Mr Kobayashi: First, I experienced a sort of overpowering feeling whenever I was in the room with foreigners, not to mention a powerful body odor coming from them. I don't know whether it was a sweat from the heat or a cold sweat, but I remember I was sweating whenever they were around. - Otaru Onsen Oral Testimony -------------------------- Keep staring, I might do a trick. -------------------------- Noriko you whore!
maraboutslim wrote:and the 'good' learner's japanese still pretty much sucks.
sure, but having good japanese and being a good learner are two very different things. a good learner will, in time, improve; a bad learner will become jaded. i doubt that he cares his japanese sucks. in fact for a good learner, knowing that it does will likely motivate him/her to improve. it's by far the attitude one has while here that will make all of the difference.
"Cause I'm stranded all alone, in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self-service pumps.."