Anything about Japan ~ Part 2

[cookielmy]

Part 1 has reached 500 posts and here a thread to continue our discussion on Kimutaku, Japanese and Taiwanese F4 and Japanese dramas.
A few previous posts were:

Posted by ankh
Yue Anne: That's ok. We can love the man but that doesn't mean we have to watch every single one of his works to qualify as a KimuTaku lover. More like his charismatic level is upped a notch just by wow-ing audiences off by a few shows. I haven't watch much of his newer dramas too cos I don't particularly like them a lot.

cookie: Yeah, I agree that KimuTaku's newer dramas aren't the same as the older ones. Maybe due to his older age? I caught Pride and Good Luck but I didn't enjoy them as much as Long Vacation and Love Generation. No idea why. Hmmm since you recommend Engine, maybe I should go try it soon.

Anyway, Happy New Year!

Where's pam and jiji? Scared off by our excessive KimuTaku talk?

Posted by HarmonyCloud
Yup those guys I posted filmed "Hana Yori Dango" The Japanese version of Meteor Garden. Its already aired and subtitled. You can go on www.D-Addicts.com for more information

Yup I love Hideaki he's too adorable!!!

woa yue whose Kimutaku? He's cute

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ankh - You've watched Love Generation too?! :D Nice huh, this drama made me kinda made and impatient actually, they were dragging a little too much. At the ending, I was so worried that Kimutaku didn't make it to meet the girl up in the snow mountain >.<
Did you watch Beautiful Life too?
Pride was actually kinda good, he looks so cool when he's in the rink :drool:
I didn't really like Good Luck too. ;)

Hideaki is a singer riight? :? Or actor? I find him really really cute, with the baby looks :tongue:

[Yue Anne]

cookie : hideaki is both singer and actor ! the other day i went to a mall, and wanted to buy the drama series (engine), but i found out tht i didn't bring extra cash, :dry: HOWEVER I MUST SAY, tht KimuTaku looks extremely HOT ! love his hair! :love:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/J_tomatoe/sunlight.jpg

Hideaki Takizawa! :drool: , i need a bucket!

ankh : LOL you are right! i guess i have only seen his 3 drama series, Beautiful Life, Long Vacation, also Love Generation, AND the movie - 2046 , the movie where he acted with some of the famous hong kong actors.

[pamujung]

We got Part II :bounce: I never thought we will reach the part 2 lol

even I didn't reply here much as before because I don't really into any of Japanese idols, I have watched some Japanese drama and movie actually.

But yeah all the time favorite, Tacky, I saw him since I was young. His face never change a bit, always cute.

[midori]

Did anyone watch the Kohaku Song Festival?? Sadly, I've only watched 2 hours of it >< I saw Hamasaki Ayumi~! Haha, she's always want to stand out doesn't she? This time with a huge flowery dress.. Hmm.. I didn't know all the other one..ohh Aiko was on too.. Does anyone know where to find the list of all the performers this year? I want to know if Gackt performed..lol.

[cookielmy]

Haha, Kimutaku is super duper extremely hot! :drool: His hair a little curls at the end that makes him even hotter.
In the drama, Pride. His hair is straight and short, looks totally different.

*passes a bucket to Anne*
I didn't watch 2046, was the show nice? The show is like 'In The Mood For
Love' right?

Pam - Now we're in part2! :D I thought no one would come in here. But pheww.. :)
You should watch Kimutaku's dramas, I'm sure you'll like it Pam, I promise :hugz:

midori - Sadly, no, I didn't watch Kohaku Song Festival >.<

[pamujung]

I watch Cookie.. only ermm.. forgot the name :sweat: but it's about racing and the kaze no home lol Anyway there are some people also recommend me to watch Pride but I still pre-occupied with Korean dramas =P

[cookielmy]

Ah, the Kaze no home is Kimutaku's latest drama ;) Was it good? I kinda like the way the way he interacts with the kids :D
Yes yes, you should definitely watch Pride, I recommend you that too! Kimutaku looks so hot when he's in the ice rink, almost melted the ice :brows:

[petricia]

hallo everyone...
I am just so lost in everything... :bleah:
haha.. I just returned from Japan and in my opinion, I think the Taiwan version of Meteor Garden is better, though i only watched the last episode...

About Tacky, I remembered seeing a new drama of him in Japan.. I think it is a period drama, probably set in the Kamakurai Period... Can someone please tell me about it?

Thanks a lot!

[jiji1113]

Hi girls!! *wave~* cookie, patricia, pam, Yukiko, ankL and more girls!!:excited:
I was a little lazy and haven't opened this site for a while...but...surprised to know that there is part2!!!!:excited:
How is everyting? you are still drown in the Kimutaku dramas? working hard everyday? it's freezing cold here!!!! :cry: those who want to visit Japan!! I recommend you to come over in autumn or spring!!:-) !!:-)

[pamujung]

Moonie >> I just figured out that the name is Engine haha I so love when he was annoyed by those kids and the way he was acting cool as I'm number 1 racer in Japan lol will watch Pride, but what is about in this drama ?!

Pet >> Hi :excited: Welome back ! Have fun there ya ?

Edit : How about Tomoya Nagase from Tokio

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a362/mapong/tomoya.jpg

He's so cute in Mukodono/Son-in-law drama hehe anyone watch it ?!

[Yue Anne]

Pamujung !:excited: YEA i have seen tht drama!! is it about him as an artiste and is married to a gal secrectly? :? How can i forget about him! I LOVE HIS HAIR! :love:. too many hotties here! argh !

[petricia]

Pam: haha.. .yup.. I definitely have fun! Though I think i did make a fool out of myself because of my poor japanese, i think at least i am more 'brave' in speaking broken japanese! haha

I am going to continue to learn Japanese in school again! haha... one of the reasons being that i want to be able to communicate more with my okaasan in japan! haha...

Sorry but... who is the guy you all are talking about currently? i am quite outdated with Japanese dramas these days!
haha

[cookielmy]

Pet - How was everything in Japan? Fun? Took any beautiful pictures to show us? :) Which part Japan you went to? Ahh, that's lotsa questions huh >.<

jiji - You're back again :hugz: It's freezing there? Poorthing.. Spring or Autumn huh, I wanna go to Disney Land! :)
Oh yes, everyone of us are still drooling over kimutaku, few buckets full already :D

Pam - I became Moonie already? :laughing: Yeah, he was so cuute when he's with the fat boy who always eats mayonaise. The 'look' that they stared at each other, so kawaii! >.<
Ah, Pride is about ice hockey. This is the sypnosis taken from jdorama.com ;)

Kimura is the captain and star player of an ice hockey team, who is greatly respected by his teammates. For him, hockey is serious business that fully occupies his mind, while he treats romance as if it were a game.

Yuko is a typical businesswoman, and is waiting for her boyfriend to return from studying architecture abroad. At this point in time however, he shows no sign of coming back. One day, Yuko's friends who are determined to find her a new boyfriend, invite her to watch an ice hockey game. There she sees Kimura for the first time.

After the game, Yuko and her friends join the players for a party celebrating their victory. Yuko, however, is not so excited to be there. When she leaves the party, she bumps into Kimura, who was slightly injured from a fight. They exchange e-mail addresses and part.

The sparks of mutual attraction are ignited in a second encounter between Yuko and Kimura, arranged with the help of her friends shortly after a party.

Sato has come as a replacement for the team's coach who has been hospitalized. Kimura has a lot of respect for the hospitalized coach. Unfortunately though, he can't stand Sato's way of doing things. Bringing with him a lot of coaching experience from overseas, Sato criticizes the former coach's strategies. Whenever Kimura and Sato see each other, they get into a quarrel—consequently influencing Kimura's behavior during games.

Seeing that his game ended in a brawl, Yuko visits Kimura to comfort him. But he tells her that she is being too friendly with him.

Yuko is hurt, Kimura is irritated, and his teammate Sakaguchi can't stand seeing Kimura like this...
Great drama, should definitely watch it! ;)

Tomoya Nagase, not bad looking too huh :drool:

[pamujung]

Anne >> Yup ! It's so funny to see he plays as a geek and hot super star at the same time, I love when him being Yuu chan so cheeky.

Pet >> You have Okaasan there aww.. speak of continueing Japanese, I also want to >.< I had stopped it for a month already. And I absolutely can't speak even a broken japanese :depresse:

Moonie >> hee hee don't you like this name ?! Yeah I love his eyes too smaller.. and smallest :shifty: he's such a kiddy. And thanks dor the sypnosis but I am lazy.. to read :tongue:

[cookielmy]

Pam - Why did you stop your Japanese class? >.< Although I've been learning for a year plus already, but I still speaking broken Japanese, never get to speak fluently :(
Oh yes, I love Moonie ;) *heehee* Kimutaku is always so cuute, especially in this particular drama. I wonder if any of the kids are one of his own child :brows:
Ah, how can you be lazy to read a sypnosis for a fantastic drama?! Must read must read.. Got kissing scenes :brows:

[pamujung]

Let say my life is too complicated to get another language involve.. actually it's because of my parents didn't think it's a good choice to continue it :oops:

NO I don't think there is one of his own child even he's at the age to have one lol I just want to watch it without knowing the going of story, you know plus I'm super lazy to read it, really :whistle:

[cookielmy]

Oh, actually I joined Japanese class because of Kimutaku >.< I enjoy watching Japanese drama SOoo much, then I attend the class already.
But now, I'm more freak to Jay but I'm still not willing to give up my Japanese classes, since I've gone so far, I'll try my best to complete the whole course :)
Moreover, knowing an extra language is better than nothing *heehee*

Pam, he already has two girls! If I'm not wrong, their names are Mitsuki Kimura and Kokomi Kimura ;) I stalked him last time :happy:

[HarmonyCloud]

WOw part 2! :bounce: すごい！　
hehe I have been trying to watch a japanese drama called "dragon zakura" but sadly I dont know what happend to the translations as it stops at episode 4..:sad:

[Yue Anne]

harmony, wht those japanese character means? :? , and your banners are really awesome ! :excited: , dragon zakura? any hotties there? :brows:

cookie whoa you actually joined the jap cls because of KimuTaku? whoa !
we have jap cls in my school too for free! but because of my tight schedule, i don't think i have any free time to attend those classes. :worry:

2 girls uh! they must be cuties! aww i wana be KimuTaku's daughter too! :bounce:

Pam AGREE! he is SO SO SO HOT! is there any more dramas?? i have only seen one :dry: .sheesh. i think i really have to save up more money to buy those Japanese dramas, all my money has gone to Jay :love: aiks.

[cookielmy]

Anne - In Harmony's japanese word is 'sugoi', means something like - cool! or awesome! :D
Yeah, I joined my Japanese class for him, my friends think I'm insane :laughing:
Now I'm learning piano, and my friends thought because of Jay *heehee*, which is 30% true :tongue:
Never see the two girls before, I'm not sure how old they're. Handsome daddy, sure got pretty daughters :)

[Yue Anne]

aik 'sugoi' means cool? how about 'kakooi' ? i thought tht is cool? :? and my friend who is a japan freak loves calling me 'neko and saru' ..:bang:

oh whoa learning piano! cool! i always admire people who can play 'an jing' :blush:,

yeah true, the girls must be real kawaii :excited:, having KimuTaku as daddy. :D

[cookielmy]

kakooi? I'm not sure about that! >.<
Neko and saru? :laughing: You don't look like a cat or a monkey at all :roll:
Luckily he/she never calls you inu (dog) *heehee*

My friends's friend could actually play the whole An Jing song *faints* without and notes. That's like soooooo sugoi!! :wacko:
I love the beginning of An Jing, sounds very . . . an jing :laughing:

I wonder when is Kimutaku's new drama is coming out :) Or will there be any >.<

[Ling]

it's been a while since i've been here & we're on part 2 already!? Osashiburi minasan
Yue Anne & cookielmy: kakooi also means cool

[HarmonyCloud]

haha ya it meant cool or awesome :happy:

Wow I am also taking Piano but i actually never tried to play an jing..I got ambitious one day and tried to play 'casualties of war' but that didn't work out very well :oops:

hm not really many hotties in it, but these guys are kinda kawaii...these were the only pics I could find of them http://www.geocities.com/kitten_beam21/hanamaru.jpg

[cookielmy]

Really? Kakooi means cool? :oops: Looks like my Japanese ain't that good huh. *covers face and hides behind Pam*

I just started my piano lessons last few months, I still can't read my notes correctly >.< The first song I'll play would be AnJing ;)

Oh wow, thanks Harmony for the picture. The guy in row two from the top looks cuute huh :drool:!

[Yue Anne]

cookie an jing? reallllly???? remember i said i admire people who can play an jing? :shifty:, so you purposely learn it just for me uh? :rolleyes:

harmony the hottie in line 2 looks CUTE ! whos tht??

