The previous two entries were tests in which I sent pictures of different sizes and texts from my cell phone. Typing is very inconvenient on a Japanese cell phone because they do not have keyboards, only number pads. So I have to press the same button as many as four times (for the letters s and z) to get the letters. Also punctuation is all on the same button so you have to repeatedly press the button to get ( or ), for example.
I should point out again that the inputting process is quite easy for Japanese. As you type in the kana (Japanese syllables) the words that you have previously used with those sounds appear with the last used first and are easily selected.
About Me
- Charles
- Nakagawa-machi, Chikush-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
- I have lived in Japan since 1976 and now consider it to be my permanent home. I have a very varied background having studied engineering, Japanese and East Asian studies, and education at the university level. I spent ten years in the Army where my job involved Area Studies, mostly in East Asia. When I started to teach in Japan, it was at a post high school level and, after I completed a PhD in education, I moved to a university where I become a full professor. After retiring, I taught part-time but am now completely retired and spend my enjoying myself. I am reasonably fluent in Japanese and at present all of my friends are elderly Japanese.
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