It's strange but the more I learn about English grammar the more I understand Japanese grammar. Or maybe I should say, I accept Japanese grammar more, now that I'm more familiar with the structure of tenses in English. I understand now that Japanese tenses don't differ too much from English, in the sense that they are all trying to express things ( Read more... )

YAY YAY YAY YAY, YAY YAY YAY YAY!
FA LA LA LA LAAA, LA LA LA LA
I HAVE SENT OUT CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
FA LA LA LA LAAA, LA LA LA LA.
I HAVE PLANNED A SCAVENGER HUNT, FA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA LA LA!
NOW FOR THE TESOL LESSON PLAN
FA LA LA LA LAAAAA, LA LA LA LAAAAAA!!!!
Not to mention my long-awaited graduation trip with the girls. This is not my uni grad ( Read more... )

I have quite a lot to accomplish today! I had a rubbish brunch - two cookies, a chocolate bar, a cheese sandwich and water. Hopefully dinner will be better. Mom kind of wants me to cook but I don't feel like cooking boooo. Mom has kailan in the fridge so either I stir-fry it or I steam it. BUT I AM SO LAZY ( Read more... )

Hey you guys ( Read more... )

Can't stop raving about the awesomeness that is the My Girl PV, but anyway ( Read more... )

..."Unsuitable for the young".

Hahahaha.

Happy CD Debut, boys.

And on other matters...

I don't know what's it with me and Japanese students, but it seems that Japanese people just appear around me. When I was teaching in my alma mater earlier this year, one of my kids was a ハーフ. Today I found out that I have a girl from Fukuoka in my speech and drama ( Read more... )

I have so many people to talk to on LJ. (Read: Reply comments, Lydia...)

Anyway I was thinking.

How important is Arashi to me, exactly? Haha...

I blog about them a lot. I don't think I'm obsessed though. It's just that they give me a lot of room for commentary. It's like an academic topic. I admit I am attached to them, but I don't revolve my life ( Read more... )

I picked up on Sho's habit/penchant of conjugating his sentence endings with the 'ee' vocalisations instead of the 'ai' or 'oi'. I don't if any of you realise this but out of the five Sho does this the most, then Jun. The others are somewhere in the middle (I suspect Nino's one of those pedantic anal people when it comes to language) but Aiba doesn ( Read more... )

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This song is called 'Kaeritakunatta yo'. I need to expound on the lyrics because they're brilliant. The whole linguistic thing and poetry is getting to me and I'm gonna burst if I don't rave about it.

The very title of 'kaeritakunatta yo' (帰りたくなったよ) is an art in itself. The root verb here is 'kaeru' (帰る), which indicates 'returning' (like returning ( Read more... )

To everyone who inquired about my chest:
Thank you all so much.
To Heather, Rose, Shu Ling, Bernie, Silver and bclar (I don't know your name D: Friend!fail, sorry), thank you guys so much.

The pain is gone for now, but when I breathe deeply there is a dull ache in the left side of my chest. I'll just try to change my sleeping and eating habits a little ( Read more... )