good ways / practices to keep up with japanese?

[kotatsuneko]

outside of the love/hate nation for a while, dunno how...

at the mo trying to decipher the hallcali albulm bacon..

and sourcing a number of drama / movies

any other tips to keep using japanese when away?

dare i say i miss the place already?

least theres no rent when you inherit a house tho..

[Jack]

Mind putting this in English for those of us who don't speak gibberish?

[AssKissinger]

Have you ever heard or used the Nihongo Journal CDs? It's controlled conversations and short stories and stuff like that. Trying to watch a TV show or movie just flies over my head and I can't read for shit but these cds get to a pretty high level. They're good for me because I really need to practice my listening, which is shit. BTW, take care. From your posts it sounds like you've had to make some tough changes recently.

[American Oyaji]

drown yourself in japanese DVDs and CDs.

Anime and live action

[kotatsuneko]

thanks for the advice / support guys¬!

back over here for a short stay, tokyo was sunny! hokkaido still covered in snow/ice!

with some luck i hope to see tokyo for my last few days in japan (for the forseeable future)..

i'm still reeling from the prospect of 40% inheritance tax!!

oh, and will def be picking up some drama dvds while im here,

any good reccomendations for shops with a good range/price in tokyo that are *EasY* to find as ive never been there before ... will try and get some up here spesh the newly issued kyo hansha box set!

still no sign of home and away / diamond girl on dvd anyone know if they are out?

[hanasims]

Woops, sorry ultra, I never even thought of it.

[kotatsuneko]

soz UG i shoulda mentioned the materials were originals..