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Post by plenteousfield on Nov 2, 2007 11:18:40 GMT -5
Welcome Mel. Your English is MUCH better than our Japanese, I can assure you! One of the members here- Elle- is also from the UK.- she may even be from London. I'll have to ask her. We're glad to have you here. Hi, mtnme-san! Happy to meet you! You've got another fan member from U.K. wow! That's intriguing! I live only 20 minutes by train to one of main London railway stations calld VICTORIA STATION. TA-TA |
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Post by plenteousfield on Nov 2, 2007 11:56:34 GMT -5
WELCOME MEL! I'm also 100% Japanese, and Sansei, like Number1fan! But I'm much older than most (maybe everyone) here. I live in southern California, like some others here. I've been to London twice (I love visiting that city), as well as the entire UK and parts of Europe. My mother (she's 93) was born here but she went to school in Japan (through high school), so she speaks mostly Japanese. All of my grandparents came to America back around 1900... they were all from Fukuoka ken. Number1fan... I love your welcome to Mel, in phonetic Japanese... I had a good chuckle when I read your post. So you know katakana and hiragana also... that's about all I remember how to write these days. When I was in grade school, I could write quite a bit of kanji also, but now it's very minimal. I hope I didn't bore all of you non-Japanese here but I thought #1fan did a fantastic post to Mel! ;D ;D Lily HELLO, Lily-san( ゆり/百合さん）Lovely to meet you. Thank you for welcoming me. Wow, everyone is sooooooooo friendly. I have never met Japanese-American people. I only know them in the novels, such as " two homeland"/ふたつの祖国（futatsuno sokoku)and very brave nisei soldiers fought in Italy and Germany during WW. My mother died two years ago and my father was 75 when he died. I have two elder brothers living in Japan. one is in Hokkaido. The other one is in Miyagi-ken. I went to senior high school in Sendai in 60's. After finishing senior high school , I went up to Tokyo and worked and lived there for 3 years and back home to Sendai and worked another 3 years and then went to Austrailia. I've visited several countries so far, but never have chance to visit USA. I have a good old japanese friend met in Pakistan , who eventually married to American guy lives in near Chicago. I am planning to visit her sometime near futrue. I wll talk to you later, lily-san. bye for now |
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Post by plenteousfield on Nov 2, 2007 12:17:08 GMT -5
Hi, Mel/plenteousfield -- welcome to the site! It's great to have people from such a variety of ethnic backgrounds aboard! Please don't hesitate to write... your English is fine.  I had the privilege of visiting friends in London some years ago. We loved all the history! Driving on the narrow roads to Canterbury was a little bit scary, though!  By the way, #1fan, what DID you write in Japanese?  Hello, linmiste. Nice to meet you and I do appriciate your welcome! > Driving on the narrow roads to Canterbury was a little bit scary, though! Did you go down the "Pilgrims Way" which is very narrow? I know in general British roads are narrow, compared American roads.One of my hubby's friend from Canada was taken to a little village down a country lane, he said, " Where's the other carridgeway?" Because, he couldn't believe that two cars could pass each other in a lane. British roads may be narrow, but you can drive 70/mph, compared with 55/mph in the U.S. I live 40miles from Canterbury and 20 to London. see you later. |
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Post by butterfly on Nov 2, 2007 12:22:19 GMT -5
Welcome to GotApolo, Mel!  It's always nice to meet someone from another country. London is one of the places that I would love to visit someday. Autumn has always been my favorite time of year because of all the beautiful colors. I also have a daughter who is 15 years old. I love to watch figure skating too, and we all love to watch Apolo speed skate and dance. And ohnoagain is right--if you ever need help posting pictures or anything else, just ask. Everyone here is very friendly.  Hi, butterfly, nice to meet you. Thank you very much for welcoming me. lovely to know that you have a daughter similar age. Thank you for your kind offer of assistance. At the moment, writing in English is enough. I noticed that everyone was kind, helpful and so friendly. That's why I joind.  might see you later! p.s. butterfly in Japanese 蝶蝶（ちょうちょう/chouchou) the left character ,虫means "insect", right top character means" world" and the bottom one means "tree" Hi, Mel. I think you are doing a great job with your English. Thank you for telling me the Japanese word for butterfly, chouchou. I can't see the characters though, I wish I could see what it looks like but I don't know if there is any way to make the characters show up here. Seeing you and number1fan writing in Japanese makes me want to learn the Japanese language. It was nice to read about your life in Japan. I hope you can visit the USA sometime soon. |
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Post by plenteousfield on Nov 2, 2007 14:34:42 GMT -5
Hi, butterfly, chouchou-san. Thank you for your kind compliment regarding my English.  Could you please wait till tomorrow about Japanese writings? My daughter will be back tomorrow evening. I will ask her how to send enlarged one. As I said before, I have no clue to do such a thing. I am sorry!  See you later! MEL |
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Post by number1fan on Nov 2, 2007 14:47:36 GMT -5
Hi, number1fan-san. delighted to meet you.(おめにかかれてうれしいです。/omenikakareteureshiidesu.) watashi wa sansei desu.(わたしはさんせいです。さんせいin kanji三世） dakara nihongo no hanasu koto ga/wa? damedesu. instead of "no" , particle , I advise you to use wo/ o（を, object particle "o", not お、therefore,dakara nihonngo o hanasu koto ga/wa damedesu. ga/wa both ok. but if you want to emphasize to say that "especially to do with speaking "JAPANESE" , I advise you to use the subject marker "ga/が" sukoshi wakarimasu to katakana to hiragana ga yomemasu. sukoshi wakarimasu. no need to say "to" therefore sukoshi wakarimasu.（すこしわかります。advanced with kanji,少し分かります。）katakana to hiragana ga yomemasu.(カタカナとひらがながよめます。 advanced with kanji,カタカナと平仮名が読めます。） Of course you made sense!! Well done ! number1fan-san, cheerio!
