Victory Manual

What’s the best thing about choosing Japanese as your first second-language? Learning French will be a walk in the park.
Lately, I’ve been reading Salaryman Kintaro. (Sarariman Kintaro, if you’re into that sort of strange romanization trend) It’s amusing. But, I’m not at a 100% level of comprehension, just as I imagined. [...]

A video is much more interesting than just another picture. So, here she is, our daughter Lani Lee! This video was shot yesterday, and Lani is 2 months and 4 days old:
写真よりビデオの方が面白いので、僕たちの娘、ラニ•リーをご覧下さい。ビデオは昨日撮ったもので，ラニは２ヶ月４日目だ。（名字はリー、ファーストネームはラニ）

I’ll be out of commission for a few days. Santa brought me a hot case of influenza, and he complimented it with some bronchitis. I still have to go to work, though. (Read previous topics) Hooray for that.
I’m going to be sleeping a lot over the next few days, and when [...]

Who isn’t Leeroy Jenkins?!
It’s almost the beginning of a new year, so I thought I’d change the look of the site, kind of in the spirit of the Japanese tradition of cleaning the house.
リーロイ•ジェンキンズじゃない人はだれ？！
そろそろ新年が来るから、日本の伝統的な大掃除の精神で、サイトのスタイルを変わろうとした。

This is why I don’t make Vlogs - When the camera is on me I feel like, “A camera! Get it away! IT’S STEALING MY SOUL! I gotta do something quick. Make a goofy smile.”
I’m going to try and endure the embarrassment, for the benefit of my family and friends stateside, [...]

It’s Christmas in Korea, which means very little.
DAMN! I forgot to buy pineapple juice. I have to go to the store later.
Like Thanksgiving, I’ll be back in the kitchen tonight, cooking up food for the family. I’m going with an international/multicultural menu:
First, I requested a salad to be made by my sister-in-law, [...]

Tonight is the longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice. In Korea, according to tradition, this is the night that ghosts and goblins have the biggest potential of coming out.
There is a way to ward off these frightful things, though. The evening terrors are scared of red, so you are supposed to [...]

I just read a BBC news article about a politician, Shoichi Nakagawa, who declared the American bombing of Nagasaki illegal.
Shoichi Nakagawa is the policy chief of the governing party, and is a right-winger. It’s usually from the Japanese right-wing that you frequently hear these sort of statements. (The worst case of Japanese far-right [...]

It took me about two hours, but you will be able to read posts from now on, in English or Japanese. It’s really just another study method for myself.
There is a link at the top of new posts to switch between Japanese and English. Have fun with that.
２時間ぐらいかかったが、これから日本語と英語でポストが読める。これは、勉強の方法のもう一つにすぎない。
新しいポストの上には日本語と英語を切り替えるリンクがある。それで楽しんでください。

I just thought I’d point out the highlights of the week.
- Eun Hye and I had a discussion about why cow milk is so delicious, and why human milk is so sugary. There was no conclusion to the conversation.
- We ordered the first 10 issues of サラリーマン金太郎 from Amazon Japan. I need a [...]