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Enjoying the diverse culture in Toronto

by hagiwara on July 28, 2011 · No Comments

We’ve been on a short trip to Toronto over the weekend, visiting my wife’s old friends, one of whom is now spending a week in her hometown. We’ve been to Niagara falls, downtown Toronto (ex-world-tallest CN Tower was amazing, and Cosa Loma castle was fun), had a BBQ at their wonderful house, and even enjoyed [...]

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An (Yet Another) Asian Language Learning Meet-up

by hagiwara on June 30, 2011 · No Comments

I think I’m a quick learner when it comes to languages. After learning several languages (some of which are successful, others are not), I found that the effective ways to learn languages do not vary very much from one language to another — reading aloud, repetition, and shadowing, which are actually used well-established training methods [...]

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Resources for Apartment Hunting in New York City

by hagiwara on June 6, 2011 · No Comments

It’s been two months since I’ve relocated to here in NYC. Although I already had some apartment-hunting experience in Nagoya, Tokyo, Beijing, etc., but hunting an apartment here in NYC is also a whole lot different experience. You can find tons of “apartment hunting tips” sort of pages on the web, so I only list [...]

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