it's very enjoyable yet challenging on my end (because i'm sooo rusty)...
hopefully your correspondence will help both myself and lily improve.
i would love to see your kids photos...hapas, as we call asian-mixed folks
in this country are the most gorgeous people (i'm biased there). i live in los angeles...how many hours are you ahead of me? oyasuminasai. |
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Post by number1fan on Nov 2, 2007 14:52:04 GMT -5
By the way, #1fan, what DID you write in Japanese?
i told her i am 3rd generation japanese-american...therefore i am terrible at speaking proper japanese. i can understand a little and i can read both katakana and hiragana (the 2 easier forms of their alphabet). |
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Post by plenteousfield on Nov 2, 2007 15:22:07 GMT -5
Hi, number1fan-san. delighted to meet you.(おめにかかれてうれしいです。/omenikakareteureshiidesu.) watashi wa sansei desu.(わたしはさんせいです。さんせいin kanji三世） dakara nihongo no hanasu koto ga/wa? damedesu. instead of "no" , particle , I advise you to use wo/ o（を, object particle "o", not お、therefore,dakara nihonngo o hanasu koto ga/wa damedesu. ga/wa both ok. but if you want to emphasize to say that "especially to do with speaking "JAPANESE" , I advise you to use the subject marker "ga/が" sukoshi wakarimasu to katakana to hiragana ga yomemasu. sukoshi wakarimasu. no need to say "to" therefore sukoshi wakarimasu.（すこしわかります。advanced with kanji,少し分かります。）katakana to hiragana ga yomemasu.(カタカナとひらがながよめます。 advanced with kanji,カタカナと平仮名が読めます。） Of course you made sense!! Well done ! number1fan-san, cheerio!
it's very enjoyable yet challenging on my end (because i'm sooo rusty)...
hopefully your correspondence will help both myself and lily improve.
i would love to see your kids photos...hapas, as we call asian-mixed folks
in this country are the most gorgeous people (i'm biased there). i live in los angeles...how many hours are you ahead of me? oyasuminasai.Hi, number1fan-san, I think your're 8 hours behind . Here is 8o'clock in the evening. (anatano tokoro wa 8 jikan okureteiruto omoimasu.) Hiragana de( in Hiragana) (あなたのところは８じかんおくれているとおもいます。） Hiragana to kanji wo mazete(mixed with hiragana and kanji which is perfect Japanese writing) (あなたの所は８時間遅れていると思います。） Here is 8 o'clock in the evening. (kochira wa yoru no 8/hachi-ji desu.) in hiragana (こちらは、よるの８じです。） in hiragana and kanji (こちらは、夜の８時です。） By the way,number1fan-san, I used to teach Japanese to English people at a local adult education centre. I am very happy to help you and lily-san, of course, anyone intereted in learning Japanese as "fun" let me know. I do enjoy learning other foreign languages. I studied Mandarine Chinese and French in the past. I am getting very very rusty! not lusty!  "R" and"L", we Japanese find it very difficult to pronounce. I still struggle and at the same time amuse British. See you later. MEL |
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Post by plenteousfield on Nov 2, 2007 15:50:09 GMT -5
mel-san ...you can continue to write to me in japanese if you choose...
it's very enjoyable yet challenging on my end (because i'm sooo rusty)...
hopefully your correspondence will help both myself and lily improve.
