Get to know each other! (jpod101 user profiles)

[ChrisClarke]

Name: Christopher Clarke
Age: 18
Place of birth: Victoria, Australia
Furthest location travelled: Wilsons Promontory, Victoria
Places you want to go: Japan, France, and many other places but those especially.
Spoken languages: English
Written Languages: English, PHP (so counts! :p)
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: Programming, Anime, Procrastinating
Occupation: Student
Education: studying towards BA (Internet Studies)
Favorite Movies: Not really a favourite, but many I like.
Favorite Bands: Not really a fav, I don't listen enough.
Favorite Video Games: Zelda and Tales series
Ultimate Goal: Speak Nihongo at least as good as my English.

[jdproulx]

Name: Josh Proulx
Age: 19
Place of birth: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Furthest location travelled: London, UK
Places you want to go: Greece, Peru, Brazil, Australia, Egypt, and obviously Japan
Spoken languages: English
Written Languages: English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, French
Hobbies: I play guitar (electric and acoustic) and golf a lot. The rest of my time is spent in business or studying.

Occupation: Business Student
Education: 3rd year of my business degree, with the intention of law school
Favorite Movies: Poolhall Junkies, Serenity
Favorite Bands: The Vacation, Death From Above 1979
Favorite Video Games: Changes way too often to say
Ultimate Goal: Become business-fluent in Japanese and secure a job in finance with an international perspective. I'd also like to get my law degree and become the first in my extended family with a professional designation.

[shiracoffee]

はじめまして、皆さん！志羅とも押します。よろしくおねがいします！

Name:　　Shira
Age: 51
Place of birth: Minot, ND
Furthest location travelled: Jerusalem, Israel
Places you want to go: Japan! esp. Nara, Kyoto, all the old capitals!
Spoken languages: English, Japanese (fair), some German
Written Languages: English, Japanese (some), German, French, Hebrew (some)
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: I study Japanese and teach ESL to Japanese folks in the US. Besides that, I read a great deal.
Occupation: It varies. At the moment, I'm happily unemployed
Education: Highest degree, B.A., but I have never stopped learning
Favorite Movies: Tanpopo, Zatoichi (the old one). The Queen, Lost in Translation...
Favorite Bands: new fave: Bodega (Scottish fusion)
Favorite Video Games: video whats? lol
Ultimate Goal: speak ALL languages, including all communications (chemical, visual, etc.) of all lifeforms on Earth. Looks like I may not make it though...

[wasabi4me]

Name: Lisa
Age: 19
Place of birth: Dachau, Germany
Furthest location travelled: Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto) or USA (Salt Lake City)?? not sure...
Places you want to go: New Zealand, Australia, Okinawa
Spoken languages: English, German, French, Japanese
Written Languages: English, German, French, Japanese
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese, Italian, Chinese
Hobbies: studying languages, travelling, reading, playing badminton
Occupation: student
Education: just graduated from high school...
Favorite Movies: Sayuri, Kill Bill, The Fifth Element, ...
Favorite Bands: Radwimps, Bump of Chicken, Ellegarden, Green Day, ...
Favorite Video Games: don't play any actually...
Ultimate Goal: get into a japanese university and then find a job where I can use as many languages as possible

[Hiroko]

You guys seem very very talented! All the languages I want to be able to speak!!
Please continue enjoy learning with us JapanesePod101

[JamieJoystick]

Name: Jamie
Age: 16, Am I The Youngest on This Site?! Hahaha
Place of birth: New Zealand, Why Do So Many People Want To Come Here? Its Not That Great!
Furthest location travelled: Australia
Places you want to go: Japan - Going Next Year! Korea Or China? Germany, America, Canada Maybe?
Spoken languages: English, Japanese - Some
Written Languages: English, Japanese - Hiragana, Katakana, Bout 3 Hundred Kanji?, Korean
Languages in the process of learning: Korean, japanese, Russian, German
Hobbies: Learning Languages... nerdMUCH? Lol.
Occupation: McDonalds!
Education: High School...
Favorite Movies: Dont Have Favourites. Love Comedies, Horrors, Thrillers, Japanese Movies, Vampire Movies, Anime Etc Etc
Favorite Bands: Again, No Favourites But I Like Rock, Metal, Punk, SOME Rap. Not Much.
Favorite Video Games: Final Fantasy Series. VII Is The Absolute Best!
Ultimate Goal: Move To Japan And Get A Job In Translations.

