10:32pm セミナーハウス
天気：寒い
Although I woke up with a sore throat, I didn't let that stop me have a productive day, although it did spend most of it indoors; it's freezing outside. It's been 10 degrees all day, and it must be colder now. Diego's not back yet. He and Jessica left for Osaka at about 10 this morning. As for me, I did my washing (including hand washing my new clothes), cleaned the room, and got a good part of my Japanese presentation done. Carly hung out with me for most of the day; it was good to have the company. It was not until about 4 that I went out; to Sanko for groceries. I came back soon after and found Amber with Carly. I wanted to make katsudon for dinner tonight, so I looked up a recipe and realised that i was missing one of the ingredients; bonito flakes to make the stock. Amber needed to go grocery shopping, so out again I went, coming back triumphant.
It took a bit of preparation, and a lot of dishes, but I finally made katsudon. It wasn't as nice as the one I get at the cafeteria, but not bad for a first attempt I guess. the meat I got was so cheap; 4 pork chops, half-price at just over 400円. I only cooked two, and I only ate one, so the other is left over for tomorrow night. Even though it's a national holiday Sanko was still open, and the sales were still on. I bought a persimmon, and tried it afterwards for dessert; it wasn't that good. Oh well, tried something new.
10:49pm
Diego's just got home. They ended up going to Osaka castle, Yodobashi camera, and the Pokemon centre in Umeda. I still have to go there. Well, I think the cold, or virus, or whatever that's been going around has finally hit me. I've just got a sore throat, but I also feel really drained. I'm just going to have a shower, then go to bed. Tomorrow, uni again...
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Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Monday, 28 September 2009
Day 30 - 28th of September
11:10pm セミナーハウス
天気：雨天
Today was actually quite cool for a change. It's supposed to rain for the rest of the week. We got our bank cards today, so come October 6th, I'll be able to access my JASSO scholarship money. After my culture and everyday life in Japan class finished at 2:20, I had some time to kill before koto club at 4:30. I bought my third notebook, some food, and went to the library for the first time; it's pretty big. I found this really great book on Kansai dialect, and am slowly making my way through it.
I made my way over to the room early; I guess I was anxious. I was surprised by the number of international students thinking about joining. By the end of it, the guys outnumbered the girls, 5 to 4!!! There were also 6 Japanese girls, already part of the club. We had some forms to fill out, and I have to submit my form, along with photo, and 2000円 to them tomorrow. Practice is only from 4:30 to 7:30, Monday and Tuesday so that's not so bad. We are playing sakura as a group for the international festival. I watched to Japanese girls practice for a while, as there weren't enough 爪 (tsume - picks) for everyone to practice; they were amazing. They split into pairs, one playing the melody, and the other harmony/counter melody. There was a lot of call and response. It was surprised that could keep their own time, when three or four different songs were being practiced at once.
Tomorrow I'm going to the post office, police station, and bus depot. I've got my map quiz for history at 2:30. I'm feeling pretty confident. Margo quizzed Joanna and I tonight; we raced to see who could point to the location first. It's only 10 locations out of 66 that we have to identify; I'll be fine. Amazingly, I don't have homework for Japanese. I'm glad to be doing koto, and I've made a start on my project. I'm splitting it into three parts: the history and evolution of the koto; the music of the koto and; the koto in modern Japan. I want to develop some sort of hypothesis, but I'm not sure how to phrase it just yet. Well, here's hoping I can find my phone tomorrow!
天気：雨天
Today was actually quite cool for a change. It's supposed to rain for the rest of the week. We got our bank cards today, so come October 6th, I'll be able to access my JASSO scholarship money. After my culture and everyday life in Japan class finished at 2:20, I had some time to kill before koto club at 4:30. I bought my third notebook, some food, and went to the library for the first time; it's pretty big. I found this really great book on Kansai dialect, and am slowly making my way through it.
