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AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week Of 2009-12-12

  • Acting native-like is both the cause and effect of…becoming native-like
    bit.ly/8jLUCo #
  • Acting native-like is both the cause and effect of…becoming native-like
    bit.ly/8jLUCo #
  • Acting native-like is both the cause and effect of…becoming native-like
    bit.ly/8jLUCo #
  • Ultimately, you don’t have a relationship with “the Japanese people”, you have relationships with individual people who are Japanese. #
  • 「頂はおのれの卑小さを知るために
     そびえ立っているのではありません
     ただ目指すためにあるのです」
    The mountaintop exists not to belittle you, but to be aimed at.
    bit.ly/7Iv3nh #
  • Every boring SRS card you get rid of makes room for, like, 10 cool ones. Fake numbers, but you get the idea: Boring SRS cards are parasites. #
  • Some people may come tell you you suck. Relax. They’re not trying to get you to quit, they’re begging you to prove them wrong. #
  • No one can ever truly “put you in your place” without your consent. Your “place” is wherever you decide it is. #
  • If you have problems that require a time-machine to solve, then you’d better get started makin’ that time machine, shouldn’tcha? :)~ #
  • テレビを止めたとは言え、偶にはその低俗さに浸ってワイドショー見たくなるよね。(笑) #
  • The Secret to AJATT Success: Do what you can, where you can, when you can, with what you have. No more. No less. #
  • Do what you can, where you can, with what you have. You never need to overload yourself. But you needn’t shortchange yourself either. #
  • 「客観的事実と著しく食い違う」
    いいね~、日本語は(笑) #
  • At least with personal projects, all you have to do is solve small problems to solve the larger ones. #
  • Incorrect: Immersion = anything 中n Japanese is good
    Correct: Immersion = anything YOU LIKE 中n Japanese is good #
  • Is it really a problem with “Japanese people”? Are all 128 million people from Hokkaido to Okinawa really all up in your grill? #
  • Is it really a problem with “Japanese people”? Are all 128 million people from Hokkaido to Okinawa really all up in your grill? #
  • The personal development industry is kind of like untreated tap water. Boil off the germs so you can drink up the good stuff. #
  • “There are [personal development] books…that are extremely…helpful -[-] just as there are ones that aren’t. ”
    bit.ly/6F92J3 #
  • “track + action = traction”
    bit.ly/5PiOEA #
  • Perhaps if more of the involved parties kept diaries, there would be fewer online fights? A lot of what’s said seems like…diary material. #
  • 「てめえら人間じゃねえや!叩っ斬ってやる!」
    破れ傘刀舟悪人狩り – Google 影片
    bit.ly/8846Ml #
  • “Some [personal development] books are going to be better than others – there’s a headline for you. ”
    bit.ly/6F92J3 #
  • “Meaningful change in any aspect of life takes…constant application of fundamental techniques”
    bit.ly/6F92J3 #
  • “oh my gosh, writing a book and CHARGING MONEY for that book?”
    bit.ly/6F92J3 #
  • Hey gang: Consider subscribing to Wired Magazine Japan!
    @wiredvision #
  • Be a mang. Play hard. But play fair.
    If you have a problem, say it to Japanese people’s face. Politely. In Japanese. #
  • Paradox: Life is simple, but it’s not simplistic.
    Or — life is not simplisitic, but it is simple. #
  • “The self-help movement has some truly effective, great stuff. About 2%. The trick is weeding out the other 98%.”
    bit.ly/6F92J3 #
  • “We had a choice: complain about the resources and do nothing or work with what we have.”
    bit.ly/7J7Tak #
  • Cantonese Phonetic IME. #1 in the hood, G.
    cpime.hk/ #
  • Yet Another Great FF Addon:
    FF3-compatible version of the beloved SnapLinks!
    SnapLinks Plus!
    bit.ly/4SZxQ9 #
  • “Forvo: All the words in the world, pronounced.”
    Looks interesting.
    bit.ly/75x3Ih #
  • Everyone keeps emailing me these, so…
    YouTube – Piano stairs – TheFunTheory.com – Rolighetsteorin.se bit.ly/4DAh3b #
  • A show all about obscure words.
    Bring it. 😀
    正識第一 – 主頁 – tvb.com bit.ly/707vpr #
  • 「今日も朝から立派なウンチ」
    YouTube – パンツぱんくろう bit.ly/8qbOgq #

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