i would love to see your kids photos...hapas, as we call asian-mixed folks
in this country are the most gorgeous people (i'm biased there). i live in los angeles...how many hours are you ahead of me? oyasuminasai. Hi, number1fan-san, I think your're 8 hours behind . Here is 8o'clock in the evening. (anatano tokoro wa 8 jikan okureteiruto omoimasu.) Hiragana de( in Hiragana) (あなたのところは８じかんおくれているとおもいます。） Hiragana to kanji wo mazete(mixed with hiragana and kanji which is perfect Japanese writing) (あなたの所は８時間遅れていると思います。） Here is 8 o'clock in the evening. (kochira wa yoru no 8/hachi-ji desu.) in hiragana (こちらは、よるの８じです。） in hiragana and kanji (こちらは、夜の８時です。） By the way,number1fan-san, I used to teach Japanese to English people at a local adult education centre. I am very happy to help you and lily-san, of course, anyone intereted in learning Japanese as "fun" let me know. I do enjoy learning other foreign languages. I studied Mandarine Chinese and French in the past. I am getting very very rusty! not lusty! "R" and"L", we Japanese find it very difficult to pronounce. I still struggle and at the same time amuse British. See you later. MEL Hi, Sorry! I don't understand why the sentence in Japanese I typed came out wrong. I will try again. あなたのところは８じかんおくれているとおもいます。 あなたの所は８時間遅れていると思います。 See what happens Oh, sugar ！same again. 128; ignore instead of it , correct sylllable is れ ｛９２ｊ ignore , instead of it, correct syllable is と See what happens again Thanks goodness for that!! ok |
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Post by plenteousfield on Nov 2, 2007 16:26:39 GMT -5
Number1fan-san, I am sorry . I forgot to comment about DAISUKE TAKAHASHI, a male Japanese figure skater, you mentioned earier. He is awesome, phenomenal isn't he?!! so boyish but at the sametime so sexy. He is certainly the best male figure skater ever produced in Japan. Did you watch his S.P, LP and gala performance of Skate America 2007? Gala program, "Bachelarette", too dark spot light annoyed me but so sexy, beautiful. Hard to believe , he is a Japanese guy.!!
Mel.
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Post by kirkland on Nov 2, 2007 20:19:32 GMT -5
I definitely think he is the best Japanese male skater so far. I was enthralled with his ability and even sex appeal! I think several of us commented on him on the "The Other Skating - Figure Skating" thread.
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Post by mtnme on Nov 2, 2007 20:32:35 GMT -5
I definitely think he is the best Japanese male skater so far. I was enthralled with his ability and even sex appeal! I think several of us commented on him on the "The Other Skating - Figure Skating" thread. Yes, We did!. He is not just amazing as a Japanese skater- he's amazing, period! It is so very difficult for a male skater to have that much artistry and still be masculine. He is one of the elite that really pulls it off. He will definately be one to watch in the coming years. |
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Post by angelina on Nov 3, 2007 3:20:40 GMT -5
Hi Mel / plenteousfield! A belated welcome to you.
I am half Japanese (and half Chinese) and live in Hawaii. I am 3rd generation as well, but pretty hopeless in Japanese language despite 4 years of Japanese classes in high school. I was fortunate to visit London and a few other parts of Europe on my honeymoon, and hope to return one day.
Anyway, cheerio and glad to have you here!
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Post by number1fan on Nov 3, 2007 3:42:33 GMT -5
Hi, number1fan-san, I think your're 8 hours behind . Here is 8o'clock in the evening. (anatano tokoro wa 8 jikan okureteiruto omoimasu.) Hiragana de( in Hiragana) (あなたのところは８じかんおくれているとおもいます。） Hiragana to kanji wo mazete(mixed with hiragana and kanji which is perfect Japanese writing) (あなたの所は８時間遅れていると思います。） Here is 8 o'clock in the evening. (kochira wa yoru no 8/hachi-ji desu.) in hiragana (こちらは、よるの８じです。） in hiragana and kanji (こちらは、夜の８時です。） By the way,number1fan-san, I used to teach Japanese to English people at a local adult education centre. I am very happy to help you and lily-san, of course, anyone intereted in learning Japanese as "fun" let me know. I do enjoy learning other foreign languages. I studied Mandarine Chinese and French in the past. I am getting very very rusty! not lusty! "R" and"L", we Japanese find it very difficult to pronounce. I still struggle and at the same time amuse British. See you later. MEL
ok good...if you can teach japanese to english speaking people...
you can teach all of us.
ahhh...not 'lusty' but 'rusty' right?
my mom named me linda...i could never understand why she chose a name that starts with an 'L' ...i was always called 'rinda' by my grandparents...laters! |
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Post by plenteousfield on Nov 3, 2007 8:34:38 GMT -5
Hi Mel / plenteousfield! A belated welcome to you. I am half Japanese (and half Chinese) and live in Hawaii. I am 3rd generation as well, but pretty hopeless in Japanese language despite 4 years of Japanese classes in high school. I was fortunate to visit London and a few other parts of Europe on my honeymoon, and hope to return one day. Anyway, cheerio and glad to have you here! Hi, angelina, Thank you for welcoming me. Wow! now I've got a contact from Hawaii. My hubby's been to Hawaii, but I haven't. I have no fate so far to U.S.A. Oh, I see, You are also "sansei/さんせい/三世" like number1fan-san and lily-san. May I ask which island you live on? You are half-Japanese and half-Chinese. Very interesting. I've got friends with two families in mainland of China. One is a penpal for many years and the other one is exchange teacher who was teaching at my son's school. I had a private lesson of Mandarine Chinese from her. Do you understand Chinese? Hope you enjoyed honeymooning in London and other European cities. I have visited many European cities so far. This year , I had a lovely summer holiday in Sorrento, Italy. bye for now! 再見！ MEL |
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ice skating too...takahashi daisuke #1 
