tee hee

[haraamis]

Sitting in the common room at the school - thank god for wireless LAN. I should be doing homework and I will right after I wrote this. Lots of vocabulary to learn...o.O;

Aside from that... ^____________________^

My host family is really nice. They talk to me, they drag me from one place to the other, they feed me delicious Japanese food.....*grin* ... I thought I might lose weight while being here....ah. no. no way in hell..... *snickers*

I seem to be very lucky when it comes to host families...*beams*

However, I am a little tired of hearing the "oh, you speak really well" when I know I'm not... *narrows eyes* and no comments from the peanut gallery. Yes, you know who you are.

This is not English. English is easy. This is not. The struggling for words and expressions is rather frustrating....but that's why I'm here, ne? I know I'm improving, but, god, is it ever sloooooooow......-.-"

And of course, I got the mandatory "do you have a boyfriend"-question.... *snort* and yes, when I answered "no", the immediate reaction was "why not?" *throws up hands in the air in frustration* How the hell should /I/ know??.... *rolls eyes*

Yes, but apart from that I'm a happy, happy girl. *grin*

Still haven't found a place to buy postcards, though....*scratches head*

oh, yeah, and bookshops are evil. very, very evil. *firm nod*

all right. Homework now. *is a good student* XD

Ja ne.

Comments

[meritjubet.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you are having a good time ^_^

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

*sneaks away from homework for a second* *grins* yes, yes, absolutely great.

and hi, by the way. *waves* nice to meet you. ^_^ Going to poke around your journal when I get home. ^_~

*hurries back to homework*

[meritjubet.livejournal.com]

okay! wish you luck with that dreaded homework!

[darthanne.livejournal.com]

I was so glad you posted, been thinking about you and wondering how you were getting on.

Food is good.

And I take it by the bookshop remark that that big suitcase is filling up *grins*

Miss you *smootches*

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

*snugs* miss you too

and yes, the book shop...-.-"

will send home a couple of things by snailmail....^_^"

[nee-chan.livejournal.com]

*peanut gallery pipes in* You must realize dear that they probably know HOW difficult their language is also and therefore you are speaking well, considering. Well doesn't have to mean fluently.

Anywho, I'm glad you're enjoying yourself and just remember that whatever books you buy, you'll also have to carry home. -__-"

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

*thwaps the peanut gallery*
of course it doesn't mean fluently...still...^_^"

*huggles*

just remember that whatever books you buy, you'll also have to carry home. -__-"

*snort* as if I wasn't aware of that....*flat look*

[gunnm-angel.livejournal.com]

Book stores aren't evil at all!! Just think of all the neat little presents you can send to all of your friends, and they'll be so happy! You could spread so much love around the whole world, and all you'd have to do is buy some nice comics for your deprived friends!

*ahem* Was that too blatant?...

[gunnm-angel.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah! If you happen to see any banners advertising Advent Children or Before Crisis in the subways (because I know they're up there!) I will love you forever and ever if you rip them down and run away with them!! Belina and I can fight over them later!

[captaincold2k.livejournal.com]

My god women, get a grip.

[the-dense.livejournal.com]

haha!

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

Actually, I haven't seen any of them so far....^_^"

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

*snickers* blatant? er.... nah. *pets*

and yes, I know very well how deprived you are...^_~

[aka-anonymous.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear your luck with host families is holding up! It sounds like so much fun! *Stuffs down jealousy*

Anyhow, *puts on wibbly eyes* do you happen to have a link for KKM 18 and 19 (or whatever they're on fansubs right now)? I've been trying to find them again and I can't! It's like they've been freaking hidden--just only from me. Can't find them on gotwoot.

*Sighs* And, BTW, I know exactly what you mean with the 'you speak good' and 'do you have a boyfriend' questions--I get asked that every time we have Japanese students over here (since my mom's the area coordinator for the exchange program). It gets very annoying after a while. >_< And they don't get American humor very well, either. 'I'm waiting for Sean Connery to be cloned' just doesn't get much reaction. ^___^

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

*huggles*

sorry, I haven't had much internet access, let alone being able to download... ^_^ but you can try here:
http://www.baka-updates.com/index.php?page=releases&sort=K

and yes, the boyfriend question... but you know, it's not only the Japanese...I got that question in the US all the time, as well. ^_^"

[aka-anonymous.livejournal.com]

*SMOOOOOOCH*

Thanks a bunch, hun! I already got KKM 18 and 19 (>_< went through hell trying, but finally did it), but I see they have 20 now! Yay! I'll have to dl that tomorrow!

>_< People in America are strange. Yours truly included, though I've never asked anyone if they have a boyfriend/girlfriend back home...unless they asked first. X_X;;

meanwhile, in the peanut gallery...

