Sooooo yea I am still alive I promise! Seriously! It is just I've been having to do a lot of stuff recently like school, choir, shopping, chores. Sometimes it seems like I have no time to blog. I still haven't even written the letters I need to. I know tonight I plan on working until I finish everything. Wish me luck!
I promise tomorrow I will tell you about
Aquarium
Nagoya Castle
and Picnic with the girls
Along with updates about school! I know this is ridiculous you are probably like.
"Yea right"
Well that is my goal
My goal is also to climb Mount Fuji.
Hey a girl can dream right?
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Gigantic Catch Up Post omg...
So let's see how and what I can do with this. Cause there is so much for me to cover. Ok I decided i'm not gonna write about the trip to the Daiso. If I do a post would boil down to-
We got lost a bit, found it, bought a lot of things, TA DA. Also Daiso is a dollar store basically everything costs 100 yen. I got dishes and a panda piggy bank. I will take pictures later. I know I am too lazy I am a horrible person!
The Nagashima thing... OH Nagashima. Basically we went to go see the cherry blossoms and the winter illumination. I got street food like Corokke, Pita and grilled chicken, and crepes. It was so good. And I really had a fun time with everyone. The Nagashima resort is like a park but a giant garden. It was pretty. And there was even a place to dip your feet in warm hot water which was nice cause it was freeezing. No joke I think I caught a cold from that place. Cause my health went down majorly after that.
Classes have gone okish. I dropped the Japanese Academic Class in favor of Badmittion with Maisoue that way I will be able to still get Japanese exposure but not at the extreme of Academic Japanese which I don't feel ready for. I also joined the Choir Club. And even though I am a Mezzo-Soprano. I was placed with the sopranos. It is very difficult at times to hit the notes correctly. But I am learning and it helps me practice my hiragana reading and pronunciation. Also very little of the club can speak English and if they do they are often very shy about it. So it is another challenge to interact with people there.
I know you all expected a post with pictures and maybe even explaining who the other people are. But I think that... there are other things I want to discuss mainly over my feelings in Japan.
So far I feel like I have been adapting. I am getting my routine in order. Sometimes I wonder why I don't take pictures but I guess it is just cause I feel like I am just living here. Like It feels weird taking pictures of places and things and my food. And I have to keep reminding myself. Not everyone at home knows what it is like. However there is one thing I have been majorly struggling with, that is me comparing myself to the other students here.
Sometimes I have to remind myself that we are all here for different reasons, I am studying something different than most of the students here. Others have their entire lives planned out, while I am just figuring out what I enjoy speaking on the most and what I enjoy learning and exploring the most. How I will use the impacts of globalization on the job I have no idea, but seeing how Japan is impacted by globalization and how they balance it with their traditions is something that intrigues me.
My Japanese skills definitely could use some work. If anyone says- Japanese is Easy (which I tend to hear a lot) Don't believe them. The Japanese language while simple in approach is difficult by the mannerisms and writing system it utilizes and when you think you understand something you will quickly find that there is likely an exception.
I actually thought my Japanese was at a working, conversational level.
Boy was I wrong.
Ordering food at a restaurant is a challenge. Buying lunch or a bento at the convenience store and wondering if there is seafood in whatever I am eating? It is hard. Cause I can sometimes not understand what is written on the tags.
However I feel as if slowly and surely I am coming to an even-ing out. This will definitely be a challenge.
We got lost a bit, found it, bought a lot of things, TA DA. Also Daiso is a dollar store basically everything costs 100 yen. I got dishes and a panda piggy bank. I will take pictures later. I know I am too lazy I am a horrible person!
The Nagashima thing... OH Nagashima. Basically we went to go see the cherry blossoms and the winter illumination. I got street food like Corokke, Pita and grilled chicken, and crepes. It was so good. And I really had a fun time with everyone. The Nagashima resort is like a park but a giant garden. It was pretty. And there was even a place to dip your feet in warm hot water which was nice cause it was freeezing. No joke I think I caught a cold from that place. Cause my health went down majorly after that.
Classes have gone okish. I dropped the Japanese Academic Class in favor of Badmittion with Maisoue that way I will be able to still get Japanese exposure but not at the extreme of Academic Japanese which I don't feel ready for. I also joined the Choir Club. And even though I am a Mezzo-Soprano. I was placed with the sopranos. It is very difficult at times to hit the notes correctly. But I am learning and it helps me practice my hiragana reading and pronunciation. Also very little of the club can speak English and if they do they are often very shy about it. So it is another challenge to interact with people there.
I know you all expected a post with pictures and maybe even explaining who the other people are. But I think that... there are other things I want to discuss mainly over my feelings in Japan.
So far I feel like I have been adapting. I am getting my routine in order. Sometimes I wonder why I don't take pictures but I guess it is just cause I feel like I am just living here. Like It feels weird taking pictures of places and things and my food. And I have to keep reminding myself. Not everyone at home knows what it is like. However there is one thing I have been majorly struggling with, that is me comparing myself to the other students here.
Sometimes I have to remind myself that we are all here for different reasons, I am studying something different than most of the students here. Others have their entire lives planned out, while I am just figuring out what I enjoy speaking on the most and what I enjoy learning and exploring the most. How I will use the impacts of globalization on the job I have no idea, but seeing how Japan is impacted by globalization and how they balance it with their traditions is something that intrigues me.
