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i'd just like to say welcome to h2g2 and "watashi-wa nihongo-ga wakarimasen" (which hopefully means i don't speak japanese )
i thought i'd pop round and say welcome to h2g2...my brother is studying japanese at the moment, and a few years ago he spent 6 months in osaka...and a couple of years ago he was in japan for a year, and me and my family went to visit him for a few weeks...so i have been to osaka very briefly too! it's a nice city
i see you like ing...have you ever been to niseko ski resort in hokkaido?
see you around
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Hiya Cleba ,
Nice to see you. I'm surprised at knowing that you visited Osaka, my home town. Actually I don't live (of course) in the centre of Osaka where is tooooooooo busy place to live.
I'm 40, too old woman. But I've been skied for alsmost 31 years.
Unfortunately I've never ever been to Hokkaido, I usually go to Nagano to ski, where Winter Olympic was held on several years ago.
I visited England in 1989 and stayed in Exeter for about 5 months and a few weeks, after that I visited London and stay for about 2 weeks before I went back to Osaka.
I studied Emily Bronte at postgraduate course here. But my English is not enough to make me satisfy, I still keep studying English.
The current problem is that I have not any native English person here to have a chat, so my speaking English is going down.
Also I install the MSN Messenger, my English friends don't, so no way.
Anyway, I'm happy to receive your mail.
Leave your message to me when you feel to do.
Well, have a Lovely day.
Taamyu

i do'nt know what nagano is like, but i assume it's a good place to ski/snowboard since that's where the olympics were
niseko was amazing though...i haven't done a lot of snowboarding (i've never actually skied) but my family say it's some of the best snow they've been on...lots of powder snow!
you were in england in 1989...well, i would have only been about 4 years old then
don't worry about your english, it's perfectly understandable, and japanese is such a different language anyway, i don't know how so many japanese (and others) manage to learn it at all...
it's interesting that you say your english friends do'nt have MSN messenger...most of my friends use it..but then again, it may be an age thing, MSN is more popular with young people in england (i think...i could be making this up )
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Hi Clelba, How are you? I'm fine Your is like my daughter , because some of my friends' children are the same generation with you As I'm single and haven't got any children, sometimes it's very strange that my friends have chidren Well how was this weekend? Did you enjoy a lot? As for me, I slept all day long this Sunday and still Here it's 5.35(Monday) now. It seems that today is a lovely day Looking forward to hearing from you again

Taamnyu

even some of my friends have children alerady
but not my really close friends...all my cousins are older than me though, and most of them are married and/or have children...it's a bit scary really
this weekend was alright...i was working on saturday, and on sunday i went for a walk in some gorgeous woods near us...
sleping sounds good, i'd like to have an early night tonight, or i won't be able to survive at work tomorrow
i have friday off though, luckily...i only work part time, so i can prety much work what days i want to...but i like working more because i get more money, which i'm saving up to go to canada at the end of october
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Good afternoon(morning there)
I know, some have thier children very early stage in their life
This week, I'm bit tired. But I enjoy myself
We have national/bank holiday next Monday, so most people have 3 holidays this weekend
I'll see my friend and have a chat with , &
Lovely to know that you will go to Canada this October
I've not been to Canada, but I'm sure you will like and enjoy Canada

Speak to you soon with & /

Taamyu

i'm lucky with my job, i can virtually work when i want to because it's only part time...i like the money though, so working quite a lot doesn't bother me
what work do you do?
i've been to canada once before, on holiday when i was 7, but i wasn't going for 10 months then, and i didn't have to find a job or anything
anyway, hopefully it'll be fun...i'm not too worried about it (yet)
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Hello Clelba
Glad to hear from you again
, but I don't work now because of personal prblem.
But recently I started playing with my friend's children in English , though I don't have any confidence on my English (especially speaking). But at the moment, both children(5 years-old-boy and 3 years-old-girl <angels&gt and I enjoy a lot
If I can, I want to have a parmanent job asap
I'm sure you will enjoy Canada
Have &
Take Care & Enjoy Yourself
Speak to you soon
Taamyu