[HarmonyCloud]

Hes an actor from the drama Dragon Zakura! His name is Yamashita Tomohisa
山下智久!

cookie Awesome your studying the piano too! I've been playing for 6 years now..but it sounds like..1 year :oops: I can read notes well, but I find that I play only by ear which drives me teacher crazy. What I mean is for example she would play the piece she wants me to learn and then I will try to imitate her rather then read the notes for myself :oops: Its a bad habit to get into so practice hard and I am sure you will become a very good player :D

[cookielmy]

Anne - Haha, when I get to master that song, I'll let you know. Maybe in the next 5 or 6 years time ;)

Harmony - You're learning piano too? For 6 years already? Sugoi!!
Haha, imitating huh :laughing: Do you have any ideas how I can memorise my notes? I still can't make my notes right sometimes, C,D,E,F,G,A,B :wacko:

Yamashita Tomohisa? *off I go to google*

[Ling]

cookielmy: if you want to google him, you may get additional information if you search for NewS (that's a singing group that Yamashita Tomohisa is in)

[Yue Anne]

whoa ! :bounce:

Yamashita Tomohisa

http://www.sushirock.org/johnnys/02yamapi.jpg

Ling so he is a singer and also actor uh?

cookie no matter how long it takes, i will still wait! :blush:

[Ling]

Yue Anne: yup. He's a singer & actor. FYI he started acting before he was in NewS

[pamujung]

Moonie >> Why you are behind my back and actually you have to be proud if someone called you 'inu' it represent the honest in you :wink2:

Yamashita *shrug* I don't think he looks cool (no offend)

Anyone HOTTER ?! :whistle:

[Ling]

pamujung: Rofl this sounds like a challenge! Even though it all comes down to personal taste, it sounds fun. Try Tsumabuki Satoshi

[pamujung]

Yeah it's some kind of challenge bring your own JAPANESE HOTTIES down here and prove it with picture. We are the lazy bum to google it by self eh :rolleyes:

I'm looking for the new puppy to get my obsession haha

PS : Don't forget to keep it in the reasonable size !

[cookielmy]

Eh eh, finding hotties?!
He's still the hottest :brows: :
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/cookielmy/kimutaku.jpg

Pam, I hide behind you because my Japanese is not as good as others. Nothing inu inu about *heehee* ;)

[Ling]

Yeah it's some kind of challenge bring your own JAPANESE HOTTIES down here and prove it with picture. We are the lazy bum to google it by self eh :rolleyes:
I'm looking for the new puppy to get my obsession haha
PS : Don't forget to keep it in the reasonable size !

Well, there's more than 1 lazy bum here :D I've been too lazy to learn how to post pictures so here are some links to Tsumabuki Satoshi's pictures:
http://www.geocities.com/orangedays2004/12.jpg
http://www.glico.co.jp/pocky/cp2005/campaign01/image/img1b.jpg
http://jdorama.com/artiste.1366.htm

Sidenote: some JC members are discussing whether Tsumabuki Satoshi will be the next Kimutaku or not. discussion here:
http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13706

[Yue Anne]

Pam : a challenge uh? :shifty:
how about this lil hottie here?
http://www.jpop.hu/kepek/t_and_t/hptakki2.jpghttp://raysend.com/sarah/journal/wp-content/photographs/takki.jpg
http://www.txt2gether.com/TsubasaStyle/images/whiteshirt/WS_018.jpg
satisfied? :brows:

[HarmonyCloud]

I would post some hotties but I am at school and I think that it would be weird if I started searching for "hot japanese guys" :angel: Ill post some later

cookie Did u learn the tricks like FACE = SPACE and "Every Good Boy Does Fine" for E G B D F... for the trebel clef? The notes go in alphabetical order btw :happy:

[cookielmy]

Harmony - NO! My teacher never teach me any of such tricks >.<
What FACE = SPACE? Teach me teach me :happy:

Anne - Who's that hottie? I like the first picture :drool: Looks so girly *heehee*

[pamujung]

Oh my Moonie you don't know him *shakes head* He is like a always-hottie of this century lol

Yeah Harmony what is about that tricks ?! I never heard about it, or may be sensei ever said about but I forgot it XD

[yukiko]

wow.. it's already part two. :p
the hotties?? hahaha.. YUTAKA is my fave hotties ;p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/yukie/3f7e.jpg

[iruka]

sumimasen... i just went in and saw the hotties posts.. lol.. goody... i've been looking for some japanese guy to get obsessed with.. but so far... i haven't found anyone... hope you guys suggest more.. :P

im not japanese but im interested in the language and other stuff... ^^

[Ling]

I would post some hotties but I am at school and I think that it would be weird if I started searching for "hot japanese guys" :angel: Ill post some later
cookie Did u learn the tricks like FACE = SPACE and "Every Good Boy Does Fine" for E G B D F... for the trebel clef? The notes go in alphabetical order btw :happy:
The guy in the pictures Yue Anne posted is Takizawa Hideaki

[pamujung]

Yikiko >> Who is that guy ?! ermm.. I mean what are the movie/dramas he was starring, he looks familiar and I cannot think of any >.<

Iruka >> surely welcome

[cookielmy]

Pam, that hotttie that yukiko posted is the guy starred in Long Vacation. As the girl's brother?
I'm not sure what other dramas this he starred in :happy:
And who's the hottie of this century? :drool: Loves that girly look *heehee*

[Yue Anne]

Pam : Yutaka also acted in Beach Boys. :brows: Movie with HOTTIES. :brows:

cookie : That hottie.. is HIDEAKI TAKIZAWA .:love:

PLEASE BE READY WITH A BUCKET TOO :drool:, you have been warned. :brows:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/J_tomatoe/Takizawa_Hideaki.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/J_tomatoe/myojo2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/J_tomatoe/x3.gif
MAJOR HOTTIE! ! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/J_tomatoe/infatuated.gif IT is so illegal to look tht hot!

A lil info about him. :happy:
Name: Hideaki Takizawa
Nickname: Takky
Birth: March 29th,1982
Place of birth: Tokyo
Hieght: 168 cms
weight: 50 kgs
Blood type: A
Family relation: Dad, Mom, Older sister &brother
Favourite season: Summer
Favourite food: All heaty food
Started to join Johny's JR: April 1995
Hobbies: Edit MD
Favorite phrase: In my self-dictionary. There isn't the word "IMPOSSIBLE"

Filmography : "Yoshitsune" (2005) TV Series
"Taiyo no kisetsu" (2002) (mini) TV Series
"Antique" (2001) (mini) TV Series
"Strawberry on the Shortcake" (2001) TV Series
" Forbidden Love "(1999) TV Series
"Time Keepers" (1997) TV Series

[pamujung]

Anne >> Hottie but too skinny :shifty:

ermm.. Yutaka *wacko* Yukata lol still don't know where I have seen him haha

Thanks everyone for posting hotties pics

[cookielmy]

Oh wow, Tackky is really hot :drool: Like what Pam said, he's too skinny. Way skinner than Jay :D
Jay's size would be just right :brows: But I love Tackky's girly look *melts*

Anymore hot pictures? *holds on to a bucket* :drool:

[yukiko]

iruka : youkoso. irrasyaimase :p almost all of us here also aren't japanese. we are interested in japan. there's only 1 pure japanese here. :p she is... *you guest* :)

minna san, genki de irasshaimasuka? ima ame ga futte imasu node, chotto samui desyoune. sore de okarada otaisetsu ni shite kudasai ne.
(Hey gals, how are you? it's raining now, kinda cool. ;p so take care yourself)

yutaka is in 'beach boy' too. he's so boyish. hahaha... i like takky too. he's just so cute. hohohoho

Yue : thanks for the warning. hahaha... :p give us more. we want more, right?

[iruka]

iruka : youkoso. irrasyaimase :p almost all of us here also aren't japanese. we are interested in japan. there's only 1 pure japanese here. :p she is... *you guest* :)

minna san, genki de irasshaimasuka? ima ame ga futte imasu node, chotto samui desyoune. sore de okarada otaisetsu ni shite kudasai ne.
(Hey gals, how are you? it's raining now, kinda cool. ;p so take care yourself)
thanks...
hmmm i cant guess... :tongue:

wow.. i actually understood the first 2 sentences :P lol even though i only know a few of those words...

[pamujung]

It's hot like hell here >.< no raining, just only sun and sun nowaday *die*

but I never refuse to see hot guys hehe

iruka >> you can learn with us, if you have any questions feel free to ask in here.

we have a lot of Japanese expert.. right right ?!

[cookielmy]

My place here is raining heavily everyday >.< Making every outing a failure :(
Pam doesn't like hot weather but like hot guys, same here same here. Who doesn't anyway :whistle:

Oh yes Iruka, there's lotsa Japanese experts here. As you can see yukiko there *heehee*
Pam is also an expert :happy: She haven't reveal her power ^o^

[Yue Anne]

weee can i have a lil request? :blush:
can erm any japanese expert please translate this line for me?

' I said i still love you, but you told me the feeling is no longer there'
i hope i dint trouble anyone here. :sweat:
and thanks in advance! :kisschee: :flowers:

yukiko : ehhe i will bring more hotties soon ! just be ready. :shifty:

Pam skinny aint good uh? i know why! people with a lil of flesh is nice to hug. :brows: right right? :brows:

[HarmonyCloud]

Wow that was Hideaki! Ahh he's too hot

Cookie and Pam All the spaces on the treble clef make the word FACE...the first space is F the second A the third C the fourth E...to remember the line notes I remember the phrase "Every Good Boy Does Fine" aka the first line is E the second G the third D the fourth F! Get it? :wink2:


' I said i still love you, but you told me the feeling is no longer there'

anatawo aishiteiru keredo, ai sonomono ga nai

[iruka]

it's nice to know we have experts here.. hehe... ^^

we just had our midterms in japanese this morning.. it wasn't so bad... but i forgot what "box" was... and i think i forgot to write arimasen instead of arimasu... lol... its done... i'll just have to wait for the results... ^^

日本語はとてもおもしろいです。　＾＿＾

[pamujung]

Anne >> compare with Jay and screaming the word YESSS !!

Harmony >> nehh.. still didn't get it :rolleyes:

talk about the exams result.. I wanna know JLPT result :bounce:

[cookielmy]

Harms - Treble clef is the word Face and Bass clef is "Every Good Boy Does Fine" phrase? *sticks with Pam* I don't get it too! :tongue:
And wow, you really can make the sentence into Japanese? Honestly, I can't do it. Worried if I gave her a wrong word or wrong meaning :D

Pam - Comparing with Jay, then everyone is skinny :whistle: *coughheisfatcough*

Our results will be coming in March right? I'm so scared. My paper is in Japan now :rolleyes:

[HarmonyCloud]

iruka Dont stress too much over it! I am sure you did fine!

cookielmy Face is for the SPACES in the TREBEL clef and "Every Good Boy Does Fine" is for the LINES in the TREBEL clef...if u take out a piece of sheet music and try and follow it...every oh first note is E! Like that...

pam I can't wait for my results too! I am hoping to take some official courses in Japanese in a university this summer and I think a lot of my getting into the course is riding on my JLPT! :worry: Although I still will have to take a placement test I really hope I will pass :oops:

[pamujung]

Harmony >> Okie then it's all about sheet music >.< so that I didn't get it..and you will take a japnese course in Japan aww... I'm so want to go *sigh* no money to go, you know everything there is so expensive.

Moonie >> No Jay is not that fat, isn't he :? yah the result will be in my hand this March. I'm so freaking scared too..

[kaye21]

HI!
i was just browsing thru the thread...
japanese guys are just so hot...
i found one as well...though he is not so hot in this picture...
http://jdorama.com/artiste.1479.htm
he even has a wikipedia article....http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Tamaki_Hiroshi
i first saw himi in waterboys, with tsumabuki....he was just so funny...
as the afro haired guy that became bald....
he was also in renai shusesutsu...though i cant understand it...he was just so dreamy there...

[miemie]

I am really surprised....
I began this topic a few years ago. Now there is Part.2!!??
I think you study Japanese well..but I am studying Chinese:tongue:

[cookielmy]

Pam - Nah, Jay is not THAT fat actually, just a little more meaty than everyone else :happy: *pinch pinch*
2 more months to go for results :oops: Lets hope that it'll be a good news :)

kaye - Hmm, I don't really find that guy cute >.< From Beach Boys huh? I like the guy in Water Boys II but I'm not sure what's his name, he's really really cute :brows:

miemie - Oh yes, we've reached part 2 :)

[HarmonyCloud]

oh I have never seen Water Boys or Water Boys II is that good? Hes kinda cute but not as cute as Taki :rolleyes: I like that guy Shun Oguri wow
---> http://img.phoenixtv.com/image20010518/74032329806315520/118295.jpg So cute:tongue:

[iruka]

i've seen him before.... oh yeah... in hana yori dango... ^^;;

btw, our midterms were returned yesterday... i got a 90% (54/60) not bad but i could have done better... -_-;;;

[HarmonyCloud]

yeah irukahe's so cute! Hes also in Gokusen! And some other dramas/Movies

Does anyone know who this guy is?
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b200/GiGIchan666/200312293.jpg
Hes cute dont you think?

