Hmm, Feels Grainy to Me…
When in Japan (especially in Kyoto), you should not miss out on the okashi (Japanese sweets and snacks).
But… I don’t know if you should necessarily try everything…
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Grave Thoughts
Guess what this is? It’s a Japanese cemetery. Pretty, huh?
When I was in Japan, to go to the train station (eki) from our hotel, we had to pass by this cemetery. At first I thought it was a shrine. I’d never seen anything like it.
I took this picture...
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Missing Gim Lots…
My boyfriend Gim and I have been toughing it out the past year. He’s in Zamboanga and I’m in Manila. I miss him so bad my tooth sometimes aches! Yeah…
And tomorrow’s our sixth anniversary… we’re not gonna be together. *very very very very sad* We’ve never been apart all...
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Nihongo Basic Intensive Course: Final Day
Yesterday was the last day of class in my Nihongo Basic Intensive Course. The other day we had taken the JLPT 4 of 2006 so the morning of yesterday our teachers gave us back our results. (Yes, I passed. Flying colors in Kanji, yey heheh. But don’t ask me about...
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Learning Kanji Day 4
Kanji wa taihen muzukashii desu! That means, Kanji is very difficult!
We learn only 5 Kanji per day, and our sensei (teacher) spends two hours teaching us the 5 Kanji. Learning to draw the characters takes a lot of time. As you can see from the chart, one Kanji...
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Hiragana and Katakana Done!
My gosh it’s been less than two weeks and I already know how to read Hiragana and Katakana! Wow! My head is bursting with all the new information, all the memorization!
I still find it a bit hard to read these characters. I can read, but slowly. It’s weird ‘coz...
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Let’s Count in Japanese!
Whenever I am in my Japanese class I feel like a child again.
Because literally we are treated like kindergartners going through their a, e, i, o, u’s. Or rather, a, i, u, e, o. Hehehe. That’s how they do it in Japan. ka, ki, ku, ke, ko. ra, ri,...
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Konnichiwa
Watashi wa Nihonggo no benkyoshimasu (I’m studying Japanese!).
…I think.
Hehehe. I’m so busy these days, my Japanese class takes my whole day. But let me fill you in on a few Jap sentences.
Ohayou gozaimasu! (Good morning)Konnichiwa! (Good afternoon or Hello)Konbanwa! (Good evening)
So desu. Hehehehe.
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Dreaming of Japan
Detox Tip #9: Dream, and dream big.
Ever since I’ve come back from Japan, I’ve been thinking of ways to get back there. I really did fall in love with the country and its people, in such a short time. I guess you could call it love at first sight....
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My Hotel Room
We are staying in Hotel Seiryu, we have one room each. I am lucky to have gotten a double bedroom, hehe, because the hotel was out of single rooms. The hotel is very elegant yet inexpensive, compared to other hotels. It is located near Ishikiri station, three train stops away...
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