that's a shame, not having a job isn't very nice...
i know exactly what you mean about no confidence...i'm learning french and spanish, and speaking is my worst in both of them...but it can be the most important as well, which makes things difficult
well i hope you can find some sort of job soon
b'bye...
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I know, it's pity of me that I can't work at the moment
I'll tell you when I can get a job
Learning another language is really difficult, but it's fun as well
I'll try to keep studying English as well as French, otherwise, I won't be able to leave my message here/have a lovely conversation with you
Take Care
Have a lovely day with &
Speak to you soon
Taamyu

you do french too? that's cool
and impressive...
my flight to canada is now fuly booked and paid for! i'm leaving on the 22nd of october...eep! it's a bit scary really...but i'm sure it'll be a lot of fun too...
keep enjoying life
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J'aaprends francais, as I have some French friends and I want to speak to them their families in French
Glad to know that you've finish preparing for your trip to Canada. I'm sure you'll enjoy more than you feel scared
Here, we had a tyhoon yesterday(Sat.) and it gets COLD after raining all day long I feel so cold now I hope tomorrow will be fine day and will be a pleasant day
Take Care & Enjoy Yourself &
Taaamyu

PS How long are you going to stay in Canada?

french is good
i haven't finished preparing to go yet...just have my flight and things organised...i have lots to sort out, eg packing, money etc...
a typhoon? cool
and not so cool
but i like strong weather...we don't get a lot of extreme weather in britain...
i think canada will probably be colder than either you or me are right now
i'm going for about 9 or 10 months
the longest i've ever been away from home...by a long way!
i've been away for about a month before, but that was with my family...
i did go to boarding school though, so i'm used to being away from home even though i came home every weekend...
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It's wonderful that you will stay there for 6 or 9 months! You can enjoy and experience lots of things there Can you use computer there as well? If you can't, our conversation will have a 'resting' time, won't it?
As for typhoon, it's fine, if the scale is small. But the big scale one sometimes destroy nature, houses, blah, blah, blah. And sometimes it kills people too I miss British weather
Today, I spent with doing nothing. Just stayed at home and relaxed I try to start reading Engish novel Not sure if I can finish reading
Well take care with &
Speak to you soon
Taamyu

what novel is it?
i haven't been doing a lot recently...mostly failing my driving test again, and going to the cinema...well, only once...
i went to see calendar girls...
i can't wait for the matrix revolutions to come out! and the return of the king...i love films...
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AGAIN, I'm reading Wuthering Heights.
I tried to read Lord of the Ring, but Wuthering Heights is more interesting to me than it, because I can find something which I did not notice when I read before. If there are some good novels I'll try to read.
I like films too. But most of them are French.
We can see Matrix revolutions new year, I guess.
My brother LOVE that series
I'm afraid that Return of the King has not come here yet
If there is funny films, I'm used to go to cinema, too
Take Care
Speak to you soon

Taamyu

i've never read wuthering heights...i'm not a big fan of "classics" although i'm sure i would enjoy most of them if i tried...
i've read the lord of the rings, but only after seeing the fellowship of the ring, because i didn't enjoy the hobbit and i assumed the lord of the rings books would be the same...i love lord of the rings now though...have you ever read any douglas adams or terry pratchett?
they're very popular with a lot of people on h2g2...and all over the place
i like french films too...amelie, of course, and 8 women are two of my favourites...
matrix revolutions will be here november the 5th (but i won't be!!)
i thought it was going to be released all over the world at the same time...which means you should get it then too...
and return of the king hasn't got here yet either
it's released...in december some time
(i'm not a , really!)
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Hiya
Yep I like Ameli, too
How are you?
Today I just post a short note, because I've got a cold
I haven't got a fever, but I can't stop coughing
Well, I'll better go to sleep again
I'll speak to you soon again
Take Care &

Taamyu

i'm good, thanks
sorry to hear you have a cold
you just need to tell yourself you're not really ill then you won't be
it works for me...i got over tonsillitis without missing a day of school and without going to the doctor...actually, i did, but all she said was that i was getting better on my own
i suppose there isn't much you can do about coughing though...oh well...sleep is good
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Hello Clelba,
Nice to know that you are fine
How about arrangement for going to Canada? Hoping that everything s going fine and for you
As for me, I have got a cold still now. Yep, still can't stop sniffing, sneezing and coughing. It's REALLY RARE for me to having got a cold for over 1 week. I was in bed this weekend. And today as well. But try to keep warm myself and to peep my space of h2gs And try not to think 'I'm ill' as your advice
Well I'll speak to you soon again
Have a lovely day with

Taamyu