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Okay, so I today I FINALLY got UN-lazy and decided to go to some shopping for some clothes suitable for Autumn 2005 in Tokyo. For those who know me well, they may testify as to how much I hate taking the time to shop. I don’t know what got into me and I decided to […]

Alright, so I wake up today (not quite the morning anymore) and take a look out the window. I can hear the sound of Taiko drums beating outside like a roll of thunder. I remember the news saying something about the umpteenth typhoon hitting Japan this year passing by Tokyo today. Why were there drums […]

Update #1:    YES, I did it. I graduated from the Intensive Japanese language course on Wednesday. I even gave a speech in Japanese. It went well. I can’t believe I’ve come this far in less than 7 months. Oh well. I can’t say anything else. Please take a look at the pictures I posted in […]

I didn’t know how to organize this entry, so thought I would just write it down in point form. There isn’t that ONE, OUTSTANDING thing I really want to say for now, so, just thought I would share these little “snippets” (If translated into Bahraini Arabic, “Sawalif 9a’3eera”). These little pointers are written in no […]

Tomorrow, I have to give a speech in Japanese as part of my “graduation” ceremony from the intensive language course I have been taking since April. It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed it. If you are interested, here is what I will say tomorrow. Enjoy the read!
 
 
 
 
今年の四月から、私たちは新しい将来を選びました。本当に、日本語のAクラスはすばらしい偶然の出会いでした。六ヶ月の間、Aクラスの友達と一緒に新しい言語を教えてもらいました。この期間（きかん）は、日本語しか勉強しませんでした。日本語とか歴史とか文化とかにふれました。来月から、新しいクラスが始まりますが、この６ヶ月の経験はAクラスの友達をこれからも強く結びつけるでしょう。四月から、日本語の先生は粘り強く教えてくれました。六ヶ月の間、日本語の先生は私たちに挑戦させました。それで、六ヶ月で私たちは早く上達できたと思います。
 
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Today was one of those days, in which I felt things went well. なんとなく。I was happy for no reason. Today was another day in which I was awoken by the sound of children in play (there is an elementary school LITERALLY outside my window - I have a clear a view of the play ground […]

Hello again,
I realize it has been a while since I have written anything. Probably because not much has been happening since class began again last week. This evening, I was working on a speech that I have to give next week - in Japanese of course - to other teachers and students - in a […]

今日、ちょっと面白い夢を見た。　日本語の授業の後、国際交流会館に帰った。　疲れると感じした、だからうとうと寝ることを決めた。　でも、このうとうとことはぐっすりになった。　そのまで、明日の授業から準備するにつもりだった。残念ですね～
寝る時に、面白い夢を見た。　この夢に、僕が友達と国立市の喫茶店に会うに行ったし、喫茶店の店員は入らせなかった。この人の話で、僕は四千円 払わなければならなかった。ヤクザの人はこのお金を取るらしい。この店員は僕に「エルヴィス プレスリー 」で呼んだ。　僕は全然エルヴィス プレスリー さんと似ていらないと思う。　ちょっと変だった。
その後で、目を開けた。汗をかいていた。部屋に目を回った。　だれもがあった。　安全ですよ。　国立市は安全ですよ。

alking back to my dormitory after another fulfilling sword class, it was raining hard. I guess reports on TV of a big Typhoon hitting Japan this week weren’t underplaying the gravity of the situation. I guess the world, having its eyes on the tragedies brought down by Hurricane Katrina in the States don’t make it any […]

It’s a little after 12.30am right now. My Intensive Japanese language course will resume in less than 9 hours from now. I am very excited about the fact that I will have the chance to improve my grasp of the language, despite the hard work that accomplishing that may entail.
I just finished preparing for tomorrow’s […]