Tkyosam and his African brother
I forgot when I sued to live in Chiba that not one, not two, but ALL my foreign friends in Chiba were from Africa. Anybody who ever talks shit about Japan and needs a reality check on what in life is important really needs to have a friend like Ibu. That dude has always been there for me in the past and it makes me happy to know I have made such good connections with people since coming to Japan. The first thing I recommend to you guys do once you come here is hang out with the African gaijin. Way more positive and down to Earth. One love. Marijuana. respect.
How I learned Japanese (AJATT, explained in Tkyo語）
Yo, I got this email from some badass mofo in the U.K asking about how to acquire language awesomenss, here is his inquiry:
hey sam so im quite far in reading the stuff thats on table of contents. its really good but just a quick question, could i learn japanese by watching japanese anime? they have english subs so im gonna have to hard subb like in your youtube movie you show us how to block subs lol genius =p. but would you say thats the best way of learning japanese just by watching anime. i cant read books since i dont know the language im GREEDY FOR MY ADVICE. cya later u sexy beech =]
i think i might of embarresed myself with that question but oh well (y)”
My response was:
SRS=kanji first, then sentenceskey point=do fun shit in japanese”
He had some more questions:
hey sam im getting a PHD in media which is the highest media grade to get. now what media is if you dont know is creating all sorts of graphics such as website graphics graphcis for games etc, also covers photography, games development and programming, website design and creation so now you should probably guess. whats the chances of me actully getting a job in Japan because i havent had time to learn it since i had nonstop college and yes! i remeber what you said, theres no such thing as “i dont have time”. but the spare time i had i was so tired to do fuck. but now im getting more spare time. so as you know i live in england but from south wales. now everything is in english. what you was saying earlier about putting yourself in a japanese enviorment is like extreme. 18 hours a day, and once i have studied japanese for 18 hours a day, then when i come back into the real world im back into a english enviroment. my question is how did you stop the english enviroment interfere with the japanese enviroment. also if you was to give me the best 3 tips ever! for learning the japanese language and 3 great tips of the japanese language i will love for ever. but seriously you are the man to talk to, cya later /\/1G
Good questions, here is my response:
Dude, I’m not in media (well, I am, but only translating side). You can get any job in Japan pretty much if you speak Japanese and have the shizzle to back it up yo.
Japanese environment=media(music, video, books, etc.) -this is to get your language listening input.
Daily shit you SHOULD do-SRS (input 30 new kanji/sentence each day). Then do 100 reps.
LISTENING+SRS=language acquisition yo
We do the listening to naturally learn and get used to the language. The SRSing is to increase our vocab, as well as our writing and reading.
The overall point of wanting to learn something is to learn it in the quickest, most efficient way possible….and I think the AJATT way is the way to go. You wanna try other shit, fine, but lets see you get more fluent than me in a shorter amount of time.
Herro flom Japan
He is the first blogger I ever subbed RSS feed. This dude was kool just cause he was the first person I found on the web that shared his life being in Japan and his work/life/family/etc.
It’s not a big deal now, but I mean, back before coming here in 2007 there weren’t many people I could think of sharing an an opinion about this kinda shizzle online. Anywayz, the only reason I bring this up is because I tried unsubbing to his YT channel and then resubbing to see what OTHER youtubers YT would recommend to watch that are like his channel, well, look what came up:
Awesomeness!
This was awesome just for the fact that this dude was waaaaaaaay bigger than me before I started blogging! It’s so awesome because now, just by doing videos and stuff we are linked without me TRYING to do this in the first place. Thats just awesome, fo shizzle!
Stupid Questions – Stupid Answers
You feel it
Sometimes I get emails that I just get a feeling that the viewer just wants to be acknowledged and therfore asks me a really stupid question(s) hoping that I might point out their stupidity or even worse….become their *gulp*…”friend” o.O
Well this dude’s email today seemed well wrote out (only a few spelling errors). But still asking me retarded questions, nonetheless:
TKYOSAM VIEWER:
i got four questions for you
1: why cant you tell us your age your a man?
(Because everybody is already agiest as it is here, don’t need anybody else judging me for my age)
2: if your a stripper/prostitute how do you prevent aid/stds?
(This dumbass believes that shizzle? How do we prevent your mother from birthing you (aka-biggest STD-retards)?
3: how did you fined a job in japan with out a degree?
(Never said I “didn’t” have one)
4: can i stay at your place in the future when i move to japan i want to live there someday i look up to you and tokyo cooney
(This was the “big hint” suggesting this dude is probably under the age of 15 and just looking for attention. I hate people like this, what in the world makes them think that would even be a possibilty? Like where is the logic in asking somebody who doesn’t even know who the hell you are to crash at their place? At least with my other youtube friends I have SEEN them on their YT channels and have gotten to know them, unlike this young [probably virgin] dumbass with an anonymous account. It makes me very happy that you look up to me, but at the same time I feel real bad that retards look up to me…]
ps: keep bloging
~mihael
MY REPLY
Thanks for the email dude, I really appreciate it 
So here is a thought out
reply to your questions above followed in the numerical order in which you listed.
1. Go to people’s houses
2. Steal underpants
3. ????
4. Profit
p.s-shizzle
-tkyo
SOMEBODY TRANSLATED ME VIDEO!!!!
….and I’m on ニコニコ動画 too apparently!
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm3623302
I don’t know how to embedd that shit, but if you go to the site and make an account you can see it :3
I want to extend a much appreciated thanks to whoever subbed that! You rock!
