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"COMBAT !
I live in japan and your bug looks a lot like the cockroaches we have here. They're extremely gross and fast.
Due to the extremely poor garbage system in tokyo you're bound to see them in summer just about everywhere. The first time i saw..." [
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4 days ago
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"Also i forgot to link to this. It's a text guide to bookstores in central tokyo." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JakeLL
Last month
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"I'm a parisian, although i don't live there anymore.
The main problem people have against american tourists is not that they dress bad or that they don't speak french.
The main problem is with tourists that act like they own the place.
That's not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Wolof
Last month
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"I know quite a bit about the porn industry in Japan. I'm making a documentary about an adult television channel here. I have no idea how it goes in the west. So everything i talk about applies only to Japan.
All the girls are employed by an agency..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by klangklangston, Brandon Blatcher
3 months ago
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"Whatever you do get a Japan Rail Pass, it will pay itself in one Tokyo/Kyoto trip. Transportation is extremely expensive in Japan and with a rail pass you can use trains and buses inside Tokyo and Kyoto.
As for places to stay, if you don't mind last..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JakeLL
3 months ago
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"I have the same problem with D.C i never got into it until they started messing with their icons in the 90's. I remember reading Arkham Asylum, Dark knight Returns and Killing Joke in a row, without really knowing the whole story of Batman. Dark..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malpractice
3 months ago
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"Bon Patron is an online french grammar corrector. It's quite good.
You can ask specific translation questions here.
I haven't used it myself but i've checked some threads and it seems serious and active.
As for a proof reader, you should search a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by loiseau, JimN2TAW
3 months ago
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"It's not volunteer work but at the end of the summer (from september to october) is vintage time. Meaning a lot of winemakers are hiring small hands to do the grunt of work of picking and selecting the grapes.
It's an easy to get summer job in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nikksioux
4 months ago
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"Two things helped me tremendously when i was learning english.
You can do it only after you have mastered basic grammar.
1)I started reading comic strips in english, The Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes. It's great because they use everyday..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by warble, strangeguitars
5 months ago
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"A good trick in those situation is to make them explain what they're talking about.
People love to talk about themselves. So let's say they're talking about a person from their work that you don't know anything about. Just ask them who that person..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by salvia, thebrokedown
8 months ago
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"My mother tongue is french, i live and work in japan and almost every book i read and every movie i watch is in english.
I'm definitely losing vocabulary in french and it's becoming harder to write well. It's not that i make more grammatical..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by altolinguistic
9 months ago
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"Trufle is not a fad. But i'll agree that it's not as incredible as people say. Basically it's not a garanteed orgasm, you might not like it.
Trufle is known because it's extremely rare and expensive and because its taste has no equivalent.
It's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
10 months ago
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"Seconding Citibank, and thirding the fact that you should keep your money in canadian dollars for the time being.
That said, don't go to citibank when you get to japan, go to Shinsei.
They also have an all english service, they're less expensive..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spec80
Last year
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"I second Shina Ringo and i'll add three suggestions, not really similar to Polysics per say but japanese rock nonetheless :
Number Girl is a cult band in Japan. They parted ways in 2002 but are still considered a big influence on the indie rock..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by clearlydemon
Last year