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日本語は難しいですね
Having one of those days where Japanese just seems so difficult. Maybe not so difficult....just, way too much to remember! My brain hurts!! plain, polite, -te form for verbs, -te form for adjectives, negative -te forms.....
But I keep telling myself....I really want to be fluent in another language. And, now, it must be Japanese since I've already ( Read more... ) -
Konnichiwa!
Well, I made it to Japan ( Read more... ) -
Progress~
I thought I would post this week's mini-achievement. Yesterday, I learned my 500th(!!!!!!) kanji character! I've been studying Japanese since February (though, truth be told, I didn't study much during 5 of those months while backpacking India, Southeast Asia and Japan...) Somehow, part of me is surprised that I haven't given up...BUT- I've always ( Read more... ) -
Blustery Day
It's a rainy day outside, but somehow - I want to go have an adventure. I don't seem to be leaving for Japan soon enough (still waiting!), so I need to find adventure in my own backyard for a while....
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Past Travels
Because I'm new(ish) here, I thought I should link to my travel blog. This is a short record of all my travels, though I didn't update it as frequently through Asia as I had hoped. One day I'll finish it out with the last 2 thirds of that trip. Can I use the excuse that I'm still adjusting to being back home? The excitement and schedule of ( Read more... ) -
Waiting
So-I am newish to LiveJournal and decided this is a good place to ramble off my thoughts.
I've been back from my Asian Adventure for over 4 months now. That's practically how long I was gone for.
I know you are unaware, so to let you in: I backpacked with my best friend through Asia from February to July. We started in India, then made our way to ( Read more... ) -
SWSH Shabu Shabu
The day before Thanksgiving. Me, my stepdad and best friend decided to venture back to Diamond Jamboree for a new food excursion after seeing Lincoln in theaters (very good, by the way!).
I have heard of Shabu Shabu just from being in Japan, but had never tried it. So, tonight was the night! We had our waitress help us out since this we were shabu ( Read more... ) -
Ajisen Ramen
So.....I guess I am on a quest to taste all the delicious Asian (mostly Japanese) cuisine that I can. I recently found this little gem (no pun intended..) of a center on Jamboree and Alton, in Irvine, California. It's called Diamond Jamboree and there are so many kinds of restaurants here! Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, etc. The first ( Read more... ) -
Little Tokyo
Seriously - who knew you could get tasty Japanese food, besides sushi, that actually tastes like some of the stuff I had in Japan? As a newbie to Japanese cuisine, not me! For my birthday celebration, me and some friends went to Little Tokyo, Los Angeles and ate at Haru Ulala ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/izakaya-haru-ulala-los-angeles ). We had ( Read more... )