My Japanese skills definitely could use some work. If anyone says- Japanese is Easy (which I tend to hear a lot) Don't believe them. The Japanese language while simple in approach is difficult by the mannerisms and writing system it utilizes and when you think you understand something you will quickly find that there is likely an exception.
I actually thought my Japanese was at a working, conversational level.
Boy was I wrong.
Ordering food at a restaurant is a challenge. Buying lunch or a bento at the convenience store and wondering if there is seafood in whatever I am eating? It is hard. Cause I can sometimes not understand what is written on the tags.
However I feel as if slowly and surely I am coming to an even-ing out. This will definitely be a challenge.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Typhoon
Goodness so far it seems like a bad catch up job I am doing huh?
Things I need to cover-
The Trip to Nagashima
The Trip to the Daiso
However today I can cover this. Typhoon Day. Like I said in last post I think I am coming down with a cold (thanks Nagashima) So today I got up and rather reluctantly got dressed for school. We were supposed to take a tour. But upon arriving there after walking through the rain we discovered it was cancelled.
We were under a storm warning (apparently a typhoon but I saw nothing on it) and we were given clear instructions not to leave our apartment. So the rest of the International Students began to discuss what they wanted to do. I just wanted to go home and sleep. (I'm so awesome when making plans)
Some wanted to go to a pokemon fesitval in Nagashima. But me being low on Yen for nice trips and tempting souvenirs (even though now I have 2 more plushies) I decided to decline. Besides the weather was bad! I didn't wanna be out and about. The others decided on a movie day where we all made food and ate together. So I went with that. I made Fruit Salad and Rice.
No one ate the Fruit Salad at first cause it looked so pretty apparently. Unfortnetly the idea to take a picture occured afterwards. However I used Pineapple, Oranges, Strawberries, and Kiwi.
In the middle was the fruit cubed the oranges I cut into supremes then sliced those and the strawberries were sliced in half. Around the edges of the dish was a pattern made of round kiwi slices and strawberry halves placed in the arches of the kiwi like
OvO except the v is a little higher.
We watched Inception. I really did like it. Oh btw everyone makes REALLLY spicy food. I promise I will introduce you to them all I really will!
Anyways after the movie we watched youtube videos, and in writing this blog I realized that I screwed up cause I didnt ask the French girls to come with us. Either way Mina says we can ask them later as well as apologize.
I hope this cold goes away soon.
Things I need to cover-
The Trip to Nagashima
The Trip to the Daiso
However today I can cover this. Typhoon Day. Like I said in last post I think I am coming down with a cold (thanks Nagashima) So today I got up and rather reluctantly got dressed for school. We were supposed to take a tour. But upon arriving there after walking through the rain we discovered it was cancelled.
We were under a storm warning (apparently a typhoon but I saw nothing on it) and we were given clear instructions not to leave our apartment. So the rest of the International Students began to discuss what they wanted to do. I just wanted to go home and sleep. (I'm so awesome when making plans)
Some wanted to go to a pokemon fesitval in Nagashima. But me being low on Yen for nice trips and tempting souvenirs (even though now I have 2 more plushies) I decided to decline. Besides the weather was bad! I didn't wanna be out and about. The others decided on a movie day where we all made food and ate together. So I went with that. I made Fruit Salad and Rice.
No one ate the Fruit Salad at first cause it looked so pretty apparently. Unfortnetly the idea to take a picture occured afterwards. However I used Pineapple, Oranges, Strawberries, and Kiwi.
In the middle was the fruit cubed the oranges I cut into supremes then sliced those and the strawberries were sliced in half. Around the edges of the dish was a pattern made of round kiwi slices and strawberry halves placed in the arches of the kiwi like
OvO except the v is a little higher.
We watched Inception. I really did like it. Oh btw everyone makes REALLLY spicy food. I promise I will introduce you to them all I really will!
Anyways after the movie we watched youtube videos, and in writing this blog I realized that I screwed up cause I didnt ask the French girls to come with us. Either way Mina says we can ask them later as well as apologize.
I hope this cold goes away soon.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Long Time No Update
I was going to post today but I ended up having to help out with some things. Overall I think I am getting sick with a cold. Just my luck. One week before the finale of best of the rest and I am getting sick. I have been trying not to speak a lot. I just hope it works and I can still sing.
They removed me from the report writing class since I am not allowed to take it. Apparently I need to be at a higher level. And I am more than fine with that.
Overall I just wanna get better. Not only healthwise but in Japanese. What I really need is a day to be home and time to really just rest and to do what needs to be done. Hopefully that will happen.
I will fill you in on what happened eariler this weekend. And who the awesome peeps in the photos on the facebook album are. Until then.
Bye
They removed me from the report writing class since I am not allowed to take it. Apparently I need to be at a higher level. And I am more than fine with that.
Overall I just wanna get better. Not only healthwise but in Japanese. What I really need is a day to be home and time to really just rest and to do what needs to be done. Hopefully that will happen.
I will fill you in on what happened eariler this weekend. And who the awesome peeps in the photos on the facebook album are. Until then.
Bye
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