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Damn...189? What car were you driving that went that fast? I have only gone 139...

Originally posted by George L.
Damn...189? What car were you driving that went that fast? I have only gone 139...

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A mighly modified Pilgrim Bulldog kit car. Rover 3.9 V8 @ approx 390 BHP, vehicle wight less than 700 Kg. It had a removeable hard top, and won gold in European endurance rallies for two years running. Then my father sold it to a guy who promptly crashed it taking it round Brands Hatch.

Check my gallery for current project, should be road worthy in about 8 weeks

Name: Jeffrey

Nickname: "The Philly Flash" (Used to run track at my high school)

DOB: January 12, 1959 (Somewhere around the Jurassic age!)

Blood type: red

Sign: Capricorn (Yeah, I'm a goat! Wanna make something of it?)

Ethnicity: African-American

Place of birth: University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Current location: Still in Philly!

Fave color: Purple (Grape Kool-Aid, nectar of the gods!)

Fave number: 7 (Love seeing it when I play the slots in Atlantic City!)

Interests: Listening to music (60's thru 80's), old school J-Pop (70's & 80's), reading, watching sports, movie and anime, collecting manga, surfing the Net, Japanese women

Talents: Incredibly patient (Came in handy for spending 20 years in the Navy), handy with electronics and computers, writing

Goals: To win my local lottery for an obscene amount of money

Name: Benny
Nicknames: Dream Time
DOB: 07/01/1985, Age 18
Blood type: no idea
Sign: Cancer
Ethnicity : Chinese

Place of birth: Hong Kong,China
Current location: Vancouver,Canada

Favorites
color: blue,black,white
number: 1
animal : cats
food: fish,asian foods

Hobbies, interests, and passions:
music (mainly rock,also jazz,pop)
guitar,vocal
basketball
girls
motorcycles
sleeping

drinks : water,milk,real juice,alchohol

Talents: music,determination,strong-minded,never give up

Goals in life: to be a musician

Name: Franz
Nicknames: arcanoa
DOB: Mar 15, Age better not
Blood type: Vampire resistant
Sign: Pisces
Ethnicity : European

Place of birth: Frankfurt / Ger.
Current location: near Munich

Favorites
all colors
number: none
animal : raw cats
food: everything

Hobbies, interests, and passions:
to paint
to work/repair on my house
to joke
computers

talents: eating and having fun, maybe painting

Goals in life: to stay healthy

heres my answers to some of the new questions that have popped up...

fave animal: cats - they rule
food: anythin with chocolate in it, on it etc.
today's hot phrase: past instances in which i professed to like you were fraudulent (its from the simpsons)
music: anythings thats good - mainly hip hop and DEVO!!! yeaa!!! and polysics
film and book: Battle Royale
drink: chocolate milkshake...mmmm
season: in britain theyre all pretty similar weather wise

Oh dear I'm new here but I like these things, so I'll just post Like your setup Tzed9, so I 'stole' it heheh.

Name: Violet
Nick: Ahm no nick here, but I have one in an obscure online game called FateLrds: Aldaira
DOB: Feb 18th, 1972
Age: 31
Blood type: No clue, really ought to check with my mum
Sign: Aquarius

Ethnicity: Parents hail from Croatia, but I feel Dutch 99.9% of the time. I can get quite Croato-nationalistic when it comes to fi football lol
POB: Dijkzigt Ziekenhuis (hospital), Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Location: Rotterdam, although right now at work in Amsterdam

Favourite Colour: Hmm blue, black, silver (no colour but who cares!), darp purple, red
Likes: A lot. Reading, going to the cinema, buying DVDs, thinking about how to live healthy heheh, Japan obviously, going out for dinner with friends, photoshopping, some amateuristic webdesigning, doing nothing, science fiction and so on and so forth ...
Hates: Hmm I try not to hate, it's such a negative emotion, but I dislike jealousy and dishonesty. And I don't mean the occasional white lie, cause we're all bound to tell those. And a bit of jealousy is fine, but when people actually really hate someone else for having something, now that's bad. And there's the little things, like loud people, drunk folks, chores around the house I don't like, getting up early - which unfortunately just what I have to do everyday lol ...

