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Category: Writing
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If you haven’t read the books, go now and read them. And it’s not good enough to say that you’ve seen the movie. Read the books! I don’t care how…
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I enjoy Amy Tan’s books very much. She writes about the Chinese American experience. In this book, as with most of them, I enjoyed the parts that took place in…
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Classic fantasy trilogy recommended by Rui, Ash, and a girl I talked to at the streetcar stop. Rui lent me his copies of the books and I think I finished…
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Funny and Canadian. Why do these two always seem to go together? I don’t know, I can’t explain it, and perhaps only Canadians think so, but it seems to be…
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This book was recommended to me by Rui. This isn’t the kind of book that keeps you on the edge of your seat. It is the autobiography of a man…
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I can tell I’ve liked a book very much indeed when I occasionally find myself wondering what the characters are doing now… My Mum recommended this series of books. Outlander…
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Prepared for the Canadian Association of Japanese Language Education in August 2001 Use Kanji Proficiency Test Materials The Kanji Proficiency Test is based on the school years in Japan and…
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Prepared for the Toronto JET Pre-Departure Orientation (June 2001) Why Study Japanese? It can’t be emphasized enough that your understanding of Japan and its culture will not be complete without…
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Tajima-machi is a wee town nestled in the mountains of Aizu (Fukushima, Japan). It is the largest town in Minami Aizu (south Aizu), and boasts a population of 14,000. As…
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This article was written for a newsletter in Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan. The series is called “Leaving Home” (Furusato o hanare). I was born in Dunnville, Ontario on the north…