I made my way over to the room early; I guess I was anxious. I was surprised by the number of international students thinking about joining. By the end of it, the guys outnumbered the girls, 5 to 4!!! There were also 6 Japanese girls, already part of the club. We had some forms to fill out, and I have to submit my form, along with photo, and 2000円 to them tomorrow. Practice is only from 4:30 to 7:30, Monday and Tuesday so that's not so bad. We are playing sakura as a group for the international festival. I watched to Japanese girls practice for a while, as there weren't enough 爪 (tsume - picks) for everyone to practice; they were amazing. They split into pairs, one playing the melody, and the other harmony/counter melody. There was a lot of call and response. It was surprised that could keep their own time, when three or four different songs were being practiced at once.
Tomorrow I'm going to the post office, police station, and bus depot. I've got my map quiz for history at 2:30. I'm feeling pretty confident. Margo quizzed Joanna and I tonight; we raced to see who could point to the location first. It's only 10 locations out of 66 that we have to identify; I'll be fine. Amazingly, I don't have homework for Japanese. I'm glad to be doing koto, and I've made a start on my project. I'm splitting it into three parts: the history and evolution of the koto; the music of the koto and; the koto in modern Japan. I want to develop some sort of hypothesis, but I'm not sure how to phrase it just yet. Well, here's hoping I can find my phone tomorrow!
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Day 19 - 17th of September
9:45pm セミナーハウス
天気；暑い
Thursdays; all four classes one after another. By my history class, I'm pretty out of it, lolz. At least I got to eat between each class; that made me happy. Gotta start thinking about my assignments. Got a "mini -project "for culture and everyday life, where I have to interview Japanese people about a particular topic surrounding Japanese life, that I can hopefully generate some interesting opinions from, and then present my findings. For history I have to do a biographical essay on an individual who died before 1868, lol. 1868 basically signifies the end of ancient history, and the start of modern history, with the Meiji restoration. So far I don't really know what I want to do for either of them, but I'll come up with something over the weekend when I'm not having fun.
Coming back to the dorm at about 4:00, I noticed that "Back to the Future Part II" was on, so I sat down to watch it. It had Japanese subtitles, which were cool to read. I had a pretty early dinner, then a bunch of us watched "The Forbidden Kingdom" in the lounge ...
10:52 pm
It was Otousan's birthday on Monday, so one of the girls decided to make a cake for him. Just then we were all in the lounge, singing happy birthday for him. Our caretakers are really cool. He told us he's now 61! He really appreciated it, and joked that he loves us all, but he loves his wife more, xD. I managed to get a tiny bit of cake; it was really yummy. But, my hunger was still unsatisfied, so I made myself a piece of toast in the kitchen! Don't have my (one) class until 12, so I can afford to sleep in. I'm gonna have to wash my clothes in the morning though.
天気；暑い
Thursdays; all four classes one after another. By my history class, I'm pretty out of it, lolz. At least I got to eat between each class; that made me happy. Gotta start thinking about my assignments. Got a "mini -project "for culture and everyday life, where I have to interview Japanese people about a particular topic surrounding Japanese life, that I can hopefully generate some interesting opinions from, and then present my findings. For history I have to do a biographical essay on an individual who died before 1868, lol. 1868 basically signifies the end of ancient history, and the start of modern history, with the Meiji restoration. So far I don't really know what I want to do for either of them, but I'll come up with something over the weekend when I'm not having fun.
Coming back to the dorm at about 4:00, I noticed that "Back to the Future Part II" was on, so I sat down to watch it. It had Japanese subtitles, which were cool to read. I had a pretty early dinner, then a bunch of us watched "The Forbidden Kingdom" in the lounge ...
10:52 pm
It was Otousan's birthday on Monday, so one of the girls decided to make a cake for him. Just then we were all in the lounge, singing happy birthday for him. Our caretakers are really cool. He told us he's now 61! He really appreciated it, and joked that he loves us all, but he loves his wife more, xD. I managed to get a tiny bit of cake; it was really yummy. But, my hunger was still unsatisfied, so I made myself a piece of toast in the kitchen! Don't have my (one) class until 12, so I can afford to sleep in. I'm gonna have to wash my clothes in the morning though.
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