Message-ID: <1132879960.43866058d116c@mail.iinet.net.au> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:52:40 +0800 From: Michael Studte To: seiyuu@usagi.org References: <2e98d44c0511241238l61e2970bl39b6b680662fd2be@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2e98d44c0511241238l61e2970bl39b6b680662fd2be@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: [seiyuu:26016] Re: upcoming events Reply-To: seiyuu@ml.usagi.org ML-Count: 26016 Precedence: bulk Quoting Joe Petrow : > > Find a job in Japan ! Many fellow MLers were/are doing the same. Joe > > and Ive were mentioned earlier in this very thread, and they both had > > found work in Japan. Ive has left, but Joe remains, got married, and > > settled down with his kids. > > To be fair, Ive and I both studied Japanese many years at the > University of Michigan. Richard Kim also studied in college before > coming. I don't know how much Japanese Michael and Jerry knew before > coming over though... One viewing of NHK Japanese and two semesters of once-a-week evening classes at the japanese consulate... And a whole lot of anime. Pretty much fully self- taught (and very badly). > > You can do it if you really want to do it. > > That is true...but knowing Japanese opens up a lot more doors and > makes things a lot less scary than not. Mind you, the adrenaline rush is amazing. My first visit to Japan was when I knew a LOT LESS, and I was like tripping on adrenaline the entire three days... ^_^; Stranger in a strange land indeed. -- Equal parts Sensei no Ojikan + Acid = PaniPoni Dash! The Vogon General recommends against large doses! Maho!