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Have finally sorted out my Anki decks (I hadn’t really set them up properly until today… bad robot) and went through my Hiragana, Sentences 1 and 1 stroke radicals decks. Been reviewing Season 1 and making a start on Season 2. Excited to start that season, it looks really interesting, loads of resources to study.
*jumps on the derailing train* I was born in 82 (now I’m feeling old!) so was definitely a 90′s kid. Don’t remember a lot about the 80′s.
I think Clarissa was my hero. I wished I was her.…still do.
Oooh, those look really yummy!
This is the (rather wonky) sushi I made – http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw3kc53nFX1qihiaio1_500.jpg
Can’t wait to make some more!I was looking at that bento cookbook yesterday on Amazon… it may be my next purchase as it looked really good! Would be nice to take my own Bento Boxes to work instead of having to eat the pre-packaged rubbish they serve us!
I’m well up for a Textfugu contest of some kind! Koiiiiiichhiiiiii pleeeeeease????
Selling stuff at school is always a good idea (if the school lets you!). I remember selling handmade friendship bracelets at my school, and they sold out so quick! Mind you, that was back in the 90′s haha… I doubt anyone would buy those particular ones anymore, unless they’re rocking some sort of ironic 90′s look!
I’m going to take a look at some of Harumi Kurihara’s cookbooks, as I’ve heard good things about them. I’m quite interested in the more ‘homely’ food that Japanese people might eat on a day to day basis, as I’d like to incorporate some of it into what I cook at home. I’m getting quite bored with eating the same old thing just rotated through different days of the week!
Luckily living in London, and working right in the middle of the West End, I shouldn’t have too much trouble finding ingredients. The sushi chef even pointed us all in the direction of her fish supplier, who have a few shops dotted around a few miles from my house. Can’t wait to pay them a visit!Was a bit slack this weekend… however I did go to a Japanese restaurant, and tried my hand at reading various words on menus/signs.
Back on the studying tomorrow as I have the day off work to recover from our work Christmas party. I’m sure there’s no better hangover cure than Textfugu (!)In case anyone was interested, this is the best explanation I got on Lang 8… makes sense now!
しゃしんか is referred to as a occupation.
さつえいしゃ is referred to as a person who takes the certain picture.Thankyou! :) I think I will ask my lang-8 friends just to be on the safe side, but you’re probably right!
Lots of downtime at work today, which I have been taking advantage of.
Started drilling dakuten on realkana.com, but it wasn’t getting me very far (I’m not in the zone today!). However I’ve found that chucking myself into the deep end a little with them is helping. Have moved onto the Yoda grammar part of season 1 and having to force myself to work out the dakuten in things like いちごです is helping a lot. I already knew about ですfrom doing Michel Thomas, so could really focus on the actual writing/understanding of the kana.
That’s also the first time I’ve actually used the Japanese IME on my computer to write something coherent… yays ^^
I’m getting RTK for Christmas… pretty excited about that ^^
In other news… I’ve been drilling Hiragana today on a pretty good Android app I found called Obenkyo. It’s got a colour coded bar that is slowly filling up with more green than red/orange as it deems me to have learnt them. Quite encouraging.
Have moved onto Dakuten but haven’t given it a lot of time yet. Hoping to be done with Hiragana completely by the end of the weekend.Spent the weekend throwing various hiragana websites/phone apps/flashcards at my brain. Am fairly confident on the main ones now, so will be moving onto the dakuten and combos this week. Looking forward to getting all this done… *shakes fist at tedious kana*
Definitely. It’s funny really… as a kid, I remember being offered free lessons in all sorts of things that I just couldn’t be bothered to do. Learning was so boring. Now that I’m older, I’m kicking myself for not realising how much ‘adult me’ would wish she could speak another language/play an instrument/etc etc. It’s so much harder now… but I’m pretty determined ^^
Have been doing some Hiragana flashcards at work today, during any downtime I get. However, it’s becoming clear to me this week that unless I really knuckle down, it’s going to take me forever to get these in my head.
So… this weekend is Hiragana weekend. I at least need to get all the main ones memorised perfectly, so I can focus on the dakuten and combi ones next week.
This is really holding me back, as I know I can’t go much further on Textfugu until this is done. I’ve naughtily been distracting myself from the task with audio lessons… so no more!I’m watching the first episode now (at work… shhh) and it seems interesting so far. I’ve been meaning to check out some dorama for a while, as it would be much better for my Japanese than anime, I’m sure! I see what you mean about Mita-san’s speech… it’s very clear.
Do you have any more recommendations of good Japanese dramas scotto-san?