Talents: Hmm sometimes I think I'm an Oracle, until I run into some stuff I don't know of which there is plenty in the wide wide world . Then I have this thing that makes people want to confide in me. I like to listen to people and my friends know that I don't gossip around.
Goals: Just lead a good life, which is tough enough as it is. And some minor goals like visiting Japan one day (hopefully next year), find the right man, and all that heheh.

Food: Chinese, sushi, pastas, and fries! I love fries! Not eating those too often though.
Drink: Water, water and more water. Sometimes a light (aka diet) beverage or tea, but on the whole, water.
Way to relax: Read, watch a movie, spend time with good friends, playing that game FateLords, and sometimes, just doing nothing.
Today's hot phrase: Arghh get your hands of my planet! (again that FateLords game)
Today's favourite thing: My new Palm Tungsten E which I had to buy after the demise of my old Palm V
Speed record: just 192 KPH in my dad's car on the German Autobahn
Aspirations: Ufff, tough one ... finally enrolling for kendo classes maybe (lets start small)? After 15 years of thinking about it occasionally ...

Nice profile btw Violet.

-Real name: Sorry, but you don't need to know...

-Nicknames: Gus, G-Money, G-dawg, Ghostdawg, Goldtongue (don't ask!)

-DOB: 9/03/1971 (That's 32 for those of you who don't know how to subtract btw)

-Blood type: Uhh, not sure now that I think about it

-Ethnic background: Half-Irish, half-Vietnamese (translation: I'm a mean drunk during Chinese New year 8-p)

-Place of birth: Saigon, Vietnam

-Current location: Grand Rapids, MI (USA) but moving to Nagoya, Japan next month

-Favorite color: Black followed closely by silver or grey

-Hobbies, interests, and passions: Too many to list but here goes Kendo, Taiko, cinema, street-racing, progressive music, gourmet cooking, travel (to anywhere I haven't already been), studying Japanese, clubbing with friends, etc. etc.

-Academic/professional credentials: Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Master in Public Administration (all /w Honors), MLEOTC/MCOLES (Michigan Law Enforcement Officer's Training Council/Michigan College of Law Enforcement Standards) certified

-Talents: Expert marksman, a penchant for throwing parties and preparing elaborate dishes for my friends, and a knack for remembering people's names and faces even after only meeting them once

-Goals in life: Same as everyone else I suppose, get married, raise a family, spend the rest of your life with someone you love, and when all is said and done, be able to say you made a difference in somebody's life

-Favorite quote/saying: "What the hell..."

-Places I have traveled to during my lifetime: Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, India, Philippines, Myanmar, Tibet, India, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt just to name a few (not to mention all throughout the continental U.S.) 8-p

-Toys I own atm because I'm single and can afford to splurge: Metallic silver 1997 6M TT Supra imported from Japan bought new at the time (my baby 8-p), 2001 1200cc Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R (silver and chrome)

-Current occupation: Babysitting at J-Ref!

-Pet(s): None atm although I have a 20-gallon hexagonal aquarium if that counts 8-p

-Favorite food/snack/drink: Sicilian-style spaghetti served /w ripe olives and three different kinds of cheese on top along /w fresh bruschetta /w sundried tomato and a black olive tamponade (and a chilled glass of red wine to top it all off)

-J-Ref member I most admire/would like to meet: kirei na me

-Person (living or dead) that I would most like to meet: (3-way tie) Bruce Lee, Martin Luther King, and Nostradamus

-If I were a tree, what kind would I be? Hell if I know!

