Khoma

[Khoma]

Hey Khoma

Always a blast to play against you.

Whenever i see your name i always think of a chicken korma

Welcome.

I googled it, seems like a pretty nice recipe.
Maybe I should try it sometimes. ^^

[Pegasus]

Welcome to the msg board, Khoma; enjoy your stay and feel free to provide any feedback and constructive criticism you might have on the hosted content.

PS: I believe it's been concluded that octopuses eating their tentacles only happens as a result of neurological/brain disease, i.e. it doesn't occur normally. Being fascinated by those most alien-looking creatures of the deep (they also taste great!), I remember looking that up years ago .

[EmanReleipS]

Khoma-chan!

Nice to finally meet you! I'm 22 and a student, too! What are you studying?
Seems like the student gamers are getting more numerous!

See you around!

EDIT: Forgot to mention: Your user image looks awesome!

Nice a fellow student!
I'm studying applied psychology, what are you studying?

Glad you like it! I don't know where I got it from but I'm using it as long as I can remember.

Japanese Studies major here.
Funky and Ken are students, too. But they are a tiny bit younger than us.

[Xac]

Hey there Khoma! Good to see you

In a "khoma" is how I usually play UT

Octopus? Yuk! I had more than enough of that tasteless rubbery stuff in Japan...I'm not a fan of Tako Sushi. At festivals you can often get these ball shaped things cooked in cast iron trays with small bits of Tako inside, they are just about bearable.

[Khoma]

Welcome to the msg board, Khoma; enjoy your stay and feel free to provide any feedback and constructive criticism you might have on the hosted content.

PS: I believe it's been concluded that octopuses eating their tentacles only happens as a result of neurological/brain disease, i.e. it doesn't occur normally. Being fascinated by those most alien-looking creatures of the deep (they also taste great!), I remember looking that up years ago .

Thanks for the lesson, I've learned something today. (:

[Khoma]

Khoma-chan!

Nice to finally meet you! I'm 22 and a student, too! What are you studying?
Seems like the student gamers are getting more numerous!

See you around!

EDIT: Forgot to mention: Your user image looks awesome!

Nice a fellow student!
I'm studying applied psychology, what are you studying?

Glad you like it! I don't know where I got it from but I'm using it as long as I can remember.

Japanese Studies major here.
Funky and Ken are students, too. But they are a tiny bit younger than us.

Japanese Studies seems like a great study, how did you end up studying that?
Nice to see some more people of our age, I assumed that everybody still playing UT would be kinda old. (':

[EmanReleipS]

Japanese Studies seems like a great study, how did you end up studying that?
Nice to see some more people of our age, I assumed that everybody still playing UT would be kinda old. (':

There is a group our age (Dally, Funky, you, I), then some late twenties (Anik) and early thirties (Cat), and then a big group of people who are all, somehow, 42 (Xac, Gloupy). vmgNarra, my little bro, is the youngest player here (16y).

I have an interest in China and Japan, esp their histories. My oldest brother started teaching himself Japanese during his summer break from uni (some years ago) and I wanted to give him a book for self-studying the "hiragana" and "katakana" alphabets. But I saw the "hiragana" alphabet and thought that I wanted to learn it, too, so I kept the book. I taught myself some Japanese during High School and after graduating, I looked around (at first just for fun) what I could do with Japanese. And I found Japanese Studies, which is a fun major. I have also been to Tokyo for a year (until this summer), my academic exchange year. All in all, I reall enjoy it, although the language can be pesky at times.

How is psychology? How come a psychology student is playing UT?

[Dalyup]

Yo, welcome, Khoma! I must agree with Funky: you sound delicious.

What book was that, Eman? I've been reading a book on Chinese history and I've been finding it fascinating; its history, I find, is so utterly different from the Euro-centric history I've been taught and am used to. I plan on moving onto Japanese or Indian history next, but it's also made me interested in learning one of the Asian languages to understand more of the Asian culture/history, and the languages themselves are quite interesting. I figure Japanese would be a good choice as I already get some exposure to it in the manga and anime I read and watch.

[EmanReleipS]

Yo, welcome, Khoma! I must agree with Funky: you sound delicious.

What book was that, Eman? I've been reading a book on Chinese history and I've been finding it fascinating; its history, I find, is so utterly different from the Euro-centric history I've been taught and am used to. I plan on moving onto Japanese or Indian history next, but it's also made me interested in learning one of the Asian languages to understand more of the Asian culture/history, and the languages themselves are quite interesting. I figure Japanese would be a good choice as I already get some exposure to it in the manga and anime I read and watch.

You don't speak German, Dally, do you? If you did, I could have recommended you this short and concise book about Japan's history.

I taught myself the Hiragana with this book. It also lists some common expressions with the letters you are learning. Sorry that it's all in German. Hopefully you'll be able to find something similar in English.

I have also learned Mandarin for 1 year. If you are interested in hearing about learning Japanese and Chinese in more detail, let me know.

[Xac]

You're right Dally up, in UK schools history lessons these days seem to only be about the Romans and Hitler.

For learning the Hiragana and Katakana, I found it quite useful to download a bit of free software where the characters are shown as flash cards and you have to type in which one you think it is. These days you can probably get it as an app for your phone.

Another good thing to do is to make the character into a picture of something you will remember, for example, the Katakana for "Mu" looks a bit like a leg running or "Mu-ving" Or "Ma" looks a bit like a breast, so "Ma for Mama" silly things like that help you remember.

Eman, any recommendations for learning German? I've been trying for about the last 30 years without much success.