[iruka]

yeah he looks cute... but he looks kinda young...

[yukiko]

wow iruka 90% is so great ne... congrats you. :P
i used to idolize many of japanese guy before. but recently find out that korean is more interesting. wakaka. so sorry

[iruka]

wow iruka 90% is so great ne... congrats you. :P
thanks! but i dont think that's high enough.. i was hoping to get an A (92+%) stupid careless mistakes >_<

so... any more cute japanese guys? :tongue:

[HarmonyCloud]

Iruka haha I am awful there is a whole thread of Cute Japanese guys on D-addicts...:drool:

[iruka]

Iruka haha I am awful there is a whole thread of Cute Japanese guys on D-addicts...:drool:
lol! there's probably a lot there... but maybe too much... *sigh* oh well.. i guess i need to look for one somewhere.... :tongue:

[pamujung]

Moonie !! I have watched Pride :excited: just started watching 2 eppies and I'm downloading more.. *faint* how he can be that cute and looks really cool hehe

aish CB so slow for dowloading just one high quality episode sigh..

[cookielmy]

Harmony - Takahisa Masuda (the picture you uploaded), he looks so young! I prefer more mature looking guys :rolleyes: I like his hair though *heehee*

yukiko - I used to like only one Japanese guy.. but now everyone is under a korean 'fever', I'm starting to like korean dramas too :love:
Just finished watching Wonderful Life, starring Kim Jae Won if I'm not wrong. He's kinda cuute too ^o^

Iruka - Congratulations!

Pam - Niice huh?! :wink2: His hair is niice, the girl is pretty too huh :brows: I love the see him when he's in the rink *faints*

What programme is CB? You should use Bittorent or Bitcomet to download, the speed is extremely fast. ;)

[HarmonyCloud]

cookielmy Ohh is that his name! I think hes sooo adorable!!

Btw I was wondering has anyone here seen any Drama or movies with Hideaki Takizawa? I am on a mad search for English subs for one of his dramas (any one :oops:)

[iruka]

cookielmy thanks!!!

HarmonyCloud try looking for strawberry on shortcake... ^^

[pamujung]

Moonie >> I love his wink eyes and yup the actress is cute. Oh CB is Clubbox, I don't use Bittorent.. I have used it and it makes so many trouble for me, the speed didn't seem to fast like the other said >.<

Harmony >> What is the name of movies/drama you have been searching. may be we can help crazily search for you ?! :D

[HarmonyCloud]

pam I really want to find the subs for Strawberry over shortcake! I've found the actually drama but its raw (with out subs) some help?

[cookielmy]

Harms - Did you try looking for subtitles at www.d-addicts.com? This forum has a huge collections of dramas and subtitles. Hope this helped :)

Pam - I've never use CB before, I don't know how to use it :oops:. Well, Bittorent is not really slow actually, depends on how many peers there are.
For Pride, I think there's many peers uploading, so no worries for it being slow :happy:

[pamujung]

Harmony >> I did see it somewhere before you said and now I forgot where did I see it :oops:

I can't find it in d-addicts too, keep searching

Moonie >> I can't use BT, I don't want to use it, and I don't think I can finish DL Pride from this CB host :worry: I believe there is some problem for the link. And I can't find any CB host too >.< WTH

[HarmonyCloud]

Ya Pam and Cookie, I cant find them on d-addicts thats the problem >.< I wanna find a good jdrama..I've seen Nobuta wo Produce and the first five episodes dragon zakura...

[jiji1113]

Hi! girls!!
How is everything? I missed you!! Sorry not visiting here often...I'll try fron now on since...my mind is occupied with Jay once again....:excited: (err...of course he was always with me...but kind of busy before...)
but but but I finally met JAY!!! I went his concert!!!! :excited: :excited: :excited: He was awwwweeeesome!! He was fantastic!!! He was soooo cool!!!! the performance was super cool!!! he's changed his costume very often... The first arrival(?) is from the up, he was crucified(?) upon a cross and came down from the top....and the music was ahhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhh!! the 以父之名！！

Oh....I was screaming like hell...so there was kind of the space around me...(ppl around me scared of me???) and some high school girls talked to me since my eyes were like :love: lovelovelove...and one of the girls said..."are you ok? your eyes are totall in heart shape" lol lol lol....

Pls take a look at these pics I've taken...but sorry these are not good...but better than nothing...:rolleyes:

Tokyo Tower!! Sorry it's too dark!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/jiji-hajiken/DSCF0143.jpg

and Jay Chou's first concert on Feb 6th, 2006 in Hibiya Int'l forum!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/jiji-hajiken/DSCF0149.jpg

I was expecting more things to sell....but not many kinds of goods. and they sell "November chopin" and surprisingly, many ppl were buying it....which means they are not the real fan...(they still don't own this CD...) |:(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/jiji-hajiken/DSCF0151.jpg

JAYYYYY!!!
You know, we are not allowed to take a pix in the concert hall...once it is found, my camara would be taken away...so I coudn't but, still wanted to take one...then I took two...but these are not good at all....sorry... :cry:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/jiji-hajiken/Jay1.jpg

Jay played an encore. He he he!!! sang a Japanese children's songs!!! How sweet!! and that time, he introduced his grandma, who was sitting in front row, his grandma speaks really fluent Japanese (you know, Taiwanese elder ppl can speak Japanese well since they were edcated by Japanese during their childhood....). That time was really sweet!!! He sings really good in Japanese!! :thumbsup

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/jiji-hajiken/DSCF0156.jpg

[cookielmy]

Hmm, so far I've seen d-addicts have the most drama subs. Other than that site, I have no more idea :oops:..
Harms, what programme do you use to download dramas?

Jiji- You're finally back :hugz: Everything is fine here. *drops jaw* You really went to the concert? I'm happy for you! Niice pictures you have there too, super duper clear. But jiji, I think you need to put that into a link instead of IMG, its too big >.<
Why isn't there any pictures of yourself? :D
The school girl actually told you that? Your eyes are in love shape? lol:laughing: I can't imagine that. Did you guys sang along?

[pamujung]

OMG Jiji I wish I were there >.< I wanna hear Jay sang in Japanese the most. Thanks for the pic but like Moonie (cookielmy) said you should resized thepic before post or you just post the link. Those pics are too big to watch -_-"

Moonie >> yah I know d-addicts is the best site to find subs but not all dramas they will work on, it depends on how much they interested in and the bad thing is we can't request >.< they did the hard work already

[jiji1113]

Thank you girls!! really? ok then what should I do...I will put the link instead!! sorry for the inconvenience!! but Jay Jay Jay.....he was he was he was soooooooo cool... Do you know when the concert ends? I was going like "what should I do? what should I do?" then I was almost going to visit his hotel.....just to feel the air.....:D :shy:

[HarmonyCloud]

cookie I use clubbox but I always look at D-addicts..they dont seem to have it...it makes me wonder how did anyone see takki? lol maybe he's not as popular as I thought...but hes sooo cute!!!!!:oops:
jiji Wow thats soo awesome! I know how u feel, its how I felt when I went to see Jay for the first time! Aw how was Jays japanese? That sounds chou kawaii!!!

[ichigo fairy]

日本語はとてもおもしろいです。　＾＿＾

i think 日本語 is 難しい。 i always *dreaded* doing my japanese hw. that's why i decided to change my major from japanese language to another major. :cry:

　　
aik 'sugoi' means cool? i think sugoi can mean cool (but just don't use it to describe someone as cool [cool as in handsome] because the listeners are going to look at you weird or not going to understand you). i also think sugoi can mean "wow" like when someone does a difficult swimming dive perfectly and you're like "sugoi." i think you use sugoi when you're impressed with someone's performance. i don't know...correct me if i'm wrong. >_<

[pamujung]

Jiji >> Yah you have the right expression, me also feel like that after concert or any events I went to see Jay. Like no no please not the ending >.< and shall I stalk him tonight something like that lol Did you hear Jian Dan Ai in the ending which is used to introduce his co-workers on the stage ? hmm.. may be he didn't sing that song, because most of Japanese don't know his old songs eh :?

Harmony >> Takki is popular but I don't into him haha I also have the same problem with you, can't find the soft subs for Pride (only way I can get is to use BT download it with hard subs) then I think I can't help you much this time :oops: sorry

Strawberry (Ichigo fairy) :D Welcome to this thread, I know japanese is difficult but not the most difficult language in the world so you should try harder to complete it. And about word "Sugoi" I did agree with you ! it's more like a interjection wow, wonderful, super, etc.

[cookielmy]

Pam - We can't request in d-addicts? I didn't know that >.< Maybe you should just watch them without the subtitles :happy: I'm sure roughly you know what they're saying.. :)

Jiji - With whom you went to the concert? How did Jay sounded when he sings the Japanese children song? And his grandma really speaks fluent Japanese? That's really cool..

Harms - Clubbox huh.. >.< Hmm, they didn't have subs as well? :sweat:

Ichigo Fairy = Strawberry?
You're taking Japanese class too huh.. :happy: About the sugoi thingy, both ways are fine actually.. it can be 'wow', or 'whoa' or 'cooool!' :D

[cs_omigosh]

Hi everyone! Decided to join in the chat in the Japanese thread as currently I am very into Japanese artistes (esp those from Johnny's entertainment..haha.)

Oh yah, so there are not many Japanese pple in this forum ah? Cos I see that most of us here are from all from different countries. =)

Just wondering, is there a forum for Jay in Japan? ^.^

Cos if there is, I am sure many of the Japanese fans would record his live performance and share it in the forum (like most of the jcnet-ers did after we watched the incomparable concert)

[cookielmy]

CS - Yeah, there's a Japanese-Jay-Forum.. here's the link ---> http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~daisuki_jay_forever/ :happy: I wonder if there's, I can't read the kanji! >.<

[cs_omigosh]

Ah cookielmy, thanks for telling me the website. But I can't read Japanese too..>.<

However, I saw their msg board. There seem to be quite a lot of comments there.. =)

[cookielmy]

No problem about the link :wink2: I'm sure all the comments are the same as jcnet's..'He was so diao!', 'I wish I can go up on stage with him', 'His voice is so cute', 'I don't think I can forget this day' :D

[cs_omigosh]

No problem about the link :wink2: I'm sure all the comments are the same as jcnet's..'He was so diao!', 'I wish I can go up on stage with him', 'His voice is so cute', 'I don't think I can forget this day' :D

Haha..yeah. I agree. Maybe there is a post-concert withdrawal syndrome thread like we had last time.

Actually I am more interested to know if they managed to record Jay's performance when he sang the Japanese song.. ^.^

[ichigo fairy]

thanks for the jay chou's japanese website. :-) looking at all those japanese words are making me get a headache. T_T

pamujung thanks for the encouragement. ^-^

[HarmonyCloud]

cs Hey dear welcome to the thread :hugz: I love japanese artists as well! Whose your favorite?
ichigo fairy Aw u used to take Japanese? I am currently studying japanese and hope to take it at a college this summer :happy:
cookielmy They do have subs at clubbox just depends if the person posts it or not
pamujungArigatou anyway :hugz: Whose ur favorite japanese actor? Is pride another drama? I noticed that a really popular drama now is Nurse Aoi but I have no idea what thats about. Episode 6 of Dragon zakura is out subbed now! :D

[pamujung]

Monnie >> yup we can't request for the subs in d-addicts due to some rules there >.<

Harmony >> :sweat: I don't have one. I just watched the drama as people said it's cool lol and sometime look at the name of drama make me wanna know what is story about :D

Actually I prefer korean drama and hotties =P

[cs_omigosh]

Harms Thanks =) Hm..currently I am quite into JE guys..haha.. like KAT-TUN, Yamapi, Takki, Nishikido Ryo..haha..although most of them are younger than me i think..haha

[cookielmy]

CS - Yeah! I'm curious how Jay sounded when he sang the Japanese song! :happy: Even if it's just an audio file, I wouldn't mind! :D

Pam - Korean hotties :brows: Hyun Binnie cutest *heehee* :D

If you guys decided to use the last option, which is use Bittorent to download the drama, you can let me know. I'll give you the goodie linkie.. :wink2:

[yukiko]

huhuhuhu.. sorry for missing from this thread for a long time. :(
btw, any hot topic? have no time to read its all.
btw, ja have done his concert in japan? did he sang japanese song? what song?

[cs_omigosh]

huhuhuhu.. sorry for missing from this thread for a long time. :(
btw, any hot topic? have no time to read its all.
btw, ja have done his concert in japan? did he sang japanese song? what song?

Hi..I don't think there's a particular hot topic. We were discussing about how we would love to hear Jay sing in Japanese and we were hoping that someone who went to the Tokyo concert, manage to record the performance..hehe..

