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Cartoon Crushes

May 6, 2013

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT I wanna tell you about this girl that I used to do date. When I was little younger. I’m not old now. I’m still young, but when I younger…there was this girl I used to date. And…Wow, what can I say about her? She was everything I wanted in a girl. She was really smart, she was cute, wasn’t high maintenance whatsoever. She just liked to hang out. She didn’t need anything special. We just enjoyed being in each other’s company and that was enough. But one day she came up to me and she said “Donald, I’m sorry but I can’t see you anymore.” I was devastated. With tears in my...

Panasonic Viera Commercial Spot 1

May 3, 2013

Panasonic Viera Commercial Spot 1

A friend of mine who I filmed a commercial with late last year recently sent me the link for it. This commercial is for a pretty cool television set by Panasonic that allows you to share and connect with your smart phones and other smart devices. I don’t know much about price or release date specifics of the actual smart tv (as I like to call it), but it...

Teaching Japanese Kindergarten

May 2, 2013

Teaching Japanese Kindergarten

Now that I’m pretty settled I sat back and realized just how busy the start of this year has been. I have moved twice in 60 Days?!? First it was Ouji, now it’s…well, I’ll tell later, keep reading: I told that being away from my beloved writing hasn’t been because of my master ghost ninpou tactics, but because the start of this year has been a whirlwind. Even thought...

The Master of Ghost Ninpou?

May 1, 2013

The Master of Ghost Ninpou?

Pant, pant, hoo, hooo…hoooooo! (the sound of Donald gasping for breath). “I…I’m…I’m back”…hoooo. Oh my God, let me tell you what’s been going on with me lately. I recently finished up at the Tokyo Ninjitsu graduate school with a major in the Ghost Arts. During our final examination, all...

AKB48: Real Controversy or Smart PR Moves?

February 19, 2013

February 20th Release of AKB Album SO Long

You know what singing group has been making lots of Japanese news fairly recently? I’ll give you a hint (cue the candy, J-pop music) “I want you…I need you…I love you…” Still don’t know? Okay so maybe not everyone reading this may not be familiar with the group, but...

Tales From Japan: A Strange Japanese Fairy Tale

February 14, 2013

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There is nothing like a good story to me. I was brought up hearing just about every story you could imagine. I was always fascinated that you could have so many different versions of a single tale. Japanese Fairy Tales are no different. Some of them are rather insightful,...

What is Tokyo Exactly?

January 23, 2013

What is Tokyo Exactly?

When people used to ask me where I lived it was really quite easy to just say “Oh I live in Tsukuba.” If I got the “Where is that?” follow-up question, I could just easily say “It’s in Ibaraki, a prefecture in eastern Japan.” Generally, that is the end...

Welcome to Tokyo, Donnie

January 18, 2013

Struggling to figure out Japan life? Click Here!

I’ve fallen into that same old habit again, not writing when I don’t have any good news to report, but lately I realize that’s contrary to why I started this blog in the first place. This blog was intended to be a resource, a journal and an insight into...

Tasty Cuisine in Japan: Ali’s Chicken Kebab

December 15, 2012

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Man, I don’t know if it’s the same for you guys, but for me food can be like heaven sometimes. I was walking around Tsukuba, just trying to wrap my head around the apartments I’d seen and how on earth I was going to be able to move. In...

Foreigners In Japan Profile – featuring Kevin Davies

December 14, 2012

COOL PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING IN JAPAN featuring Kevin Davies 1. Kevin, tell us about yourself. Where were you born? Burien, Washington 2.Where did you grow up? Lived in Washington until I was 11 then moved to Idaho. A few years after I finished college my family moved back to...

Moving To Tokyo?

December 13, 2012

Moving To Tokyo?

Hey gang, I wanna say thank you guys for checking on me as of late. I appreciate the emails and comments asking how I’ve been, and everybody making sure that all is well. You guys are the best! I hope you guys are all good, too. Truthfully, I’ve run...

Learn Hiragana Two: Stroke Order

December 12, 2012

Learn Hiragana Two: Stroke Order

Welcome to part two of our three-part, learn hiragana, article series. Didn’t get a chance to read Part One? Click Here! In our previous article we took a look the pronunciation of the 46 hiragana characters. If you haven’t read part one of this series (especially for any beginning...

Learn Hiragana One: Pronunciation

December 10, 2012

Learn Hiragana One: Pronunciation

Welcome to part one of a three-part, learn hiragana article series. If you’ve ever had any interest in the Japanese language, you may have heard about hiragana before. Hiragana is the most basic of Japan’s three writing systems (hiragana, katakana, and kanji). In a previous article we discussed four...

The Bulk…er Hulk Returns

December 7, 2012

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I wanted to post this really quick video because I friend of mine was actually able to record this for me (Thanks, Robert!). A while back I did a picture post of a Saigen Drama 再現ドラマ, or a reenactment, where I had to play Enrique dos Santos. Enrique is...

Foreigners in Japan Profile – featuring Nikolas Faraguna

December 5, 2012

Foreigners in Japan

ROCKIN’ IN JAPAN with Nikolas Faraguna 1.Tell us a yourself, Nik. Where are you from? Nelson, BC, Canada 2.Where did you go to school? Music college in Nelson 3.What brought you to Japan? Tokyo has always fascinated me… my Japanese friends in Canada said there would probably be a...

Japanese Thanksgiving 2012

November 24, 2012

Thanksgiving in Japan 2012

Thanksgiving is, undoubtedly, one of my favorite holidays of the year. I always debate in my head which one I like more between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I know people will disagree with me on this one, but I like Thanksgiving just a little bit more. Why? Well, Thanksgiving is...

Japanese Elementary School, Last Day

November 5, 2012

Japanese Public School Last Day

I was going through old pictures the other day when I found this set of pics that one teacher took on my last day teaching at a Japanese public school. Looking through the pictures jogged my memory about an old post that I had written but never published. Though...

How Will American Fast Food Affect Japanese Culture?

October 19, 2012

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Mmm, mmm, mmm! I will be the first one to tell you that a McDonald’s chicken sandwich with a large order of crispy, lightly salted, golden fries followed by the sweet frothiness of Triple Thick Strawberry Milkshake* can be pure taste bud bliss! The effect is intensified when I’m...

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