http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-19025 harvey Wed, 30 May 2007 15:29:37 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-19025 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! 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!

]]> http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-19023 Michael Wed, 30 May 2007 15:07:31 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-19023 By the way, Harvey, how did things go for your friend who was trying to get on some TV show? By the way, Harvey, how did things go for your friend who was trying to get on some TV show?

]]> http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-19022 Michael Wed, 30 May 2007 15:05:47 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-19022 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 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

]]> http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-18980 harvey Wed, 30 May 2007 06:14:21 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-18980 Glad you like it guys! We arranged it all via email and it took a while to put it together. Was fun though! Glad you like it guys! We arranged it all via email and it took a while to put it together. Was fun though!

]]> http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-18891 Michael Tue, 29 May 2007 17:23:40 +0000 http://www.japannewbie.com/2007/05/29/five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-18891 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. ... 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). ... 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. ^_^ Good stuff, thanks for taking the time to do that interview!
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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. ^_^

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