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    Thread: Tell me what to do with my life :)
Post: Tell me what to do with my life :)

Hey Igor, My own experience: I Studied for a year in Japan while still in college via an exchange program, was able to get credits and still graduate if 4 years, for about the same cost as a year in t...
matthewmuller JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 38 15,715 2010-01-23, 3:45 pm
    Thread: Tokyo vs Osaka for full time language school?
Post: Tokyo vs Osaka for full time language school?

I was an exchange student in Osaka about twenty years ago, and really loved the area. The people were great, Kyoto and Nara and lots of other cool historic sites close by. I was at Kansai Gaidai, wh...
matthewmuller General discussion 57 10,558 2010-01-20, 10:33 am
    Thread: Best book about Japan?
Post: Best book about Japan?

re: coverup I'll look that one up. A book that gave me some inconvenient ideas about Japan was The Enigma of Japanese Power by Karel van Wolfren.http://www.amazon.com/Enigma-Japanese-Power-Politics-...
matthewmuller General discussion 44 11,445 2010-01-15, 12:27 pm
    Thread: Best book about Japan?
Post: Best book about Japan?

Hey, a classic old chestnut is the Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict. also, The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, by Robert Whiting, about baseball. Also his You've gotta have Wa. Dave Barry Doe...
matthewmuller General discussion 44 11,445 2010-01-14, 5:24 pm
    Thread: what percentage do you usually remember on your 2nd review
Post: what percentage do you usually remember on your 2n...

It sounds like you are just starting. This is a long term process where you will likely forget many kanji many times before you get them. It definitely helps to get strong stories. But more import...
matthewmuller Remembering the Kanji 13 2,067 2009-12-06, 2:36 am
    Thread: 映画や音楽----->ipod
Post: 映画や音楽----->ipod

I was able to find lots of Japanese music cds and DVDs through my local (seattle) public library. I am not sure how you can rip dvds into ipod format, though I'm sure its possible.
matthewmuller General discussion 17 2,150 2009-12-02, 10:35 pm