http://www.japanisdoomed.com 大学で日本語を勉強しているイギリス人のブログ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:24:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to The Times Online; As a thankless, recession-streaked 2009 dawns, Japan's stressed-out workers are preparing to adopt a subversive new approach to the work-life balance: fibbing, skiving and knocking off early. In other words, the Japanese workforce are finally employing a well tried and tested approach to work - not going! ... http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2009/01/04/how-to-skive-if-youre-japanese/ When you ask someone learning Japanese what their least favourite part of the language is. Some may sigh and explain they aren't really fond of Kanji. Others will start to cry a little, and between the desperate sobs mutter something about those 'stupid symbols'. Others may start to froth at ... http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2009/01/03/some-kanji-are-jerks/ So Christmas and 2009 are nearly upon us. I thought I'd take a (slightly self-centered) look back at the last 12 months, and what they signify for the blog and myself. This post probably isn't going to be hugely interesting, although I'll try my best to make it an interesting ... http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2008/12/21/japan-is-doomed-2008-in-review/ 200th post on Japan Is Doomed! 僕の大学は、僕が上智大学に留学しに行くことを決定してくれた。去年上智で留学した先輩によると、来年９月からの上智の外国人のための日本語のコースは有名で、すごく勉強にならんだけど、宿題やテストが多いそうだ。 一年間東京に住んだことがあるのに、本当にドキドキしている。日本にある大学に行ったことがあるけど、日本の教え方とイギリスの教え方は違うはずだ。たとえば、日本では、講義で友達に手を貸してもいいのかな。僕の日本の教え方に対するイメージは講義で友達と話してはいけないということだ。慣れろのは難しそうかも。 だが、本当に楽しみだ。今日本語を話せない国で勉強しているので、あまり日本語で話す相手を見つけられないけど、日本に行けば日本の食べ物や飲み物を楽しめるし、もう一度日本に住んでいる友達に会えるし、英語を教える仕事が見つられけるからだ。 もう待てないよ！ 英語/English Post: Studying Abroad at Sophia University / 上智大学  (Note: That is not a direct translation of this post!) http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2008/12/12/%e6%9d%a5%e5%b9%b4%e4%b8%8a%e6%99%ba%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6%e3%81%ab%e7%95%99%e5%ad%a6%ef%bc%81/ So the other day, I found out I'm going to Sophia University (上智大学) for my study abroad year! Woohoo! So I thought I'd do a little research and post what I found out here. This probably won't be that interesting if you're not interested in learning Japanese or whatever, so ... http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2008/12/07/studying-abroad-at-sophia-university-%e4%b8%8a%e6%99%ba%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6/ It's back! If you missed the first part, head here. Ok, here we go with number 6 to number 10!   Look at him go! [spoiler]Hey! Say! Jump! Probably the biggest boy band in Japan these days, they were made by the same team behind loads of successful pop bands. The twist is they ... http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2008/11/23/guess-the-japanese-band-name-part-2/ As it's currently dead cool to use English in brand names, school textbooks and just about everywhere else, it's no surprise that a lot of bands in Japan have English names. Following on from this, it is of course no surprise that there are some pretty crazy ones out there.  So ... http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2008/11/16/guess-the-japanese-band-name-part-1/ Ok, Dir En Grey. Like them or hate them, Dir En Grey are probably the most successful Japanese Rock band since X Japan. Their last tour through Europe was hugely successful, and I went to see them when they played Sheffield. (Review Here) I came away from that concert amazed ... http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2008/11/15/dir-en-grey-uroboros-review/ He won! [caption id="attachment_995" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Obama Wins! Image from CNN"][/caption] If you've been following my Twitter you'll know how interested I was in this election. More than our own vote here in the UK. The US president has the power to change the world and there is nobody more deserving of ... http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2008/11/05/obama-wins/ I've moved Youtube accounts! My new account is here, so please go there and subscribe! To celebrate, I've made a video that mocks both a certain vice presidential candidate and a famous Youtuber! Click below to view it with your eyes! [caption id="attachment_990" align="alignnone" width="483" caption="Click To Watch!"][/caption] http://www.japanisdoomed.com/2008/10/25/new-youtube-account-leave-palin-alone/