Five minutes of Fame

May 29, 2007 on 10:17 am | In About | | Email This Post

If you ever wanted to know more about me, an interview I recently did with the NihongoJouzu.com guy is available on their site now. Check it out!

- Harvey

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    Great interview. Good grief you’ve done a lot of studying. I had 7 years of German, and you’re right - without going over to Germany or having some way to immerse myself in it, I never became conversational. Good on ya (as they say here) for going all the way with it!

    Comment by Jessica — May 29, 2007 #

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    Very interesting interview! The questions were very to the point and your replies give tons of information.

    Comment by J. — May 29, 2007 #

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    Good stuff, thanks for taking the time to do that interview!
    …
    One of my first weekends as a married man in Japan, my wife’s family and I took a boat out to enjoy the sea (we live on the coast). I’d been joking around a little too much and ticked off my wife’s father, so when I was near the railing he (nearly 70 years old!) picked me up and tossed me overboard. That’s when I realized it would be sink or swim from then on.
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    Though I would have loved to do an intense formal language program, working for my father-in-law’s business was one of the best crash courses I could have had, especially when I had to man the phone all day for months straight. Started off with people yelling at me and complaining about my phone manner and stupidity, and ended up with new customers responding pleasantly and not noticing they were speaking to a foreigner (though that caused its own problems later).
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    No matter how much studying you do before going to Japan, even if you already have JLPT 1 under you belt, you quickly realize how much you don’t know once you get to Japan. But you always one thing going for you: there’s simply no better place to learn. ^_^

    Comment by Michael — May 30, 2007 #

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    Glad you like it guys! We arranged it all via email and it took a while to put it together. Was fun though!

    Comment by harvey — May 30, 2007 #

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    Anyone else looking for a few minutes of fame? If so, and if you’ve lived in Japan less than a year, NHK’s Cool Japan TV program wants to hear from you! You can apply to be on their show at this link: https://www.nhk.or.jp/cooljapan/form.html

    Comment by Michael — May 31, 2007 #

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    By the way, Harvey, how did things go for your friend who was trying to get on some TV show?

    Comment by Michael — May 31, 2007 #

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    Hey Michael, my friend didn’t make the cut… But he’s not too bummed out. The process was incredibly long and drawn out. He’s going to be a translator instead :) He said it was interesting to experience the whole process though! Better luck next time I guess!

    Comment by harvey — May 31, 2007 #

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