-If I were stuck on a deserted island indefinitely, which celebrity would I choose to be stranded with and why? Jennifer Connelly because I have been infatuated with her since I was 14 and first saw her in "Labyrinth", heh. And like a fine wine... she only gets better with age 8-p

-Motto in life: Family first, friends second... Work hard, play harder... Never trust anyone until you get to know them well and always watch your back unless you want to wind up someone else's victim...

-Favorite party game(s): Spin the bottle, nude Twister (only if it's me and everyone else playing is all girls though)

Originally posted by Iron Chef
Nice profile btw Violet.

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Thank you, very kind, but yours is even nicer

Man, you sure have travelled a lot! And I like your car, my brother is a bit of a EvoLancer fanatic and on the whole likes the Asian supercars too, so I guess it rubbed off on me as well. I've got a little calypso red bmw myself, nothing fancy or overly expensive mind you

Thnx for the kind words V. Us thirtysomethings need to stick together. 8-p That ride of your isn't too shabby either btw. What series is it if I may ask?

All about me!

Name: Jo-Ryan
Username: Hachiko
DOB: 8/2/84
Blood type: AB+ (CMV Hero)
Ethnicity: Filipino (which in turn is a mixture of Malay, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish)
Place of birth: Long Beach, CA
Residence: See above
Favorite Colors: Red, White, and Black. (Blue and light blue replace red and blackon occassions. Green is a respectable sixth.)
High School Alma Mater: Lakewood, CA (Class of '02)
Occupation: Student Aide
Career pursuing: Web design, internet solutions, help-desk...
Favorite sayings:
"And THAT, my friend, is the bottom line."
"OUCH!"
"Most definitely."
Interests: Ribon Magazine, Super GALS!, Chrno Crusade, FLCL, Abenobashi, other anime and shoujo, Newtype USA magazine, surf music, american football, rugby, Yuta Tabuse, Japanese food, the Internet, this forum, Gamesbids.com, girls, sleeping, and too many others to date.
Pets: A piggy bank named Dirry Hari and a piggy cat named Garfield.
Favorite food: Potatoes au gratin. I have a homestyle version that I like to make, which adds ranch dressing, a load of parmesan, some garlic, and (if I feel like it) tuna. I love making this dish!
Favorite books: Ulysses by James Joyce, manga books, Newtype USA, Ribon
Favorite anime character right now: Kotobuki Ran from Super GALS!
Favorite anime character overall: Tsukino Usagi from Sailor Moon. She got me to appreciate being an otaku.

Originally posted by Iron Chef
Thnx for the kind words V. Us thirtysomethings need to stick together. 8-p That ride of your isn't too shabby either btw. What series is it if I may ask?

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Heheh, gah can't believe I'm in my 30s already lol - 32 next month , but yeah we've got to stick together lol

And sure you may ask, it's a 1996 318i, automatic (uhmm not sure if that's the correct term in the US as well ... no shifting gears manually heheh) - I like my comfort ^_^

Name: Lynn
Gender: Dude
Nick: Tamago
Age: I'm a capricorn, try to figure it out
Blood type: O+? I think..

Ethnicity: Ohh boy..Hungarian, Canadian, Danish, German, British, Welsh..
Result: Caucasian, blonde hair, blue eyes, 5'10

-Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah
-Currently Living: Boston, Massachusetts
-Pets: A ferret!

Interests: Chillin, rock climbing, running, camping, hiking, different cultures, languages, chattin, drivin fast, girls with brains, Japanese language and culture.

Talents: Being painfully realistic and not BSing myself...Uhh..Pretty good at figuring out human psychology..Been told I'm good at making people laugh & feel better. I have a scary memory, which has it's ups and downs I guess..

Goals: To help people. To stay fit(keep goin to gym). To graduate and become a successful English teacher(with a TEFL degree). To move to Japan for a few years, try my hand at teachin and also become proficient in Japanese while there, then move back to the USA and use my experiences to shape my career and my life. And of course master the art of chopstick wielding. Maybe pick up a girl on the way..I dunno..My relationships tend to go strong for a few months then die off..The fire that burns brightest burns fastest..