[PRhunk15]

Name: Moises, but everyone calls me Moi
Age:16
Place of Birth: Chicago a.k.a. Chi-town city baby lol
Furthest location traveled: Puerto Rico, if you couldn't already tell by my SN, I'm Puerto Rican(wonder how u would say that in Japanese?)
Places you want to go: Japan of course. Hope to study abroad in a couple of years when I start college, maybe even find myself a cute Japanese girlfriend while I'm there lol just saying
Spoken Languages: English, Spanish, Japanese(work in progress lol)
Written Languages: English, Spanish, Japanese-same as before(those kanji god bless em lol, there just such melon scratchers, but I got a while to learn so I'm good)
Languages in the process of learning: Just Japanese at the moment, gotta say though, this is my 1st time really learning a new language since I kinda cheated on the first 2 cause I grew up learning them, and it's pretty tough, but hey what's a little challenge like this compared to living out your dreams of going to Japan right
Hobbies: watching tv, playing video games, hanging out with friends, etc
Occupation: student lol, don't have a real job at the moment
Favorite Movies: none really
Favorite Bands: none, but I'm into rap, hip-hop, r&b, reggaeton, and starting to get into j-pop lol
Favorite Video Games: Action/Adventure, RPG, and Fighting games
Ultimate Goal: Move to Japan and work for Nintendo lol, I dream big
PS: sorry for dragging out the first half lol

[andamanislander]

Name: Francisco
Age: 33
Place of birth: Caracas, Venezuela
Furthest location travelled: Kyoto!
Places you want to go: Kyoto!
Spoken languages: Spanish, English, Italian
Written Languages: Spanish, English, Italian
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: JapanesePod101.com, cycling
Occupation: Political Scientist
Education: Doing my PhD now
Favorite Movies: Spirited Away
Favorite Bands: Goran Bregovic
Favorite Video Games: Not my thing...
Ultimate Goal: Marry my Japanese sweetheart, raise beautiful biracial, bicultural, bilingual children, figure out when it's "ga" and when it's "wa"!!

[jkid]

andamanislander-san,

Education: Doing my PhD now

What is the title of your PhD?

figure out when it's "ga" and when it's "wa"!!

That's one of your ultimate goals as well?

[andamanislander]

Oh, I could bore you to tears, JKid,

My thesis is about the relationship between European Trade Policy and the history of the Barcode (the tags, I mean, not the hairstyle!) I don't have a title yet. (My advisor says the title is the last thing you should write.)

oh and "ga" and "ka"...I no longer consider them a language learning problem...more like a religious mystery...

[jkid]

European Trade Policy and the history of the Barcode

I just love hearing about what people are researching or want to research. I was thinking about this the other day in fact. Specifically, how something that is so interesting to someone else would not be something I would ever think about exploring in detail. That is what lead me to create the "dissertation" thread in the "Listener's Lounge" subforum.

Thanks for your reply.

[edmondo44]

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[minty247_]

Name: Akemi
Age: 19
Place of birth: Hanoi, VN
Furthest location travelled: UK
Places you want to go: Japan, Australia
Spoken languages: Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Written Languages: Vietnamese, Chinese, English
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: Listening to music, drawing, watching tv
Occupation: student
Education: Maths and Computer Science
Favorite Movies: The Prestige (generally anything with mystery, but less gore, or romcoms)
Favorite Bands: Hey!Say!JUMP, Hamasaki Ayumi
Favorite Video Games: Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy
Ultimate Goal: Find a job in Japan

[kuramoto]

こんにちは！はじめまして。どうぞよろしく　おねがいします。

Name: Izzati
Age: 20
Place of Birth: Kelantan, Malaysia
Places you want to go: Japan of course. Hope to can further my second degree soon in Japan!いま、わたしは　だいがくせい　です。
Spoken Languages: English, Malay language,Japanese(work in progress lol)
Written Languages: English, Malay, Japanese(but still can't write kanji properly)
Languages in the process of learning: Just Japanese at the moment, gotta say
Favorite Japanese Drama: Hana Yori Dango, Gokusen, My Boss My Hero
Favoite Singer : Utada Hikaru
Ultimate Goal: Further my study in Japan

[loki]

Name: Valerio
Age: 32
Place of birth: Rome, Italy
Furthest location travelled: Uhm.. Japn or Bali maybe...
Places you want to go: Japan, Australia
Spoken languages: English, Italian, Japanese
Written Languages: English, Italian, Japanese (last one not so good eheh)
Languages in the process of learning: Japanese
Hobbies: Listening to music, sports and videogames
Occupation: marketing assistant
Education: Master degree in oriental languages
Favorite Movies: to hard to say... I see a lot of movies.... ^^
Favorite Bands: this too is to difficult... Anyway Queen rocks!
Favorite Video Games: Final Fantasy
Ultimate Goal: Find a job in Japan

(quite similar to Akemi-san eheh)