hi to everyone here!

[patrick797]

hi! my name's Patrick. im an ichinensei here in Japan. i just want to say hi to all you guys here.

[Jay]

Welcome aboard. Click here. (http://www.outpostnine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3)

[Urban~Ninja]

Patrick are we talking: ichinensei koukou or ichinensei chuugakko?

Im gonna assume your Japanese or not atleast 100% Japanese, this is because of your first name, correct me if im wrong?

Anyways welcome, and as Jay said, intro thread is thata way.

But just for kicks:
パタリクくんはどこにすんでいますか

[pangloss]

but the intro thread is so far away.....

[Urban~Ninja]

but the intro thread is so far away.....

You walk to that thread now little mr, or there wont be any dessert for a week!

[pangloss]

:gloomy:
*does the walk of shame over to the intro thread*

[grungy hamster]

I've actually never been to that thread. I didn't feel the need to introduce myself either.

[kilreli]

hi! my name's Patrick. im an ichinensei here in Japan. i just want to say hi to all you guys here.
Hi Patrick, im also Patrick. i was here before you and im a Koukou no Sannensei.
Bow to your sempai!:karate:
No im just kidding....but not really
anyways, i dont think im the oldest patrick here, or here hte longest. i think that may be hanenosuke(sp? no time check :meh: )

Note- i understand that its actually spelled "Senpai" if translated from romanji.

[patrick797]

I'm actually half-Jap, half-Filipino. i grew up at the Philippines, and i am in chuugakkou.

To all who posted here:????b??? ??????????B

PS:my name's spelled as 'Patorikku' in katakana.

[Urban~Ninja]

I'm actually half-Jap, half-Filipino. i grew up at the Philippines, and i am in chuugakkou.

To all who posted here:????b??? ??????????B

PS:my name's spelled as 'Patorikku' in katakana.

My mistake buddy, just went with what i felt sounded right.

Yeah i never visited the intro thread either i dont think, purely because i dont think anyone takes notice of half the introductions.

Welcome to the forums, im currently a Koukou no Ichinensei but im in Kagoshima, im only there until the end of June then back to Australia, but nice to meet you. There are alot of people in Japan on this forum, so i hope you have fun n a good time.

Enjoy yourself!

[MNJetter]

I inserted my first post into an already-established thread along with an actual comment, so they couldn't make snide remarks about sending me to the intro thread. Hah! :stirthepo

Welcome, Pat-man.

[patrick797]

hi again guys. ive been busy with school lately, especially in the baseball club, so sorry for not posting. BTW, thanks for posting here!

...ore no ashi wa itai yo...

[羽之助]

俺の喉は渇いているよ。Gimme alcohol.

Are there many people with Filipino heritage where you live? It's pretty much normal where I am. Please excuse my possible rudeness, but I'm curious, do you "live" here or are you just here for a year on exchange?

[patrick797]

I dunno about here in my area, but theres lots in my school (sadly, im the only gaijin in my section..)
and as for question no.2, im gonna live here for the rest of my life (it's true).

[kilreli]

I dunno about here in my area, but theres lots in my school (sadly, im the only gaijin in my section..)
and as for question no.2, im gonna live here for the rest of my life (it's true).
(quick note: jsut a heads up, some people dont take "gaijin" lightly here. as a normal joke, A ok. But as a normal way to refer to a foreigner...ダメ. 外国人(gaikokujin) is the preferred in any serious matter. im not scolding you, just giving the new comers a head up. :D)


Really your gonna be in japan for the rest of your life? why'd your parents decide to move? half japanese? just interested in your situation. also, where did you move from?

[patrick797]

my dad's japanese, and my mom's here for about 20 or 30 years, so they decided to live here. im from philippines, BTW

[羽之助]

If you're half-Japanese, you hardly qualify as 'gaijin', or rather, you're as gaijin as Beat Takeshi (http://www.debito.org/meijigakuin071705.html).

So did your family move to Chiba recently?

[patrick797]

No. my father's a native resident here.
thankfully, no one kanchoes me yet. probably the closest ive ever got to it is when i'm in grade school (and i'm in Philippines then, so it happened right there.)

[羽之助]

Coolness. I hope that you can get exempted from English classes (hah! yeah freaking right!) and put your time to good use. By the way, ever since Rika left, we've been looking for a new "insider view" on Japan. You are hereby nominated.

[mikem]

Coolness. I hope that you can get exempted from English classes (hah! yeah freaking right!) and put your time to good use. By the way, ever since Rika left, we've been looking for a new "insider view" on Japan. You are hereby nominated.

