I will be able to forget about him. I just don't want to.....T___T but should I move on?
>>804 I wonder who's being the hypocrite? When you compete for anything there are rules which is very simple, anything you do to be better is good anything you do that tries to destroy the other is bad. Just as in a debate you try to make your point, not by personal attacks but by logical reasoning. Don't u'all think sometimes when you just can't understand why someone would fall in love with a certain person. Don't u'all feel like your better than that person. Don't u'all think when you see someone you had thoughts for get dumped that YOU would never do that to that person. That's what I mean with competition.
As for polygamy, the maturity issue is certainly valid. But the point I wanted to make is that only in the 20th century has the common people been able to enter in to marriage out of love. So we're still making up the rules as we get use to this sort of thing. Think about the divorce rate going up, you think those people were mature? They opted for exclusivity, and they got sick because of it.
Another reason for monogamy is blood line which I don't think too highly of. Sure, leaving your legacy behind makes sense, but a bastard born out of wedlock has gotten a unfair rap in and around the world. Even in Japan, a bastard can't get the same amount of inheritance as a legitimate child does. What I'm trying to say is if you gonna stick to monogamy, then you better know why your stick'n to it. And you better know what kind of unjust consequence the marriage institution has put in place for the child born out of wedlock. Ever heard of 非摘出子, how until recently the government labeled that on your 住民票. There's a certain stigma attached to that word, and the child gets punished, so that the society can enjoy... WHAT?
As for the sharing thing, it was sort of a 'cheer up' statement. You know I don't know how old u all are but my motto in life is this, "the Almighty's delays are not Almighty's denials." Just cuz you can't have something now doesn't mean your denied for life.
>>811 If you don't want to forget about him, you won't. Which is why you need to find proper motivation for wanting to move on, otherwise you're only going to give yourself mixed signals. Making yourself too confused isn't beneficial for you.
>>815 http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=competition >Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer >or market. That is the kind of thing I associated what you said with, that several parties strive to conquer a single market, in your context two people trying to take the same position the person's heart, as if it wasn't possible for both of them to be loved for their different qualities. I normally do understand why people fall for certain others. I do not see it as that I'm "better", just different. I have different values and abilities in comparison to them. They're not better nor worse, just different. I might be a lot better in x than them, but they might be better at y than me. Which ability is better depends on the situation one is in. So it all works out. When someone I liked gets dumped, I do not think about that I never would do so, but focus on how to help my friend to stop emotionally hurting him/herself because of the damage their ex caused their feelings. They have experienced a lot of things because of their time with that person, and they should see it as experience to draw on and use to their advatage in their life.
>>815 I have plenty of experience of situations where people I like were into others, I even blessed my ex boyfriend's attempt to find a girlfriend in real life instead of me when we were together (we were in a long distance relationship), as I very well could see what he saw in her and I agreed on that she was good for him. I loved him immensely, and I still have a few feelings for him, but that doesn't mean I'm going to be blind about what the best course of action for him is, nor would I try to claim him for myself without his consent. That would only make both of miserable in the long run. I'm not going to claim something silly like that I have a really high EQ, or that I'm a phsychology major, but I have spent my entire life focusing on understanding people and their motives as much as possible, that does result in that one is able to spot and grasp a lot of things better than for instance someone who's been constantly too wrapped up about their own emotions to pay attention to others.
>>816 Like I stated, I consider monogamy to be as bad as polygamy, if either is done by the wrong reasons. It has to be a conscious and stable choice. Regarding the divorce rates, I quite agree on that many people aren't handling marriages in a mature fashion. It takes a lot more to maintain a good marriage than just love, or just family compatability that results in an arranged marriage. You need friendship , a lot of team work, financial compatibilty (as in that not one party causes strain on the relationship by being too unreasonably much of a money waster or scrooge while the other one can't stand that sort of behaviour), responsibility and that both parties strive to make the partnership work. Too many people fall in love, think that "eh, we like each other plenty so if we just get married and have a relationship that is recognised by law it will all work out". Too many people marriage is somehow supposed to magically work, as long as you just love each other hard enough. That if it requires work to work well, it's not worth keeping.
>>816 As in any partnership, one will have good times, and bad times. The good times are supposed to make it all very worth it, but a marriage isn't something that runs itself, or magically fixes any problems. Too many people also think that your partner is supposed to be some sort of mind reader, and get upset when they can't accurately guess what they're supposed to do. I have to point out that there's a difference in knowing someone so well that you have a fairly good check on what's good and what's bad to do, and to be able to read their mind and cater to their every whim. A marriage should be about teamwork, not slaving for the other one via imaginary telepathy.
