what do you see?

Since we're stuck indoors waiting out a major downpour (about time too) I'll take the opportunity to write something...now what was it...
Oh yes, in case anyone else is wanting to start Japanese study, the book Colin mentioned is called Talk Japanese, it's here on Amazon. It's a good starter course and teaches some good basics - the only drawback is that it's all in romaji so doesn't help much with your reading skills. When I got it, in the good old days of course, it came with tapes as the one listed also seems to, but according to Colin it seems they've modernised to CDs since.

While I'm here, did you know about the "bug boom" in Japan at the moment? Everyone (well, a lot of kids mostly) is obsessed with these giant beetles, I think because of the popularity of an arcade/card came called Mushi King (The King Of Beetles). There's more about the game on the Japan Times site. Needless to say there's a lot of merchandise available too, including Mushi King curry(!)...still, better giant beetles than Korean dramas, that's what I say!