This link comes in from Scott Lockman over the twitter today. Check this out if you like cool flash animation, Japanese-type drumming, and electronic music. A fun little flash piece for you all to enjoy.
Link to Tokyo Drum Machine
Episode 45 – Drink Review II
Alex and I had an impromptu drink review session after returning from Asakusa last week to grab some yaki-niku. Listen as we bring you through ears through a journey of thirst quenching Chu-Hi’s from both Suntory and Kirin. Some non-serious topics to lighten me up after this crazy week of studying and exams. Enjoy!
Show Notes:
- Intro by Alex
- Dueling Suntory and Kirin drinks
- Suntory 196 Ume
- Kirin Apple Nouveau Chu-Hi
- Final Fantasy Potion Drink
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Sushi Picnic
While searching YouTube for NHK children’s shows to help my listening comprehension, I ran across this gem. 「ãŠã™ã—ã®ãƒ”クニック〠I can’t believe the Tako-sushi gets trampled at the end. Enjoy!
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Episode 44 – The Multitasking Episode
In this episode, I get the podcasting done while commuting back home after a long day of work on Monday. Since time is short, its time to find creative ways to squeeze in the content. I think this format works and if you can get over the cell phone quality, I think its a keeper! Hope you enjoy!
- Thanks for the feedback on episode 43
- Maximizing time with my new schedule
- The 7AM to 8PM schedule
- Study on the train between school and work
- Podcast on the phone between work and train and school and train
- Trains stopped
- Got hit with two late trains on Monday
- Nice to see the daylight in the morning while on the train
- Get out of jail free card paper for being late
- Addendum to Office Episode
- Document check sheet
- (sorry for the wind in Tsukishima)
- Spa flyers
- Short trip to Lawson’s
- Scaring people by talking to myself
- Funny in-store music
- Nice “LAWSONS!!!” right when I left
- Talking about my things I want to do list
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Episode 43 – My Responsibility
This show is a little heavy. I talk about culture and learning about what my responsibility to my country might be. A little retrospective, a little forward looking, and a little bit of Oni Koroshi sake for the show. I also throw in an audio bit from the redubbed GI Joe PSAs that I love. Enjoy.
Show Notes:
- Shout out to San who’s closer to Japan right now
- Discerning Asian languages
- Culture
- Distance from my country
- Cultural interactions within Japan
- My responsibility back to my country
- Quick story about umbrella (somewhere in there)
- GI Joe PSA – Japanese Version (watch on YouTube)
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Episode 42 – Worst Podcast Ever!
I’m in a funk, there are no two ways around it. Well, actually just been really busy and have been enjoying the relaxing with the little free time I have. I do manage to bang out a few topics. Hope it works. Here we go.
Show Notes:
- Japanese school boys
- Thanks for the 作文 feedback
- Better Japanese support in OS X Leopard
- Japanese-English dictionary and thesaurus
- Feature list
- WWWJDIC Online Dictionary
- Windows XP Japanese Input Help
- Shimizu Mega-city Pyramid
- Wikipedia link
- Hope it gets built before I die
- Discovery Channel Extreme Engineering Interactive Site Link
- Meta Talk
RonaldDonald MacDonald- Coffee episode update
- Should I start a Mogulus Channel?
- Almost bought an iPod touch
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作文 Hell
Hello everybody, today is your weather report from 作文 (sakubun) hell. Its October, but its still hot hot hot. I really haven’t had time to podcast lately, but I won’t make any excuses. I’ll just have to wait until I get some time to lay down some meaningful tracks.
In the meantime, I figured I’d share a little bit of my essay that I’m writing for my class. Since I compose on the computer and then transcribe to practice writing, I find this approach has the added benefit of allowing me to share it quickly with those who might be interested. Just a quick comparison with my last 作文 post and I can see that enough though I’ve come quite far, I still have so far to go.
So here it is with warts and all. I will be correcting it later this week. Mangled Japanese, 1, 2, 3 …. イコウï¼!
Fall is Coming
This picture was taken during the matsuri Alex and I participated in earlier this year. Much like how this little one feels, that’s how I feel today. The weather is finally starting to cool down and although the work is picking up, the spirits are not getting down.
I went up to Asakusa today to head on over to Starbucks for some studying, had an excellent conversation with the folks who try to get money out of tourists for donating to earthquake victims, and am now enjoying getting my life a little organized here at home. The windows are open and there is a nice cool breeze. Do I need any other reason to post to the blog.
Apparently not. Enjoy the pic!
Episode 41 – Drink Review
Alex and I do a quick drink review, I reflect on my life for a hot second, and I attempt to talk about Japanese schoolboys but don’t quite get to it. Banging out the podcasts in less than an hour now, get this episode while its fresh!
Show Notes
- Genki Intro
- Audio Clip from Monday night
- New School Schedule and feeling mellow on a Monday evening
- Nice to see Tokyo skyline at night again
- Since Monday
- Stressing out
- What does one want to do with their life?
- “Reading” David Whyte’s – The Heart Aroused
- Celebrating a difficult week complete with a Shirokirin Beer
- Drink Review
- 2 SA’s – Calpis Fizz Light Style
- 1/2 SA – Nikka, Natural Mizuwari
- Trying to do math while drinking whiskey
- NEWSFLASH: Convenience stores in Japan are the first place new drinks are released!
- Check out Way of the Grape
- Next topic will have to wait
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