Monthly Archives: March 2009
Spring Break: Day 3
Day 3 Monday my parents again woke up very early. I woke up around 7:00 around the time my parents were calling my grandparents and my youngest brother via Skype. Justin, my youngest brother, is adorable. While my parents told him about the food and how they didn’t like it much, Justin was the one […]
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Spring Break: Day 1 & 2
March 13th was the last day of school before going onto spring break. I finished classes around 1:00 with ceramics, and not having much else to do, I rode my bicycle back to the seminar house and fixed some ramen noodles for lunch. I was nervous and extremely excited, because on Saturday I would be […]
Read MoreNaked in Japan
There were naked women everywhere. I was still stuck by the entrance, hugging my towel to my still clothed chest. Welcome to the Japanese public bathhouse! My adoptive mother, Chieko, pulled me inside. I knew it was true, logically speaking, that people were naked beneath all their clothing. Still, I must iterate that there is […]
Read MoreHappy Hina Matsuri!
March 3 in Japan is a holiday called, “Hina Matsuri.” It is a day to celebrate your daughter, and is considered “Girl’s Day.” It is also the doll festival, where Japanese homes that have daughters decorate by displaying dolls in their homes on tiered platforms. I’ve seen these in the stores quite often, and they […]
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わたしがべんきょうします。
HIRAGANA: 私はあしたにほんごのしけんがあります。だから、日本語をべんきょうします。私は今日うちで日本語をかきます。ええごもかきます。 今日は火曜日です。しちじにおきました。あさごはんはりんごとピーナツバタをたべました。八時半にだいがくにいきました。わたしのクラスはよんばんです。よんばんはさんばんとごばんのあいだです。にじかんとうじきのクラスがあります。十一時ににほんごのクラスがありました。じゅうにじにうちへかえりました。たいてえしょくどうでひるごはんをたべます、でも今日ありませんでした。じゅうにじはんにひるごはんをたべました。いま、べんきょうします。 まったくのべんきょうしますのとき、ばんごはんをたべます。ごご十時にねみます。 Roma-ji: Watashi wa ashita nihongo no shiken ga arimasu. Dakara, nihongo o benkyoushimasu. Watashi wa kyou uchi de nihongo o kakimasu. Eego mo kakimasu. Kyou wa kayoubi desu. Shichiji ni okimashita. Asagohan wa ringo to piinatsu bata o tabemashita. Hachiji han ni daigaku ni ikimashita. Watashi no kurasu wa yonban […]
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