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I awoke to the System. I cannot say how. Fractured memories flutter elusively still, mocking my attempts to organise them. A helmet strapped around my eyes blinded me. At once I felt panic surge, driving me to claw with desperate fingers at the plastic casing. I found the latches to… Read more →
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I did a Japanese-style SPI tests for a position as a localizer at a manga company. It was quite scary. Read more →
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We are pieces of the Universe granted a brief moment of consciousness in the grand machinations of the cosmos. A cruel, painful, beautiful and wonderous experience. It is therefore our life’s goal to make the suffering worthwhile. Read more →
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私もその問題のか。ここに住んだり、税を払ったり、年金を払ったり、言語を学んだり、日本の習慣に通して行ったりすることにもかかわらず、私はまだただの「foreigner」か。 Read more →
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My apartment is too expensive. Compared to my colleagues and friends, I am paying roughly ¥20,000 (roughly equivalent to 3 days work at my English teaching job) more a month. It’s a nice enough, pretty typical of most 1K apartments in this city, perhas on the slightly newer side and… Read more →
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“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.” The Symposium, Plato I sit before you now, dear… Read more →
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“Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkien After over a decade spent carving for myself a modest adult life I abandoned the vessel entirely and set forth on a new voyage. Whether it was the correct decision or not, I may only realise upon my death bed, should… Read more →
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「日本語 上手ね」 多くの日本人 My desk mate from Japanese language school, a curious Korean man some 15 years older than I, will be returning to his home town soon. So we met up yesterday night at an izakaya to toast our year together and bid each other farewell. I spent one… Read more →
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Just one more day \ To see your face \ Bright and golden in morning’s embrace \ Smile wide panting pawing \ A kiss or two when I see you… Read more →
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果たして、俺にこの体に値する資格などあったのだろうか。 悔しさをこめて、拳で廃業した店を殴りつけるなり、ガラスがピキッとひび割れた。 窓に映る捩じれた、とでも言おうか、歪んだ顔は、俺の仕草に倣って動いたからこそ、いや応なく俺自身のものだと認めざるを得なかった。 俺を嘲笑っていた。 Read more →