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David LaSpina
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David is an Italian-American expat lost in Japan. A photographer, father, lover of haiku, and eater of natto. Here, there, and everywhere.
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1 day ago
Absolutely! Whenever I have to do give a speech, or even teach a larger than usual class, and I'm feeling nervous, I think of Steve Martin's fake uber-confidence and I do the same. !BBH
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1 day ago
It's pretty crazy. But most of it is ignored today. About the only thing that is paid any attention to is when you turn 60 and your animal-element year comes again, that is…
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1 day ago
I agree!
@dbooster
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1 day ago
haha exactly!
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1 day ago
Yep, exactly the same. The Japanese basically imported the Chinese system. I think the Koreans did as well. Back when arranged marriages were more of a thing in Japan than they…
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3 days ago
Agreed — a very beautiful coin!
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4 days ago
No, dude, you said it well. There are so many problems here. And yeah, when LEO goes out and does their onboarding, the few people they do get to stick are the scammers. I've…
@dbooster
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6 days ago
Totally. Pacing is half of good speaking, so a good tongue twister will definitely be designed to encourage that.
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6 days ago
And that's the secret to learning to do it well — practice slowly until your mouth learns to enunciate the sounds separately, then speed up. The rain in Spain falls mainly on…
@dbooster
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6 days ago
haha I know, right? You don't realize how tricky those words can be until they are presented back to back like this.
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