Get to know each other! (jpod101 user profiles)

[KK63b]

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
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

[nilfisq]

I discovered this thread only yesterday

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:
Ultimate Goal: to convince my partner of getting married??

More info on my website

[deedo]

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
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]

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]

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]

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..)

[Lostaholic]

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]

tiboさん,
wolkom op jpod!
fryslân boppe

[Lostaholic]

tiboさん,
wolkom op jpod!
fryslân boppe

Haha yeah Fryslân boppe^^

[Tourne]

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]

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]

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!

[AdamLeliel]

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]

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]

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