Tuesday, July 6, 2010
It's 4th week already. We had Cultural & JST classes today. The former was like usual, without an article presentation. In JST, we learnt Japanese mimetic expressions - gitaigo & giongo (words that mimic states & sounds). These are very abundant here, and whoever reads manga a lot would certainly know this.
Examples:
Water running = ざーざー (zaa zaa)
Cat meow = ニャーニャー (nya nya)
Cat meow = ニャーニャー (nya nya)
Twirling around = くるくる (kuru kuru)
Shining object = きらきら (kira kira)
Totally cute. Sensei gave us stuff to touch & see, and let us guess the appropriate expressions. I saw nattou for the 1st time, it's really gross-looking. I also tried eating wasabi & umeboshi (pickled plum)-flavored potato chips. Japanese really has literally everything huh... I spent the night mostly at room, listening to songs & doing homeworks. All boring stuff...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
I learnt to write a Japanese resume in JPN class, it's harder than American one, given the crazy kanji here and there. No other class after that. I went to Segway session. We tried riding on it, it's really fun! I'd no idea it would be this awesome. A little dangerous, but that's what makes things more challenging, right?
Today is Tanabata festival day, but no real festival being held since it's sort of a family thing. Some of us have bought their own yukata to wear during Tanabata, but oh well, they're gonna wear it tonight! I had to walk very fast to get my very 1st yukata at Bookoff. Not much choices left, so I had to consider buying an expensive one. At first, I chose blue and red yukata, red's cheaper since it's a secondhand. The blue one was good, but looked weird when I was wearing it. The salesgirl got me another one, a purple yukata. Very nice color & design, but far more expensive than the other two. So, I'd rather get my hands on a new yukata than old one, so I bought the purple. Total purchase of yukata, obi, geta sandal, tabi: SECRET! It's quite costly for me, but I'm happy getting it by myself ^___^
9 of us (me, diya, sam, tiana, sarah, jackie, taylor, rohit, john) wore yukata and took pictures together. Jackie's still sick so she didn't join us for dinner at Katsuya. Ebi fried set for me! Then, we had Baskin Robbins ice-cream, umm ummm so good! Funny thing, Japanese people couldn't stop staring at us wearing yukata. I might feel the same way if I see a foreigner wearing baju kurung/baju melayu. They thought we were cute, I supposed? Haha... So, we're gonna do this again, with fireworks beside the river, and much more! Yay, I can't wait!
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cookies for me!
Next, we walked ~20min to Korinbo. Next exploration, Atrio mall. Seriously, ini memang tahap The Gardens kat Midvalley. Gucci, LV, Ralph Lauren, Coach, most are international branded names. Coach kat Jepun cantik2 T___T… Eventhough agak inferior nak masuk, berbekalkan beg Coach yg sedia ada, kami menebalkan muka dan buat2 muka kaya. Haha! 8-level as well, tapi dah penat & hilang semangat tgk harga still hundreds USDolar even after 70% discount, we skipped level 3-7. There’s a restaurant mall at 8th level, utk orang kaya2. Finally dah insaf, we waited for returning bus. 
After we got back, the kids asked us to play Wii games together. They’re good! The games were cute and amusing, I should get my hand on that thing too. We also played Jenka, Uno card, and Japanese card games. So fun being around kids again, I miss my siblings! I didn’t understand everything they’re saying, but enough to make me get the whole idea. The youngest, Atsushi-kun was so cute! He wanted to show how good he was in each game. Takeshi-kun, being the oldest, was very friendly and tried hard to explain things in simple English words. Mami-chan was more timid and indulged in manga more often. 
Sunday, June 20, 2010