Yes! We need someone new to tell us that clothes are better left outside to collect the dust and dirt and grime of Tokyo!

(My roommate dried his bedding outside recently. He got so sick in a single night he had to go to the hospitle the next morning to get an anti-allergin. Sun kills the germs indeed ...)

... but seriously no one could ever replace Rika.

[patrick797]

Unfortunately, im not exempted at english but am good at it. basically,what Azrael-sensei experienced ive experienced (kinda 30% of it).

[patrick797]

Wow. at least were in a more quiet and cleaner place than Tokyo. hehe.

[羽之助]

I hang my clothes outside, but I sure as hell don't live in Tokyo :D

I recall in fourth grade I tried to get myself exempted from spelling class. It didn't work. :(

[kilreli]

wait...rika's gone?!
:Sigh: im slow with these things......
:(
my host mom dries things outside...but...meh.
I dont know how, but my first host mom had to be the secret japanese master at washing clothes. i still take my more important clothes to her. It's amazing....simply amazing. she does hang them out, but i guess she does other stuff also. im gonna have to learn from her over the summer...definitely....

[mikem]

Wow. at least were in a more quiet and cleaner place than Tokyo. hehe.

Actually our neighborhood is very clean and quiet as far as these things go. Really my comment was about the fact that in general the outside is pretty dirty and you don't even realize it.

It sucks that Rika is gone. Isn't school out soon though?

[羽之助]

I assume she had all kinds of after-school academic activities to keep herself busy.

[patrick797]

I dunno why but i kinda hate school vacation. probably because i only see my friends in school?

wakaranai...

[4letterwords]

Coolness. I hope that you can get exempted from English classes (hah! yeah freaking right!) and put your time to good use. By the way, ever since Rika left, we've been looking for a new "insider view" on Japan. You are hereby nominated.

Rika left?:eyepop:

[stsparky]

Yes. Rika took a holiday from us. There's an introduction thread? Where? I only really come here.

[patrick797]

Sorry if i can't post often. i'm busy with school.

BTW, who's Rika?

[patrick797]

Yo. I didn't go to school today. Got a severe stomachache. (T_T)

[Mushu]

litle late welcome and you dont need apologies mate, just do your thing.

Off the record, Yesterday I saw a midle aged man wearing school girl uniform and an old guy singing and moving to Jay-z big' pimpimg, which he turned off as soon as saw me. I almost wet myself, damni me for not having my camera with me.

[patrick797]

Wow.
totally unrelated, but i remember seeing a car while going home from school. those riding the car are evangelists or something. they have this loudspeaker on the car and are driving in the streets while saying (or shouting) standard evangelist stuff.

i wished i had a videocam then...(^-^)

[patrick797]

Whoa! Ten days without posting? We have a nominee! (applause)

Juuust Joking. (?P??P)

[羽之助]

Well, the other day the black vans were going by my apartment yelling about Korea (South, actually!), so I got on my bike and chased them and got them on video. Oh, and coming back I found that the new Mormon church is offering free English lessons. For free! That's right, the cost is nothing ... just your soul. :D

[Crowley]

They're undercutting you, the bastards! Burn them down!

[patrick797]

I'm back here in this thread, but who cares?

Hanenosuke: So if you refuse to go to those English Lessons, they will get your soul?

[patrick797]

Hi.I'm back. I've been sick today. At least now's summer vacation. What are you all doing today?

[mikem]

Hi.I'm back. I've been sick today. At least now's summer vacation. What are you all doing today?

Disneyland! At least that's what I was doing when you posted this, heh.

It's very fun. I got to ride Star Tours in Japanese, of course. I even learned the word for elephant. (Yay, Jungle Cruise!) It's actually amuzing how all of the rides are in Japanese, but in the parades any of the western character actors still speak English.

Next month Disney Shii! :hat:

[patrick797]

Wow. I went to Disneyland once. It's just near here, You just have to take a train. At least i'm okay now, I just miss my friends (Darn summer vacation).

[fa11en87]

How old are you?

[patrick797]

Whenever i speak Japanese, (I stillcan't say i'm fluent but i can now go on conversations, just clarify what you say) I have a weird habit of ending sentences with 'ja' often.
Anybody else who has some quirks when speaking Japanese?

[patrick797]

How old are you?I'm 1st year Junior High. Just guess.(^_^)

[fa11en87]

I don't really know the grade systems in Japan, but that helps!