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Thread: How to do pull-ups at home in Japan Post: How to do pull-ups at home in Japan Back to original question: You can do pullups at a playground pretty easily. If there really isn't one around you, you can install a bar in your house. get a stud finder (cheep little beeping electron... |
eubankp | Off topic | 41 | 12,795 | 2012-05-29, 6:35 am | ||
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Thread: thoughts on tokyo nampa Post: thoughts on tokyo nampa If she's willing to cheat on him then she should break up with him anyway. So tell her if she wants to get with you she should break up with him first. |
eubankp | Off topic | 69 | 18,922 | 2012-05-21, 5:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Looking to work in Japan on a short-term (1 year) basis Post: Looking to work in Japan on a short-term (1 year) ... They set up a Leopalace apartment for me, which was a refundable 1 month deposit and around $600 a month (all utilities and internet included!). No key money or any of that junk. Now I'm with a di... |
eubankp | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 25 | 11,849 | 2012-05-16, 10:29 am | ||
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Thread: Looking to work in Japan on a short-term (1 year) basis Post: Looking to work in Japan on a short-term (1 year) ... Sure, I should clarify... Not vacation days anytime you want, I meant school holidays. Goldenweek is a full week off, there's Winter Vacation, Summer vacation, and tons of National Holidays. That's al... |
eubankp | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 25 | 11,849 | 2012-05-14, 4:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Looking to work in Japan on a short-term (1 year) basis Post: Looking to work in Japan on a short-term (1 year) ... My old company is looking for people now for ALT positions. I worked for them all of 2011 and it's a good company. They e-mailed me asking if I know anyone interested. It's a simple job and an awesome... |
eubankp | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 25 | 11,849 | 2012-05-14, 5:46 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Yesterday a girl said to me 「明日は雨でした。」 I said "It was rain tomorrow?" It seemed very strange, but she explained that it really means. "I found out it will rain tomorrow." Anyone have any other exampl... |
eubankp | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,233 | 2012-05-09, 7:51 am | ||
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Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here Well, I did it guys, I finally reached 1,000 cards DUE in Anki, it really didn't take long. Just a couple weeks of studying less than an hour and they really piled up. Thanks for all your support in h... |
eubankp | General discussion | 1,389 | 294,557 | 2012-04-16, 6:04 am | ||
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Thread: What shall I do now? Post: What shall I do now? Inny Jan Wrote:Talk to me after 2 years (you are going to be fluent in Japanese by then, right?) or... see what it actually takes (Zorlee case) in order to achieve levels that AJATT is luring people w... |
eubankp | General discussion | 19 | 3,550 | 2012-04-10, 4:36 am | ||
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Thread: What shall I do now? Post: What shall I do now? What he should have said is "and I would not because [insert valid reasoning here]." And my 2 cents; the articles on that site are a great source of motivation and studying methods. Plus the path to ... |
eubankp | General discussion | 19 | 3,550 | 2012-04-10, 3:39 am | ||
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Thread: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club Post: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club lol, I'm slogging through reviews and just noticed this thread. I'm at 1013. I finished RTK and got down to 500 due, but it slowly climbed back up. Arrrgh! come on! |
eubankp | General discussion | 48 | 12,422 | 2012-04-09, 11:59 am | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! Good job, guys! I finished RTK on february 20th there's no need to tell you it is great to be finished. You can recognize pretty much every kanji you come across in the wild and things just start to m... |
eubankp | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,466 | 2012-02-26, 9:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan's Obayashi Corp. announces a Space Elevator Post: Japan's Obayashi Corp. announces a Space Elevator It's simple, people; Step 1: Spend billions building a slow elevator to space Step 2: Profit see? |
eubankp | Off topic | 11 | 2,675 | 2012-02-22, 7:37 am | ||
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Thread: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated? Post: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated? I have a hard time believing anyone does 100 a day, or more, for more than one day. It's just insane. I did 70 once and I had the entire day free to study. I usually averaged 30 a day. That was a good... |
eubankp | Remembering the Kanji | 76 | 23,533 | 2012-02-21, 2:27 am | ||
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Thread: Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)? Post: Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)? I used Bruce Wayne or Batman. It made for great stories. |
