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    • 【CM】豆しば‐ニコニコ動画(9) bit.ly/97QiyX | via #ajattplus #
    • "Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle." bit.ly/9ZmbQ2 #
    • ブーンドックス (漫画) – Wikipedia bit.ly/b9o123 #
    • A language is, like a computer, a toy. A complex, intricate toy, but one that even a small child can figure out if left to her own devices. #
    • ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡、打ち上げ20周年 | 銀河・星雲 | sorae.jp
      bit.ly/c8bRtT #
    • Hilarious book. Presents modern world history as a high school drama where each country is a student. bit.ly/bFo770 サクサク現代史 #
    • Hilarious book. Presents modern world history as a high school MANGA with each country as a student. bit.ly/bFo770 サクサク現代史 #
    • "I was stuck in the 'no pain no gain' mindset…it’s so much easier to just have fun and learn Japanese as a byproduct." | Matt-le-kat #
    • 「天才とは諦める事を知らない人」 bit.ly/bVZcR6 #
    • 「最初から天才だった人は居ない」http://bit.ly/bVZcR6 #
    • Definitely. That's why I'm here to help :D #
    • 「唯一の失敗とは、諦めてしまう事」 bit.ly/bVZcR6 #
    • キュロス2世
      bit.ly/aXWfNQ #
    • ウィリアム・ピット通称小ピット – Wikipedia "1783年に24歳の若さで首相に就任する。この記録はもちろん史上最年少である。" bit.ly/aQmaQC #
    • 「天才と言われる人は、自分の平凡さを非凡さにまで磨き上げる、その執念こそが天才そのもの」
      bit.ly/bVZcR6 #
    • YouTube – 食嘢編 bit.ly/blbv30 #
    • YouTube – 林友德到底有幾好嘢? bit.ly/b3hhOQ #Cantonese #
    • How to find interesting L2 YouTube videos: insert random, simple, common L2 phrases like "what are you DOING?" into the search box #
    • Even more important than the ability to get it right is the ability to come back from saying it wrong. #Speaking #L2 #
    • You don't need a "reason" to learn your language. It's there. It's yours. That's all there is to it. No justification required. #
    • Trying to justify learning a language in terms of cost-benefit is, IMHO, where the suffering starts. #
    • YouTube – 功夫熊貓 Kung Fu Panda 粵語電影預告 bit.ly/9JPdPZ | #Cantonese trailer #
    • "treat language like walking, jumping or any other motor skill." | Hunch: adults can do this too bit.ly/bxCFhF #
    • Tim Brown on creativity and play | Video on TED.com bit.ly/bSy6wo #
    • YouTube
      "RAPSTA PARADISE – 練マザ" bit.ly/ay6KwG Pretty freaking gangsta, yo. #Japanese #rap #
    • @problogger What action are you going to take? in reply to problogger #
    • vTuner – Live Internet radio Broadcasting Stations from Hong Kong bit.ly/b7 #Cantonese #
    • 明報新聞網新聞特輯 | 農夫榴槤飄香 | bit.ly/bU8Ny3 | article about my favorite geek rappers from Hong Kong… #
    • いしかわじゅんホームページ
      bit.ly/c9HUlX #
    • 明報新聞網新聞特輯 | 農夫榴槤飄香 "永遠被主流派視為另類，另類派又視為主流" bit.ly/bU8Ny3 #
    • 呉智英 | "被害者が自ら死を選ぶなんてバカなことがあるか。死ぬべきは加害者の方だ。いじめられている諸君、自殺するぐらいなら復讐せよ。死刑にはならないぞ、少年法が君たちを守ってくれるから" bit.ly/dpwkRG 凄いこと言うね・・・ #
    • "門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む”
      bit.ly/9vY7aG bit.ly/cI0XuX　#immersion
      ”you learn, without realising it, from what is around you" #
    • Essere motivati è fondamentale per l’acquisizione di una seconda lingua « languageez bit.ly/c1Z6SZ #Italian #
    • プリンス・オブ・ペルシャ 時間の砂｜映画サイト bit.ly/aQmySO #
    • YouTube – 映画『劇場版TRIGUN(トライガン) -Badlands Rumble-』予告編.mov bit.ly/aHKZA8 #
    • YouTube – 「ｴｲﾘｱﾝ VS. ｴｲﾘｱﾝ　ｼﾞｬｯｼﾞﾒﾝﾄ･ﾃﾞｲ」予告編 bit.ly/d1rXTc | Bring out the B-movies! #
    • YouTube – 添加物 bit.ly/brxrun | What's messed up is the trailers I watched to get to this info/variety piece. #
