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Monday, April 21, 2008

FREEDOM!!! [For a while.]

HELLO!!!

I AM DONE WITH FINALS FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! [I don't count Spring. Because it's an extra semester. And why am I doing Spring semester again. Sigh.] YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

My friends from Japanese class and I went to Karaoke together!! xD xD xD xD xD SO FUN! Haha. We sang so many random songs from Japanese class it was great.=D =D =D

This is my first time going to karaoke and I thought it was really fun.=) There were so many Japanese songs I wanted to sing. Hahaha.=P So much Gackt! and L'arc~en~Ciel! and Utada Hikaru! and Hamasaki Ayumi!~ xD Maybe going to Kbox with my friends in Singapore won't be so bad after all.^_^"

I mean, my econ paper was terrible.. I couldn't do the first question.. And I left quite a few blank which is good I guess since it means that I've already earned a few points [a blank answer = 1 point, correct answer = 5 points, wrong answer = 0 points].^_^v Trying to stay positive is the key! I left early because I decided there was no point glaring at the question and hoping it would stop fighting to keep the answer to itself. So I went to study Japanese with my classmates and already they were going crazy. Haha. It was so funny.

Japanese proficiency, however, was VERY not funny.-_-" I was like. WHATTT when I saw how long the stupid paper was. 2 essays! And 1 EXTREMELY LONG and COMPLETELY UN-UNDERSTANDABLE comprehension passage with ridiculously hard content and translation questions! The kanji section wasn't too bad, there were a few I couldn't answer on first try but I knew the answer eventually.=) But I wanted to DIE when I was reading the passage. It was seriously hard.-_-" However, I felt quite pleased that I could read about the problem in Japan about children who are foreigners and so fail at school because they can't do Japanese or they become so good at Japanese, they become totally detached from their origins.^_^v Yea! Haha. I can't believe I understood most of it.=S But the translations! A 2 liner in Japanese would translate into this giant paragraph of English.X__X Keel me!

But whatever. Right now, I am SO DONE with exams! YAYY!!! Hahaha. I need to pack my room and later on, I'll worry about my grades. But right now. Freedom! I no longer have to justify watching anime or drama with "I am practising Japanese! *nods nods*". Haha.=D =D =D

However, I am really sad that this truly marks the end of Japanese in the RC. (T_T) I really had a lot of fun with them, and there was absolutely no rivalry in the class. The supportive environment with such fun-loving people was really conducive to learning a language which was totally foreign to every single one of us. And of course, one cannot forget our dear dear dear Satoo Sensei who is seriously one of the best language teachers I've ever had.=) He's so cute and uses the best examples to get us to remember stuff! Plus he's totally patient when you are trying desperately to think of an answer to his question and when he's explaining why you were totally WRONG on your essay. Today we were talking about how far we've come and how much we've learnt..=) At first all we could ask each other was stuff like: "What's your name? Where are you from? What are you studying? ... Silence ..." and now we can have full conversations in simplified Japanese! It's quite amazing really.^_^

皆さん、お疲れ様でした！今学期も先学期も、大変勉強になりました！いつも教えてくれたありがとうね！皆さん一緒に頑張って、とてもいいと思いますよ！ＲＣＬＡＮＧ２９６はとても楽しかったですね．．．来学期、もう一度一緒に遊びましょうね！それから、もう一度一緒に試験のために勉強しましょうね？

でも、私達は佐藤先生と寛子さんがいないことがあれば、本当に大変ですよね。では、佐藤先生、寛子さん、お世話になりました！いつも教えてくださってどうもありがとうございました。

夏休みの時、ぜひ「顔本」とか「ＭＳＮ」とか電子メールを使って、一緒に日本語を練習しましょうね？秋学期の時、ぜひ会って、楽しみに！！

私はね．．．夏休みの時、日本語と中国語を勉強しなくちゃいけない。まだ下手だから、たくさん練習しなくちゃいけない！ＲＣの授業もう一度すれば．．．とてもいいんですが．．．今年、私の新しい電子辞書を使わなくちゃいけない！

皆さん、頑張ってください！お体を大切になさってください！

I'll miss everyone.=) I'm happy that I'll still be taking Japanese next semester with some people though.^_^

cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : 如果的事范瑋琪 & 張韶涵 + 長い間キロロ + 世界に一つだけの花 SMAP]
[mood : uplifted! and TOTALLY positive.]
[food : Bubble Tea!]

Jiamin: Haha.. This is not FREE.. This is called making yourself happy before eating oranges to boost immunity.=P

Labels: Ann Arbor, Japanese Lessons, karaoke, thoughts, umich

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starry-eyed: filled with such youthful hope and optimism that one's eyes twinkle even when it's dark

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- clothes
- shoes [heels! boots!]
- the perfect tote
- coats/outerwear! [Soïa & Kyo, Burberry...]
- Gackt - nine*nine
- Gackt Photobooks:
1 The Gift The Sixth Day & Seventh Night Tour Document (2004)
2 Crescent Photobook (out of print)
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1 Thomas Keller The French Laundry Cookbook
2 The Nobu Cookbook
3 Emily Luchetti A Passion for Desserts
4 Alice Medrich Pure Dessert
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1 Rurouni Kenshin
2 xxxHOLiC
3 Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-
- Proficiency at Japanese!
- Learn French for Food!

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