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    Thread: Any good Korean job search websites?
Post: Any good Korean job search websites?

Hello everyone, I have worked in a few countries and found websites like monster.com (its regional sites) very useful in my job searches so far (coupled with attending business networking events and ...
efeilliaid Off topic 0 823 2012-06-25, 10:44 pm
    Thread: Trip from Fukuoka to Busan - advice/info needed
Post: Trip from Fukuoka to Busan - advice/info needed

Hi All, If anyone here has gone on a trip from Japan to Busan or knows the ins and outs of the place and has the patience to answer my questions, I would appreciate it sooo greatly... I will be visit...
efeilliaid Off topic 0 754 2012-06-06, 9:01 am
    Thread: Question to Fukuoka insiders: renting home appliances; Internet
Post: Question to Fukuoka insiders: renting home applian...

Hey all, If anyone needs to rent a fridge, washing machine, microwave, TV etc., I have found a nice company that provides these things: http://www.teburade.com They offer 3-, 6- and 12-month rentals...
efeilliaid Off topic 1 979 2012-01-09, 12:02 am
    Thread: Question to Fukuoka insiders: onsen/sento/sauna/spa
Post: Question to Fukuoka insiders: onsen/sento/sauna/sp...

Hey pudding cat! Thanks a lot for your recommendations. I haven't checked out those places yet as I have moved to Fukuoka (Hakata-ku) just now and been busy discovering the general whereabouts. I ori...
efeilliaid Off topic 6 4,367 2012-01-08, 11:56 pm
    Thread: Question to Fukuoka insiders: onsen/sento/sauna/spa
Post: Question to Fukuoka insiders: onsen/sento/sauna/sp...

...and another one to those who know Fukuoka well enough - any good onsen + spa facilities there? I mean within Fukuoka. So far, my favourite and unbeatable onsen + sento complex has been 船橋温泉 (湯楽の里) ...
efeilliaid Off topic 6 4,367 2011-11-12, 11:51 pm
    Thread: Question to Fukuoka insiders: renting home appliances; Internet
Post: Question to Fukuoka insiders: renting home applian...

Hi Everyone, I'm sure quite a few of you are living in Fukuoka and I hope you could be able to answer my question. My girlfriend and I are moving to Fukuoka in a few weeks. We've been living in Chib...
efeilliaid Off topic 1 979 2011-11-12, 11:35 pm
    Thread: A gift for a Japanese connoisseur of coffee
Post: A gift for a Japanese connoisseur of coffee

Thank you all, great advice! I eventually ended up with some weird non-related stuff plus some great Indonesian coffee delivered on time from Bali :) I'm going to use your tips for myself and others i...
efeilliaid Off topic 8 1,821 2011-06-12, 11:24 am
    Thread: A gift for a Japanese connoisseur of coffee
Post: A gift for a Japanese connoisseur of coffee

Hi All, This is a nutty one - I am going to a birthday party in Tokyo tomorrow and want to buy a good gift for a Japanese person who loves coffee A LOT. Now, I could go out and get some good coffee, ...
efeilliaid Off topic 8 1,821 2011-06-10, 12:00 pm
    Thread: Do you GO?
Post: Do you GO?

Hi everyone, I am interested in Go myself. I'm an absolute beginner but would like to join a Go club in Tokyo, I mean a real Japanese Go club that accepts people at level zero and where I could play ...
efeilliaid General discussion 26 4,625 2011-04-19, 11:17 pm
    Thread: JCB - The only international credit card accepted in Japan
Post: JCB - The only international credit card accepted ...

I hope this is sufficiently related to the topic - does anybody know if it's possible to buy a "prepaid" credit card in Japan? You buy a sort of a voucher/number of a certain value (such as "3V" in th...
efeilliaid Off topic 14 8,238 2011-03-06, 2:01 am
    Thread: Specialist in Humanities Visa
Post: Specialist in Humanities Visa

Hi guys, Sorry to join this thread with no answers but questions... If anyone has any hints as to where to seek advice regarding obtaining the above-mentioned type of visa, it would be greatly appre...
efeilliaid General discussion 3 2,964 2011-01-25, 3:53 am
    Thread: Learning Portuguese (Slightly Japanese Related)
Post: Learning Portuguese (Slightly Japanese Related)

Womacks23 Wrote:Learning Portuguese to live in Macau seems like a huge waste of time since no one there speaks it anymore. I want to master Portuguese at some point for many reasons ;-) It just so hap...
efeilliaid General discussion 39 9,965 2010-08-02, 1:13 am
    Thread: Learning Portuguese (Slightly Japanese Related)
Post: Learning Portuguese (Slightly Japanese Related)

Hey, this thread looks quite old but I thought I'd hook myself up right here. First, for those interested, PortuguesePod 101 has recently been started at http://www.portuguesepod101.com Second, it ...
efeilliaid General discussion 39 9,965 2010-08-02, 12:53 am
    Thread: How would you recommend starting Chinese?
Post: How would you recommend starting Chinese?

bflatnine Wrote:efeilliaid Wrote:bflatnine Wrote:The FSI Pronunciation and Romanization module, while dry as hell, is still the best thing I've ever seen for pronunciation. You'll need P&R tapes 1...
efeilliaid Chinese and Hanzi 55 19,359 2010-06-25, 1:16 pm
    Thread: How would you recommend starting Chinese?
Post: How would you recommend starting Chinese?

bflatnine Wrote:lagwagon555 Wrote:All that's holding me back is pronunciation (certainly seems a heck of alot harder than Japanese, and without a teacher I don't really know how I'll fare) The FSI Pro...
efeilliaid Chinese and Hanzi 55 19,359 2010-06-25, 8:57 am
    Thread: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan?
Post: Idiot-proof guide to moving to Japan?

I was fighting with myself before deciding to post this - karma and all that jazz... and I feel sorry for the person running this business... but at the same time this information might save someone e...
efeilliaid General discussion 127 24,779 2010-05-25, 1:09 am
    Thread: ゴクジョウヂカラ aired on Tokyo TV on May 20th?
Post: ゴクジョウヂカラ aired on Tokyo TV on May 20th?

Hi guys, would anyone be able to help me find a copy of TV Tokyo's ゴクジョウヂカラ aired on May 20th? It was around 00:40 in the night. They were showing snapshot interviews of people in love ;-) A friend o...
efeilliaid Off topic 0 610 2010-05-24, 11:51 pm
    Thread: A good non-Japanese bank account
Post: A good non-Japanese bank account

Guys, you're fast! Thanks a lot to you both, I think I got what I need to know now. I also used a Polish debit card with a "Visa" logo on it and it worked at more ATMs. I hated the exchange rate with ...
efeilliaid General discussion 16 6,426 2010-02-03, 9:01 am
    Thread: A good non-Japanese bank account
Post: A good non-Japanese bank account

Hi guys, I'm going to Japan for a few months soon and would like to be able to use a foreign card to withdraw money from ATMs and pay in shops without much fuss. When I was in Japan last year, I had ...
efeilliaid General discussion 16 6,426 2010-02-03, 8:49 am