    • YouTube – 食品添加物 bit.ly/9PSliw Same topic (food additives) in #Mandarin #
    • YouTube – 恐怖洋芋片 bit.ly/cb0x0W | ポテトチップを燃やせ！！！ #
    • 明報新聞網新聞特輯 bit.ly/7bzGwa | HK Entertainment Magazine (w/actual page images) #
    • YouTube – 香港故事 – Cantonese (PART 1) bit.ly/9OlPf6 #
    • 銀魂｜漢の名言集｜
      "・・・野郎ふざけやがって
      栗子はなァてめーが来るのを一時間も待っていたんだよバカヤロー
      どーしてくれんだ
      俺が手塩にかけて育てた娘の人生を一時間も無駄にしてくれやがって
      残りの人生すべてで償ってもらおう" bit.ly/9RBv4G #
    • Be sure to distinguish between the impossible and the inconvenient. #immersion #
    • The language is either worth it to you or it isn't. It's not really a matter of "discipline" or "talent" or even tools, just value #
    • 創始者効果 – Wikipedia bit.ly/bgUpdl #
    • "no human knows enough about any worthwhile subject to entitle him to feel that he has the last word on [it]" Napoleon Hill #
    • "Believing something can be done sets the mind in motion to find ways to do it" | David J Schwartz #
    • Learning a language is like studying for a test where you're allowed to see all the questions and answers in advance. #
    • "It's not how much intelligence you have that counts: it's how you use the intelligence you have" David J Schwartz #
    • Why input trumps output in language learning. – The Linguist – language learning should be fun bit.ly/dqCIeb #
    • "the longer the delay, the less valued the course of action is perceived." bit.ly/9ftnF8 #
    • Why dual timeboxing is so cool: the big box maximizes meaning (abstraction), the small box maximizes utility (action). #
    • "people with low self-efficacy…are more likely to procrastinate." bit.ly/9ftnF8 #
    • Saying: "don't learn Japanese from anime, no one talks that way" is like saying "don't watch the news, no one talks that way"… #
    • Don't learn Japanese from novels. No one talks that way. #
    • Don't learn Japanese from scientific journals. No one talks that way. #
    • Don't learn Japanese from sports. No one talks that way. #
    • Don't learn Japanese from food labels. No one talks that way. #
    • Don't learn Japanese from comedy. No one talks that way. #
    • Don't learn Japanese from shop clerks. No one talks that way. #
    • Don't learn Japanese from computer user interfaces. No one talks that way. #
    • Don't learn Japanese from legal documents. No one talks that way. #
    • Don't learn Japanese from advertisements. No one talks that way. #DontLearnJapaneseFrom #NoOneTalksThatWay (thanks @jyemenai :P ) #
    • Don't learn Japanese from road signs. No one talks that way. #DontLearnJapaneseFrom #NoOneTalksThatWay #
    • "worrying about the things…which you can no longer alter…[i]s like trying to change the time you got out of bed this morning" B. Proctor #
    • YouTube – 少女時代-OH! (完美中文空耳) bit.ly/9S1Txn #
    • @verschof FWIW that may actually have been @e_dub_kendo's insight, but I'm MORE than happy to take the credit! :P hehe in reply to verschof #
    • ビジネスパーソンのための厳選ブックガイド─新刊JP─ bit.ly/9Xx1dM #
    • If you want to work, get a job. But don't bring that mindset to Japanese. Japanese is play. #
    • Anything is better than nothing. #immersion #contact #
    • "consider artificially limiting your choices…But no matter what, don't do nothing." #timeboxing bit.ly/9Ot7P4 #
    • スタパ齋藤 – Wikipedia bit.ly/9Dv0xD #
