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    Thread: UK - Working Holiday Visa
Post: UK - Working Holiday Visa

Now that you mention it in my 'A written reason for applying for a Working Holiday Visa' I do touch on what my purpose for visit is. Thanks! Will be going to the embassy in two weeks so should know ...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,210 2012-07-31, 2:10 pm
    Thread: UK - Working Holiday Visa
Post: UK - Working Holiday Visa

Thank for the advice! :) I'll make sure to avoid any mention of work lined up before going (not that I have anything lined up for definite yet). Also for the UK there's no separate document for 'pur...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,210 2012-07-27, 4:50 pm
    Thread: UK - Working Holiday Visa
Post: UK - Working Holiday Visa

I know that there's a few threads with little bits of talk of the Working Holiday Visa but was surprised to see there wasn't one dedicated to the actually process of applying etc. Of cause most of th...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,210 2012-07-23, 12:06 pm
    Thread: Downloading Movies from Youku
Post: Downloading Movies from Youku

While before when ever I used a proxy with jdownloader it never used to work, over the last 2 days using proxies from http://spys.ru/free-proxy-list/CN/ has been successful! In the setting for jdownl...
Kuma777 Off topic 9 15,812 2012-07-19, 12:12 pm
    Thread: Downloading Movies from Youku
Post: Downloading Movies from Youku

Here the link to the plugin https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...dk/details I can't thank the person who made it enough! I'm pretty much 100% addict to Japanese TV and the thought of not being ...
Kuma777 Off topic 9 15,812 2012-07-15, 1:38 pm
    Thread: Downloading Movies from Youku
Post: Downloading Movies from Youku

Bokusenou - Thanks for the message! After re-reading what I typed I realized I made it sound like the plugin was blocking jdownloader. I've re-edited to make it more understandable. The plugin is call...
Kuma777 Off topic 9 15,812 2012-07-15, 1:33 pm
    Thread: Downloading Movies from Youku
Post: Downloading Movies from Youku

Since coming back from Japan last year I've been using Youku to get my daily dose of Japanese variety TV. Especially from the user japanch (http://u.youku.com/user_show/id_UMjk2MzI3OTQ4.html) who uplo...
Kuma777 Off topic 9 15,812 2012-07-15, 1:09 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I understood most of the first hour of my「哲学の根本問題」class today....then understood close to nothing in the finally 30minutes due to a dramatic change in topic.....unfortunately I have no idea what that ...
Kuma777 General discussion 1,389 294,675 2011-04-26, 5:54 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Thanks Mcjon01 and astendra for the links. There exactly what I was looking for :D Have a good new year!
Kuma777 General discussion 1,389 294,675 2010-12-30, 10:58 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Hey astendra do you mind posting the link to where you got the FF7 script from if you still remember it? I'm playing through it now, just left golden saucer, gotta love the buggy. I've been looking f...
Kuma777 General discussion 1,389 294,675 2010-12-30, 11:33 am
    Thread: Change subtitle quality
Post: Change subtitle quality

Usually after I've watched a drama I'll convert it into a smaller file to save on space and also so I can put it on my iphone. But the problem is when I re-watch the smaller video files with some exte...
Kuma777 Learning resources 0 1,824 2010-12-10, 8:09 pm
    Thread: Vocab generator
Post: Vocab generator

Shockingly enough none of them are the website I used to use. (I'm going to do a more thorough search of this form after my test tomorrow mi thinks!) However all of the websites you've suggested look...
Kuma777 Learning resources 4 1,227 2010-10-14, 9:40 am
    Thread: Vocab generator
Post: Vocab generator

I have tried searching the forums a little bit but couldn't find anything. In the past I've used a great website, which I think someone from this form made, essentially you copy in a piece of text a...
Kuma777 Learning resources 4 1,227 2010-10-12, 11:05 pm
    Thread: Densha otoko Japanese subtitles
Post: Densha otoko Japanese subtitles

