Comments on: Friday Favorites – Week Ending March 23, 2007

By: KWiz

KWiz — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:28:52 +0000

Hi Camille,
One of my former students took Mandarin Chinese in high school – interestingly, he was a cut-up. Nevertheless, he graduated high school, graduated college a couple of years ago, moved to China, and started a pizza restaurant there. He came back to speak to our students a several weeks ago, and he’s doing fabulous! It’s interesting when you take a route less traveled how much more exposed to life you can become.

By: KWiz

KWiz — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:26:16 +0000

Hi Lisa,
I’m glad you enjoyed the post, and I look forward to seeing you back here. By the way, I’ve visited you a few times, and will visit you regularly.

By: KWiz

KWiz — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:25:13 +0000

Hi James,
Indeed, my husband is a wonderful man. I thank God for walking him into my life almost 7 years ago.

By: Camille Crawford

Camille Crawford — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:45:00 +0000

I started learning Japanese about 20 months ago, or so. It was in response to my enormous fascination with Asian Cinema. At first I started learning Thai because I was so enamoured with the film Ong Bak, that I wanted to understand what they were saying! Even though the film was/is subtitled in English, it wasn’t enough! This is just one example of how I can become obsessed with something LOL! Anyway, after trying to learn Thai for awhile I became frustrated with the lack of resources to learning Thai that were available to me on the web. By this time I had discovered ANIME (my heart beats rapidly…hahaha) and I really wanted to learn another language. There were so many fabulous resources on the web for learning Japanese that I chose that one. At the time, I knew very little about Japan, aside from Hiroshima, Nagasaki, sushi, and Yo Yo Ma. It’s been a fascinating journey and I’ve come to love learning the language. I love the Chinese characters and the symbolism and history behind them. Just awesome!

あなたと話すのを楽しみます!
I enjoy talking with you!

Camille

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:50:49 +0000

Hi KWiz,
I’ve just found your blog and am eagerly reading and catching up. I wanted to thank you particularly for #4, it was lovely. I’m looking forward to many more Friday Favorites!
warmly,
Lisa

By: KWiz

KWiz — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:54:22 +0000

Hi Camille,
I’m so glad you’re enjoying this weekly post. I try to present blogs that I think my readers will benefit from and enjoy, so I’m glad that it’s doing what I want it to do. I’m glad you consider me to be a trusted friend!

How long have you been taking Japanese? It seems with languages in which the letters are completely different may be a bit more challenging than languages that use the same letters as the English language. I tried Hebrew in seminary, and I a seriously hard time.

Have a great weekend!!!

By: Camille Crawford

Camille Crawford — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:31:09 +0000

Hi KWiz,

Because blogging is still relatively new for me, I’ve been exploring all sorts of concepts regarding social networking. Your Friday Favourites is one I am beginning to especially enjoy. In the vastness of the online world, with so much information to absorb, it’s nice to just read about a few of your favourites. It’s like a recommendation from a trusted friend. What could be better! It means I get to wake up Saturday morning and read the KWiz news over coffee before I head out to my Japanese class!
Thank you for doing this Friday Favourites! (I’m Canadian, so I’m sticking with the British spelling which uses ‘ou’ in many words instead of ‘o’ LOL)

Kind regards,
Camille

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:34:13 +0000

Memes are so fun.

Have a great weekend!!!

By: James Walton

James Walton — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:10:47 +0000

I read Manchild’s and left a comment . He dose seem like a great person.