Archive for 2007
Japanese alphabet learning!
I memorized hiragana and katakana about 3 years ago for my Japanese class, and I did really well, and I was able to actively write down words and sounds fluently…but after 3 years, the only practice I get is reading off drink bottles and snack boxes. I’m still really good at reading, but once in a while I will try to write down the entire 46 ( i think?) characters (not counting the second set of sounds) and some characters are missing from my memory.
Anyhow, once and awhile I check out the gadgets for vista to see if there is anything new, and I came across this little gem (I had time to browse to the lesser rated ones). It’s a very clean interface, has all the whole alphabet in both hiragana and katakana. You click on the character and a voice pronounces it, with romanji as well and phonetic spellings. The neato part I like is that when you double click a character, the character is saved to clipboard so you can paste the character somewhere else.
::Here:: is the link for it.
Here we go:
はじめまして. わたし は セルニ (Se-ru-ni, Thelnie? haha) です. どうぞ よろしく おねがいします.
Hello. I am Thelnie. Nice to meet you.
Man…I wish I had more time to study it more.
Wang Leehom <3
I was in Rowland Heights the other day, for my painful facial that I am currently still suffering from (red splotches all over my face), and I saw this poster:
I know that there are always asian singers at Las Vegas during Christmas (because it’s cheap?) and in the past, Jay Chou…S.H.E., and Jolin have been there….and this year??? Wang Leehom! ah….I’ve never been to singing concert before….and…this is a little corny….but…it’s Wang Leehom! His picture on this poster is a little…..err…
So here is a better one:
I doubt I can go….<: ( I have a friend who use to be a backup dancer for asian singers…I wonder if she’s going..hm…she just had a kid though, I wonder if she’s not doing it anymore then.
Sorry!
I’ve been busy..and honestly, I think about stuff to write about during the day, and I never remember them by the time I have the time to sit down and write them down here. It’s really unfortunate, because there are A LOT of things that come up in my head that need to be expressed.
One thing for sure, is that I went to a school district meeting for my California Politics class, and I saw three people that I haven’t seen forever. One of them was like…a vice principal of my high school, one was a principal of my middle school (who I was called into for “throwing” pennies on the bus. Later he looked at my school record and decided I wasn’t actually a deviant), and one was my favorite sixth grade teacher. So weird to see her after…oh…10 years! She left in the middle of the meeting so I wasn’t able to say “hi”, but I doubt she remembers me anyway. I’ve got to go to these meetings more. I learned a lot about what goes on behind schools in the district.
There are soooo many things I want to do this holiday break, and since I have practically a month, I really want to utilize it all. I’m thinking about taking the CSET math test, so I need to brush up on my math, especially geometry….because no normal human being is going to remember how to do proofs, and recognize all those postulates and theorems. I used to be really good at them too! I remember it clearly, because in that chapter test, I thought I got them all right, but I missed one thing…a wording was wrong or something, so I didn’t get a perfect score. And while everyone in the class was jealous that I got such a high grade already, I was a little disappointed I didn’t get them alllll right. <: P hahahha I sound like a beeeeeach. If I do well on this test, I will be able to teach math in school, which is what I reeeally want to do.
I’m thinking about putting up a wishlist for the holidays….my problem is that the things I want, may not be things I need. And because I don’t need them, I don’t really want them. It’s a vicious cycle for me. I’m practical, but I also like things. I guess I like the idea of having it, but once I actually get it, it feels silly to have it because it’s impractical? Does that all make sense? And it’s not all about money. Even if I was gifted something, and I knew I wouldn’t really use it…and if it was really expensive, I would feel bad.