A few weeks ago, a guy contacted me via email about potential translation jobs. Said he was going to Japan in January and needed a couple of documents translated. The documents were related to FOREX (foreign exchange market) and I figured he was going there to give a seminar or something ( Read more... )

In the wake of YFCz breakup, something strange happened.
I never would've found out about it if it weren't for some of my friends telling me about it publicly (nihon_hamano and tenshin26100) and in private (I won't name you guys, just in case. ;3).  Thank you, guys!!

So, the translation post I made about the YFCz breakup announcement on NicoRadi was used by jpopasia.com as ( Read more... )

Dear LJ, I'm sorry for abusing you like this, but let me get this tiny bit of frustration out.

[Rant Alert: Please avoid it if you're not in a mood for...uh....a rant. ]

I hardly ever 'block' people on Twitter unless they are obviously spam bots.
But if you tweet something rude and your only explanation is "I wasn't being rude, just being honest. It's called freedom of speech", the chances are I will block you.

In this ( Read more... )

Don't worry, this is not any serious rant so do skip if you want XD.
Today, I thought I was gonna be able to celebrate more freedom by singing Freedom '90 again, but ... =____=

After the LONG 3 months of summer vacation, No.1 (second grader)'s school started two weeks ago.
But he actually missed the entire first week of school because he had this ( Read more... )

Amy, I'm linking to your journal. Hope you don't mind.

There's this teeny weeny problem happening on YT regarding the subbed PB video Amy (mercurypink ) and I made together and uploaded on Dailymotion.
It's much easier to explain if you read directly from Amy's journal.

I know I sound a bit harsh in my message to the perpetrator, but I'm not really angry.
I'm ( Read more... )