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penny4em

M Class

Jul 13, 2007 16:48

*Yawn* Well that concludes the first week of my second term at Yamasa and my God what have I let myself in for? My icon says it all.

The first 3 days in M Class were genuinely horrible. The teachers talk faster, the work is harder, and I, it appears, am growing dumber. Luckily today and yesterday were better. Still hard, still fast, but somehow ( Read more... )

japan, yamasa

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bluegoo0 July 14 2007, 10:40:40 UTC

*yay*!

You're back again ^_o...
Good luck with the kanji. And also the typhoon. Sunny England has been grizzling with half-hearted rain, as usual, and the occasional thunderstorm - usually whenever I happened to be standing under a tall tree.

Am also reading loads of books, since a friend of mine works in publishing ^_^ *fringe benefits are awesome...* but still haven't touched minna no nihongo. I truly fail. Looking forward to nabbing HP7 off a friend, though, and reading it during my boring data-entry job with its wonderful enforced-39-hour week *bleugh*.

I bet everyone finds adjusting to the first week of term as hard as you, anyway >_<.

(duuude... beanbag...)

penny4em July 15 2007, 07:33:22 UTC

Woooow, the typhoonage was rather more extreme than just 'your average rainy day in England.' Nevertheless, I survived. Hurrah!

The Minna no Nihongo books are great but I think for self-study the Japanese For Busy People ones are probably easer to get to grips with. Try to check them both out before purchasing either.

Yay! HP7!

deivizu July 15 2007, 00:38:33 UTC

I'm sure it'll get smoother for you. I takes some time to get used to certain things, like the faster talking, but it'll get better.

And I suck as writing kanji far more than reading them. You find that even the sensei will struggle sometimes too. It's in large part to the advent of computers. It affects us all, it seems.

penny4em July 15 2007, 07:37:36 UTC

Hey John. I think I saw you on your way to Yamasa 2 the other day. About time too! I knew you couldn't hide forever >_<

I'm sure I'll always be better at reading kanji than writing them too but I'm actually really getting to grips with them now. It's nice to have the hard work pay off once in a while!

So, as an Okazaki veteran, are there likely to be more typhoons soon? Is this the season for them?

deivizu July 15 2007, 07:43:20 UTC

Was I spotted? Time to change disguises!

I've been weak in my kanji studies recently and need to jump-start them. I think that viewing kanji as more of a hobby type of thing might make it more enjoyable. Or something.

We didn't get any serious typhoons last year, so I can't say. Probably nothing to worry about, at least.