Btw Jay, during the encore session, sang 2 Japanese rhymes, “Monotaro (Tao Tai Lang)” and “Grandpa’s big clock ( I suspect that it is Ken Hirai’s Grandfather’s clock)”

[HarmonyCloud]

cookie and Pam Haha yeah I always find myself straying to Korean dramas cause they have such cuties! (Ahhh Yul from goong :angel: )
Char Ohh I actually never heard KAT TUN, but one of the guys from it (its more than one guy right?) was in Nobuta wo produce right? I saw that drama he was really cute! I love japanese bands though~~ But I dont know too many...

[petricia]

minansan... sumimasen... nagai jikan kokoni hairanai... ohisashiburidesune....
kyou wa chotto onegai ga arun desu...

hallo all.. Just in case you all don't know what i am saying (either because you all don't understand Japanese or... my japanese is still as bad as it was...) I am saying that 'Long time haven't been in here... and i need a favour' [that sounds weird to me even now...]

there is this thread in the multimedia that's about a terebi bangou that's introducing Jay but it is in Japanese and I am just wondering if there is anyone who can do the translation for the rest of the people... including me. I can guess what they are saying but... translating is out...

here's the thread...

http://www.jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?p=580907

And I so wished to be able to go to the Tokyo concert! sigh... Did anyone find videos of Jay in concert anywhere? I've been super duper busy that i can't go sniffing around and also my main source of Jay video (jaycn) don't have it....

PS: talking about japanese drama... is there anything that i can watch to destress? super stressed up now with my japanese homework...

[cs_omigosh]

petricia..ah..to destress, I would suggest u watch nobuta wo produce. It's super funny and entertaining..=)

[ichigo fairy]

is that japanese program on youtube? if it is, i can watch it and translate it for you. BUT!!! i CANNOT guarantee you that i'll be able to translate it.

[edit]hmm, i can't find it on youtube. Y_Y

[petricia]

Hmmm.... I don't know but then ichigo fairy, you can check out the thread that I posted. There is a video file for downloading. Just tell me if it has expired. I'll gladly make a mirror...

thanks in advance

[cookielmy]

Petricia, I've watched the Narutomo clip, honestly, I can hardly catch up what they're saying. They're speaking super duper extremely fast! :bang:
I guess, I won't be able to help you :oops:

Stressing over Japanese homework huh.. I'm having the same problem. I was staring at my homework for minutes and I just can't start doing. :sweat:
I'm sure you can destress after listening to Jay's music ^^

[ichigo fairy]

argh :-x i just typed up the translation to the narutomo program and it somehow got deleted! :cry:

here's the translation to the japanese program that was discussing jay chou.

jay chou and his charisma

the 2 hosts say something about F4 and that more and more chinese stars are becoming known in japan. they then introduced jay chou to the panelists. they said his birthday, where he's from, how much money he made at the age of 25 (when the panelists heard this, they were amazed), how he suddenly became an asian star, when he debuted, and how he's number 1. one of the hosts says that japan is a little late in getting to know jay chou. the guy with the black suit and wearing a tie comments that earning that much is super amazing and one of the host agrees. the female panelist with the red hair says that she knows who F4 are. then the 2 hosts say that jay chou is even more popular than F4. they also said that there is a conversation/discussion about jay chou and F4 are going to do a commerical together, but it's not confirmed. the program then shows a clip of jay chou. the clip says that F4 is not the only one leading the something (i couldn't catch the word) boom but also jay chou. then the female speaker of the clip says how many CDs jay chou sold since his debut, how much money he made at the age of 25, and how he's number one in taiwan. then she says jay chou's talent not only stops at music but he's also talented in acting. then she says that jay chou is the main actor in the movie inital D, which is based on the popular comic in Japan that sold over 40,000,000 copies. she also says that this movie is his acting debut. then she says when jay chou came to japan more than 1,000 fans were waiting for him at the airport and a large gathering of the media shows the popularity of china. she then says that at his first concert in japan, jay chou attracted 10,000 fans for his 2-day concert. then she says that jay chou gave a message to the narutomo program. jay chou says "to the ppl of narutomo. konnichiwa (good afternoon). i'm jay chou." then he begins his message in chinese with japanese subtitles at the bottom of the screen. he says, "please check out my movies and my music. he wants to make time and go to japan to interact with fans." then she concludes the clip by saying that "we cannot take our eyes off of the chinese star jay chou." [that's the literal translation. i know what she's saying but i can't find the right words to express them]. then one of the hosts says that jay chou is amazing and she continues to talk. she says something about a korean star named pikku-san (???? i couldn't catch the name) and the chinese star jay chou both have their own allure/appeal/charm/magnetism. then the guy panelist with the black suit and wearing a tie says something about plastic surgery and eyes. then one of the hosts says that jay chou (i think she was referring to jay chou. if not, then pikku-san.) has small eyes but he is still cool looking. then the other host says that F4 has more female fans and jay chou has more male fans. then the other host says that jay chou also has fans who are housewives that are in their 30s and 40s. then one of the panelists comments that the male fans admire jay chou and wants to be like him. the hosts agree with the panelist's comment. then the ppl on the show was telling shingo (the guy with the black suit and wearing a tie) to go over there [i think they mean china, but i'm not sure.]. one of the hosts said that shingo may find out that he may be good at dancing and singing. shingo then says that plastic surgery can do anything. then one of the hosts says that jay chou wants to visit kyoto, but he appears that he has no free time to do so.

*** i didn't translate some parts because i didn't understand what they were saying. i'm sorry. (T_T)


[edit] Petricia and cookielmy - i can try and help you on your guys' homework. if you guys post up the japanese sentences or words that you need help on, i can help. ^-^

[petricia]

ichigo fairy: hontouni arigatou gozaimasu!
haha... bikku-san wa Rain desu... Nihon de "Bikku" ga yonde imasu.
Oh problem is mainly in particles... And thanks for you help... I'll PM you or post here whenever i have problems!

Btw, ichigo fairy, are you a japanese or living in japan?

[ichigo fairy]

petricia haha^^ you welcome. :-) ohhh, bikku is rain? haha^^ thanks. i didn't know that....oh, you know this sentence that i wrote "the hosts saying that there is a rumor that jay chou and F4 are going to do a commerical together?" i meant to write that the "hosts said that there is a conversation/discussion about F4 and jay chou doing a commerical together, but it's not confirmed."


ohhh, yeah, particles are confusing. x_X

i'm japanese-american. my japanese is more on the conversational level. haha^^;;;;;

[pamujung]

haha... bikku-san wa Rain desu... Nihon de "Bikku" ga yonde imasu. I tihnk japanese called him PI by using the character "HI" and the maru >> ピ

; got it from his official fanclub profile :happy:

[iruka]

isn't rain supposed to be called ビ (bi)? ...because he's 비 (bi) in korea... i was just thinking, they wouldn't call him "ame" hahaha! hmmm... they call him "rain" in taiwan...

so if it's bi... then what is the "~kku" for?

[ichigo fairy]

^ hmmm, maybe "bikku" is rain's nickname in japan? they call bae yong jun (sp?) as yonsama in japan. sakai noriko's (a japanese actress and singer) nickname is noripi.

[edit] maybe rain reminded them of pikkachuu and that character always says "pika pika" so they decided to name him bikku. hehe^^ LOL ^-^ i don't know....x_x

[Ling]

^ hmmm, maybe "bikku" is rain's nickname in japan? they call bae yong jun (sp?) as yonsama in japan. sakai noriko's (a japanese actress and singer) nickname is noripi.
[edit] maybe rain reminded them of pikkachuu and that character always says "pika pika" so they decided to name him bikku. hehe^^ LOL ^-^ i don't know....x_x
I think he's called bikku because his name in korean is bi, and they tend to add endings to people's names as you said with noripi & yonsama

[HarmonyCloud]

HMM I actually asked my tutor about the Pi and Bi thing...I forgot what she said though...:sweat: Ill ask again,,,

[yukiko]

Pi and Bi character in hiragana n also katakana are from the same character. it's HI. there are 2 added particle to make it into PI and BI. we use maru (a small circle at the right side at the top beside the HI character to make it BI. and use " to make it PI. :P
got it? sorry for the bad lesson from me :shy:

and maybe the -kku from bikku is come from KUN. bi+kun= BIKKU :P

[cookielmy]

Yukiko, you're correct. But is suppse to be Bi instead of Pi right. Maybe there was a mistake at the strokes?

By the way, the circle thing to change hi to pi is called maru?

[yukiko]

Yeah. the fullstop in japanese is called MARU. :p
maybe they make it PI to make it sounded more cute. :p it's different. hahaha. try it. say BI then say PI. PI make it sounded more cute. :) hahaha

[ichigo fairy]

i'm *such* a baka....i was reading "HI" as hi as in when you say "hi" to your friends when you see them. hahahaha^^;;;;;; no wonder i was confused. X_x

[ankh]

Hi everyone.

Haven't posted in this thread since page one I think.

And yay I'm taking Japanese in school right now and enjoying every moment of it. Demo nihongo wa totemo taihen desu ne. <<< Please correct me if it's wrong.

How do you guys practise and remember all the vocabulary?
My memory's extremely short-term so I always end up forgetting majority of the vocabulary I've learnt for the week.
My friend tells me that watching raw dramas, animes and listening to J-pop can help in listening and familarising with the sentence structure.
Does that work for any of you, if you've tried?

And yes, particles are soooo hard.
I'm always very paranoid that I'll use the wrong one so I tend to emphasize them when I read. And my sensei says the Japanese will laugh if they hear me speak like that. :cry:

[pamujung]

it's HI. there are 2 added particle to make it into PI and BI. we use maru (a small circle at the right side at the top beside the HI character to make it BI. and use " to make it PI. :PI think you got a little confused there.

Showing you the cutted katakana chart : http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a362/mapong/kata.jpg

And Moonie all the circle thing called "maru" and those two line called "tenten"

It's March :bounce: Anyone got the JLPT result yet ?! I'm not but hope it comes real soon hehe

Ankh >> It's like when you learn English, there must be the new vocab. thething you have to do is remember it. Find your own way to remember them, for me I just tried to use it more often in real life. And the stress sound, because of the same word sometime has 2 stressing sound, if you pronounce it wrong, they won't understand you :sweat:

ig. 橋 hashi = bridge and hashi = chopsticks

[cookielmy]

Gosh, speaking of JLPT results, I forgotten all about it . I though it's still February oops: Thanks Pam for reminding ^^.. Well, mine has definitely not arrived yet, I hope I can pass *prays hard*..

Originally posted by Pam
all the circle thing called "maru" and those two line called "tenten"
Oh, okay.. I didn't know that. tenten sounds cuute huh.. 1010 :happy:

Ankh > Taking Japanese classes already? :hugz: Hope you're having a great time..

Originally posted by ankh
Demo nihongo wa totemo taihen desu ne
Don't worry, you're right :D.. I agree with your statement, waayy to taihen *heehee*

Originally posted by ankh
watching raw dramas, animes and listening to J-pop can help in listening and familarising with the sentence structure
Of course it works. Very effectively I would say. Now you'll have a reason to watch more Japanese dramas at home :wink2:

[cs_omigosh]

Pam, Joyce, Moonie, I didnt know u girls are taking Japanese..=) I am currently interested in those japanese dramas, singers.. and I feel a big urge to start learning Japanese cos I wanna understand what they say..

[pamujung]

Char :sweat: I'm not taking the class anymore. I just stopped learning it, so sad. But I never watch jdrama or listen any jpop while I'm learning it haha me weird huh

[cs_omigosh]

Pam..I see..Btw, i think just by watching dramas, I have learnt a few words here and there.. I also understood what joyce meant when she said " Demo nihongo wa totemo taihen desu ne. "

If I am not wrong, the phrase means "But Japanese language's really hard to master"?

[cookielmy]

Charlene, you should learn it to if you have the interest. Last time I was a freak of Japanese drama and jpop, and I went to learn Japanese language because I don't wanna depend on subtitles.. :D
We're having the same reasons.. *heehee*

Pam, you're not planning to continue your classes anymore?.. :(

Originally posted by Charlene
the phrase means "But Japanese language's really hard to master"?
Well.. yeah! *applause*.. You're catching up alot in dramas even without any classes :brows:

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie..ahh..! watashi ureshi des! <-- is that correct? (I wanted to say I am happy..lol)

So now u can understand jap dramas without reading subtitles?

[cookielmy]

watashi wa ureshi desu would be correct. ;) :happy: Let me know if I'm wrong *heehee*..

Uhm, I can roughly understand what they're saying. But if you were to ask me to translate exactly what they're saying, I can't. :D
After learning for almost 2 years, my level of japanese is not so good after all >.< I hardly listen to Japanese songs or watch Jdramas already, I'm more to korean now =P

[cs_omigosh]

Ah... so desu. Arigatou!!

Btw, why don't u start learning korean then? haha.. Btw, I also learnt a few words from watching Korean dramas.. omo omo!

[pamujung]

Char >> I know it's the best way to learn by watching drama and all, but I just don't have any interest at it :happy: and don't have time too. Anyway it's good for you to learn by that. aigoo I also learn some Korean word by watching kdrama, right ! =P

Moonie >> I have been occupied with other language right now hee hee Oh you learnt japanese almost 2 years ! I learnt about 1 year and a half hmm..

