Meet Araya

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Hi! My name is Araya. It stands for 'A ray of sunshine on a hill.' I thought the name was pretty unique & I love it!

I play Kisa. I think my personality is more like hers than Tohru's in the series. I'm all smiles & I can be pretty quiet.

I'm in mid 20's. I'm not nor was I an avid anime & manga fan but I've loved Furuba for the past 3+ years or something of the sort. It was the first manga I ever really read. I used to only watch a few anime series here and there. I'm starting to pick up on anime & manga more.

I love listening to Japanese rock. I follow at least 3 bands quite a lot. They are An Cafe, alice nine, & daizystripper. They're my favorite in that order. I like listening to other languages, too. Japanese is my favorite though. Sometimes I like it more than English. ^^;

I love Japanese & other international dramas. My favorite one is Hana Yori Dango. I have yet to read the manga.

I studied two years of Japanese. I didn't do that well in school because I'm better studying such a language on my own. I can do better studying a language like French where there aren't so many characters to do in a class. I look forward to studying more languages. I hope to be a linguist & possible translator one day. But for the meantime I want to become a Librarian as my career. I think it fits my perfectly. I'm good with computers. I love to read & write & my personality completely fits the atmosphere. It's quiet.

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Welcome! =] I'm glad you're still interested in the site. ^-^
You know where to reach me if you have any questions.

I'm pretty interested in other languages myself; I was born in the philippines, so my native tongue is tagalog. I learned english in school, and my stepfather's parents are old-world dutch - i lived with them for a year in second grade, and stayed every summer & winter vactions, and they moved in with us when i was in high school, so I know dutch as well. [RUN ON SENTENCE FTL D<] i learned spanish in high school, though i'm not too fond of it. japanese i'm learning myself, as well. i'm interested in picking up italian, maybe some mandarin as well. ^-^

I prefer jpop to jrock, but to each his own. :3 i love judy and mary, and l'arc~en~ciel.

welcome, again. =]

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I want to learn Italian,too! My mom is half Italian because my Uncle/her Dad was full Italian. I believe he even had an accent. Both of us want to go to Europe & Italy eventually.

I forgot to mention I'd also like to be a writer, a painter, a poet, a dancer, a singer, a clothes designer, & a teacher. :]

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At least one of us knows what to do in the future! D= LOL

Ooooh, I loved Hana Yori Dango as well. You really should read the manga, I really liked it. Although the curly hair takes awhile to get used to... XD But then again, it grows on you. Like fungus! =D

I love languages too, though I don't really think I have the knack for learning it - at least not fluenty. I know how to speak Bisaya and Tagalog besides good ol' English and I learned Mandarin in school. Bits and pieces of Spanish and Japanese here and there, but nothing great. I love jpop, but jrock is okay too.

Yeah, I get the same feelings sometimes as well. If anyone ever steals my ipod, all the songs are either in Japanese, Chinese, Korean or something else. Barely any English songs in there... >=D

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@ Miki - most of the songs on my IPOD are in Japanese but that'll change soon.

Learning languages just takes time....and patience.

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Oh, what other language are you planning on adding into it?

So true -- too bad I don't have much time and I sometimes have ADD so I really couldn't concentrate on it for an extended period of time. D=