LifeHacker Tips from an italki user! I've just read this article on lifehacker in my spare time. The writer is an italki user. I think that these tips are very useful, motivating, clearing up my purpose to learn foreign language out of Japanese. If you want, please check it out! <http://lifehacker.com/5974670/how-to-successfully-learn-a-new-language-this-year>

Japanese Kids' Celebration. Today, I'm going to Shichigosan Party, that is Japanese traditional kids' celebration. Many 3, 5, 7-year-old kids wear Kimono, and visit shrines with their family. My friends invited me to his daughter's event. So, I'll be her nanny because she is very naughty and innocent.

I'm back! For over a month, I had been doing over-time work! Our project was so busy, but everything has just been done. I'm happy to write this again. Sincerelys

How do you use "with" and "against"? I'm not very good at prepositions. How do you use "with" and "against"? Ex. [CORRECT]A Company won the sue against B Company. [INCORRECT]A Company won the sue with B Company. [BOTH CORRECT] I'm fighting with/against my brother.

iTalki's Oxford Online English Test Notification I find iTalki's Oxford online English test notification everyday. I'm a bit nervous to take this exam... Are there anyone who say "Go for it!"?

One of treasures in my life Now, I appreciate my experience that I'd educated Japanese to people from overseas when I was in university. That time, I'd wondered why x 100 on Japanese itself, even though I'm a native Japanese speaker. I'd like to speak more languages fluently. At the same time, I also hope others can acquire Japanese. Finally, I wish our communication would be seamless.

Do you use "gem" in your conversation? Do you usually use a word of “gem” as a good person? Recently, I bought a book on survival English. I didn't notice it was American English conversation version. This time, I knew for the first time that they use "gem" as a good person. Is this a local or global English word? I think that, as well as Japanese has many intonations and slangs, English also has many. I hope to learn simple and global English, but I have a idea that languages are just a tool for communication and I need to adjust my words for others. If you are a native English speaker, how do you deal with this dialect issue? P.S. I'd found a funny comment on my Facebook before. It was SMS between my American friend and an Australian. Australian guy said "Corial"(I don't know the meaning either), and my friend sent back "Cordial?"... At last, he commented "Yes thats me, people of Australia I've never had Cordial, please send me some"

Assembler and Machine Language Recently, I've been learning more to pass a certification examination of computer experts, as well as learning English. I was not familiar with embedded applications although I studied some at university. This time, I had a good opportunity to study especially Assembler and machine languages in detail. I was happy because I can acquire more skills to create new products by my own. I'm interested on the relations between spoken language education like this and computer science. I think that these help me improve their each skill. But, I don’t mean that I’m a Japanese otaku as a computer nerd!

Japanese Pronunciation There is a Chinese staff at my office. She and I are good friends for each other. Today, I corrected her Japanese pronunciation after lunch. She can speak Japanese fluently, but her intonation is not the same with mine. Then, I noticed for first time that Japanese has kind of tone patterns like Chinese. It was a brand new idea for me because I thought Japanese sounds only flat!