Awesome stuff quincy. I have selected the idx file before when using the open file option where you can select the subs etc but it didn't work then BUT for what ever (wonderful!) reason VLC has decide...
Kuma777 General discussion 15 10,763 2010-09-05, 5:24 pm
    Thread: Densha otoko Japanese subtitles
Post: Densha otoko Japanese subtitles

I've been having some trouble with getting the Japanese subtitles for Densha otoko that I got from http://project-modelino.com/japanese-movies.htm working in VLC. I've used sub/srt/ssa files before wi...
Kuma777 General discussion 15 10,763 2010-09-05, 3:55 pm
    Thread: D-Addicts for movies? or Movie Recs?
Post: D-Addicts for movies? or Movie Recs?

Try out http://www.midnighteye.com/ I've found out about lots of good movies from there. Two movies I would defiantly recommend are: All About Lily Chou-Chou - リリイ・シュシュのすべて Love Exposure 愛のむきだし
Kuma777 Learning resources 7 1,752 2010-06-17, 12:04 pm
    Thread: Certificate of Eligibility
Post: Certificate of Eligibility

Thanks everyone for your quick response, pm215: Well it's all through the university I'm studying at, Sheffield, but their is only one year abroad co-ordinator and 40 students applying to 25 differen...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 5,584 2010-02-16, 10:58 am
    Thread: Certificate of Eligibility
Post: Certificate of Eligibility

I see. The only problem is, I checked the sample COE that I got sent (probably should have put a link for it in the first post) and on the Carrying: The person put down 'self' Here is a screenshot o...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 5,584 2010-02-16, 8:19 am
    Thread: Certificate of Eligibility
Post: Certificate of Eligibility

Hi, Next year I'm studying in Sophia as part of my university course (I know lucky me!). I'm currently filling in all the required documents etc but have some questions about a section of in the Cert...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 5,584 2010-02-16, 7:48 am
    Thread: Using this site with Edge on the iPhone
Post: Using this site with Edge on the iPhone

Hello, I just have a quick question, I'm thinking of getting a rather cheap iphone but it's not the newer 3g ones. As one of the main reasons I want one is because I want to be able to access this si...
Kuma777 Learning resources 2 720 2009-11-13, 8:31 am
    Thread: Universities in Japan
Post: Universities in Japan

Oh I didn't know. Unfortunately apart from what I've picked up from their website and a few people my knowledge about any Japanese universities is zero to none. It's not too bad. I managed to scrape ...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 3,578 2009-10-29, 4:11 pm
    Thread: Universities in Japan
Post: Universities in Japan

Thanks a lot for the information. I didn't realize that the university in Osaka was outside of the city so that's defiantly something to think about. I certainly think certain universities would catch...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 3,578 2009-10-29, 12:43 pm
    Thread: Universities in Japan
Post: Universities in Japan

I was wondering if anyone had some recommendations for the universities listed below, next year I'll be studying in Japan for a year (I hope!) But I'm having I hard time deciding specifically where. W...
Kuma777 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 7 3,578 2009-10-28, 5:10 pm
    Thread: To remember or not to remember....
Post: To remember or not to remember....

Thanks a load guys and girls! I think I have a much better understand about what the overall aim/point of following the RTK method is. Cheers, Kuma
Kuma777 Remembering the Kanji 28 6,437 2009-10-03, 5:48 am
    Thread: To remember or not to remember....
Post: To remember or not to remember....

Thanks for your quick replies! liosama: Oh no I'm the same! When I was reviewing kanji that I had previously studied I had to often force myself from seeing the kanji image first. I few times I even ...
Kuma777 Remembering the Kanji 28 6,437 2009-09-27, 6:12 am
    Thread: To remember or not to remember....
Post: To remember or not to remember....

Hello, I have a question about using the RTK method. Basically do you HAVE to recall the story every single time you write the kanji. For example I studied lots of Kanji before I started the RTK book...
Kuma777 Remembering the Kanji 28 6,437 2009-09-27, 5:20 am