I came to Tokyo about 3 weeks ago. I've been studying Japanese for a few years but I don't really know that much to get into any in depth conversations so generally I resort to talking like a 4 year old. At my university, the Japanese kids are too easily intimidated by foreignors. Even if I ask someone what time it is or for simple directions, they will suddenly develope a studder and stop blinking, even when I say it in perfect Japanese. Because of my classes, I don't have time for teams, clubs or a job, and definitly not for clubbing. So for now, I've made friends with all the other foreignors who have the same problem. I've seen that it can work if you speak very well, and can talk about interesting things but at the same time it seems that you will only begin to speak well if you practice a lot, which means you would need to have those friends already in order to get good. I've met friends(not-english speakers) of friends(english speaking-japanese) but it doesn't go anywhere.
2006-10-04
22:24:42
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