Actually Char can said just watashi ureshi desu. it's not the writing, I guess that would be okay.

[cs_omigosh]

Pam ah..maybe u have been watching the wrong jap shows? Cos I lost interest in Jap shows after watching some crap shows.. Now my passion is ignited after watching some good/funny shows..hehe..

So what languages are u learning now? =)

[cookielmy]

Oh yes yes.. watashi ureshi desu is acceptable too huh! Usually for me, writing or not writing is the same for me. :tongue:

Haha.. I've learnt a few Korean too! Omo omo Omo *shakes head*.. hehee.. korean is rather hard to learn actually, there's lotsa tongue rolling *grrr*..

Pam, what language are you learning now? :?

[ankh]

Yeah char, go learn the language if you're interested.
I got interested in Jappy stuff about 6 years ago but I gave up Japanese classes after 3 lessons.
If you're someone who loves Japanese entertainment, it'll be really exciting to be able to understand what they're saying in the shows.
You feel like you're one of them! Sugoii desu ne.

Oh I still cannot get a word of Korean except oppa (which means brother?).
And the words look really hard to write.

cookie, you learn Japanese in school? Or you take classes elsewhere?

Anyway roughly what is the standard for the JLPTs?
I wanna know what is required for the syllabus of JLPT4.

Haha pam, you have a burning question from minna-san to answer.

[cs_omigosh]

Joyce hai. Wakarimasita. (lol..anyhow type.) It's quite frustrating when i can only understand 1 or 2 words in the whole string of sentence they say...>.<

[cookielmy]

Ankh (Joyce?) > I learn Japanese lessons in other classes I take outside. My school doesn't have such subject :sweat:

About JLPT4, you're required to have a basic knowledge of 100 kanji-s or you can call it chinese characters ;) I learn Japanese for almots a year only before I took my JLPT4 exam last year. I'm not sure if there's any other thing we require or not *hmm*

Charlene, don't worry. We'll guide you :hugz:..
Wakarimasita = Wakarimashita :happy: You consider talented to be able to catch so many words by just watching dramas.

[cs_omigosh]

Ahkh is joyce..she's in the Goong thread too..in Shin's camp. grrr..haha..

Btw, thanks a lot Moonie for correcting my mistake.. =) Aishiteru..haha..

[ankh]

wow cookie, you have a lot of determination. Same goes for everyone else who takes Japanese classes outside school. I need exams and tests to spur me to revise the language everyday. Quite the lazy bum, ain't I?

Ahkh is joyce..she's in the Goong thread too..in Shin's camp. grrr..haha..

hey char, what's with the grrr? :laughing:
But doncha think Shin is soooo nosebleed-worthy?
Actually at first look, Yul looks pretty Jappy to me. The hair and the looks.

[cs_omigosh]

haha.. Joyce..it's grrreat! lol..haha..

Eh eh...but I think I like Yullie once I saw him..haha.. Shin did not appeal to me initially..but I think he looks better and better..=)

[ankh]

char: Hmmm... having said that establishes you as a potential Shin camper-to-be. I shall brainstorm further on what tactics I can pull to bait more people. :tongue:

Truth be told, I didn't like Jihoon's like at first sight. Thought he was looked un-Shin since he didn't give off the vibes as the manhwa Shin. BUT I gave Jihoon goon goon a chance and TADA, a new Shin camper's born.

Ok why are we discussing Goong in the Japan thread?
Dang, we're breaking forum rules. *hides*

Let me try to salvage this...
Oh ya, you're into Johnny's Ent right? You know of a group called NEWS?
My friend luurves them to bits and she was so sad when the news came out that they're gonna disband. I don't dare to ask her anymore since she's so depressed. You know why?

[cs_omigosh]

nah nah..I am a loyal Yullie camper..woo hoo!

Yep I know NEWS..

One of their member - Kusano was accused of under aged drinking. (there were some photos published by a magazine). But he denied it..and Johnny entertainment also backed him up. However, he was suspended to do "self-reflection".

Actually, a few months ago, another member of the group - Uchi was already caught with underage drinking and was already suspended.

So I think this led to the company deciding to suspend "NEWS" as a whole group and let them do some "self reflection". So a lot of their performances etc were cancelled. However, individual performances (acting in dramas etc) will still go on. =)

Btw, can I ask who is her favourite member in the group? I know that Yamapi, Ryo who are from NEWS would be acting in new dramas soon. =)

[ichigo fairy]

oh, the JLPT? is that the nihongo nouryoku shiken? level 3 is pretty easy. there's a *big* gap in the difficultly between level 3 and level 2. if you understand everyday conversation and know a decent amount of kanjis, you should be able to pass level 3. if you do *really* well on one part of the exam and do maa maa on the other parts, you should pass level 2. level 1 is a whole another story. >_< a couple of my friends passed level 1 on their first try. *totemo totemo envious* LOL ^-^;;;;; if i pass level 1, kiseki ga okotta. haha ^-^;;;;;; i heard that sometimes levels 1 and 2 are basically the same exam during certain years. i also heard that level 1 is pretty easy during certain years.

[cs_omigosh]

ichigo fairy..can u explain the phrase "kiseki ga okotta."?

I know kiseki means miracle..but what do ga and okotta mean? =)

[pamujung]

About JLPT4, you're required to have a basic knowledge of 100 kanji-s :D you have to know about 180 kanji charcaters but only 20 characters is in the papers.

Ichigo >> yup JLPT is nihongo nouryoku shiken. And you are right there are the big gap between level 2 and 3, after that laevel 2 and 1 is pretty similar. As for me I won't say the level 1 is easy :sweat: I heard that there are some born japaneses also not be able to pass it haha

Char >> hmm.. is that you are talking about Goong here ?! lol you guys are crazy !

[ankh]

char: Oh that's quite sad. They don't have to suspend the entire group just because of a few black sheep. Maybe that's why my friend's so upset. Her favourite member is Tegoshi. Well YamaP and Ryo would definitely still be offered solo projects since they're so popular. They've been around since 6-7 years ago!

Thanks for answering my questions about JLPT.
Then you know what the various levels of JLPT can be helpful for? Like say if you wanna apply for a position in a Japanese company, which level would they look at?

ichigo: That's unfair! How can they have the same exams for level 1 & 2? My sensei tells me that if you passed Level 1, you can go to a daigakku in Japan.

pam: Hohoho Goongers do have a reputation of being crazy, so when we meet up we can't escape that topic can't we? Such a temptation. :D

[cs_omigosh]

Pam.. bichaso bichaso..lol..

Joyce Ah..Tegoshi..Btw, his drama (Gachi baka) is currently airing in Japan..=)

[cookielmy]

Originally posted by Char
Ahkh is joyce..she's in the Goong thread too..in Shin's camp. grrr..haha
:oops: Oopsies, sorry. Cookie has terrible memory in names.
*saves in mind that joyce is ankh and ankh is joyce*

Originally posted by Char
Btw, thanks a lot Moonie for correcting my mistake.. =) Aishiteru..haha..
You're most welcome. And, I love you too :hugz:

Originally posted by Char
Joyce..it's grrreat! lol..haha..
Good cover up! :roll: Smartie..

Pam > We need to know 180 kanji-s? Not 100? Oops.. >.< You're right, learning so hard and end up only 20 in use.

[ichigo fairy]

cs_omigosh the sentence kiseki ga okotta? oh, it means a miracle has occurred.

pamujung yeah, i have the levels 1-4 practice booklets of the nihongo nouryoku shiken and my dad (who was born and raised in japan) didn't know some of the answers to the level 1 questions. haha^^;;;;; he was getting confused. LOL ^-^;;;;;

ankh but the passing percentage is different between levels 1 and 2. i think you need to get a higher score on the level 1 exam in order to pass. u_u yeah, you can go to a daigaku in japan if you pass level 1. nah, i don't think the japanese will laugh at you if you speak like that. they'll probably just chuckle a little and think it's cute. ^-^ the japanese are nice to gaijins (well, if you look like a gaijin). dakara daijyoubu yo, shinpai shinai de ne....hmmmm, if it makes you feel any better, i sound like i'm retarded when i talk in japanese. LOL =.= ;;;; i speak slow when i'm speaking in japanese. x_x

[cs_omigosh]

ichigo fairy..ah..icic..so okotta means "occured"? Okok..thanks..My sister's planning to take Japanese in Sch next year.

I think I might start learning too..so we can practise with each other..hehe..

[ankh]

Yeah char go learn quick. You have good potential. Besides there's lotsa good senseis here. Don't ask me though, my standard still very bleah.

ichigo: What level are you at now? You passed Level 2 already issit? What's a gaijin by the way? A foreigner?

[ichigo fairy]

cs_omigosh nihongo no benkyou wo ganbatte ne! ^-^


ankh yeah, i passed level 2. yay for me! LOL ^-^;;;; =p but i'm not going to try to take level 1. oh, a gaijin? yup, it means a foreigner. =)

[cs_omigosh]

Joyce..but i think if there are no exams to "motivate" me to study..I might be really lazy..



nihongo no benkyou wo ganbatte ne!


Okie..no problem.. I will word hard in studying Japanese -> while watching Japanese drama..he he..

I think I should start by learning the hiragana characters... ^.^

[ichigo fairy]

cs_omigosh LOL ^-^ you don't know the hiragana? i get the hiragana characters and the katakana characters mixed up. hahahaha^^;;;;;;

[cs_omigosh]

Nope.. I have no idea how to write the hiragana and katakana..haha..

I can only recognise a few characters like "ku", "no" "shi"..haha

[cookielmy]

Level 1 is that hard?!.. :wacko: I can't believe even a Japanese himself couldn't answer it, then what will happen to me >.<

Char, ganbatte ne! :wink2: So, wanna learn some hiragana and katakana here? ^^

I have not mastered my katakana yet, everytime when I need to write something, I forgot how :sweat:

[pamujung]

Moonie >> It's all about grammar difficulty :sweat: when you can speak as your mother tounge, you will face the grammar error which you can't answer why people said that and why don't say correctly grammar, something like that.

I'm also not familiar with katakana either, it's quite difficult to understand some word that japanese use, because it's not exactly the same meaning or the writing of English.

[cookielmy]

Pam, your level bar changed colour :excited: Congratulations ^^

Oh yes, grammar >.<" But there's so long more I need to study before I get to take level 1 examination. Relax first, while waiting for my level 4 results :sweat:

Looks like I'm not the only one who finds katakana hard and confusing ^^ I don't know how they 'spell' the word Jay Chou in katakana :cry:

[pamujung]

:happy: right, I don't want it to change that much. Only that the line under the star isn't changed >.<

Jay Chou = ジェイ・チョウ :wink2:

[cs_omigosh]

omo omo.. Pam..u are level Max now..=) I also noticed Moonie's bar changed color a few days ago..hehe..

Oh yah, I think Japanese lang is difficult as u have to learn the "formal" version, the "casual" version..and the grammer's really hard I think..

Ah..so that's how Jay chou looks like in Japanese lang..

[cookielmy]

Thanks Pam for the katakana of Jay Chou ^^

Char, yups. Changed a few days ago :happy: *heehee*
About the formal and casual form, is not that difficult actually. My problem in Japanese language is always the grammar =P

And plans to take up Japanese language classes? ^^

[ankh]

oooh katagana is such a killer.
Japanese makes up their own version of english words.

like i don't understand why in the world stapler is called hocchikisu.
(plus it's written in katagana) some just don't make sense. :wacko:

and grammer's such a killer too.
if only japanese didn't contain any particles...

char: yeah some may find it hard to keep up the learning without the pressure from exams. like me^^ but if you have a friend learning it as well, it should be much better.

[ichigo fairy]

^ yes, i know! >_< i also get confused about things like the example that you gave about the hocchikisu written in katakana....hocchikisu is a japanese word and yet it's written in katakana. Y_Y


pamujung & cs_omigosh yeah, i agree with you guys. there's a difference between writing in japanese and speaking in japanese and plus there's the informal and formal versions. and yeah, sometimes things sound better in japanese than in english (is that what you meant?). LOL ^^;;;;;

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie..I cant wait to reach level 3 too.. purple's my fav colour...hehe..

Joyce ah..u are learning the language in sch or outside sch? =)

[iruka]

like i don't understand why in the world stapler is called hocchikisu.
(plus it's written in katagana) some just don't make sense. :wacko:

they dont just use english words.. they use other foreign words too...
for hocchikisu, i think they used the inventor's name or something... (that what i remember from my sensei)

[HarmonyCloud]

iiyo~~ I am going to be gone all week since I have to study for a placement test for a Japanese class this summer..but I really dont think I am ready at all....Has anyone here taken Japanese 1? Does anything know what inside the course? The test says its a 2 hour placement test to test your understanding of Japanese 1 to see if ur ready to take the course (which is Japanese 2) But...I studied Japanese independently and I dont know what exactly I know since I just followed a text book....The only bummber is I failed the JLPT level 4...(My listening section was awful! I think if I fell alseep during the listening I would have gotten a higher score) Otherwise my grammer and vocabulary section wasn't so bad...

