日本語のクラス

まい日九時五十五ふんにクラスに行きます。ときどき日本語ぶんぽついてはなします。ときどきドリルをします。しゅくだいをたくさんあります。たいていワクボクのページはしゅくだいですでもさくぶんとスキトをかきます。日本語のクラスはむずかしいですだからまいばんうちで一時かんぐらい日本語をべんきょうします。
日本語のクラスのがくせいはとてもたのしいです。リンさんとファンさんはおもしろい男の人から。トランさんはとてもやさしい女の人です。

きょうは木曜日です。

こんばんわ。きょうは木曜日ですね。じゃあ、わたしはなにをしましたか。ごぜん七時におきました。九時に日本語のクラスにいきました。スキットをしました。それからかがくのクラスにいきました。うちで一時かんべんきょうしました。わたしのパアトナアはエルエンでした。それからかがくのラボにいきました。あそこで五時かんいました。七時にかえりました。バーギニアだいがくでわたしのおかあさんがいませんだからこんばんはばんごはんをたべませんでした。それからべんきょうしました。十二時にねました。

What makes a good blog?

In class today we talked about what makes a good blog. I think that this will be helpful for future blogs. I surely do not want to write a blog of complaints because I learned that that makes people sad and is not the preferred reading genre. I learned that pictures enhance the aesthetics and that too much writing is torturous. It is these kinds of suggestions that will make me the superior blogger. Thus to make this blog entry more organized and thus easier to read and more appealing I have outlined points that can help you become the ultimate blogger.

The Ultimate Blogger Guide

1. Pose a question to your readers about the chapter or anything really. This will make them think.
   
2. Post relevant information on the current Chapter and Japanese culture.
   
3. Use useful pictures that really enhance the reader's understanding of your feelings.
4. Don't talk to much. I mean, don't write too much.
   
5. Write in Japanese. This will help you write better and the reader read better.
   
6. Write about your day and your interests. This will help you make friends.

Well, here is my Japanese student friend. This is what a lot of young children wear too school, so when they are together they look like a bunch of little ducklings. My friend has his yellow thinking cap on and is ready to learn. So yea, if I've forgotten anything above, please let me know. I'll add it and give u credit because I'm an honor student and I have honorable samurai Japanese blood in me.

later taters.
vero

Thinking of food

Hello, I'm at work right now. My stomach is gurgling and I have no access to food. I was thinking about it so much that I have dedicated this blog entry to pictures of my favorite Japanese food.

Here is a picture outside of a restaurant with yummy food. How do they get the bowls tilted without spilling the food?

http://www.photopassjapan.com/images/img%201633%20tokyo%20ebisu%20shokuji%
20washoku%20-%20japanese%20restaurant%20storefront%20plastic%20food%20menu.jpg

Here is some yummy sushi. If you do not like raw fish, please refrain from making faces or else
meet me at the back packing lot and I will make you into raw fish.


http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/13/Megumi_051013113803812_wideweb__300x375.jpg

Sometimes I'm afraid I might become this man because I like so much food.

http://www.usj.com.my/LifeStyle/getdata.php3?table=LifeStyle&id=328

This is my favorite desert, banana tempura (and tempura ice cream). So if you want to take me out on a date, please make sure they have banana tempura.

http://foodpages.ca/itemimmgs/114411_1_6_TempuraBanana_1144897109.jpg

Often times the food come on beautiful dishes. Sometimes I have to tell myself not to eat them.

http://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/Friendship_Year2007/Friendship-Year-07/images1/Food.jpg


ok, my stomach is growling the more I write so I will stop.

For the sake of discussion, what is your favorite restaurant and why? Do they have banana tempura?

Grammar Sheet?

whoa! Yesterday I began to do the grammar sheet for Japanese class. I had soooo much trouble! The particles de, wa, ga, can be used in so many ways. And when we are supposed to explain how a group of sentences vary in meaning, I think they all mean the same! Ek, if this is what JAPN 101 is gonig to be from now on, someone help me please.

omg! blogs are cool

So in my last entry I asked for suggestions how to improve reading speed and a lot of blogs now are written in japanese like Quyen's (Tran san). It's new reading material using the words that are specific to our chapter. So, I think I'll spent the next hour reading blogs. Actually, how about the next twenty minutes instead?

Hey, when are my Japanese senses going to kick in?

konnichiwa,

The material for Japanese class is getting harder. But I think it's pretty cool that we're starting to write in kanji. Sometimes when I am doing my homework and I've just written the kanji for "ji", I pat myself on the back and treat myself to a soda pop. Actually, no I don't really, because I don't have any money for a soda pop. I actually blame the inferior economic status that this educational institution puts us under. I study all day and have no time to make money, thus forcing me to become ever more dependent on the financial support of my demanding parents. Actually, that's not true either. I work at the language lab on mon, tues, and wednesday mornings. If you would like to start your day with a bright smile from yours truly, please do come see me. And my parents are not that demanding. They love me. They told me. oh, back to what I was saying. (Sorry for the rant, I tend to go off like this when I've only received 3 hours of sleep. Yes, I'm very tired.) I think that writing kanji is pretty neat. My favorite is the one for "ji" and I think the weirdest one to me is the one for "ichiman". I don't get how that right leg with those two awkward corners.

Anyway, I am having some challenges with Japanese. Now that we've learned more particles and there are many ways to use them, there are different sentence structures that we can create. The possibilities are truly mindblowing. So in class, I will use one sentence structure and then someone will come up with another one and I will be in awe. I also am very very slow at reading. I mean, I thought that since I am half japanese I would know the characters, like it was in my blood. Nope. I was wrong. Any suggestions? I'll gladly consider them.

Anyways, if any of you are interested in international development type stuff. My two friends and I are giving a presentation on the project that we did in South Africa this past summer. We did an engineerin project on how to best implement a biodigester, an alternative fuelsource for cooking, in rural villages in South Africa. If you'd like to hear our presentation do come! I'm not sure where it will be, but you might see flyers for it on grounds - Center for Global Health Symposium. The guest speaker there will be Dr. Michele Barry, director of Yale’s Office of International Health. "Wowerz?!" is probably what you're thinking eh? Yea, people tell me I'm psycho like that. I can't promise you free food, but I can promise you a sincere smile from the bottom of my bottomless heart.

jaa, nemasu. peace out

i lov3 japanese class it fulfills my desire to become closer to my culture from which i sometimes feel separated from. I am catching on to kanji. I especially like ichi, ni and san --I have those down. My sakubun is haunting me and I am working ベリベリハード to make it flow. This weekend, I am going home for fall break. I plan on watching lots of anpanman with わたしのおかあさん。