Hates: Narrow minded people..Crazy fangirls/fanguys & otakus that are completely obssessed with Japan and Japanese (but can't say anything in it). However I also don't like disrespectful people, so for the time being I treat everyone with respect..Even though fantasizing about Japanese women and anime characters is hardly respect..err ok I'll stop.. I really don't like loud obnoxious people either. Kids are ok though

Name: Teresa
Nicknames: Terry, Ter-bear (Um, don't ask)
DOB: 12/23/78 *sniffles* I'm ancient! xD (No, just older)
Blood type: Not sure..? Red?
Sign: Capricorn
Ethnic background: East Indian

Place of birth: New York
Current location: Somewhere bored in New York (not telling u my real location, stalker!) j/k

Favorite color: Black, lavender, red

Hobbies, interests: Singing, going to school, anime, reading manga,
internet, taking long walks by myself, meeting nice, weird people like me, ^^;tae-kwon do, zouk, hentai! *ahem* being a Trunks obsessor xD (just kidding, he's my fave character and beautiful!)*-*
eating ramen and pocky sticks, learning about other cultures and languages, lambada, writing anime fanfics, songs, poems, guys,
bowling....wow, I'm picky! lol

Talents: Being naughty but nice xD And the singing, of course! ^^

Goals in life: Be a famous singer, visit Japan, date a Japanese guy...hey, a girl can dream

Originally posted by DarkLadyRei

Nicknames: Terry, Ter-bear (Um don't ask)

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You told us not to, which means I have to.

So whats the deal with the nick name?

Oddly enough I have a friend named Teresa who we also refer to as Terry or Ter-bear

lol are you serious? I still don't get how I got my nickname its not like im all puffy and hairy like a bear Anyway, my little sis came up with that.

Originally posted by DarkLadyRei
I still don't get how I got my nickname its not like im all puffy and hairy like a bear Anyway, my little sis came up with that.

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What a horrible image you have conjured up in my psyche.

Mwhahahaahaha! I'm evil huh?
(ok, im tired this is the last post for tonight) lol

G'night.

Name:Ashley
Nicknames: Ash, ash tray (don't laugh...)
DOB: 2 June 1986
Blood type: O+
Sign: Gemini
Ethnic background: Peranakan (that's mainly Chinese plus a bit of malay)

Place of birth: Mount Alvernia Hospital, Singapore
Current location: Singapore
School: St Andrew's Junior College

Favorite color: Black, maroon, dark purple, silver

Hobbies, interests: Singing,anime, reading manga,
internet, watching movies, reading magazines, fantasy novels, slacking, eating ( I LOVE my food... i'm such a pig ya...), guys, elves

Talents: Being a good friend, having a good memory

Goals in life: to be really really really rich!!!! muahahaha

some more nifty tidbits.

Moon::: i didn'tk now your fav. food was lassgna[spl??] thats like mine! besides cheesecake.

DRINK:::: REd koolaid, and Hennesy
WAYS 2 RELAX:: just be somewhere quiet outside so the wind can blow on me...
FAV Rappers::: PAc and NAs
Fav City:::: Atlanta
FAv. movie::::: Dune
Fav. quote::: ...can't remember...
Quote of the day::: [insert my real name here] how much have you had to drink?? What!?!? And your not slurring your words or trying to figure out where your clothes are!? Your a brave soul.....
pets:: usually a dog but i want a cat now.
fav tv shows::: seinfield, that 70's show, friends[Looks around to see who will laugh...], and all law and order shows..

