9:12pm セミナーハウス
天気；曇り
Well today turned out to quite okay. Speaking with the Japanese students was pretty good. I starting to feel like I can hold a semi-decent conversation, although the awkward silences still made an appearance every now and then. I think I did well in my essay; I ended up writing more than a page (more than 400 characters). I talked about how my life style in Australia differed from that in Japan. I tried to use as many new grammar patterns as possible. I've got more quizzes and tests tomorrow; it's never ending. I got home and had lunch. Avocado on toast as usual, except this time I put rice on top; wow, was really yummy. I'm going to pack some more, along with a carrot, apple, and tuna, tomorrow for lunch at uni.
I talked with Mum and Ben for a couple of hours; the Internet was shocking and kept on dropping out. Then I got my expenses spreadsheet up-to-date for this month; so far so good. Then I went to make dinner. I'd asked my Mum how to make stew and it ended up turning out really well: I fried the onions and then the beef (which I'd forgotten to defrost - again), then put in a can of whole tomatoes; then the rest of my veggies; then the stock; and finally some seasoning. I let it simmer for about 40 minutes before I became too hungry and had to eat. It smelt really good, and tasted even better. Carly kindly donated me one of her mega thick pieces of bread; I was very happy. And the best thing is, I have enough left for at least two more meals; I've put it in a container in the freezer. I'm having so much fun cooking; it's great. I'd better go now; do some study...
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Day 40 - 9th of October
セミナーハウス
天気：寒い
My lazy day led to an active night. I went to uni at 12 for my Japanese class. I love our teacher so much; he's so funny. He's always bringing props in. Today we were practicing 敬語 (keigo - honorific speech), and he played the role of the "arrogant" manager. He put on a fake moustache, and brought along a heap of other props. He would request things, and we'd have to humbly oblige. It was fun. We got our lesson tests back at the end of the class. I think I did pretty well; just a lot of little mistakes. After class, I went straight home, had lunch, completed my PC@LL stuff, and then had a nap. Later, I decided to create a spread sheet for my monthly expenses. In September, I ended up spending a grand total of 85,206円, which is about $1000, and that's including my holiday expenses. The biggest ongoing cost was food ($355), followed by transport ($128), which I expected. I really happy about that; now I just need to keep it up!
So after finishing that I had dinner. People were talking about going to karaoke, and since I had never been, I thought I'd take the opportunity. So it ended up being Diego, Jo, Katie, Carly, Ash, Eve and her friend from seminar house 4, and myself. We left for Makino at 8, and didn't return until 2 in the morning!!! Gosh, it was soooooo much fun! Basically, $10 gets you in for an unlimited time; well at least until 6am the next morning. I was a bit nervous at first, but it was great once I got into it; no one cares how you sing. Every one had their turns at songs, and we had a lot of group songs too. I was happy that I actually new most of the words, and could sing along, expect for the Japanese ones. Lol, after you complete the song it tells you how many calories you've burned. We believed it was calculated by how loud you sang into the mic. This was confirmed when it was Jo's turn; gosh she's got one healthy set of lungs on her. She belted the songs out, it was so funny. We had to keep telling her to hold the mic a little further back. All in all, it was a great experience and I can't wait to go again...
天気：寒い
My lazy day led to an active night. I went to uni at 12 for my Japanese class. I love our teacher so much; he's so funny. He's always bringing props in. Today we were practicing 敬語 (keigo - honorific speech), and he played the role of the "arrogant" manager. He put on a fake moustache, and brought along a heap of other props. He would request things, and we'd have to humbly oblige. It was fun. We got our lesson tests back at the end of the class. I think I did pretty well; just a lot of little mistakes. After class, I went straight home, had lunch, completed my PC@LL stuff, and then had a nap. Later, I decided to create a spread sheet for my monthly expenses. In September, I ended up spending a grand total of 85,206円, which is about $1000, and that's including my holiday expenses. The biggest ongoing cost was food ($355), followed by transport ($128), which I expected. I really happy about that; now I just need to keep it up!
So after finishing that I had dinner. People were talking about going to karaoke, and since I had never been, I thought I'd take the opportunity. So it ended up being Diego, Jo, Katie, Carly, Ash, Eve and her friend from seminar house 4, and myself. We left for Makino at 8, and didn't return until 2 in the morning!!! Gosh, it was soooooo much fun! Basically, $10 gets you in for an unlimited time; well at least until 6am the next morning. I was a bit nervous at first, but it was great once I got into it; no one cares how you sing. Every one had their turns at songs, and we had a lot of group songs too. I was happy that I actually new most of the words, and could sing along, expect for the Japanese ones. Lol, after you complete the song it tells you how many calories you've burned. We believed it was calculated by how loud you sang into the mic. This was confirmed when it was Jo's turn; gosh she's got one healthy set of lungs on her. She belted the songs out, it was so funny. We had to keep telling her to hold the mic a little further back. All in all, it was a great experience and I can't wait to go again...
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