Anyway I dont really know whats been going on in this tread but to replay to a few posts
ankh Its Katakana not KataGana...
cs_omigosh You listen to a lot of Japanese bands right? I just recently started to listen to a lot more Japanese music since I really want to try and "listen" more to japanese (at least since my listening section was so bad its because I am not exposed to the language or at least thats what my tutor said) do u have any recommendations?

[cs_omigosh]

Harmony Actually I don't listen to a lot of Japanese Bands.. I listen to those songs sang by JE groups like KAT-TUN, NEWS, Kanjani8 etc..haha..

Btw, if you like bands..then u can try listening to songs by Glay. =)

Oh yah, actually I think a better way to listen to more japanese is to watch japanese drama..=)

[ichigo fairy]

HarmonyCloud um, is it okay if i also give you my opinion? um, if you want to learn japanese by listening to music, i think you should listen to japanese ballads or slower songs sung in japanese. the singers sing more slowly and pronounce the words more clearly, so you'll be able to follow along with the lyrics and understand/learn japanese better. then after you get used to listening to slower songs sung in japanese, then listen to more faster/upbeat songs in japanese.....OR have your tutor read out loud children's books that's written in japanese everyday to you and you follow along.

[cookielmy]

Oh yes.. the hocchikisu word in katakana :laughing:..There are so many English-Japanese words that I don't get it sometimes.. All I did was to guess what word is it :sweat:..

Char > Don't worry, your bar will turn colour very very soon ;)

Harms, you got your JLPT 4 results already? I still haven't got mine yet >.< I'm so worried :cry:

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie..dont worry. I am sure u will get good results..=)

[ankh]

char: i'm currently taking the basic japanese module in school. i tried taking classes outside school before but it didn't last for more than a month. haha i have really low self motivation.

harmony: thanks for correcting me^^
i'm taking japanese 1 in school now and basically it's just the really elementary stuff. if you've reached JLPT4 i think u better take the placement test cos your current level should be much higher than 1.
and oh yeah, i hate listening! and oral too.

iruka: oh so that's why! they really find the most interesting ways to make up a word huh. i remember germany is called doitsu which didn't make sense to me until my sensei explained that it's after the word deutsch.

cookie: i'm sure you'll do ok! :happy:

[cookielmy]

Aw.. Thanks Char and Joycie.. :happy:
*checks the letter box every hour*

Germany is called doitsu huh.. I haven't learn about countries yet. Only know a few like China, Malaysia, Singapore and a few more ;)
By the way, can anyone tell me the all the colours in Japanese?.. Can't believe I have learn that yet :sweat:
There's akai, aoi, shiroi, kuroi.. and the list goes on >.<

[ankh]

cookie: i just learnt some iro (colour) terms this week.

here goes:
black - kuroi
white - shiroi
blue - aoi
red - akai
purple - murasaki
green - midori
yellow - kiiroi
pink - pinku (in katakana)
orange - oranji (in katakana)
gray - guree (in katakana)
beige - beeju (in katakana)

[cs_omigosh]

Wah Joyce..I love u..thanks for the mini jap lang lesson.. Btw, I didnt know that red is akai...I always thought that it's aka only.. =)

I knew purple was murasaki though..haha..cos Akanishi Jin made a song called murasaki and he said it stands for purple..

[cookielmy]

Thanks Joycie darling :hugz:.. Whoa, the name for purple sounds cool uh; murasaki :brows:

Joyce, how does the teacher teach in your Japanese class?..
I've learn Japanese for so long, I never learn much colours.. There are so many words then I'm not sure of >.<''

[ichigo fairy]

cs_omigosh aka does mean red, but you add "i" to make the word an adjective - for example - akai kuruma (red car) and akai te (red hand)


supplementing ankh's color lesson....you can also say nezumi iro for grey, mizu iro for blue, and momo iro for pink.

ohhh, so that's why hocchikisu is written in katakana.

[HarmonyCloud]

Char Yeah I know that songs and dramas dont help my understand its more that I need to get use to the way the language sounds on a more "ever day" base...I listen to tapes and stuff too...
I have heard Glay and Gackt...But I was wondering about News, KAT-TUN, Porno Graffiti, Kinki Kids, and Exile...are anything good?

ichigo Yeah as I said I am not trying to learn japanese through music just want to get used to the way it sounds...I have absolutly no japanese exposure...its sad :cry:


cookielmy Ya I am missing a lot of vocabulary in japanese too...its more like I have a hard time memorizing though~

[yukiko]

aiyo it's already march. dokidoki. waiting for the result of the JLPT. anyone know when exactly we can get our score?

[cs_omigosh]

ichigo fairy..ah..thanks for explaining it to me. Another lesson learnt.. =)

Harmony I like KAT-TUN..haha..their songs are quite nice. They are debuting soon..woo hoo! Kinki kids' and NEWS's songs are quite nice and catchy too..

If u are interested, I will upload those albums into my clubbox.. =)

[yukiko]

one more lesson for you cs_omigosh, akachan (mean baby) is from aka(red) and chan. so it mean the red child. :p you know, that when the baby out from their mom's, they are so red. :)

[pamujung]

We haved talk about "octopus" in CS social lounge and one of us said :
did you know that if you were to call a Japanese person an 'octopus,' you would've insulted them badly? it's like a swear word in Japan. Anyone know about that word. And that's a forbidden word to name a person, really ?! If there's any story behind :rolleyes:

Yukiko >> I think the JLPT result will reach your front door real soon :D

[yukiko]

pamujung : cant wait anymore. wanna know the result a.s.a.p huhuuuhuhuhuhu.. DOKI DOKI

[ichigo fairy]

HarmonyCloud oh, i see...you just want to get used to hearing japanese being spoken...my japanese lang. instructor was telling us that children whose parents speak fluently in japanese are good in listening skills (but not so good in the kanji area and in the writing area), b/c they always hear ppl around them speaking in japanese and parents are usually talking to them in japanese (that's why she encouraged her bilingual students and semi-bilingual students to take at least the level 2 exams for the JLPT b/c she knew that we had a good chance at passing). so i think you have the right idea of listening to japanese music to get used to hearing the language. hm, maybe your tutor can read out loud children's books that's written in japanese to you everyday and you listen? or maybe just listen to ballads sung in japanese or slower songs sung in japanese? then you'll get used to hearing japanese after a while. ^-^ does your tutor always speak to you in japanese during your guys' lessons?

ohhh, i never knew that calling a japanese person an octopus was insulting him/her. ^-^;;;;;;; i just asked my mom if that's true and she said that it means that if you call a person an octopus, you're baka ni shiteiru of that person. but she doesn't know if there's a story behind it. i learnt something knew today....yay! hehe^^v

[cookielmy]

Originally posted by ichigo fairy
you can also say nezumi iro for grey, mizu iro for blue, and momo iro for pink.
Pink sounds cuute.. momo :D Mizu iro nice too; water colour ^^

Originally posted by Harms
Ya I am missing a lot of vocabulary in japanese too...its more like I have a hard time memorizing though~
I'm having the same problem now too :sweat:.. Every week my sensei teach us new kotoba and the following week I forgot already..

Maybe someone here has a 'secret' on memorising atarashii kotoba? ^^

We're in the 'octopus' huh.. We should ask jiji, but didn't seen her for a while already :cry:

yukiko, I got my JLPT results already :D Have you got it yet?
Luckily I passed :happy: The marks aren't that good though :(

Edit:
I just received an email from a friend about Japanese eating dead babies :wacko:.
Is it true or these pictures are photoshoped? I uploaded the pictures I got from the mail..
Here;
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/cookielmy/pic20860.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/cookielmy/pic26689.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a94/cookielmy/pic23226.jpg
Is really sickening *pukes*

[pamujung]

Pink sounds cuute.. momo :D Mizu iro nice too; water colour ^^as you mentioned, now I noticed. So nezumi = mouse -- > mouse color and momo = peace -- > peace color :rolleyes:

Moonie >> You got JLPT result already.. I don't want to get it >.<

[petricia]

cookiemy: Eating babies?!?? Eww... I didn't even have the courage to click on those links...

yukiko: Omedato! I am planning to take JLPT3 at the end of this year.. but i really wonder if i am able to make it or not.

By the way, momo iro sounds so cute... haha... it sounds better than pinku haha.

I am currently very busy with school and Japanese.. so sorry to keep butting in and out instead of staying for a good conversation... :shy:

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie congrats on passing ur JLPT =)

Omo..those pics are sick..Oh my gooodness! ARGH

petricia u made the right choice. I clicked the first pic and it was still ok.. but the 2rd pic was eeekk! So I am not gonna click on the 3rd pic..>.<

[ker_ai_teresa]

pam--> trust you to raise the tako issue here. :rolleyes:

cookie--> lol, why don't you just ask your sensei about the octopus thing? :D

and er....I shall refrain from clicking on those pic links.... :sweat:

[cookielmy]

Why are all threads moving so fast :sweat:..

I see Tes here too :hugz:.. Welcome welcome *heehee*..

Nezumi is mouse?.. That sounds cuute too! How nice if mouse was called Miki ^^
Momo definitely sounds better than pinku.. There are so many Japanese-English :wacko:

Char - Thanks ;) It was really lucky of me. My marks are terribly low >.<"

Tes - I'm shy of asking *blushes*..

C'mon people!.. Click on those links, once in a life time chance to look at those pictures. *regreted not putting it in IMG* :bang:... Shall I re-post it? :rolleyes:

[Yue Anne]

as you mentioned, now I noticed. So nezumi = mouse -- > mouse color and momo = peace -- > peace color :rolleyes:
Moonie >> You got JLPT result already.. I don't want to get it >.<

:? nezumi = mouse?
:? momo = peace?

eh.. *blur*

mun mun : you passed your Jap test?? CONGRATS!! :hugz:

I'm shy of asking *blushes*..
C'mon people!.. Click on those links, once in a life time chance to look at those pictures. *regreted not putting it in IMG* :bang:... Shall I re-post it? :rolleyes:

asking wht uh? :shifty:
and wht links? GOONG??? i notice almost all the jc net members are into goong...

[cookielmy]

Haha.. I can imagine Annie's blur face now :laughing:..

Answers:
Yes, nezumi is mouse in Japanese.. About momo, is pink colour (maybe what Pam meant was pink means peace?)

And thanks! :hugz:..
Okay, back to answering questions..

We're talking about the octopus. And they wanted me to ask my sensei what octopus is. Because from Tes and Char, they said that octopus is a bad word and we're all unsure about it.. :D
By the way, by our Pam, octopus in Japanese is tako ^^

About Goong, is a kdrama (you know right?).. And recently has been the hottest kdrama in jcnet, as you can see all the banners and avvies everywhere. You should check it out here http://jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17551

About the links, you should turn to previous page and check my posts and you'll know why.

[ker_ai_teresa]

thanx for the welcome cookie, but all I can say in japanese is sayonnara, konichiwa and watashi wa Tes! :rolleyes:

oh! and tako of course. :shifty:

[cs_omigosh]

Teresa hihi..! haha..I see that the issue of tako has brought u here? lol

Btw, u made a right choice of not clicking the pictures.. eeek!

Moonie pls pls..do not repost the pics..haha..


Hi Yue Anne! Nice to see u! ^^

[ankh]

cookie: my japanese module basically consists of a 2hr lecture to teach us the new things, two 2hr tutorials for us to practise sentence structures etc and a 1hr tutorial for dialogue reciting every week.
i think petricia is currently taking the higher level one in my school if i'm not wrong.
we are forced to remember all the vocab because there's vocab quiz every week. :wacko:

and why is tako a vulgarity? :?

yue anne, try watching goong. there's a reason why we're all so mad about it. watch and you'll know. :shifty:

[cookielmy]

Tes, don't worry, you'll learn new Japanese words from time to time. We'll be discussing lotsa Jap stuffs here.. i.e the octopus :laughing:..
*Cookie can't stop talking about octopus >.<*

Char - Okay okay, I won't re-post ^^ Yucky pictures huh, do you think is true?..
We really need to ask jiji about this, but where's she :(

Oh wow, vocab quiz every week? That's really a MUST to memorise all vocabs :wacko: poorthing. But at least that's a way to memorise them, I have to find a solution for myself. >.<"

Joyce, about the octopus, by what Char said in CS lounge, the meaning behind the 'octopus' is a male anatomy. I'll have to ask my sensei for 'further information' :D

[Yue Anne]

cs_omigosh :hi hi ! :wave:
nice to meet ya too! now i know why you didn't want moonie? a.ka. cookie a.k.a mun mun to repost the piccies...... >.< :secret: something is very wrong with moonie.

those piccies are ....Ewwwwwwwwwk !! *PUKES and DIES*

mun mun: aiks, momo is pink, cute! erm tht reminds me of a Jap shop (clothes) calls MOMOE.

and oh i have just read the previous post. HEHE. :shy: so octopus is kinda a bad word uh? but tako doesn't SOUND bad, it sounds cute. :boxed:

ankh : eh, erm okay i will download later, because i must admit tht you people have such cutie avvies and siggies! >.< hehe BUT for now im totally obssesed with SHINHWA. HAHA.