    • スタパ齋藤 – Wikipedia "性格・語り口は、ハイテンションな文体とは対照的に穏やかで繊細である。" bit.ly/9Dv0xD #
    • How can the language be "hard"? Toddlers get it. Have you come all this way just to be beaten by toddlers? #
    • All those years of education and experience and you're going to give up over something that a garden variety toddler can do? #
    • What does life even mean if you can't marshal the mental and physical resources to catch up to a toddler? Even toddlers are like: screw dat #
    • You can't even change the time you got out of bed this morning. What makes you think you can go back and "should do" the last 6 months? #
    • 『ヘンリー五世』
      Henry V | St. Crispin day's speech in Japanese! :P
      bit.ly/cfyH6w #
    • Another Henry V/St. Crispin thingy in Japanese bit.ly/9fESTa #
    • ブレイブハート – Wikipedia bit.ly/9hdkF2 #
    • YouTube – 映画『トイ・ストーリー3』(日本語吹き替え版)　映画予告 | Toy Story 3 trailer #Japanese bit.ly/cVLLZH #
    • YouTube – 「特攻野郎Aチーム THE MOVIE 」日本語吹き替えオープニング ver.2 bit.ly/9yZPTZ #
    • YouTube – The A team – OP (JP) bit.ly/cMYKb3 #
    • Dude…learn English like ISHIKAWA Ryo, the bashful prince of golf :D
      聞き流すだけの英会話教材「スピードラーニング」 bit.ly/dmDbqk #
    • YouTube – THE B TEAM 特攻野郎Bチーム　第４話　　前編 bit.ly/ciLnkn ("The A team" in #Japanese with #lego Yee-ah.) #
    • English learning product testimonial that describes the experience of input producing "motor-level" learning
      bit.ly/c3MSfw #
    • YouTube – DBZ Gohan SSJ2 #Cantonese Dub bit.ly/c1ww8E #
    • CowBoy Bebop in #Cantonese bit.ly/ao6yrf #
    • GITS SAC in #Cantonese | YESASIA : 攻殼機動隊 (OVA) (1-13集) (待續) VCD – 日本動畫, 鐳射發行 (HK) – 華語動畫 – 郵費全免 bit.ly/atOSRw #
    • GITS SAC 2nd GiG in #Cantonese | YESASIA : 攻殼機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd Gig (01 Boxset) (Episode 01-13) (香港版) VCD bit.ly/bFCiZH #
    • @Batni Definitely. Using a Japanese OS is not the effect of knowing Japanese: it is the cause. in reply to Batni #
    • Enjoying native media is not the effect of study: it is the cause. #
    • Maybe you could call the #immersion environment a provider of at least four C's: content, context, cause and coolness. #
    • @fragolapanna 笑）恐縮です。こちらこそ外人の分際でちょっと燥ぎ過ぎかと思いますが（＾＾）こらからも宜しくお願いします。あっ、そだ。日本語間違えたら容赦無く注意して下さいね。「助詞の使い方誤ってんじゃねえぞゴラァ！」・・・とか。漢字マニアだけは治療不可能かな～（＾＾） #
    • YouTube – 異種愛　可愛い我が子　フェネックのママは猫！ bit.ly/bwGT2z #
    • 「成る程。B級タレントがB級グルメを紹介するという・・・」（笑）
      YouTube – オードリー　B級 bit.ly/axa9fv #
    • One minute can actually be a very long time. #Dual #timeboxing #
    • (Artificially and intentionally) starve your task of time and watch it magically get done. bit.ly/983kgn #
    • Too many adverbs… #
    • @mletterle Haha. The 6-month figure is from my kanji-learning history. 3~4 failed attempts, punctuated by long gaps and regret :D in reply to mletterle #
    • YouTube – Superfly – Searching bit.ly/9SJ3KZ #
    • YouTube – Rap Japon DJMASTERKEY NITEMARE feat DABO BIGZAM SUIKEN DELI bit.ly/dltyFu #
    • Look out for Suiken's rapping from around 2'24" |
      YouTube – Rap Japon DJMASTERKEY NITEMARE feat DABO BIGZAM SUIKEN DELI bit.ly/dltyFu #
    • YouTube – Suiken – Senya Tsukiusa (feat bird) bit.ly/a89ULz #Japanese #rap #
    • YouTube – CRAZY KEN BAND-てんやわんやですよ（PV） bit.ly/adOWUO oh..my…funky… #
    • YouTube – (PV)SHAKKAZOMBIE – IT'S OKAY feat. DABO bit.ly/dkggwR #
    • "mere observation of the skill has led to learning as well." bit.ly/akUuxr #
