2009年9月27日日曜日
2009年9月16日水曜日
a productive day
Today I:
-watched Tonari no Totoro in Japanese class
-got my Foreigner Registration Card
-crashed into someone on my bike
-paid my water bill at a convenience store
-cleaned my entire apartment
Now, time for a nap.
-watched Tonari no Totoro in Japanese class
-got my Foreigner Registration Card
-crashed into someone on my bike
-paid my water bill at a convenience store
-cleaned my entire apartment
Now, time for a nap.
2009年9月13日日曜日
Crazy times: This past week
This week has been crazy. Going to classes, getting my bike fixed, eating cream-filled bread in the cafeteria, getting my bike fixed again...
I went to Harajuku last week, it was pretty awesome. Pictures on facebook.
My Japanese class: at first I thought it was going to be really hard. The sensei talked at normal speed, aka really fast, and I couldn't really understand her. But then it turns out we get a different teacher every day, and most of htose are easier to understand. That class is not so hard1 I need to do my homework today though.
Japanese Society class: Did you know that the Three Fundamental Principles of Japanese Society are 1) Vertical Hierarchy, 2) Collectivism, 3) Social Control? Now you know.
Language, Politics, and the Media class: This class is so awesome. The professor is British but he makes jokes in Japanese. We talked about Sarah Palin's campaign slogan for an hour and twenty minutes. Win.
Modern Japanese Literature in English Translation class: Interesting, but the class is once a week from 3:10 to 7 pm, so I think I'm going to drop it.
This weekend I went to Kichijouji and walked around, it was pretty cool. Other than that I did nothing. I think I slept for 15 hours last night, no joke. Hopefully next weekend I will be up for fun things like clubbing.
Once again I am eating some ume onigiri. Those things are so good.
I had to get my bike fixed again. This time it cost me ten dollars.
True Blood season finale tomorrow!
I went to Harajuku last week, it was pretty awesome. Pictures on facebook.
My Japanese class: at first I thought it was going to be really hard. The sensei talked at normal speed, aka really fast, and I couldn't really understand her. But then it turns out we get a different teacher every day, and most of htose are easier to understand. That class is not so hard1 I need to do my homework today though.
Japanese Society class: Did you know that the Three Fundamental Principles of Japanese Society are 1) Vertical Hierarchy, 2) Collectivism, 3) Social Control? Now you know.
Language, Politics, and the Media class: This class is so awesome. The professor is British but he makes jokes in Japanese. We talked about Sarah Palin's campaign slogan for an hour and twenty minutes. Win.
Modern Japanese Literature in English Translation class: Interesting, but the class is once a week from 3:10 to 7 pm, so I think I'm going to drop it.
This weekend I went to Kichijouji and walked around, it was pretty cool. Other than that I did nothing. I think I slept for 15 hours last night, no joke. Hopefully next weekend I will be up for fun things like clubbing.
Once again I am eating some ume onigiri. Those things are so good.
I had to get my bike fixed again. This time it cost me ten dollars.
True Blood season finale tomorrow!
2009年9月7日月曜日
Sick :/
I am sick. It is no fun at all; wearing a mask is not as cool as it looks. I went to the clinic and it's probably just a cold, but I am on the lookout for swine flu symptoms. I feel generally bad. School starts tomorrow. Ugh.
Lots has happened, but it will have to wait for me to feel better to get posted about.
Lots has happened, but it will have to wait for me to feel better to get posted about.
2009年9月1日火曜日
Rain :/
Yesterday I biked down to the Mitaka City Hall to apply for my foreigner registration card and the National Health Service. It was raining ridiculously hard all day, and by the time I arrived, I was wetter than I had ever been without actually being immersed in water. It was not comfortable. On my way back I bought a pretty nice raincoat at Hard Off.
Japan is desperately afraid of foreigners, so when you come to Japan for a stay of more than 90 days you have to register yourself at your local city office and get a card which says you are allowed to be in Japan. Police can stop you and demand to see your card, and if you don't have it you can be thrown in jail or something, probably. You are required to have the card on you at all times. Oh, Japan!
In other news: vending machines.
...Well, my internet won't stay connected long enough to upload the pictures, so more on vending machines in another post.
Japan is desperately afraid of foreigners, so when you come to Japan for a stay of more than 90 days you have to register yourself at your local city office and get a card which says you are allowed to be in Japan. Police can stop you and demand to see your card, and if you don't have it you can be thrown in jail or something, probably. You are required to have the card on you at all times. Oh, Japan!
In other news: vending machines.
...Well, my internet won't stay connected long enough to upload the pictures, so more on vending machines in another post.
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