The Japan Foundation, Manila presents its annual Nihongo Fiesta which will be held on March 3, 2007 (Saturday) from 10:00am to 6:00pm at Clam Shell II, Intramuros, Manila. This fun whole day event will feature the following:

The 34th Nihongo Speech Contest

Book launching of “Junctions Between Filipinos and Japanese “, essays on Japan and the Philippines

Arts & Performances from the Japanese language students nationwide

Japanese Toy Exhibit

Cool Booths from different schools and organizations

Mochitsuki & other Japanese sweets

and lots of Fun….Fun…..Fun…..

For details please contact The Japan Foundation, Manila at 811-6155 to 58.

If you are the next Lino Brocka in the making but don’t know sh*t about studio brainstorming, you’d better proceed reading.

FILM STUDIO BRAINSTORMING… The Science & Art
Want to know how a commercial film production outfit develops projects?
Master the principles crucial to make a certified box-office hit movie.
Learn how to integrate into your story concept aspects that affect the production of a script. Know anything from market viability to star system to studio jargons and doctrines.

FILM STUDIO BRAINSTORMING… The Science & Art
Seminar Workshop
March 3 & 10
Fee: P 3,000

Facilitators:
JL Caiña [former Member, ABS-CBN/Star Cinema-Creative Development Group (CDG); former TV Analyst for ABS-CBN]
Melchor Escarcha [Creative Consultant, THUNDERPUNCH Animation and Comics Studio; USA former Member, ABS-CBN/Star Cinema-Creative Development Group (CDG)]

For Registration & Inquiries Contact: +639208793237
Email: irish_patatas_ entertainment@ yahoo.com

REGISTER ON-LINE

Source: E-mail from the U.P. Film Institute

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Today’s Japanese word:
KIMOI
adjective

Katakana:
???

Hiragana:
???

Simple Definitions:
abbreviation of ????? or ?????? or kimochi warui
Eew!
Yuck!
Disgusting!

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I did this Basic Anime Rendering in Photoshop tutorial a while back. I first posted it on my DeviantArt gallery. It has received quite a number of sugoi feedback from fellow artists. Since this blog is all about sugoi stuff, I decided to repost it here.

Click on the teaser to view the whole thing:

The tutorial’s a large JPG file (638KB) so it may take a bit of time to load. If you want to see more of my work, just visit my DeviantArt gallery.

For my fellow bookworms, I think this is worth checking out:

1st Value for Money Book Fair
U.P. Alumni Hostel
Diliman, Quezon City
19-23 February 2007

Sugoistuff won’t be sugoi if there isn’t any hint of Japan in it. It’s no secret that members of Team Sugoi were actually brought together by their common interest in Japanese culture (among others). The blog name says it all.

Anyway, as the resident Nihongo “expert” in Team Sugoi, I had to volunteer to do this series of posts on Japanese words and expressions. Just very simple definitions and usages. The posts won’t really assure you survival in Japan, and I don’t really plan to make a grammar book out of this venture. However, I hope that it gives you an idea of what the words mean and certain contexts where they can be used.

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Today’s Japanese word:
SUGOI
adjective

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