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じこしょうかい

はじめまして。パアクです。わたしは　のつるだむだいがくの　にねんせいです。せんこうは　びじねすです。　あめりかじんです。　どうぞよろしく！　

I recently became very interested in the late Japanese artist Nujabes. He recently passed away, but his music seems to have just entered my life. I really like the fact that his tracks are not necessarily traditional songs with verses and lyrics, but they are combinations of words, beats, and melody that work together to intricately pull on my heartstrings. Interestingly, I first heard his beats while watching a Korean hiphop/bboy(?) member (Wassup from Prepix) dance to his song “Still Talking to You”.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KzStKYJiH4

Although I admire the smooth dancing very much and could watch forever, the music was so chill that I searched for more information on the beatmaker. Recently, I found that Nujabes also made the soundtrack for the anime “Samurai Champloo” which I recently started getting into over the summer (entire season 1 free on YouTube!). I don’t know if I have a definite favorite yet because all of them sound so good, but I tend to lean toward the tracks with a nice beat combined with a bit of jazzy piano and a subtle voice integrated. Right now, I'm listening the most to "Aruarian Dance" and "Still Talking to You". I’m still searching, so if any of you guys like Nujabes already or think you’ll like his music, tell me your favorites! (Right now, I’m listening to "Kumomi")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4w21HcML2M

First Impressions

はじめまして everybody！

My name is Jane Park, and I'm a sophomore from Pennsylvania. I spent my school years learning French and improving my Korean. However, I'm excited to finally learn Japanese; I spent a significant amount of middle school and high school watching anime and reading manga books. I'd consider it a great feat to be able to read books and watch anime without constantly searching for translations or subtitles. I love the way the language sounds, and I think learning it might even help me in improving my Korean or having some exposure to Chinese characters. Right now, I'm thrilled simply by having memorized a few hiragana characters, but I hope to quickly learn to speak, read, and write at a proficient level.

My parents, especially my mom, grew up strongly opposing the Japanese because of their tense history with Korea. I hope to bridge that gap and improve relations between people of both nationalities on a personal level. I also hope to visit or study abroad in Japan sometime during my college career (business undecided) or through my profession because it would open my eyes to another amazing part of the world. Speak to me in Japanese if we see each other on campus! I might not understand, but that's how the gift of awkwardness was invented.

Maybe this is why I like the artist Younha so much! Or maybe it's just her voice \\^o^// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBkEaFaE2z8

じゃあ　また！