http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2183 Comments for "Dreaming in Japanese" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2183#comment-640 <p>I am from Lima, Perú. I read all the posts to learn a little from every nikkei who wants to share a bit of life. I consider yours a nice experience traduced in words, emphasizing in the importance of respectfullness of experience and heritage.<br /> DISEÑADOR PUBLICITARIO, ARTISTA AFICIONADO, COLUMNISTA PRENSA NIKKEI<br /> www.cajoncreativo.com, BLOG victornishioyasuoka.wordpress.com<br /> LIMA, PERÚ</p> Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:45:42 -0700 Victor Nishio Yasuoka comment 640 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2183 <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/J_Hibarger_sm.jpg" title="View: J_Hibarger_sm.jpg"><img style="width: px; height:px;" src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/J_Hibarger_sm.jpg" class="inline" alt="J_Hibarger_sm.jpg" title="J_Hibarger_sm.jpg" /></a></p> <h2>Dreaming in Japanese</h2> <p>By Julia Hibarger</p> <p>"You’ll know you have arrived when you start dreaming in Japanese." Grandma’s voice on the other end of the line was so reassuring – in a Nisei, sage-like sort of way – that I decided to pay closer attention to my dreams and less attention to my legs, which were falling asleep from sitting cross-legged on the <em>tatami</em> of my cramped <em>roku-jo</em>¹ apartment. It was Sports Day at my school and I didn’t really have much time, but I could never turn down one of Grandma’s early morning calls. With two years of college Japanese and a month of JET² under my belt, I wondered if I would ever "arrive" as she had described.</p> <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2183">read more</a></p> http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2183#comment Identity Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:44:53 -0800 editor 2183 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum