3 posts tagged “nihongo no jugyou”

,,,though of course what is normal? xD

Sitting in the hall waiting for my next class. :3  Which is an exam.  I should be STUDYING FOR MY KOREAN EXAM CAUSE I'MMA GONNA FAIL but I'm lazy. xD I also didn't finish my dictation homework but it takes FOREVER and I don't feel like doing it now.  The rest of my homework is done.  I'll just hand that one in tomorrow.  This class is kicking my ass...

So anyway, I have an hour or so of not-particularly-valuable time, and I'm SO glad because I've been DYING to waste some time.  Hectic schedule these days. OTZ

I am nearly a month behind on pretty much every Arashi show and I have no money for the Ryuusei no Kizuna single. ;A;  September rolled around and kicked me into the dirt... it was a rough few weeks too, but I feel like I'm starting to pull things back together, nantoka.  Thanks to all the encouraging voices from people here, and my friends and family.  It really was a rough time, odoroita.  Harder than really anything in recent memory.  These things happen.

I just had Nihongo class.  Yep, Japanese and Korean every morning with an hour between them.  OTZ and I'm better at Japanese. So Korean is always REALLY HARRRRRD.

My Japanese sensei is so funny.  :3  Not only is she in touch with pop culture, she seems to have a really good sense of humor, and I like that she's not like... ditzy.  She's very together and in-charge, very authoritative in a way?  It really makes you respect her.  And she's funny and cute/pretty in that Cute/Pretty Japanese Person way.  I am a sophomore in college and I am like FANGIRLING over how awesome my (female) teacher is.  XD oh well, it's harmless.  It really makes me like the class and want to try my hardest in it though. :)  I am going to become like sensei and preface EVERYTHING with "mazu saisho wa" even when it's not really saisho anymore X) and end everything with "ii?". X)

THIS WEEKEND the guy at work I really really have a huuuuuuuuge crush on - circumstances just somehow worked in my favor and I ended up giving him a ride home (he doesn't drive to work).  (I worked 11 hours with a half-hour break, ughhhhhhhh) It was cool because I just like talking with him but we normally don't get the chance.  We did Saturday though! :3  We live seriously about a block apart, too, oddly.  LET US RUN INTO EACH OTHER BY CHANCE MORE OFTEN.  Anyway.  That sort of made me happy. :3  He's tall, he plays bass (and it sounds like he does some realllyyyyyy cool stuff with his band), and at the restaurant I work at he's a waiter but he's also a chef at another (really nice) restaurant in the area.  MAN WHO CAN COOK.  He has a good sense of humor too.

OTZ these kinds of things get so confusingggggggg.  like, "WHY DO I LIKE THIS GUY?!  I DO AND HE'S NICE ENOUGH, BUT WHY HIM!? WRYYYYYYYY."  I have no idea how he feels though.  I am 99% certain he's single though.

Friday night I watched the Presidential Debates with some friends!! :D  it was hilarious.  Thursday's VP debates are going to be SOOO funny. One of my friends was like, "have you gotten skinnier?" which is always nice to hear.

anyway.  That's my news. :3  *off to listen to a good song or two - really into Do As Infinity and Hirai Ken again*

Today:

Finish homework 1 for my Japanese project

Finish Korean dictation homework

Read Music textbook

Prepare for Music quiz on wednesday

Do Music homework

Begin Listening homework for Music

Laundry

Clean kitchen?

I want to watch dramas... and finish Maou...

Catch up on Arashi shows............... at least d/l the last few that I haven't gotten yet.

Go over to work and drop off the pager I accidentally walked out with on Saturday.

Well, I surivived my Ippunkan Speech today.  About Idols.

It went okay, I guess. :3 could have been better but it wasn't bad! YEY.  I even dressed cute today to make things go smoothly.

I talked about how Idols are different from American celebrities because they don't just do one thing and music alone isn't their focus... rather they do a lot of interesting things and make people laugh & be happy. :3

Then I talked about how they have a lot of goods too, and collecting Idol goods is an expensive hobby.