    • Watching this :P
      bit.ly/b9Hh38 #
    • Dropbox徹底解剖 – 一度使ったら手放せなくなる! オンラインストレージサービスの本命 | Web担当者Forum bit.ly/bKNY2f | Lots of AJATTeers have been recommending this to me :D #
    • Unable to do the perfect thing, I have often chosen to do nothing. There is a third way: do the crap little thing that's better than nothing #
    • Most of the time, you don't even know what the "perfect" thing to do is, let alone have the energy to do it… #
    • Do something small and crappy. It's infinitely better than nothing. #immersion #contact #SRS #
    • *Cough* SRS "China may be the first country to succeed in educating most of its population through the Internet. " bit.ly/bVbGiO #
    • Why dual timeboxing is so cool: the big timebox gives you meaning (abstraction); the small timebox gives you utility (action). #
    • "you don't necessarily need to dumb…text down; you can…just keep it short." bit.ly/bZQqrm #
    • ".If you`re only seeing one teacher, it`s like having a broken TV that can only show you one channel" bit.ly/bwJWO6 #
    • "those who succeed [in learning a language] never gave up responsibility for their learning"
      bit.ly/dcPAV4 #
    • But my language is going to be all… weird! "But my language is going to be all… weird!" bit.ly/b66G8p #
    • :: "現在開始或從此遺憾?" bit.ly/bdpFkc #
    • YouTube
      - 事必關己
      bit.ly/9vQ1Ev #
    • YouTube – 事必關己 – 遙控直昇機 bit.ly/95A8zX | RC helicopters #
    • "We need to nurture our own awkward growth with the…patience, encouragement, and…humor…[of a p]arent" bit.ly/cmrsE7 #
    • What you "could" have done is useless. What you *can* do is omnipotent. #immersion #
    • I never tried to do "all Japanese all the time". I just tried to do "ANYthing in Japanese RIGHT NOW". "All the time" took care of itself. #
    • My local supermarket's selling video games now :D
      ネットスーパー　オススメ特集 bit.ly/9rjRTO #
    • "as much as you may seem to suck now, don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater…baby your Japanese baby everyday." bit.ly/cmrsE7 #
    • Tip: Native[-like] speakers forget a lot, circumlocute a lot, and use vague descriptions ("tax thingy") bit.ly/9BWfvx #
    • Back-to-back #timeboxing trick: each time you reset the timer, reduce the amount of time. Gets maximum benefit from naturally waning energy. #
    • Don't worry about "all the time". Just find the Japanese thing you can do right now. Nothing else is in your control anyway. #
    • 日本漫画新聞 bit.ly/9Rb9QZ #
    • 漫画の新聞 / 「政権交代」その５─政権発足１００日 bit.ly/asrYGM #
    • 漫画の新聞 マンガで読むニュース bit.ly/6sOWlz | via @mletterle #
    • Deconstructing the Chinese Character Creativity of Japan | Sinosplice bit.ly/aX96n9 #
    • 科學人雜誌網站 bit.ly/5MefLA #
    • YouTube
      - #39 恥ずかしい発見　　－A shameful discovery was done－
      bit.ly/aclvxj #
    • Jolin Tsai: Real Man bit.ly/aM9K30 #
    • 明報新聞網新聞特輯 bit.ly/9vxDBQ #
    • 生物物理学 – Wikipedia bit.ly/czUOve #
    • YouTube – [JR-F]Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Kimi To Iu Hana bit.ly/doz69h #
    • YouTube – UVERworld – Roots bit.ly/95cqNI #
    • YouTube – jay chou 周杰倫 – 對不起 sorry bit.ly/aUqMpr #
    • ホミサイド 殺人捜査課 シーズン1 DVD-BOX
      bit.ly/cC6SAy #
    • Let textbooks serve the learning process as a tool. But don't make them the boss. Curiosity/interest is the boss. #
    • 1) Decide that victory is what you're getting.
