SOAS

On the 13th of April 2010, I gave a talk at the University of London SOAS. Many readers from all over the UK including Wales came along to listen to the talk. Thank you to all those who came - was great meeting you all!

If you can see yourself in this photo - please annotate yourself!

Up until I graduated from SOAS, I never got anything above a C for my grades - average being a D. My teachers at SOAS were passionate about helping their students learn Japanese and with their guidance I managed to graduate with a BA First Class Honours.

After the short visit today, I was starting to wish I can go back to SOAS to study something or other!

The schedule has been packed since a week before I left for Hong Kong last month and I don't think I'll be able to get off this roller coaster for a breather until the end of April. Tis fun work but it unfortunately means less writing - hence the lack of posts. My Twitter account is being more actively updated though.

Will talk in depth about SOAS in a later post but just wanted to get these photos out - some of them taken from the following blogs/twitter accouns etc.

http://jrogel.posterous.com/dannychoo-mangazine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkdollhouse/sets/72157623702351799/
http://www.mobypicture.com/user/ayasawada/view/6329549
http://twitpic.com/photos/jamesoneill83
http://www.flickr.com/photos/syoaranx/sets/72157623729434301/
http://hammymorrin.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/an-audience-with-danny-choo-soas-13-04-10/
http://www.typestatic.com/2010/04/danny-choo-soas-videos/ (video)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookiedude_2332/sets/72157623727894967/
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/danny-choo-soas/
http://twitter.com/AMGitsKriss
http://kumako.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/13042010-dannys-event/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/occluded/sets/72157623727642245/
http://www.k-jessop.co.uk/danny-choo-at-soas/537
http://twitpic.com/1fdz1e
http://cannedmemory.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/an-audience-with-danny-choo/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quaqsim/sets/72157623728178099/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keiotic/sets/72157623725288321/
http://www.2 シシ.jp/2010/04/danny-choo-meetup-%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3 %83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E9%9B%86%E5%90%88/
http://sbiker.co.cc/2010/04/an-audience-with-danny-choo-london-13042010/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRBVuRJPYro&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgxgU3o8r-Y

If you don't see your coverage above then let me know or please leave in the comments - I will add it to this post.

Once again thanks to all those who came along - was absolutely fantastic to be able to meet all of you. Promise not to leave it 5 years again until I'm back in the UK - I must try to come at least once a year!

Some videos of the event below.

Need to grab a bit of kip - train to Paris tomorrow noon and then plane back to Tokyo in the evening. Will be writing up a few Japan posts on the plane which I was meant to post when I arrived in Paris ^^;