Less than 2 months to go before the 3rd anniversary of Japinoy.com — I know it’s quite early to think about that, with the upgrade in the works and all. But looking at the anniversary pictures got me really excited.

Last year, we celebrated Japinoy’s 2nd birthday at Astoria Plaza in Ortigas with Nihongo and gestures demo, kimono wearing, chienowa challenge, kendama challenge and the first ever Wii Tennis tournament. I forgot some of the other mini-activities we had that day, but what I could not forget was how fun it was to just be with everyone, meet new people I only know online, talk and get to know each other, laugh ourselves silly.

Here is a commemorative pic, after the Wii Tennis tournament. This is the, uhm, losers challenge.

Japinoy.com sentai superheroes (and a penguin)! From left: me, blake-san (MJ-kun's cousin), penguin Noe-san (she says she's Ironman, but I think she looks more like a penguin), Jules-san, MJ-kun, Jed-san

I really wonder how some people can get away with user-friendliness, how they can be downright in-your-face and still have the gall to be friendly and all.

Japinoy.com has been around for a little over a year now, and while we do not claim that we are already an authority for things Japanese, we do work hard on providing correct and updated information. We scour many sources online and otherwise to get as much accurate information as possible. We also try to put in original articles and content regularly. We do that for the benefit of members, to foster their Japan-related interest and to help spread knowledge about the country in general.

Yet some people use Japinoy to make themselves look smart online. They get the content from our site, then blog about it and not even give a bit of credit to Japinoy. Talk about asses.

And the Visa section! Come on, our dear Admin used to work for the Japanese Embassy in Manila, and obviously is an authority in Japanese visa matters. And has a mother who is equally knowledgeable in legal and visa issues. Then you get asses who log on, ask questions about visas, then post the answers on other forum sites without credit to Japinoy.com.

I hate them so much. Instant karma’s gonna get you, *******.