About 3 total years I spent time hanging around two states in the US, a third of my whole life teaching English to kindergardeners in Japan and the rest of my early years in the Philippines. I speak three languages quite well, I believe - English, Tagalog and Japanese - though the language feel most comfortable speaking and writing in is English. I can't even THINK of writing in any other language so please don't tell me to write in my "native" language if you find even the funniest, awkward bits in my writing because I'm sure it's fixeable =) I read, live and breathe fantasy and anime so if you've got something to share, go right ahead!