tigeryas

Thought I'd check in here for once. Wow, forums sure are the things of the past... Good times however, can't believe it's been 10 years already!

same. until I checked the email address and it was "laypal" lol laypal

ooh today tonight material

Its the minority that ruin it for the majority. If you're a sh!t driver then you'll be exposed by the media. If you're an average driver then you wont be noticed at all. If you're a good driver then you want the attention for being a good driver but you wont get it (because good news won't sell). That's just the way it is.

I'm a non-playing member at Mount Lawley Golf Club. Hit my peak about 8 years ago but hardly play these days, probably about 4-5 rounds a year. Visit Maylands driving range on the odd occasion.

in before close i can smell it coming

If you want to attract less attention for us the easiest thing to do is to not create any attention at all.

Bout fricking time Dinesh

lol oh man, went to this in 1st yr uni (and that was the only time i went) won't compete against pendulum! have fun

nice one Mikey

Thats crazy! Haha out of all the cities in Japan! ... Not that great with Kochi geography so i dont really know where that is My grandma lives pretty far from town though, over in Noichi (east of Nankoku), sort of near Tosa-Yamada, if that rings a bell? Which's a bit bigger of a deal than say Osaka or Tokyo, considering Kochi prefecture has like, 800 000 people... which is fcuk all Another thing I noticed was when I last when to Japan at the end of October 2007, just when the World Series (baseball) was on and a couple of Japanese pros were playing for the Red Sox and Rockies. The spotlight on them is so overwhelming I dont know how they cope. International fame seems like such a big deal...

Interesting read because I'm quite frankly, the opposite. Brief background. I was born in Japan (Born in Hiroshima, but my 'home town in Japan' is Kochi, in the Shikoku Island) and came to Australia when I was 6 (I'm 24 now), and have pretty much lived my life here (Perth). I don't go back often (in 18 years i've been in Oz i've gone back 5 times, no more than 3 months each time). My first language is English and my speaking, understanding, reading and writing of Japanese is about a level of an 8 to 10 year old. The relevant posts are all pretty informative and i wont disagree with any of them. Even the racist bit, I initially thought wrong of it but now I understand the subtle racism factor. It's difficult for me when I go back because they think I'm Japanese and naturally accept that I speak, understand, read, write, even LOOK like a normal Japanese person where within me I KNOW I'm more Aussie than anything. So when they realise I'm not as Japanese as they made me out to be, I'm treated like any other foreigner. :\ I haven't stayed in Japan long enough to see the effects after say, 6+ months or even years, but that might be different because I might be able to understand the culture / social aspects / pick up my own language quicker. So after a period of time they might accept me for a proper Japanese person again. Who knows. I've stayed in Australia long enough to accept the lifestyle, culture, values, etc to the point where I think that living in Japan probably isn't for me, even though my dad has lectured me countless times with the ol' 'don't forget your Japanese' speech. I've met a few foreigners in Japan and its fascinating hearing their stories and what made them come to Japan, what's keeping them there, what they like, etc. I think that's because I'm pretty much a foreigner myself. In my own country. If you get what I mean. Sorry, haven't really stayed on topic, having more of a ramble than anything. I just wonder what'll motivate me to actually go back to Japan one day and stay there for an extended period of time.

Hah, looked at this thread and my first guess was "Who wants to come with me to Melb/Syd for Tiesto?"

fyi Pendulum April 19th details tba

Armin Van Buuren - A State of Trance's 2007 Track of the Year apparently. I like your style