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• where are you from? General Discussion · 5 Mar 2004, 16:26 I've lived in Vancouver, Canada and Hong Kong. Now I'm currently living and working in Tokyo, Japan. Plus sides of living in Japan: I get to see all the new doramas as they air! Bad sides of living in Japan: ...when I f…
• Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese) General Discussion · 20 Feb 2004, 13:48 I just about lost it with laughter at the scenes where Bill Murray is filming his Suntory whiskey commercial. The director was explaining what he wanted Bill's character to do, and really going at in Japanese. After a w…
• I'm Going To Japan General Discussion · 20 Feb 2004, 10:59 Hmm, having lived in rural Ishikawa, then Osaka, and now Tokyo, I'd say I prefer Tokyo. Hell, Akiba is in Tokyo... 'nuff said. :)
• Talk About Work Thread General Discussion · 20 Feb 2004, 10:54 I like my job. :) I'm currently a senior systems engineer for Citigroup Japan. I troubleshoot and fix a variety of network and pc issues for different Citigroup companies. Basically, I get paid to do my hobby, which is …
• Living in Japan for a year $_$ General Discussion · 24 Jan 2004, 00:29 They don't do it anymore. At least, they're not allowed to. I ride the Seibu Ikebukuro Line and the Marunouchi Line into work every morning now, and while there are a lot of people in the trains (too many for Western st…
• Upcoming JDramas Drama Discussion · 22 Jan 2004, 10:33 Yup, "Boku to Kanoujo" is my run away favorite drama to watch this season. Pride Ep 2 was horrible. Haven't had time to watch other dramas; but I will watch them when I can. Ah~~ now I know why I came to Japan. :D
• Upcoming JDramas Drama Discussion · 18 Jan 2004, 20:47 I managed to catch the first episode of Pride. Being that I am Canadian, I was excited that they decided to do a story about hockey. However, the focus of the drama is not really on hockey (at least, not the 1st episode…
• Upcoming JDramas Drama Discussion · 18 Jan 2004, 20:39 xiaoshenlong wrote:just wondering are you guys watching the shows straight from japan? do you know if the raws are out?? I live and work in Tokyo, so I watch the doramas as they air. :)
• Living in Japan for a year $_$ General Discussion · 11 Jan 2004, 00:18 All the other people before me have said it enough, so I'll just give you my example, and what it took for me to work/live in Japan. I work for Citigroup Japan as a systems engineer since Sept 2003. Before that, I came …
• Upcoming JDramas Drama Discussion · 6 Jan 2004, 22:20 Ok, managed to catch "FireBoys" and "The Way We Live" just now. My first impressions: "Fireboys" started out sappy, but was interesting. However, the storyline is just too "goody-goody" for me to continue watching, so I…