There are a lot of people who are complaining about the existance of marriage (yes, even plenty of straight people), they want legally binding partnerships that will grant them the same rights as marriage. I have to agree with several of their points. I don't know Japanese, nor old culture, sorry... Personally, I'm not used to the concept of people who are born outside of marriage being looked down on, even though I am aware of that it happens at some places. I consider such things to be silly, as I feel a person should be judged after his or her actions, not by random statistics life has given them (such as skin color, gender, etc)
>>816 Nice motto, by the way. Even though I'm not religious. I'm very well aware of that life isn't about getting things "NOW NOW OR IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN!", like what someone with the self restraint of a five year old might constantly crave ;-) A lot of things in my life have fallen into place a long while after I first became aware of the possibility, so I've learned that if one works towards the goal, and is open for other possibilities as well, things usually turn out for the better, whether the future is exactly the one intended or not. I quite like this quote: “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”. -Charles R. Swindoll as I feel it's very true.
I'm sorry about the too lengthy replies. They're too likely to be full of typos and weird expressions too, as I'm still very sick and have difficulties with focusing on anything, including writing. I have a doctors appointment at two p.m., I'll probably get some antibiotics or such. At least I'm not doing as badly as the day before yesterday, my sense of balance was too imparied because of the infection in my ear, I kept losing my balance and falling. I have a lot of big bruises now T_T
>>785 Is your "Conversations with God" "IGod"? Its God is dictionarry of english learner. I mean other one. Converstaions with God is Neale Donald Walsch's best selling book. It's 5 million selling book. This book will open to sight of new creation of human being. Read this self!
>>833 It's obvious you flatter K-tan. and you didn't read K-tan's whole sentences at all like me. I don't want to read her sentences at all because it's too long !
>>835 My statement about conversations with god was a joke, a play on that the bot is named God. I haven't read the book, I'll keep an eye out for it when I'll get the time to read books.
>>836 I can't really can't blame you. But the posts above aren't really anything worth wasting your time on. They're really "tl;dr" material. Unless the topic interesting to you, or you're the one I replied to.
>>796-797 All I can say now is that things can't change that easily. I don't think it's a good idea to be fast and easy. As you can't forget him easily, the guy can't move from a girl to another, I think, if he's serious about the girlfriend now.
To my mind, you seem really in a rush. It might be better to take it easy, whether you put some distance from him or keep close to him.
>>803 Happy for you. What kind of food was served at the party, by the way?
And now that you said it, Some buses in Japan also have room for baby carriages like in your country, but not all of them for now. I think such kind of buses started to replace the ones without space for baby carriages and wheelchairs.
By the way, about world basketball again. Japan won against Panama the day before yesterday. According to the sport news report, Japan has won a game for the first time in more than 40 years. It's kind of like new age has come! I hope we beat NZ today. Oh, the game today was over now, but I won't look at the result until I see the game on TV; it was recorded and planed to be broadcast later, I mean, it's not live broadcast.
speaking of basket ball,I watched a TV program yesterday and a cute girl who handled basket balls very well like a juggler appeared on it.Disappointingly I forgot the name of the sport.
>>845 What TV program? I'm sorry I'm not sure about it. But I remember Oshikiri Moe was invited to the game 2 as a guest speaker, though she didn't handle a ball..
Sorry I don't know the title of the TV program. and I'm afraid you also don't know it because it is being televised only in kansai district.Do you know of Mr.Hidekazu Akai who was an ex-boxer and is an actor. he's the main personality of the program.
>>847 I see. Although I know of Akai, I haven't heard of any TV program which he hosts. I had the impression that it was a variety show. Is that right?