[the-dense.livejournal.com]

:(
now what am i supposed to do? (heh. i got served.)
well, in the meantime...
*throws peanuts at everybody* since i'm not s'posed to talk...

Re: meanwhile, in the peanut gallery...

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

*gets hit by peanuts* hey!

*throws them right back*

Esenapaj

[herrdersylphen.livejournal.com]

How the hell should /I/ know??....
Because you're so sweet that no guy dares asking you for a date? *smirks*
Or because you have way too much lovers and cannot decide which one you should keep *fg*

Maybe that question is a part of the japanese mentalism, going back to the times when the girls were married at the age of 14. :-P

I know I'm improving, but, god, is it ever sloooooooow......-.-"


I know what you're talking about. I know just a few japanese words. It took me nearly one hour trying to find a good name for my Legend of the Five Rings - Character. She is an Otaku (No, not what you think. Otaku is the name of a family from the Unicorn Clan in the game...) Battle Maiden. A Samurai-ko with a very big No-Dachi. *fg* I finally named her "Chibuki", that is supposed to mean "Bloody Snow" or something similar. I needed the advice of a friend who studied japanese to combine the words Chi and Yuki. *sighs* Well, but you know I ALWAYS have problems giving my Characters a name *fg*.

I don't envy you in that case, but I'd like to visit Japan, too, someday.
I'm glad that everything's fine with you and your host family. Have a good time and don't spend too much money! ^_~

Hyvästi!

[belina.livejournal.com]

Glad you're happy over there! *huggles*

See, there's a lot more than fish in the japanese cuisine! And there's still the possibility of loosing weight since their cooking-style tends to be really healthy. Just avoid all the western stuff. ^_~
Hope you like the お菓子（おかし）. *smirks*

English is btw. not THAT much easier than Japanese. I know several people who claim English to be difficult as well. It's different yes, but it's definitively not much more difficult than English.
Let's wait with this until you lived one year in Japan, ne. ^_~

Postcards -> try the 駅. There you should find postcards for sure.


楽しい週末を!

[herrdersylphen.livejournal.com]

*narf*
I'd say even Suomi is easier than Japanese... because you have the same alphabet.
26 letters plus the 'ä', which is also used in German.
But Japanese... well... come to think of it.
You know, English, Francais, German and Italiano are quite similar languages. They all have the same roots. And some words in the languages are the same in meaning and spelling. You can see connections and may interpret some words.
In Japanese, it is totally different. Some words sound similar to english words, just because the Japanese had no word for that before and adopted it from English, though the spelling is still different due to the different alphabet. AND we spell words using single letters like a, b, d... and the Japanese spell words using syllables like "Shu" or "Kyu" ... plus, those syllables are represented by Kanji. And the meaning of some words becomes totally different when used in other contexts. And they kinda "mutate" when they are connected. "Yuki" is becoming "Buki" when connected to another word, as I said earlier (Like in Chibuki, and it doesn't always mean "Snow", for example "Kabuki" which has absolutely nothing to do with snow).

So you do not have to learn just grammatics and vocabulary like in English, you also have to learn the Kanji and the different meanings and forms of them. For an IT like me, it's like not changing from Delphi to C++, but like changing from binary to a three-digit-based notation.
So don't go telling me Japanese wouldn't be that difficult! I really admire those who are able to study it! ;)

Hyvästi!

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

You know, English, Francais, German and Italiano are quite similar languages.[...]earlier (Like in Chibuki, and it doesn't always mean "Snow", for example "Kabuki" which has absolutely nothing to do with snow).

er.... who are you explaining this to? ^_^"

I personally think, that learning Finnish is just as difficult for indo-germanic language speakers as learning Japanese, as there is no relation to our own languages whatsoever. *shrugs* the alphabet, IMO, is not the biggest problem....

*shrugs* anyway, I was just stating, that for /me/, Japanese is more difficult than English. If someone else thinks it's the other way around, that is fine with me. ^_^"

[haraamis.livejournal.com]

And there's still the possibility of loosing weight since their cooking-style tends to be really healthy.

well, that depends on what the food is....

Just avoid all the western stuff. ^_~

not possible... when I get pancakes for breakfast, I get pancakes for breakfast....*shrugs*

English is btw. not THAT much easier than Japanese. I know several people who claim English to be difficult as well. It's different yes, but it's definitively not much more difficult than English.

*sigh* ok, let me rephrase that. For /me/, English is much easier (and always has been).

Let's wait with this until you lived one year in Japan, ne. ^_~

*grin* yup

Postcards -> try the 駅. There you should find postcards for sure.

Will try that today. ^_~

miss you...*smooch*