IceCream Wrote:

blackmacros Wrote:

Jarvik7 Wrote:I have decided to ditch Thailand in favour of somewhere sunnier ^_^. For instance... The sun's corona

Or Australia.

Unfortunately, australia doesn't like criminals. anyone know how to get a visa for The Sun?

Actually, i changed my mind since this thread anyway!!! I've decided to try to volunteer in Palestine for a while, i've found a couple of cool options!! Also, i found out i can get a CELTA for half price in the UK ^__^ yesss!!! That place looks absolutely beautiful though RobinOwen, i wish i could afford to do it there!!

Anyway, today i started learning Arabic. Its SO weird being back at the beginning again!!! It also seems mentally hard compared to japanese. Is anyone else around learning arabic? Any idea if there are any cool TV programs around anywhere?

I'm actually a native speaker of both Arabic and English. So if you need any help you can drop me a line

What language will Icecream decide to learn next? A?ATT? She seems to change her mind every couple of weeks ! ha ha. Just joking, good luck to you icecream irrespective of where you end up.

IceCream Wrote:Unfortunately, australia doesn't like criminals.
Anyway, today i started learning Arabic. Its SO weird being back at the beginning again!!!

I hear they are fairly lenient when dealing with criminals in Arabic speaking countries. How many fingers does one need in England anyways?

Nemotoad Wrote:But iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals. :-)

Iocaine... I bet my life on it.

IceCream Wrote:I've decided to try to volunteer in Palestine for a while, i've found a couple of cool options!

Wow, from paradise to hell in a couple of days of careful thinking. Don't forget to write your will

Coolest asian movies now come from Korea and Thayland.

Ong Bak FTW!

mentat_kgs Wrote:Coolest asian movies now come from Korea and Thayland.

Ong Bak FTW!

However, can you mention a single good thai movie except the Ong Bak series?

Ong Bak wasn't even spectacularly good. It was just an out-of-nowhere decent movie from a country nobody expected.

Korean movies are awesome though (though I haven't seen any recent ones). Japan used to make awesome movies but it's mostly poorly acted overly-CGed crap now

Here is the definative study arabic study guide:

http://tinyurl.com/y9rjxgj

Jarvik7 Wrote:Japan used to make awesome movies but it's mostly poorly acted overly-CGed crap now

Goemon, anyone?
Holy smokes, that movie blows.

It looks like Innovative Language Learning is going to launch a podcast series for Thai: http://www.thaipod101.com/

(And by the way, they are also going to have new podcasts for Cantonese, Greek, Portuguese and Polish to better distract us from studying more Japanese )

Tobberoth Wrote:However, can you mention a single good thai movie except the Ong Bak series?

Shutter (not the English one).

Babyrat Wrote:

RisuMiso Wrote:

Jarvik7 Wrote:I went to my last two years of university in Edmonton where it drops below -50C with windchill in February, so I have no sympathy for people who think Japan is cold

Also being from Edmonton, I never think it's cold here. When it crosses my mind that it's a little chilly, I just think to how cold it would be back home and then it's okay again. I never hear snow squeak like styrofoam here, my eyelashes never freeze together, and this is the first winter I never got frostbite.

Damn and I thought cornwall got cold in the winter, -10c! makes it look like a summer day compared to that.

Wow a fellow Cornish person! When the hell did it get to -10C here!?

Does Cornish mean "somewhat like corn"?


ok that was kind of corny..

Jarvik7 Wrote:Does Cornish mean "somewhat like corn"?


ok that was kind of corny..

*shakes head* you should be ashamed, Jarvik7

Quote:ok that was kind of corny..

Jarvik7 using puns? I can't believe my ears.

Yeah, I guess I kinda went against the grain with that joke.

It's amaizeing how your perception of people can change in an instant.

There is a kernel of truth in what you say.

I try to cultivate honesty and understanding within social groups.

IceCream Wrote:Unfortunately, australia doesn't like criminals. anyone know how to get a visa for The Sun?

Woah wait, are you saying you have a criminal record - is that why you can't go to Japan?! Not sure if that was that a joke..

How's the Arabic going?

LOL what Korean?!

Yep you're definitely a bit of an enigma..philosopher to pro poker player to primatologist...with amazing J-drama learning skills inbetween..

So does this new career change mean you have to go back to school? Being a student is awesome, I never want to return to work

kame3 Wrote:

Jarvik7 Wrote:Most people who study Japanese reach a point where they feel like giving up either through boredom or frustration with not progressing as they'd like, or burnout. This is when many switch to studying Korean or Chinese. The remainder keep on keeping on.

I don't understand why someone would 'ditch' a language because it is too hard and then try to learn a new language that is about equally difficult (from what I have heard, never studied Korean or Chinese myself). Just go on to learn Spanish or something then

Was reading through some old posts and just had to reply to this post by myself two years ago, since I AM MYSELF now learning Mandarin. Jarvik7, a little late, but you were right and I was ignorant

EDIT: Wow just noticed that it was exactly 2 years ago! What are the odds!