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and....? i dunno why people keep bringing this guy up?

this is what everyone was saying after the last model came out.... give it time I say.... but i prefer the current model

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You lost your license for 12 months and you want to increase the power of your car by 200kws ?

Id suggest because you want to see Japan which Im assuming would include the nightlife ... bars, clubs etc to stay away from a homestay environment. Homestay is an awesome way to learn a culture/ language, but It would be more fun (because its just a holiday) to stay somewhere like totoro suggested. But its up to you... I think usually homestays are usually organised through companies.

I prefer the old scheme too ps: and where is my avatar and why do I have Rb30de next to my name?

Get the basics down first .. start learning hiragana and katakana straight away. as well as basic sentence structures someone also metioned living in Japan is the best way ... I`d agree with this and also you gotta speak if you dont speak your going to suck . Also depending on how serious you are about the whole thing dont get to caught up with kanji IMHO its more important to be able to speak than read every single kanji ... if you plan on living in Japan its a whole different story

my new company that ive been working for since april has now discovered that immigration might not be so willing to change my visa. So we are making a big folio to send in see what happens ... hopefully should be alright

go to osaka! there is lots to do in tokyo buy the huge amount of people really annoys me.... also osaka is rated number 2 most expensive city in the world an d tokyo is number. ! maybe live in both places .... i know many people who live 9 months here 9 months there ...

renting apartments on your own is ****ing expenise usually ...... id take what I was given ... well i did but then moved out so.... take my advice with a grain or salt .... or is it a bar of soap ? either one.

nova . nothing else need to say.. ps: dont make a bad name for us already in japan. behave

im a little drunk but not in osaka nor saitama at the moment back in melbourne for 20 odd days .... i understand what ur trying to get through !

cars in japan are a lot newer than those in aus ... but most are small little economical cars they are not standard cop cars ... most are toyota crowns.

who is they? i assume you are talking about japanese people... some of your japanese pronounciations are off too. ps: i believe is G Reddy

never seen cop cars like that but i have seen v35 police cars.

derogatory.

bad luck rezz ... I'm having a few visa worries at the moment ... hopefully they will be cleared up in the next few days... good luck with the move

i dont want to keep this topic running but vocal racism does occur in Japan.

in the same area as you Japan is def a safer place but id say that japanese people arent all law abiding and respectful like you state. its also very different for a white person to live in japan compared to a japanese person like urself. Im starting to become very tired of the usual/racial assumptions that this country is full of. dont get me wrong there are many things i love about the country but at the same time there are many things i dont like about the country and many things i cant believe happen ..... things which would not be tolerated in a western counrty. streeter is not the only one who has had things stolen since being in japan. Ive had more things stolen living here in the past 1.5 years than in Australia for 22 years . my first bike, my second bike(which was stolen from inside the gates of my girlfriends house), countless umbrellas, the ringing part from inside my bicycle bell(100円), all my mini discs, my 日本語ー英語　dictionary, my mini disc player thats about it... now if youd like me to go into being `respectful` ....... the country does have many many great people but at the same time (like all other countries) there are always some whom ruin it.... i gues ive just met all these bad people ............. .

whats the point? if set up correctly you cant really sit in the car with one 12' ..... too much bass sounds terrible... anymore than 1 is a waste of money and an overkill. It also sounds like your dreams are bigger than your budget. With what you are talking about.. it being your pride and joy youll need a lot more than 1500 ps: audio section

wouldnt say I agree with this Dont really agree with this either not much crime ...pfft the crimes of which you are talking about (which are created by non japanese people) are mostly made up of things visa related. finally we agree

foreigner / outsider same thing i guess. its also the casual/rude version of gaikokujin ... i hate the ****ing word

just for a holiday you dont need any japanese. most hotels etc you stay in they will speak english. its when you live here you need the langauge

id just go straight to one of the bigger shops in akihabara. akihabara is the tourist capital for eletronic shopping which means things arent always the cheapest but there are still some cheap things there ..... all places would be on a par eg a few 1000 up or down ..

and they have the best mans too sounds gay eh