EDIT : tako - male anatomy?? sorry tht word doesnt SOUND cute anymore. :sweat:

[pamujung]

aww.. Teresa, you are here :D It can't help I have to bring the topic here.

As Ichigo replied my post in the previous page.
ohhh, i never knew that calling a japanese person an octopus was insulting him/her. ^-^;;;;;;; i just asked my mom if that's true and she said that it means that if you call a person an octopus, you're baka ni shiteiru of that person. but she doesn't know if there's a story behind it. i learnt something knew today....yay! hehe^^vand by the meaning of "baka" is stupid :happy:

Anne :excited: didn't see you around for a while, how have you been ?! The meaning of "nezumi" is mouse/rat and for the "momo" is peach

Yes, nezumi is mouse in Japanese.. About momo, is pink colour (maybe what Pam meant was pink means peace?)Do you know the japanese kid story "momotaro" the peach boy ? Oh I got it, my typo :laughing: I want to type peach not peace >.< sorry to confuse everyone haha

moonie? a.ka. cookie a.k.a mun mun :roll: you know how many name you have now, there are more eh, Mun Yee

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie I am not sure if it's true or not.. but i have heard about it a long time ago and there are people who eat dead babies.. and I have seen similar pics before..


Yue Anne yeah yeah.. :secret:

haha..btw, u can call me Charlene or Char if u dont mind.. =) Oh yah.. recently I am quite interested in Minwoo fr Shinwah after watching him in love letter cos he's super funny..! So I went to download somemore variety shows/banjun dramas with him as guests.. he's so funny!

Pam haha..yeah..she has lots of nicknames/names: Court Lady Mun Yee, Mun Mun..and Moonie..haha.. I kind of like Mun Mun..cos it's so cute..!

[Yue Anne]

Pam HEHE, something went wrong with my internet 2 months ago, oh well now im back! and is the 1st term holidays! :bounce:, i hope tht you won't puke seeing me around in jc net 24 hr. HEHE

Char : hehe nopes i don't mind of course! by the way , mind me asking, where do you people download all the clips? :?

mun mun, moonie, Court Lady Mun Yee :lolabove:

p/s:calling mun mun is like calling myself too, HEHE, my chinese name. :boxed:

[cs_omigosh]

Yue Anne I download those clips from clubboxes ^.^ They are all hardsubbed in Chinese..

[cookielmy]

Originally posted by Annie
EDIT : tako - male anatomy?? sorry tht word doesnt SOUND cute anymore
Hahaha.. :lolabove: that crack me up!.. I was :glug: when you said tako sounds cuute.. *pats annie's head* hehehe..

Pam > Is peach and not peace? *hahaha* :laughing:..

Char, that's so disgusting and sinful! >.<

About my names and nicknames :laughing:..
Court Lady Mun Yee was given by Brent, other than that, there's Mun Mun, Mun Yee, Cookie and Moonie.. I think that's it ^^

[petricia]

ankh: you are in NUS too? hmmm... i didn't know... Anyway, what level are you? I am dying in my Japanese module... Just feel like it is a suicide for taking it..

cookiemy: so... what is fine with you? haha.. so that i can 'call' you next time with a uniformed name... I prefer 'Court Lady Mun Yee' though it is a bit mouthful.. maybe mun mun? haha

[ichigo fairy]

cookielmy omedetou on passing the JLPT!!! Yay! hehe^^v at least you passed. =)


ewwww tako means a male anatomy?....haha^^;;;;; doushite?

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie so ur chinese name is mun mun - 文文? =)

Petricia which level are u at now? Btw, I tried bidding for level one Japanese before..the bid points are freakingly high. I did not have enough points loh..grrr..

ichigo_fairy..hm.. think of "round" things.. :brows: haha

[ichigo fairy]

does anybody watch miyazaki's films? do you guys know the japanese title to "castle in the sky?" that anime is good. ^-^


cs_omigosh - charlene? "round" things? the tako's tentacles? is what you mean? hmmm, oohhhhhh....i think i know what you're getting at...but at the same time i'm still clueless....hahahahaha^^;;;;;; oh well.....next subject. hehe^^ onegaishimasu.

[Yue Anne]

..hm.. think of "round" things.. :brows: haha

HAHAHA :lolabove: :roll: :roll:
OMG *wipe tears*

:rolleyes: becareful, there are many underage members here. :rolleyes:

mun mun: told ya, i am INNOCENT. :angel: ,by the way you DO have another nick name.Biskut :rolleyes: --> Stands for cookie in Malay.

char :hardsubbed in chinese? :blush:, :blush: i can't read chinese. :shy: :shy:

[cookielmy]

Petricia, well if you like calling me Mun Mun then go ahead, I'm fine with it ^^
'Court Lady Mun Yee' is a little too long >.<"

ichigo fairy - I'm not suure why is it a male anatomy >.<" But from what Char said, maybe is the round round things :sweat:

Annie, I don't think you're thaaat innocent :rolleyes: And yes yes.. Biskut :roll:

[cs_omigosh]

ichigo_fairy..I think i have watched that anime before..is another for it "Howls' moving castle"? Btw, yep..i am Charlene =)

Yue Anne.. haha.. I know there are lots of underage pple here..so I was very implicit with what I was saying.. There are so many round things in the world...like coins? haha..

Oh yah..actually even if u do not understand chinese..the Minwoo clips which I posted in the Shinwah thread are still understandable..haha..cos actions tell it all..ho ho ho..but if i find some english subbed clips nx time..i will be the first to tell ya oki? Btw, I think a good source of info on Korean artistes is the soompi forum..so do check that out yea.. =)

Moonie..haha.. I will be waiting for ur teacher's clarification on that.. :whistle: haha

[ankh]

:D i didn't know cookie has so many nicks.
i'll still call you cookie since i'm used to it.

oh ichigo, i looove hayao miyazaki's animations.
castle in the sky is called laputa right?
my faves are laputa, spirited away and totoro.

oh my gosh. :crazy:
who would have thought of tako in that way? (ala the "round things") :laughing:
i don't think i would ask my sensei. i don't want them to think i'm sukebe!

pet: yeah i'm in NUS. i thought i met you on bus number 10 recently?
taking level 1 currently. are the other levels like much much scarier?

char: oooh you're from NUS too? which faculty you studying at?

[Yue Anne]

does anybody watch miyazaki's films? do you guys know the japanese title to "castle in the sky?" that anime is good. ^-^.

YES i do watch Hayao Miyazaki's films!! :excited:
i like the 'Howl's Moving Castle' . He is really good. :angel:

Char : haha. like coins. :rolleyes: , yeah yeah thnx for sharing! hehe, much love! :flowers: . soompi? :? and thanks in advance ya! :hugz:

ankh : i like totoro and spirited away too! :bounce:

mun mun : well at least im more innocent thn you. :angel: HEHE

[cs_omigosh]

Joyce..I studied in Business..but I graduated liao..=) Btw, I have a friend who took Japanese till the 4th level...sugoi ne!!

Yue Anne..I have found the thread for u.. Click (http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=90) =)

[HarmonyCloud]

Char oh thank you so much for your offer! Ur clubbox is really cool...its too bad most of your stuff is chinese subbed ...*cant read chinese at all*
Ichigo My tutor tries to speak some japanese during class but we meet up only once a week which isn't a lot if you think about how often you meet up with ur foreign language classes at school. Like I take french at school so no matter what I hear french for at least 45 minutes 5 days a week and for the other two I have french work. SO I am always exposed...its not the same for me for Japanese....
CookieI highly doubt thats true...(referring to the pix u posted ...btw congrats on passing ur JLPT....

[cs_omigosh]

Harmony..no prob..=) yeah..most of the stuff I have are non-subbed Japanese stuff..or chinese subbed..haha.. I do have some english subbed stuff..but not much. =)

Btw, I am quite happy to see that there are so many people helping to upload to the clubbox..=) There are some whom I don't even though.. *very touched*

[ichigo fairy]

HarmonyCloud hmmm, i hope you get better in listening in japanese somehow. ganbare!! ^-^ ohhh, maybe you can also go to you-tube and watch some japanese music programs where japanese singers go on shows and talk about things? you'll be listening to them converse in japanese. =) you can't meet up with your tutor more than once a week?


ohhh, it's called laputa or howl's moving castle? arigatou! ohhhh, i thought spirited away was *kinda* creepy and sad at the same time. i forget the ending though. LOL ^^;;;;; i *always* wanted to watch totoro but i haven't yet. hehe^^;;;;;

[cookielmy]

Charlene - Haha.. Few more days to Saturday but I'm kinda nervous how to ask >.<".. That'll be my mission given to me in jcnet *heehee*

Joyce - Yes yes, stick to what you're used to. Cookie is just fine ;) People like to invent new names for me ^^ And I actually enjoy that.. :D

Annie - Maybe not :whistle: By the way, you like Shinhwa huh.. I didn't know that.. >.<

Harms - Thank you thank you ^^ Some people actually think that it's true. It even happens in Taiwan.. Eating dead babies! *pukes*

[petricia]

pet: yeah i'm in NUS. i thought i met you on bus number 10 recently?
taking level 1 currently. are the other levels like much much scarier?
char: oooh you're from NUS too? which faculty you studying at?

:oops: You did?!? Was I carrying a volleyball or what? haha... I seldom take bus 10... We should have a 'Jc.net' gathering in NUS before I graduated. :bleh:

well... to me, they are really much more scarier... As the sentence structures built on, I just lost most of what has been thought before. Anyway, if you are planning on going all the way up to level 6, be prepare and really, work on your basics so that they become instincts... haha

I've watched 'Howl's Moving Castle' as well... but i missed the first 5 mins, i think... I like it but i still prefer 'Spirited Away', which i think it is also by the same "manga-er".

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie...okok..hear fr u soon..haha

Hey girls..just wondering if anyone can help to romanise these song titles (if u can translate the meaning of the title that's even beta..haha)..=)

It's Kanjani's latest album - FTO released today..lol

My fav song is the 3rd song..so nice!!!!

If u girls are interested in the album:sendspace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/nhf1jh)

But i would appreciate it if u want to download from our clubbox:
clubbox (http://down.clubbox.co.kr/johnnyjr/hcis6)

01.F.T.O
02.悲しい恋
03.大阪ロマネスク
04.太陽の子供
05.Carnival
06.無限大【KJ1 mix】
07.果テナキ空
08.Heat is on
09.ミセテクレ
10.桜援歌（Oh!ENKA）【KJ1 mix】
11.それでイイんじゃない
12.ONE
13.大阪レイニーブルース【ver.KJ1】
14.好きやねん、大阪

Edited: Sorry the list of songs were in a wrong order..haha

[HarmonyCloud]

Char oh I nEVER heard kanjani before! But ur clubbox is full of goodies I am on a lil downloading spree :-)
cookie I dont think people in Taiwan eat babies either...:worry: But its okay people make rumors..just important to know which is true...
Ichigo Thank u for the encouragment its really hard for us to meet often since both of our schedules are INSANE! She has school and I have school and drama and tae kwon do and some how our schedules dont match up :cry:

[pamujung]

OMG a excited moment of a year has arrived to my mailbox. JLPT result's laying down on my hand, it's in my hand and ready to be openned. I'm so excited and what I see is, yes ! a certificate :D you have passed level 3 *phew* even I didn't get a good score, I'm so happy about it and smile for the whole day lol

Oh Kanjani, have heard about him but bever listen to his songs before, might download it later. Thanks Char, will help you to make your CB be gold ^^

[cookielmy]

Pam, congratulations on passing your JLPT level 3 :hugz:.. I understand why you're smiling the whole day, I was the same when I received mine too :D
I'm happy for you.. Get ready for level 2 next year *heehee*..

Harms - Are you sure Taiwanese doesn't eat babies? :? It's time to surf around the net.. ^^

[cs_omigosh]

Harmony..ah..did u join the clubbox..=) Cos I didnt see ur nickname in the member list..haha..

Btw..Kanjani8 is also a group from johnny juniors. All of them are from Osaka (kansai).. =)

Click to see their pic (http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/6040/kanjani88lh.jpg)

Pam..Thanks..=) And congrats!! woo hoo!! ^.^ Btw, kanjani8 is actually a group..not a person.. haha..

