Archive for January, 2009

Dating in Japan

James Sherard asked:
Meeting members of the opposite sex in Japan is usually not a complicated process, as more often than not the nature of the job, whether it be a businessman or English instructor, will bring you into contact with Japanese in the workplace who would like to get to know you better outside [...]

Yakuza

H.silistre asked:
Yakuza images reveal the hierarchy that structures the organization. An obsequious flunky lights a cigarette for a gang leader, who poses with the self-conscious cool of a Hollywood villain; a human pit-bull stands with a bandana tied round his melon-shaped head. Punctuated by gaudy street posters covered in Japanese kanji, the background landscape [...]

How to Speak French

Steve Knowles asked:
The best way to learn to speak French is from a young age, the second best way is from a really good course. Either way, listening to the way the words are pronounced and then trying them for yourself is the fast way to successfully mastering this as a second language.
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