Arts & Humanities > Asian Languages Asian languages: Which is easiest to learn and why

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There's little doubt that anything could be learn faster than Lao. The only downside is that you could hardly use it anywhere outside the Republic of Lao and in Thailand due to the high level of immigration of this doom little country.Let me get this straight, Lao structure of language is pretty similar to broken English. No ... More..

Travel > Asia Travel experiences: Being a guest in Tokyo, Japan

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For most visitors arriving in Japan, the first taste of the local culture will be given to them when reaching their Guest house by being asked to please remove their shoes before entering the place. I didn't ask what was the reason for it, but I assume it must be pretty similar to the African equivalent of it "not to bring th... More..

Travel > Asia Beyond the mask of the people of Tokyo, Japan

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"You can never really know what Japanese people think" was pretty much the first sentence that I heard from a Japanese person.I had started to get involved in one of these Conversation Cafe with the secret hope that I could make some money off course but, more important to me, that it would give me a very convenient and direc... More..

Travel > Asia Cultural experiences in Japan

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Understanding the Japanese culture is all about accepting contradictions and paradoxes living not only together but also at the exact same time. I had never experienced before a country that manages to incorporate in such a relax way so different aspects of life. For instance, religion. Nobody will see it as a problem if you ... More..

Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Should the US pull out its troops regardless of whether Iraq is ready to defend its people?

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America going to Irak to bring democracy sounds as silly to me as Irak moving into America to bring some peace over there. I believe we have gotten so used to hear certain sentences through the media that we have long forgotten how it forges our way of looking at the world. All my life I have heard "An American scientist has ... More..

Arts & Humanities > Language Learning Tips Why learning languages is so hard

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If I were to have a Japanese language teacher, he would be permanently giving out to me like this: "how do you expect to speak Japanese correctly one day, when you aren't even able to eat Ramen properly!"I have already confess my recent passion for Japanese noodle soup, but addiction doesn't mean mastery and in the fine art o... More..

Travel > Asia Travel diaries: Tokyo, Japan

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A QUIET PLACE IN TOKYOThere surely are some hobbies that are quiet difficult to confess to anyone. I guess my "you are on your own" number one hobby is to visit cemeteries. Some kind of untold and unshared passion of mine.So one of the first thing I was looking for when arriving in Japan was to wander in one of those local gr... More..

Travel > North & South America Travel experiences: Buenos Aires, Argentina

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You never have twice the opportunity to make a first good impression. The very few minutes after the plane has landed, while riding into an unknown city, make you feel if you are going to like it here or not. Here was Buenos Aires and the year was 2007.An election was coming the next month, and maybe thats what gave me the un... More..

Travel > Asia Travel experiences: The sento experience in Japan

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My personality is full of so many small spots of shyness, that I found utterly difficult to perform daily actions that are so common and plain to anyone else. On the other hand, unlike most of European, I have no problem at all with nudity - mine and other's. I can't remember how many times I have been asked to "please put so... More..

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