eubankp | Remembering the Kanji | 66 | 19,528 | 2012-02-21, 2:03 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... (*´ο`*)=3 はふぅん。。やっと漢字二千個を達成しました。 Finished today! I averaged around 30 - 40 a day. Time to focus on sentences. Congrats to everyone else as well! |
eubankp | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,659 | 2012-02-19, 11:49 pm | ||
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Thread: After JET This Year: Should I go for 2013年新卒採用? Post: After JET This Year: Should I go for 2013年新卒採用? My current company, Heart Corp. is looking for new ALT's now. The pay isn't the best, but it's a pretty good company here in Ibaraki. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heart-Corp...4431095662 |
eubankp | General discussion | 8 | 3,308 | 2012-02-07, 3:57 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Tracking Spreadsheet Post: Kanji Tracking Spreadsheet I'm coming up on frame 1,500 tomorrow and I want to share the Excel spreadsheet I made to track my progress and view charts. It gives you some great info about your progress and I think others will en... |
eubankp | Learning resources | 0 | 508 | 2012-02-05, 7:21 am | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! Yes! Finished learning 1000 Kanji. Got this far in exactly 3 months, really looking forward to finishing. It's nice to know the same amount of Kanji as a Japanese 6th grader. A helpful tip I got (fro... |
eubankp | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,466 | 2012-01-22, 3:35 am | ||
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Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!! Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!! ROOOARRR!!! Finished #528 today, going at 40 day. |
eubankp | Remembering the Kanji | 526 | 167,140 | 2011-12-15, 10:21 am | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK I was just using the "Kanji and Kana" dictionary definition of the radicals. eg: tongue, cow, body. I mean, the one for "woman" is the same as the kanji for "woman" so I worry about changing the names... |
eubankp | Learning resources | 20 | 7,033 | 2011-03-01, 11:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning each other's languages in a relationship Post: Learning each other's languages in a relationship perhaps, but the language of love can take you a long way. She spoke quite choppy English at first, but now nearly a year later, her vocab and ease of conversing is really impressive. But, she got a t... |
eubankp | General discussion | 20 | 3,572 | 2011-03-01, 5:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning each other's languages in a relationship Post: Learning each other's languages in a relationship Absolutely. I would kill to have been born into an environment like that. Bilingual from birth. One of my buddies and his wife plan to only speak French at home (living in America) when they have kids... |
eubankp | General discussion | 20 | 3,572 | 2011-03-01, 4:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning each other's languages in a relationship Post: Learning each other's languages in a relationship Interesting. We speak mostly English on skype/ e-mails because I've only been studying Japanese for 11 months. Or I'll ask questions in Japanese and she'll answer in English. You know how that goes. ... |
eubankp | General discussion | 20 | 3,572 | 2011-03-01, 4:26 pm | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK If I understand correctly, it's not writing the characters that is most helpful in memorizing them, it's breaking them into parts, and then creating stories with those parts that will lead you to it's... |
eubankp | Learning resources | 20 | 7,033 | 2011-03-01, 4:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning each other's languages in a relationship Post: Learning each other's languages in a relationship So I my girlfriend and I are moving in together soon in Japan. I want to practice Japanese, but I also want her to improve her English. So, my question is how can we accomplish this. Speak only Japane... |
eubankp | General discussion | 20 | 3,572 | 2011-03-01, 2:55 pm | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK I'm usually in the Yokohama/Tokyo area and the trains are packed with people typing on their phones and each of my friends/ acquaintances has internet/ e-mail on their けいたい。 Anyway, I don't want to g... |
eubankp | Learning resources | 20 | 7,033 | 2011-03-01, 1:43 pm | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK whoa now, let's not call anyone a liar here. Perhaps it's an exaggeration. Regardless, I've read the more recent generations are losing their ability to write kanji because after school they mostly de... |
eubankp | Learning resources | 20 | 7,033 | 2011-03-01, 12:18 pm | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK I read the explanatory part of the RTK book a couple times and I spent a lot of time looking around at how other people had liked it. I do think it's a great idea how he simplifies it down to one engl... |
eubankp | Learning resources | 20 | 7,033 | 2011-03-01, 10:45 am | ||
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Thread: My alternative to Heisig's RTK Post: My alternative to Heisig's RTK This is the study method for Kanji I decided on after a lot of looking around at what was out there. I'm curious to hear what people think. I studied Japanese with a textbook (all romanji) for about ... |
eubankp | Learning resources | 20 | 7,033 | 2011-02-28, 5:48 pm | ||