だじゃれ – Dajyare
Posted by harvey in Culture on 27. Jan, 2003 | No Comments
Dajyare. Japanese Jokes. Oyaji-gag. おやじギャグ。 That’s right. Japanese jokes. Japanese jokes are pretty interesting. There is a whole category of them that is entirely based on word play. Dajyare are made mainly words that have double meanings, and can be skillfully, and stealthily worked into a seemingly innocent sentence. The jokes don’t always involve two [...]
WaiWai
Posted by harvey in Culture on 11. Jan, 2003 | No Comments
Saturday I went and checked out the WaiWai Volunteer English program today at Iidabashi Central Plaza today. I found out about the program when I was hanging out studying Japanese in the Virgin Record cafe in Shinjuku. Some guy came and sat at my table (I was alone at a 4 person table) and pulled [...]
Happy New Years
Posted by harvey in Culture on 06. Jan, 2003 | No Comments
All apologies for anyone who has been waiting for this site to be updated. I just got a sexy new iBook and have been spending all my time figuring out how the heck it works. I have finally found some tools that I think I can use to manage this site. Not too shabby, and [...]