おはいようみんな！

DOB May 19 1974

Sign Taurus
Chinese zodiac sign Tiger

Nickname 知恵

Interests, Hobbies Photography, Foreign languages (especially Japanese), Traveling, Theatre, Music, Science (especially physics and astronomy)

Favorite Movie: The Matrix
Favorite Band: Incubus

General attitude towards life: Experience everything...fear nothing, life is what you make out of it

Future plans: To live in Japan and work as a photographer

Favorite foods: Buta kimchee, chahan, bibinba, anything really spicy...the hotter the better, If my mouth isn't on fire it's not hot enough

Favorite quote: "There is no spoon" (from the matrix...of course)

Favorite phrase from Japan: 多分終わり(my own creation), どうするアイフル？(that's from a Japanese commercial, didn't make much sense but it was really really funny)

Favorite Japanese movie: Ping Pong, Juon (number 1)...2 was a cop-out

Favoite parts of Tokyo: 1. Shinjuku 2. Harajuku 3. Shibuya (for the night life......)

Well,
I only have one thing left to say, 多分終わり。。。。

and remember....there is no spoon......

知恵

Name: Ke
Nicknames: Keenie, Keani, Kee, Cerna
DOB: October 12, 1984. Yeah, that's right. 2 more years...
Sign: Libra
Blood Type: O Positive
POB: Cleveland, OH. "Cleveland is the City!"
Where am I now: Athens, Ohio
Where I will be a year from now: Nagoya, Japan
Where I will be 10 years from now: Alive and well, I hope!

Ethnicity: mixed Black
Nationality: American
Languages I speak: English, Czech, standard French and ghetto Spanish
Languages I want so speak: Japanese. Like you didn't know!

What I want to be in life: A DPT--Doctor of Physical Therapy. Oh yeah, and married to Ken Watanabe. Ha, just playin', ya'll

Favorite song: "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness
Last movie seen: Big Fish. Go see it, it's good!
Favorite sport: Soccer. I can get pretty wild when it comes to Czech footballers
Favorite show on TV: Gotta give it up for The Fab Five
Fav College Class: Tie between Japanese and Sociology
Last song I've sung: "Everything" by Fefe Dobson. And yeah, I can sing.

Scariest movie I've ever seen: The Ring
Funniest movie I've ever seen: Ringu (it was laughable, believe me)

Craziest thing ever done: Ha ha ha. Please.
The one thing I would never do: :smoke:

What I like: People who are free and open to new ideals and people
What I dislike: People who hate on other folks based on where they come from.

It's been a while since I registered, so I think it's time I introduce myself.

Name: Eelco William Hoenselaar (I have nothing to hide, so there.)
DOB: July 7th, 1973 (I'll leave the age calculation up to you, just don't call me old )

I was born in Belgium, but I'm Dutch. (Yes, Belgium and Holland are two different countries)
Started getting interested in Japan when I read Clavell's Shogun.
Currently living in Leiden, The Netherlands where I'm supposed to be studying Japanese at the University. Spent 2 years in Japan (one year near Nagasaki, one near Izumo)
During my time in the army (drafted) I also spent 8 months in Bosnia as a truckdriver.

Hobbies include: Soundtracks, computers, games and parachuting (though I haven't jumped out of an airplane for ages).
I love different cultures and new experiences.
Right now I've got a job application running with the Dutch Army as a Japanese/Dutch/English translator in Iraq. If I get the job you can read about it on my website (follow the link in my signature).

At this moment I'm the webmaster of The Foreigner - Japan. Me and 2 of my mates have set it up about a year ago. Not doing too bad, and we're getting a fair amount of visitors which is always nice, at least you don't feel you're doing it for nothing. My tasks are basically keeping the site up and running, designing the graphics, and overall improving the site. I'm also creating the Japanese 101 course here.

Favorite music: Well, soundtracks. Besides that the alternative pop like Garbage and rock music like Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crow, and a lot more, but there's really too much to name. What I definitely don't like is hiphop and house. Too repetitive for my taste.

Favorite foods: Anything without mayonaise. Prefer spicy stuff, like HOT!! curry. yumyum
Goals: Eat fugu. If I ever have the courage...

Absolutely hates: Intolerant people and discrimination of any kind. Untrustworthyness (wow big word)
Hates: stupidity, people who don't do what I tell them