Hmm, I have no idea what sport it is, in which players use basketball like a juggler, however hard I try to strain my brain.^^
>>843 The food? I'll try to translate the Swedish menu... "Entré: Shrimp toast" That was a creamy sauce mix with shrimp in it, served with toast, a piece of lettuce and a big wedge of lemon. Quite nice. "Main course: Whiskeyspiced back-steak with blue cheese sauce, potato half, and butter-cooked carrots on a bed of spinace" The steak was really good ^_^ "dessert: Chocolate cake with sorbet" The piece of cake was really very yummy, but also dense and large. They served a ball of sorbet with it, smaller than the piece of cake. A pity they didn't do it the other way around, a larger amount of sorbet, with a smaller amount of chocolate cake. I could only eat half of the piece of cake, after all the good food I had before it, as it was very filling. _ The food was good, the entertainment was heaps of fun, and the mingling, even if limited (as you were sitting down at a fixed spot), was quite fun too. I'm surprised and glad that I didn't faint or something. Though I was feeling a lot better than the day before, I still felt ill. Still feel ill, even though it's better now than before. Huzzah for good, efficient medicine ^_^ The doctor said it was a virus, and not bacteria, which is why I had throat problems at the same time as infections in my ear canals, the virus had spread. I thought originally that several different bacterias/viruses had ganged up on me, taking advantage of my bad immunesystem. Hm. Sorry about the TMI.
>>843 The victory against Panama, do you think it'll boost the interest for basketball in Japan? And for future reference, one of the shorter ways you could have phrased it like is "..but I won't get to see the results until they finally broadcast the game on TV." I hope you don't mind me giving you an example nor that you take it as an insult. Your English is rather good, even if you might have difficulties with conveying what you want to say once in a while.
>>862 Wow, "Entré: Shrimp toast" must've been really tasty!
I'm afraid I don't know what sorbet means. Is it some kind of fruit? (I'll look it up in my dictionary later) I like chocolate cake very much.
More importantly, have you been in bad condition? Even when you were at the party? I didn't know that... Take good care of yourself.
>>863 I hope so. Japan ended up failing to proceed to the tornament after all; our national team lost against NZ by only 3 points.. A bit sad. But I think they did more than expected!
And I'm open to correction on my English sentences as long as you tell me how to say it right. No, I don't take it as an insult. I'd be happy if you kept giving me examples when you think they're needed.
>>868 Hamagu-CHE, isn't he? hehehe (Do you know he didn't write his name properly in English?)
>>881 He humiliated me in front of many people. People think I am a stalker... He just hides that he personally contacts me but he pretends as a victim. He wanted to show that way because his gf started to distrust him....Oh I was silly...the end....
>>883 My crush said a lot about me as if I have been stalking him everyday. We had a gathering today. He suddently started to complain about me after lunch. I was like "Huh???"....because he's been saying "I like you" "you are so cute" etc when we are alone. He calls me or sometimes we meet secretly. That's why I could not forget about him for a year. (since he shows the behavior that he likes me). But today I finally discovered how sneaky he was.....I am crying really hard now....I can't write rational sentence anymore...
>>885 Someone? what do you mean? I am only thinking about him. He said he is a hypnotist to occupy my heart.... and laughed really hard like this HAHAHAHA I can't believe....what a cruel guy....I can't really stop crying....
Hmm, now I think I know perfectly well why you couldn't go away from him. Hmmmm, it seems to me that he showed his true colour, I mean, he's self-centered.
>>888 I am crying really hard. I don't think I can sleep tonight. But sadly....I can't take any action. I am really coward... I just coudn't see his face and other people's face. What I can do is just stay away from them... But I feel so miserable now...
>>891 I know about myself. I haven't done anything wrong.
But other people believe that I was a stalker, Also even I finally discovered who he was...I have no idea what to do. I just leave that place quietly. I will ignore everything from now on. Is that the best solution? I don't even know what to do next He even said I am such a vulnerable person to get effects. I hate what he has said....I wanted to talk back to him but I coudn't ...I am too weak. I hate myself...
>>892 I can understand how you are feeling now, but you might not want to decide anything today, I think, as you are emotional now. All that should be done now is say what's on your mind. Speak yourself.
>>893 well...yeah, I'll think about it tomorrow. I was not that aggressive. But I think he worried so much about his gf since she doubt the relationship between him and me. I will stay away from them. Yes I will never disturb him.
I think what he has done is really terrible because even you are a nice girl, he humiliated you in front of many people. You don't deserve that humiliation... But I think only the reason why he has done is for his gf. And maybe since his gf has been harass you, he just wanted to persuade her to trust him, not having any feeling toward you, so that she won't harass you anymore.
So I think you should just stay calm and live your life. You don't have to be bothered by them anymore. Do your study, This tolerance would make you improve. I think you just have to stay cool whatever happened. You knew the consequence because you knew he already has someone anbut you've never stoped liking and even you met him secretly, right? That's why it happened....
>>873 Tom Cruise is a nutcase. He's high enough in the Scientology organization that he has to have learned about Xenu and the volcanoes and all that other nonsense.