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Am I making an Asian faces quiz because I’m racist?  Or maybe I’m making this quiz about pretty Asian women because I’m extremely chauvinistic? Hell no!  Could it be because I’m into dating Asian women? NO WA…wait.  Okay, that one’s true, but that’s beside the point. How did the idea for this quiz come about, you ask? […]

How on Earth could I have possibly missed onigiri? Onigiri are deeply entrenched in Japanese food culture. If you’re not familiar with these, they’re rice balls. If you walk into any, and I do mean any, convenience store or grocery store in Japan, you’ll find a section devoted specifically to these. Rice balls are sometimes […]

A Supermodel in the Making 1.Tell us a little bit about yourself, Where are you from originally? Where did you go to school, etc. You got it mister! My name is Christopher McCombs and I am originally from Andover, Ohio. When I was young I moved to Cleveland, and began working in entertainment as an […]

Page 1| Page 2| Page 3| Page 4| Page 5| Page 6| Page 7 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE (1998-2003) It may sound bad, but honestly I wasn’t thrilled about going to Morehouse. The only things I knew about the school were that it wasn’t in the best part of town and that it was a school for […]

This is my first full winter in my second Japanese apartment and I must say I am a little disappointed. Since moving in, I’ve noticed several things that make me believe that my previous apartment was the better place to live overall: insulation, heating and air-conditioning, circuitry, and repair response times. When I moved into […]

Page 1| Page 2| Page 3| Page 4| Page 5| Page 6| Page 7 My Martial Arts Training Begins My father was serving time the year I was born… GOTCHA!! No my father wasn’t in prison. He was serving in the U.S. Army, stationed in Korea, the year I was born. Little did I know […]

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Shiritori (しりとり(しり取り)), or the Japanese word-chain game, is a wonderful way to get those Japanese vocabulary juices flowing. This going to be a short post just to explain the rules of the game, and then we’ll actually play together! How to Play Shiritori Get at least one other person, because I don’t want you to […]

This is a three-part interview that I did with my SUPER-TALENTED, elder sister, Erica Ash. I won’t talk to much about the details of the interview because I really want you to take a look, but needless to say Erica’s interview was true to form, you’re going to get some down-to-earth, knitty-gritty info about what […]

While living Tokyo isn’t as intimidating as some countries, spekaing the language can be; especially if you’re out in the wild. If you’re moving to Japan or even if you’ve been here a while, I wanted to give you a Japanese app shortlist, one that I have found to be essential during my stay. Hopefully, […]

One of the things that made my jaw drop as a first-time teacher in a Japanese public school (in a good way) was seeing teachers and students, nearly every single school day, scrubbing, wiping and cleaning their classrooms…their school…together. Yes, there is a staff member who helps to take care of some of the odds […]

Kanji is one of those subjects that classroom Japanese students and Japanese self-study advocates alike struggle with. Believe me, I know first hand that studying kanji can be a rather sharp pain in the butt. Why is learning/studying kanji so damn hard? Well, for starters there are just so frickin’ many of them: they say […]

For those of you who want to bypass this ultimate italki Japanese review and go straight to trying out italki lessons for yourself, you can click here.For everyone else, it’s review time…How can you gauge how good your Japanese skills really are? By SPEAKING JAPANESE!  That’s not to say that reading and writing (hiragana, katana, […]

Never Fear! Costco is Here! (Shim, Misato) Getting just a little slice of home can be a wonderful wonderful thing. Whenever I see a big name franchise that I was familiar with back home, it makes me feel (just for a moment) that I’m not a world away from America. Today, I went to Shim […]

​ I hope you had fun with part one of the Asian faces quiz. You’ve had a chance to distinguish between Asian women’s faces (namely Japanese, Chinese, and Korean faces). Now it’s time to flip it.  Let’s take a look at Asian men in this quiz.  See what differences you can spot, if any.Before I do, though, quick […]

(updating…) Being able to express your emotions is an important skill in any language. Emotions are a big part of human expression and can even be quite important in communicating effectively. If I’m happy, it comes through in my body language, my facial expressions, my tone of voice, etc. The same thing happens if I’m […]

I have truly been falling behind in my Japanese studies. “I’ve been exhausted lately.” “I’ve been sick.” “I’ve been busy.” I can sit here and fabricate any half-as*ed excuse that assuages my pride, but the fact remains…my Japanese skills are becoming stagnant. After work, I go home type a bit, surf the Internet, type some […]

Time to go back to grammar school! If I asked you to tell me what an adverb is, what would you say? If you don’t teach English for living, you may draw a blank; it’s nothing to be ashamed of.  How often does another native English speaker come up to you and say “Hey! How’s […]