I have uploaded the song I like to YSI: Click (http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1LJRW94BY00Z91WJFKQAMPV6XT)

Edited.. I managed to get the translated tracks:

01.F.T.O
02.Sad Love
03.Osaka Romanesque
04.Child(ren) of the sun
05.Carnival
06.Infinity
07.Endless Sky
08.Heat is on
09.Show me please
10.Sakura support song(Oh! ENKA)
11.Isn't that good?
12.ONE
13.Osaka Rainy Blues
14.I love Osaka

Credited to Rei from Love song forum(Yamapi's forum) (http://s15.invisionfree.com/LoveSong/index.php?showtopic=1028)

[ichigo fairy]

HarmonyCloud u welcome. ^-^


pamujung omedetou on passing the JLPT level 3 exam! ^-^ yay! =)

[cookielmy]

Thanks Char for the album ;) I'll definitely download to check out their songs :happy:..

By the way, about Japan places; which do you think has more fun?..
Narita, Kansai, Nagoya and Fukoaka?..
Which places has the most attraction? I've planned to go for a youth exchange but I don't know which part of Japan would be nicer >.< What do you guys think?

[ichigo fairy]

cookielmy hmmmm, i went to nagoya before but i don't remember what that place looked liked. Y_Y does the youth exchange have kyouto? i heard that place is good for japanese history. =) i think any big city would be fun. =) gomen gomen, i'm not of any help. -_- ;;;;;

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie..thanks..haha..btw, if u decide to go to Kansai (Osaka) then perhaps u will get to know about Kanjani8 better..cos they are popular there..=)

Btw, I dunno much about Japan..went there once a long time ago..but I like Tokyo..haha..maybe cos there's Tokyo Disney land there..woo hoo!

Sigh..i would love to go Japan again someday..>.<

[pamujung]

Moonie >> thanks but there isn't the way for JLPT level 2 :cry: Wow you gonna go for Youth exchage >.< *envious* Yeah I also wanna recommend you the Osaka. There has many festival, cool weather, beautiful flower.. all the same in every part of Japan anyway haha

Char >> actually I know they are a group of 8 but since it's just "kanjani" lol then I refer to "he" Oh lame..

Me too.. Japan, I want to go there again >.<

[cookielmy]

ichigo_fairy - It's okay.. You've been to Nagoya? That's fun.. I'm sure it was when you were young?.. I don't remember taking any airplane to anywhere before >.<" Unfortunately, they don't have kyouto >.<

Char - Kansai?.. Actually, I don't even know where is where.. Time to do some research :oops:. I wanna go to somewhere near Tokyo because I wanna go to DisneyLand :shy: never been before *covers face*.. But I also wanna experience other places too.. *being greedy* ><

Pam - Why isn't there any where for JLPT2? :cry: I'm applying for it, but not sure if they'll accept me or not. Have to go through lotsa things, interviews, picture of my family, medical report and the list goes on :sweat:
Beautiful flowers? Cherry blossoms :excited:..

Ahh, tomorrow is my Japanese class, time to ask my teacher what's a tako :laughing:

[cs_omigosh]

Moonie..I think kansai is actually Osaka..one of the biggest cities in Japan (not sure if I am right)..Yah..u should go to disneyland..it's such a cute place..haha..

I will wait for ur answer about what's tako..haha..

[miemie]

Hi, long time no see you.
In Japan, the movie'Fearless' was shown from Yesterday.
But the movie company changed Jay song 'Huo yuan chia' into Japanese group!!!
We cannot listen to Jay thema song in theater.
It is ridiculous!
Japanese vir. movie (http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/spirit/index.html)

[cs_omigosh]

miemie...hihi! Nice to see u here.. So are u going to watch the movie?

Oh yah..did u got for Jay's incomparable concert in Japan? =)

Pam..I missed ur post about u being lame. Yes..u are lame..muhuaha =P

[ichigo fairy]

moonie are u still debating where to go for the youth exchange program in japan? if so, um....maybe you can go to a place that interests you. for example, if you like the kansai dialect, you can decide to go to osaka? i know some parts of japan is known for something (for example, shizuoka-ken is known for its tea), so maybe whatever osaka, narita, fukuoka, and nagoya is known for and you like whatever they are known for maybe that can also be the deciding factor to go there? um, okay, i think i just made no sense...um, for example, shizuoka-ken is known for its teas and i like teas so i *always* wanted to go there.


miemie hi hi miemie. ^-^ cute username... =)

[pamujung]

Moonie >> I stopped learning Japanese already, remember ?! :happy: so JLPT level 2 I don't know I will take it for. Oh for the youth exchange, if you can choose and you don't have to pay any costs, I think may be you should go to Tokyo :rolleyes: but if there is many people wanna go there hmm.. more contestant eh may be you can choose where the others don't want to go, but it's still Japan, all the way good right ^^

Char >> okie lol

[miemie]

>cs_omigosh
hi.
I wonder if I go to watch the movie. I think it better to buy DVD. so I can watch the endroll with Jay music.
Yeah I went to the Jay Chou Japan 1st concert 2006/2/5,2/6 both days.

>ichigo fairy san
hello.
I live in Kansai area.:happy:

[HarmonyCloud]

char Ya I think I just joined ur clubbox recently...I donno cause I just clicked buttons :sweat: I hope I did! And if u need help uploading if u tell me how I would be happy to help out!

miemie tHAT THIng about the jap version of the movie is so dumb! How could they take jay's song out! By doing that how will his song ever get popular? :cry:

[yukiko]

Hi all...

Hisashiburi desu. minna genki de gozaimasuka?

@ Pam : what happen to you? Why stop learning japanese?

@ Mie Mie : both concert? wow.. you must be enjoy it. :p

Btw.... how about the JLPT result? i have no information bout it yet. and about JLPT 2, my lecture said it's hard so far than JLPT 3. JLPT 4 to JLPT 3 is not very far. but 3 to 2 is not the same. i think for people who only have learn 6 months can take JLPT 3. but to take JLPT 2 and pass it, you better learn harder. :p that's what i know

[ichigo fairy]

hi hi yukiko. ^-^

yeah, i agree w/ you. JLPT 2 is waaayyyyyyyy harder than JLPT 3. i was suprised at the *big* difference of difficultly between the two levels. u_u i thought JLPT 3 was *pretty* easy so i thought level 2 would also be *kinda* easy. but was i *super* wrong. >.< yup, the degree of difficultly between levels 1 and 2 are similar...level 4 is easy and level 3 is *kinda* easy.

[yukiko]

ichigo_fairy : so you took JLPT 2 last year?? really... wow.. tell us your result. even if you failed, it's not so bad. we all know the difficulty. my friend take JLPT 2 last year, and she pretty sure she wont pass it. especially the kanji thingy, she said it's the most difficult part. but she said, the chookai (listening) is not really hard. it maybe because she ever lived in japan for about a year. her mom is japanese btw...

[ichigo fairy]

hi hi yukiko ^-^ i failed JLPT 2 the first time :cry:...but i passed it the second time. ^-^;;;;; yeah, i agree w/ ur friend about the listening part being not that hard....and yeah, like ur friend, i also thought that the kanji part was hard...i thought that the reading comprehension part was also very hard. i started guessing for the kanji and the reading comprehension parts. LOL^^;;;;; i think i would have passed JLPT 2 the first time if i didn't keep on zoning out during the listening section. :shy: hahaha^^;;;;;; i concentrated and tried hard not to make my mind wonder off when i took the exam again during the listening section...

tell me if ur friend passed JLPT 2, okay? i *hope* ur friend passed it. ^-^ *crosses fingers* hehe^^;;;;;

[yukiko]

yeah yeah, i'll tell you the result. btw, there's a rumours that if this year the JLPT was easy, then it would be hard next year. easy - hard - easy - hard and so on. somebody said that. i dont know. i've only take once last year. is it true?

[ichigo fairy]

was that me? i think that was me. LOL^^;;;;; a couple of my friends told me that levels 1 and 2 are similar. they also told me that during certain yrs. the exams are easier (it's *still* hard but compared to other yrs. it's easier) than other yrs.

yukiko what level did u take?

[pamujung]

Yukiko :bounce: so you know the result yet ?! I'm sure you already got the certificate that you passed the level 3 right !

I have a news hehe next week I will go to Tokyo :laughing: I'm so happy and laugh insanely over it ^^; curious how is the weather there right now ? What should I wear ?! =P

[cookielmy]

Lee Pam - You're going to Tokyo next week?! All of a sudden? Can you bring me along :cry:, I don't mind to be inside your luggage back.

About my youth exchange that I was talking about earlier, I think I'll be giving up the programme :( So Pam, my turn to envy you.

Yukiko - Still haven't receive your results yet? Why is it so late? Isn't the results are given all at the same time? :hmm:

[yukiko]

congratulation Pam. in another days you will be in tokyo. give us some story when you back.

huh i havent receive my result yet. need to call my lecture

btw i took level 3 ichigo_fairy

[ichigo fairy]

[yukiko] otanjyoubi omedetou! i saw on the home page that today's your birthday....^-^ u're 22 now?

[yukiko]

Douzo Yoroshiku ne. hai, mou 22 sai desu. mou obaasan ni natte ne... aiyo..im so old now. :p

[cookielmy]

Yukiko's birthday yesterday? Happy Belated Birthday Yukiko :drunk:
22 is not old at all, don't worry. I can't wait to be 22 myself actually *hehe*

Is Pam in Japan already? She hasn't been posting here lately eh..

[ichigo fairy]

[yukiko] LOL^^ like cookielmy said, u're not old so don't worry....^-^ i feel old.....i'm 2 yrs. older than you. :cry: hehe^^;;;;;; if u're an obaasan, what am i? a great-obaasan? LOL^^;;;;; hehehehehehehe^^;;;;;;;;; :tongue: as long as we're still a kid at heart, it's all good. =) right? hehe^^;;;;

[cookielmy] LOL^^ before u know it, u'll be 22....time can go by fast.

[pamujung]

Moonie :D I'm back !! Don't ask me about the trip, it was so great that I didn't want to come back hehe people there is so so good looking and cool. I wish I could live there. Sigh. You should take the youth exchange program seriously, you won't regret >.<

Yukiko ^^ belate otanjyoubi omedetou ! 22 yrs ?! You are still YOUNG.

[cookielmy]

Pam, c'mon.. tell us about the trip. I'm very very curious. How was the weather? Any hotties there? :drool:
You went there for holidays or work/school? How long were you there?
I'm sure you have taken lotsa pictures, care to share a few? :happy:

I won't be going for the youth exchange this year. I'll try my luck again next year ^^ This time I was too late and family problems came up ><
You guys better with me good luck for next year :)

See, yukiko, everyone says that you're young :hugz:

[yukiko]

hahaha... well. i'm still young. :) thanks you all for the encouraging.

tell us the story pam, what did you do there? have new dishes? got some flirting there?? how's about the fashion there? what in now? come on tell us. we all know you didnt wanna go back, but tell us. :p tell us the still unlucky gals who havent get chance yet to go there. :p

good luck to you cookielmy :)

[cookielmy]

Thanks Yukiko. I got my first grade B for my Japanese exams so far >< I should've work harder *sniffs*

Now I'm currently in Advance level 1 and started learning about polite/humble forms and gooosh, I couldn't understand it at all.

Question: When do we use zonkeigo form and kenjougo form? I'm so confused :wacko:

[pamujung]

Moonie >> the weather wasn't that good, it was raining someday :oops: I went there for travelling and I stayed about a week ^^ I hope that you can make the youth exchange next year, I really wish you can make it. Kambare !

Question: When do we use zonkeigo form and kenjougo form?sorry for asking, but I don't know what it's if I'm not seeing their Kanji.. seriously >.< they are all polite form right ?!

Oh Yukiko, I went to Osaka (Universal Studio Themepark) and then to Nagoya, climbed up Mt.Fuji, visited hamana lake and owakudani valley, stayed in ryokan near kawaguchi lake, and then went to Tokyo, spent the night time in shinjuku, drooling over the hottie around there lol

[cookielmy]

Man.., Pam, your trip to Japan indeed sounds extremely super duper fun!
You even climbed the Mt.Fuji, thaat's nice. I've never been to mountain climbing before though.
Did you take any pictures with the hotties in Japan? I'm sure you had bought lotsa things there eh? ;)
By the way, how much was the air ticket? It's kinda expensive right? It'll cost a bomb for spending one whole week there ><

About the two forms I mentioned above; yes, it's polite forms but there are two different usage which I'm confused with. You know how to read kanji? You must be an expert in Japanese then.. ^^

[petricia]

ohisashibiridesune......... haha.. long time no see!

cookielmy:
About the two forms I mentioned above; yes, it's polite forms but there are two different usage which I'm confused with.

zonkego: it is used to refer to the person of higher status, e.g. your superior or outside group, or their actions.

kenjougo: it is used to refer to things that you do or your action, like lowering your own status.

that's about it... i guess...

Haha... Pam went to Japan?!? My God, i am so lost here. So sorry that I've been missing. School term was hell. Not to mention my Japanese classes. Though they were really demanding, it was one of the modules that i enjoyed most in my whole university life.

I am graduating and now facing the problem with looking for job. But i've already signed up for Japanese class! haha... I am so happy about it.

Anyway, I think i should self-introduced myself again.

watashi ha Petricia desu. ima mousugu 23 sai. eto... dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu!