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KK63b
New in Town
Posts: 6
Joined: August 16th, 2007 12:40 pm

Postby KK63b » August 16th, 2007 5:49 pm

well im the new guy in town so i better introduce myself :)

Name: Selwyn Kahukura
Age: 31
Place of birth: Born in Singapore but moved to New Zealand
(Father was in the New Zealand Military)
Furthest location travelled: hmmm Sweden that way an i guess Ecuador the other way
or maybe Peru
Places you want to go: Where ever theres snow, have travelled a lot, but always
head to the snow :)
Spoken languages: English, Maori,
Written Languages: English, Maori
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Hunting, Reading, Snowboarding, oh and Parties!!! :)
Occupation: Hmmmm lets say i work for 'A' Goverment :P
Education: I left school able to read an write :) thats an education :)
Favorite Movies: As long as its a good movie ;)
Favorite Bands: Utada Hikaru is jamming my iPod at the mo... but anything with
a beat
Favorite Video Games: Will play anything, but if its snowing im on it ;)
Ultimate Goal: To keep on having fun an to keep searching for whats around the
corner......

well thats me guys an gals :)
stay safe where ever you are in the world an have FUN :D

nilfisq
Been Around a Bit
Posts: 41
Joined: June 15th, 2007 7:00 pm

Re: Get to know each other! (jpod101 user profiles)

Postby nilfisq » August 17th, 2007 9:07 pm

I discovered this thread only yesterday :shock:

Name: Bart
Age: 39
Place of birth: The Hague (Netherlands)
Furthest location travelled: South-Africa or Bejing: what's further?
Places you want to go: Japan, Australia, New-Zealand
Spoken languages: Dutch, Italian, Danish, English, French, German, Frisian, Afrikaans reading knowledge of Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian
Written Languages: Dutch, Italian, Danish, English, French, German, Frisian, Afrikaans
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: linguistics (is that a hobby?), body building, making websites, reading
Occupation: assistant professor in Italian
Education: PhD in linguistics
Favorite Movies: Shortbus, Amelie
Favorite Bands: anything from Arvo Pärt, Bach and Glass to (Italian) hiphop
Favorite Video Games: :roll:
Ultimate Goal: to convince my partner of getting married??

More info on my website

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deedo
New in Town
Posts: 6
Joined: August 1st, 2007 9:43 am

Postby deedo » August 20th, 2007 1:50 pm

Name: Sebastien Terrier
Age: 32
Place of birth: France
Furthest location travelled: New Zealand
Places you want to go: Japan (I came back only a month ago and i miss it already)Spoken languages: French, English
Written Languages: French, English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese and soon Korean
Hobbies: Volleyball, Rollerblade, Books, Movies, TV series (I follow more than 20 of them) and of course japanese language
Occupation: Computer engineer
Education: Degree in English and Japanese :shock:
Favorite Movies: Too many
Favorite Bands: right now i would say Crystal Kay and AI but i changes often
Favorite Video Games: Kanji games on my DS and Final Fantasy (all of them)
Ultimate Goal : To be fluent in Japanese

Niall_Cush
New in Town
Posts: 1
Joined: August 22nd, 2007 3:58 pm

Postby Niall_Cush » August 22nd, 2007 4:07 pm

Name: Niall
Age: 15
Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Furthest location travelled: France
Places you want to go: America and Japan
Spoken languages: English, Irish, French
Written Languages: English, Irish, French
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, French, Irish
Hobbies: Gaming, reading, basketball and skating.
Occupation: Student?
Education: High school
Favorite Movies: Tenacious D Pick of Destiny
Favorite Bands: R.A.T.M, Black Sabbath, Tenacious D and Sonata Arctica
Favorite Video Games: Super Smash Bros, Halo, Counter Strike and WoW
Ultimate Goal: To be a games developer, or journalist and move to Japan.

bobbygriff
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Posts: 2
Joined: July 1st, 2007 5:11 pm

Postby bobbygriff » August 29th, 2007 6:48 am

Name: Bob
Age: 51
Place of birth: Birkenhead, England
Furthest location travelled: North - Reykjavik; South - Singapore; East - Tokyo; West - Vancouver
Places you want to go: Alaska, Switzerland, Tibet, Great wall of China, etc. etc.
Spoken languages: English; a little Japanese; a little German
Written Languages: same
Forgotten Languages: schoolboy French; holiday Spanish
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese; improved English
Hobbies: Reading, travel
Occupation: Now working with computers but jack of all trades, master of none.
Education: Electrical Enginering diploma and the school of life
Favourite Movies: Blade Runner; Dune; Trainspotting; Kelly's Heroes
Favourite Bands: Rolling Stones; Pink Floyd; U2; et al
Favourite Video Games: Doom
Ultimate Goal: teach my grandchildren Japanese and Latin (this means I have to learn Latin)

lonna_senpai
Established Presence
Posts: 61
Joined: March 12th, 2007 12:05 am

Postby lonna_senpai » September 13th, 2007 10:19 am

What a fun idea!! I really wish I could meet people in Florida that are learning Japanese or that are Japanese!! I need a lot of practice!



Name:Lonna McTaggart
Age:22
Place of birth:Merritt island, Florida USA
Furthest location traveled:France!!
Places you want to go:Japan (of course) anywhere really I just love to travel <3
Spoken languages:English
Written Languages:English
Languages in the process of learning:Japanese (I was trying to learn Chinese and Korean but they have taken a back seat lately)
Hobbies:Anime, reading, studying, beach, park, hanging out with friends, sleeping etc...
Occupation:Night Stocker at Lowes
Education:Some High School
Favorite Movies:Spaceballs and the CCS movies (I <3 Clamp!!)
Favorite Bands:Kung fuu generation, flogging molly and anime music
Favorite Video Games:FF7
Ultimate Goal: TO RULE THE WORLD!! or be a translator for all things Japanese (aka manga, anime, instruction manual for a sony DVD player coming to America..) :arrow:

Lostaholic
Been Around a Bit
Posts: 35
Joined: August 22nd, 2007 12:09 am

Postby Lostaholic » September 17th, 2007 9:50 pm

Name: Tibo Dupuy
Age: 18
Place of birth: Heerenveen(Holland)
Furthest location travelled: France :(
Places you want to go: Japan
Spoken languages: Dutch, English, Frysian and a little bit German
Written Languages: Dutch, english, frysian
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, Frensh
Hobbies: Japan(ese)^^, lost, anime's, beeing lazy, tablesoccer and much more
Occupation: Waiter at the moment
Education: HAVO, high school
Favorite Movies: The illusionist, the departed.
Favorite Bands: allot!
Favorite Video Games: Far cry and Gta
Ultimate Goal: Live in japan

nilfisq
Been Around a Bit
Posts: 41
Joined: June 15th, 2007 7:00 pm

Postby nilfisq » September 18th, 2007 8:19 am

tiboさん,
wolkom op jpod!
fryslân boppe :D

Lostaholic
Been Around a Bit
Posts: 35
Joined: August 22nd, 2007 12:09 am

Postby Lostaholic » September 18th, 2007 8:31 am

nilfisq wrote:tiboさん,
wolkom op jpod!
fryslân boppe :D


Haha yeah Fryslân boppe^^

Tourne
New in Town
Posts: 14
Joined: August 19th, 2007 1:48 pm

Re: Get to know each other! (jpod101 user profiles)

Postby Tourne » September 18th, 2007 12:23 pm

Name: Martin
Age: 50
Place of birth: England (now living in Germany)
Furthest location travelled: Japan (woohoo!)
Places you want to go: Japan again :)
Spoken languages: English, German
Written Languages: English, German
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: Music, reading, cooking, walking, fine food and wine, learning Japanese.
Occupation: IT developer
Education: MSc
Favorite Movies: Spirited Away, Kill Bill, LotR, Fargo, Fire walk with me, Zatoichi
Favorite Bands: Calexico, Biosphere, Tom Waits, Queen, Cowboy Junkies, Eels
Favorite Video Games: not a gamer
Ultimate Goal: Watch Japanese films without subtitles

Fedgrub
Expert on Something
Posts: 191
Joined: June 30th, 2007 3:10 am

Postby Fedgrub » September 19th, 2007 2:46 am

Name:
Age: 22
Place of birth: Brisbane, Australia
Furthest location travelled: London
Places you want to go: Japan, Russia, Scandanavia, Antartica
Spoken languages: English
Written Languages: English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: Writing music, partying with friends
Occupation: Travel Agent
Education: High School completion and half a bachelor of Education
Favorite Movies: Spiderman 2 & 3, Hulk
Favorite Bands: My Chemical Romance, Young and Restless, Brand New, Arcade Fire
Favorite Video Games: Anything that includes Wario except Master of Disguise, Pokemon, Mario Kart (any of these too)
Ultimate Goal: To travel to Antartica

Griff
Been Around a Bit
Posts: 18
Joined: June 20th, 2007 10:12 pm

Postby Griff » October 2nd, 2007 6:24 pm

Name: Ben
Age: 20
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Furthest location travelled: Toronto
Places you want to go: Japan, Australia, New Zealand
Spoken languages: English, Welsh, French, ちょっと日本語
Written Languages: English, Welsh, French, ちょっと日本語
Languages in the process of learning: 日本語
Hobbies: Snowboarding, skiing, biking, programming, 3D design, graphic design
Occupation: Web designer
Education: A-Levels
Favorite Movies: Too many!
Favorite Bands: Radiohead, RHCP, Foo's
Favorite Video Games: CSS
Ultimate Goal: Reach the moon! :lol:

AdamLeliel
New in Town
Posts: 6
Joined: September 23rd, 2007 4:26 pm

Postby AdamLeliel » October 3rd, 2007 5:52 pm

Name: Adam
Age: Fifteen, sixteen in a month
Place of birth: Nottingham, England, UK
Furthest location travelled: Spain and then Germany.
Places you want to go: Japan, Canada, Germany (again)
Spoken languages: English
Written Languages: English, German (I'm not the best with speaking it yet)
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, German
Hobbies: Reading, writing, learning Japanese, art, computing and various other things
Occupation: I'm currently in school.
Education: I'm in my last year of secondary school (with my GCSEs this year) and plan to go to college next year.
Favorite Movies: Oh! Um... Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Donnie Darko, End of Evangelion, Battle Royale, Boys Don't Cry, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Superbad, Dead Leaves and probably a few more.
Favorite Bands: Bands? Too many. I like a lot of music.
Favorite Video Games: Fable, Pokémon, Dead or Alive, Tekken, blah blah blah...
Ultimate Goal: I don't really have an "ultimate" goal at the moment. But one goal is to become pretty much fluent in written and verbal Japanese.

karendjuanda
New in Town
Posts: 1
Joined: December 1st, 2007 11:41 pm

Postby karendjuanda » December 25th, 2007 4:04 pm

Name: Karen
Age: 19 (20 in a week)
Place of Birth: Surabaya, Indonesia
Furthest location travelled: Vancouver, Canada
Places you want to go: Japan, Ireland, Russia
Spoken Languages: Indonesian, English
Written Languages: Indonesian, English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, Chinese Mandarin
Hobbies: Reading, playing basketball, playing games, sleeping, learning new languages, drinking milk, eating sashimi and sunny side up eggs :)
Occupation: Graphic Designer & Uni. Student
Education: Currently in Uni's last year in Sydney
Favorite Movies: Love Actually, ALWAYS, NANA
Favorite Bands: The Corrs & YUI
Favorite Video Games: Metal Gear Solid series, Devil May Cry series and Final Fantasy series, Loco Roco, Dynasty Warriors series, Samurai Warriors, Onimusha series.
Ultimate Goal: To be a successful designer, and a fluent Japanese speaker ;)

Nice to meet everybody here!

terrysimons
Been Around a Bit
Posts: 16
Joined: June 4th, 2007 1:45 am

Postby terrysimons » January 13th, 2008 7:41 am

Name: Terry
Age: 27
Place of birth: Spanish Fork, Utah USA
Furthest location travelled: Boston, MA USA
Places you want to go: Ireland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Australia
Spoken languages: English
Written Languages: English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, Irish
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Swing Dancing, Open Source Software Development, Video Games
Occupation: Computer Programmer/Network Administrator/All Around Geek ;)
Education: Some College
Favorite Movies: Juno, Garden State, Boondock Saints, The Departed, Donnie Darko, Anything by Tarantino,
Favorite Bands: Elliott Smith, Collective Soul, Ingrid Michaelson, Duncan Sheik, Our Lady Peace, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The MelTones
Favorite Video Games: All the classics (Metroid, Mega Man, Zelda, Final Fantasy 6, Chrono Trigger etc...), Guitar Hero - But I don't really play as much as I did with a kid... that whole "responsibility" thing sort of got in the way. ;)
Ultimate Goal: Graduate College

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