I brought in:

• Sho Uchiwa
• Time Album
• Truth Single
• Arashi Cookbook
• Arashi Is Alive photobook
• Dream~A~Live chopsticks

x3 

So anyway, I passed around my Arashi goods and said they were my favorite idol group, because they're dumb, funny, kind, and cute.  And to be cautious becuase most Idols' concert costumes are so ugly it will make your eyes hurt.  I'm not sure if people were really paying attention...maybe I'm the only who thinks that's funny...  

I'm afraid now most of my class with think I'm a total Johnny's Otaku... maybe I am... but really the only group I'm really crazy about is Arashi.  I guess I'm an Arashi Otaku.  That's true enough. XD  All the guys will think I'm crazy now.  Good thing none of the guys in my class are that cute. XD

Sensei pointed at my uchiwa and asked if people thought he was Kakko Ii, or a little womanish.  Onna mitai~  People were sort of like, "unnnnn~" when she said "Onna mitai" but then she said, "Demo ano hito, atama sugoku ii desu yo!"  I was so happy. :3  Like, OMG SHE KNOWS WHO SHOSHAN IS~  of course she knows.  Every Japanese person knows by now, practically. OMG SO PROUD OF YOU SHO-KUN~~~

Sensei asked the class if there were other people who liked Japanese Idols. I think about 3-4 other people raised their hands (but I already knew that from chatting with them in class x3).  Sensei said she likes SMAP.

So I think it went okay.  I think I get my score tomorrow.  It wasn't perfect and I HATE being nervous, BUT!  All things considered I said pretty much everything I meant to say and said it right, more or less.  I guess nothing can be perfect.

DE WA~

IJOU DESU~

This Thursday in my Japanese class it's my turn to present an "ippunkan supiichi."  A one-minute speech.  So early in the semester, too.  Damn my last name being early in the alphabet.

One minute doesn't seem like much right now... but talking about something in Japanese, to a class, one minute becomes a very, very long time.

I couldn't figure out what to talk about.  I didn't want to immediately out myself as a fangirl becuase I think people can get the wrong impression there.... I brainstormed topics, including

• What's cool about natural foods!
• Japanese cooking
• One of my all-time favorite bands, Do As nfinity
• Pandas

Talking about Japanese cooking in front of Japanese teachers seemed intimidating... I didn't really want to talk about food anyway, and as much as I'm a big fan of natural & local foods, I really don't want to sound preachy or condemning, and again I think people might get the wrong impression.  Do As Infinity could be a fun one... I though about pandas but explaining stuff about habitat seemed difficult.

Other thoughts included personal experience, but I don't have many interesting stories besides the few times I've gone overseas, and I don't want to sound like, "oooh, I'm SO international, I've been overseas and you HAVEN'T~~~ I've been to EUROPE, ooh la la, aren't I SPECIAL~~~" because I wouldn't want to hear it if I were in the audience either.

I could talk about choir which I dearly love, but unless you've been in a choir I don't know how to make it interesting.

I want to talk about something I'm familiar with already to make things comfortable and simple...it's an intimidating task for me.

the obvious solution is to talk about idols.

I'm not JUST going to talk about Arashi though.  If somebody doesn't know what an Idol is (I think at least 50% of the class might not?) it would still just seem wierd and strange, like what do they actually DO?

Instead I'm going to talk about Idols and how they're different from most American celebrities, and why I like them, and use Arashi as my example.

This is also convenient because I'm required to bring in a visual aid.  "A" visual aid.  more like five. xD I think I will bring my cookbook, the Arashi Is Alive! photobook, the Time album, my chopsticks, my Sho uchiwa, and the Truth and One Love singles.  Other stuff stays at home. 

XD I really don't know how or when I accumulated so much merch... surely if I were to total up how much it's all cost I would cry.