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		<title>Being Black in Japan (Part 3 &#8211; The Dancing Jigger Toy[1])</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been procrastinating on this post because this is probably the most difficult/uncomfortable thing that&#8217;s happened to me in Japan&#8211;well, race-related. Now that I think about it, it might very well be the most uncomfortable, race-related situation that has happened to me in my life. And instead of drawing it out, I want to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Black in Japan (Part 3 &#8211; The Dancing Jigger Toy[2])</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is Part 2. Click here for Part 1.]
Yes, I was uncomfortable beyond words.
I had a slew of different thoughts that kept hitting me at 1,000,000 MPH. The most important thoughts/questions were:
Why did he show ME that toy??
Doesn&#8217;t he understand where that toy comes from?
Doesn&#8217;t he understand the history behind toys like that?
Does he not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>日本語の勉強、頑張って！(Go to a Japanese Bar)</title>
		<link>http://tuj-circle.net/topics/tokyo-life/2009/07/435</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read the title right.
In this post, I want to talk about going to a Japanese bar in order to study Japanese.
When I first came to TUJ, I met a student who was really great at speaking Japanese. I asked him how long he had been studying and he said, &#8220;a year and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>焼肉がおいしいよ！(Yakiniku is delicious!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friends and I went to a yakiniku restaurant in Nerima-ku.
Yakiniku is great on a Saturday night with friends before heading to a party!
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		<title>日本語の勉強、頑張って！！ (Watch Japanese TV)</title>
		<link>http://tuj-circle.net/topics/tokyo-life/2009/07/313</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I explained how Rosetta Stone was the best thing that&#8217;s ever happened to me in my journey to fluency in Japanese.
Yes, that statement still stands.
However, since I have finished Level 1, and do not have enough money to buy Level 2, I will be Rosetta Stone-less for now. However, that doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>日本語の勉強、頑張って！！(Rosetta Stone)</title>
		<link>http://tuj-circle.net/topics/tokyo-life/2009/07/290</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[日本語の勉強、頑張って！！[nihongo no benkyou, ganbatte!!] (Roughly translated as: Good luck with your study of Japanese!!)
Learning Japanese is&#8230; ugh, there&#8217;s too many words I want to use. Difficult, fun, challenging, tricky, rewarding, empowering&#8211;to name a few.
There are countless websites, podcasts, and textbooks dedicated to a student&#8217;s advancement in Japanese, but I haven&#8217;t found THE outlet that makes me feel like I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Black in Tokyo (Part 1-Racism)</title>
		<link>http://tuj-circle.net/topics/tokyo-life/2009/06/278</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an African-American female living in Tokyo, I am reminded everyday just how unique my life truly is. Ordinary, mundane things (such as walking to class, sitting in class, riding the train) all remind me of the obvious: there aren&#8217;t many Black women in Japan. Whenever I do see a Black woman here, I always wonder what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Did You Come To Japan?</title>
		<link>http://tuj-circle.net/topics/tokyo-life/2009/06/235</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why did you come to Japan? Why are you in Japan?
People always ask me these questions. My professors, friends, family members, other students at TUJ, salarymen and women on the subway, fellow gaijin at parties, my landlord, the owner of the bar in my neighborhood&#8211;you name it.  And even though I&#8217;ve heard this question a thousand [...]]]></description>
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