      2) Focus on playing. Focus more on playing than on winning. #
    • Worrying isn't winning. Playing is winning. #
    • "even if it takes…5 years…you have still probably outstripped every native speaker who has ever lived. Adults rule" bit.ly/buwUPZ #
    • Random #Cantonese weightloss product commercial
      bit.ly/dul571
      *Results may vary. #
    • "Living things grow the way they’re fed." bit.ly/buwUPZ #
    • ケネディ大統領暗殺事件 – Wikipedia bit.ly/aK9GhR #
    • 「組織に酔う」日本人 – Rails で行こう！ "「組織に酔う」日本人" bit.ly/aPpYaY #
    • "姜 暢雄（きょう のぶお）" bit.ly/aMzHgs #
    • YouTube – [PV] Dev Large (D.L) – Music bit.ly/bhmekp #
    • It's not really a matter of "should". There's no "should" here; this is not school. I just find the idea really entertaining. It's a game. #
    • Just have fun with it. A lot of stuff you'll be able to just figure out. Other stuff you'll have to look up. That IMHO is "real" learning. #
    • @LadyMissie The #immersion environment is a natural teacher. It tells us exactly what we need to learn [in order to understand and function] in reply to LadyMissie #
    • @LadyMissie NP :D Thx for reading! Just go out there and "pay your dues" = play. And remember, I'm just an opinion. You're the boss! in reply to LadyMissie #
    • "Don't overthink it" @lkr #
    • If you live a plant unwatered, it withers and dies. If you leave your L2 unwatered… #immersion #contact #
    • So I just called HK immigration in #Cantonese :P …
      bit.ly/bmCqv7 #
    • 勝間和代氏なぜ大人気？★海外メディア不思議がる…の巻｜芸能ガセネタ博覧会☆ザビ家の栄光 "2005年、ｳｫｰﾙ･ｽﾄﾘｰﾄ･ｼﾞｬｰﾅﾙから「世界で注目したい50人の女性」に選ばれた。" bit.ly/aXiVbH #
    • YouTube – Sniper – Du rire aux larmes bit.ly/doGcXF #
    • @nerxs Then don't do it. Seriously. Don't do it. Go *play* in Chinese until the environment gives you whats, hows and whys to learn. It will in reply to nerxs #
    • "You don't have to understand everything, and that doesn't mean you didn't benefit a LOT" #immersion | Lilian bit.ly/bNfiTg #
    • "pushing a car. Hard at first, but once it’s moving you don’t have to push very hard at all…" | Elvagejo bit.ly/cT9WAY #
    • Give all your energy to starting. Every day, put all your power into the start. Finishing takes care of itself. Just do one. #
    • ささくれ – Wikipedia bit.ly/c77pq1 #
    • "眠らなきゃ、眠らなきゃ・・・・と焦っているうちにそれがプレッシャーとなり、
      逆に目が冴えてしまうという悪循環に陥ってしまうものです。
      " bit.ly/9x1dfN #
    • kateさんの徒然草 韓国ドラマ bit.ly/9YpuXo #
    • Order of precedence: (1) hanging out with native user friends (2) contact with funbun (for native by native) media (3) SRS/"study" #
    • はじめてコミックシティに来場される皆様へ bit.ly/aHdEGc #
    • YouTube – ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION – 堂々巡りの夜 bit.ly/am9xlW #
    • YouTube – 【MAD】「F」マキシマムザホルモン×DRAGON　BALL Z bit.ly/bcrBAr #
    • スター・ウォーズの鉄人！ bit.ly/bxFTqx | via #ajattplus #
    • 和製英語 – Wikipedia bit.ly/bFn8v7 | via #ajattplus #
    • Yahoo!知恵袋 "雰囲気を、ふいんきと間違える人が多いのはどうしてですか？" bit.ly/cqIo2O #
    • If you were fluent right now but stopped immersing, you would start sucking. So your goal isn't fluency. You are your goal. You are Japanese #
    • @Wicketification Japanese is a habit. A lifestyle. Not a place. Not a test score. It's a function, not a point. You're already there. in reply to Wicketification #
    • Been reading L2 books outside using #factorial #timeboxing. Synthesizing that vitamin D, sun! | @yuzuruyuzuru = naming genius #
    • "テレビだって、コンテンツって商品を売ってるわけなんだけど、昔っからなんかおかしいなーと思ってたのは、それがいい商品であるかどうかを判断す る基準もまた、テレビ自体が提供してたんじゃねーかなーみたいなこと。" bit.ly/98bc2q #
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