Hitoshi Doi wrote:
> Andrea wrote:
> | > It seems a few people from here joined. (^_^;
> |
> | Really?? Well... Let's hope that the next time will be more people -
> | including me ^^U -.

I was in attendance, for maybe 15-30 minutes before Sebastien left.  It
was funny when Sebastien, the Frenchman, asked if I was "Henry Chen."  I
do pronounce my name that way, but it's written in French (my mother was
a French major in college).

> It would be best if Sebastien would notify us in advance himself. (^_^;
> 
> But I think some of the Japanese people were scared off
> when some people started using English.

I guess that would be my fault.  I could read some of the Japanese being
used, but I was unable to type efficiently in it (except in katakana
using character set codes).  I asked if English would be okay, and
Sebastien said it was fine, so the majority of my comments were in
English.  I was the only one typing in English in any significant
amount, and I didn't say very much, so I don't think anyone should have
been scared off.  Later in my conversation, I began using an online
Japanese-English dictionary to write the kanji and kana that I wanted to
use.  Not efficient, but a whole lot easier than trying to type katakana
with ISO codes, and definitely less confusing than a translation program
would have been.
I found it very funny how some of the Japanese people in the chatroom
were so surprised that there were so many non-Japanese people there who
could read Japanese.

> | > But next time please don't mention my name.
> |
> | Your name?? O_O? I'm sorry but i don't understand... ^^U  Do you mean
> | that you don't want me to mention you on my 'greetings' or you don't
> | want me to call you by your name ("Hitoshi")?? ^_^?
> 
> I wasn't talking about you.
> Someone mentioned my name on the 2ch chat.
> I don't want my name being mentioned over there,
> or other public places in Japan.

This is how it happened.  Someone in attendance told Sebastien that he
had come because he received your (he said "Doi" in kanji) e-mail (all I
said was that I got "HD's" e-mail).  So, someone else asked in Japanese,
"Who is Doi-san?"  Trying to be helpful, I pointed him to your home page
at www.win.ne.jp.  That was the full extent of you being mentioned in
the chat.  Sorry about that.  I won't do it again.

> In this ML, you can do just about whatever you want.

This way, Doi-san can build up a list of things you've done with which
he can later blackmail you. @_^;
Going on with the "do just about whatever you want" concept, does anyone
here have Voogie's Angel CD singles they want to sell (cheaply)?  I'm
still collecting Voogie stuff.  Doi-san's radio drama CD set was just
the beginning. :)
Again, sorry I mentioned your home page.  Live long and prosper.

							Henri Chen