Something I tried today!

カステラ！(kasutera)

 ^-^ I had to look up what it was:

カステラ- a Japanese spongecake that came via Portugal from Spain in the 17th century. Sweet and airy, usually with a honey flavor.

I tried it for the first time today! It's so yummy!!! XD

Thank you, Shoko! ^-^

So cute! かわいい！

Music I'm listening to this week so far:

Just Be Friends-piano.ver-

嗚呼、素晴らしきニャン生

パラジクロロベンゼン

Thanks for reading this irregular post!!! ありがとう！(arigatou)

Time Management

こんばんは、みんなさん！(konbanwa, minna-san!)
How is everyone today?

So, have you ever had those times when you want to get something done and then you don't do it?

That's what I'm going through right now.

I wanted to practice kanji every day because I slacked off around exams, but I've only practiced kanji a few times this week... I feel kinda bad about it.

Don't get me wrong though! I listen to and watch things in Japanese every day! (For the greater part of the day.) So I have a high intake of Japanese every day, which is a good thing. The problem is that what I wanted to do I'm not doing as much as I should.

Anyways, moving on: Random 日本語 (nihongo) time!!! ^-^

Word: むく or 向く (muku)
Meaning: face;turn toward, look toward; suit, be geared for
Example sentence: わたしの部屋は南に向いています。(Watashi no heya wa minami ni muite imasu.) My room faces south.

I feel bad for only giving one of the examples when the dictionary gives multiple... but I can only hold it open with one hand and type with the other for so long before I feel like my hand is losing feeling! ^-^;

Well, I've taken enough of your time. I guess I should go practice kanji now that I'm thinking about it... but that probably won't happen! ^-^

Does anyone else not like peanut butter but find themselves eating it rather frequently? 0.o

Well, thanks for reading! ありがとうございました！(arigatou gozaimashita)
さようなら！(sayounara)

Pomegranate

こんばんはみんなさん！！！(konbanwa minna-san!)

きょうわげつようびです！(kyou wa getsuyoubi desu)

あの。。。(ano...)

I have this thing with fruit, or くらもの(kuramono), that I kind of brought up in my post about Watermelon and Squid. Well, I love くらもの(kuramono). It's as simple as that. So, I was very happy when my mom bought me a pomegranate a bit larger than the size of a baseball! Well, I ate it tonight. All of it. (Except for the last little bit that I gave to my mom because I couldn't finish it.) So, now would be a good time to talk about food because it won't make me hungry!!!

So, about three weeks ago, one of my awesome friends made some kimchi-pork-rice cake stew type stuff. It was really good!!! It was my first time having kimchi too, but I like it!!! It was very spicy though...

Speaking of spicy: curry! I have had some interesting experiences with curry and because of these experiences, my above mentioned friend has banned me from eating curry in her presence.
But it's yummy!!!

Anyways, I'll do the random word from the dictionary with an example sentence again because I have nothing else to say today...

Word: しかる(shikaru)
Meaning: scold, reprimand, lecture
Example sentence: お母さんがいたずらした子供をしかっています。(Okaasan ga itazura shita kodomo o shikatte imasu.) The child who played the trick is being scolded by its mother.

So! Now that's done... Oh! We went to a used books store the other night and there was a Japanese book on a table that said "$1" so my mom bought it for me!!! I'm very happy!!! (Although I can't tell what any of it reads as, I can only pick out the kanji for large (大), beginning (元)... and a couple of others. Anyways.

Ah, I need to go to bed now. Thank you for reading my blog!　ありがとうございます！(arigatou gozaimasu) See you next time!!! On... きにょうび！(kinyoubi)

バイバイ！(bai bai!)

ラムネ(ramune)

こんばんは！！！(konbanwa)

Today was an interesting day. My computer was having some issues, but thanks to my amazing-awesome brother, I think it's fixed!!! XD

So, today I want to show you one of my favorite Japanese drinks!

ラムね！(ramune)

Ramune is a Japanese soda. The really interesting part is that it's a glass bottle and what seals it is a little marble, so once you push the marble in you can drink it! But you can't close it. It's really fun!!! It comes with directions on how to open it too, so those people like me can know what they're doing. ^-^

I got this when I went shopping with one of my very good friends and her sister this week (I met her sister for the first time then). It's been so long since I found one!!! Anyways, I wonder if I'll drink it soon... ^-^; This one is Melon flavored! They also have Strawberry and Original. I've seen a few other types here in America, but I didn't really like them and I can't remember what they are anyways.

Well, that's all for today!!! Thank you for reading! ありがとうございます! (arigatou gozaimasu)

さようなら！！！(sayounara)

Psychology

I love my Psychology class...

I love how late at night it is...

I love getting home at 9 at night and thinking, "foodfoodfoodfoodfoodblogfoodhomework...food"...

Anyways...

So! こんばんは！(konbanwa!)
Well, I am officially in love with a new song! It's by Tokyo Girls Style! It's super cute! I found out about the song from Kozue's translated blog! Thank you to the translator for sharing Kozue-san's blog with those of us who can't read にほんご(nihongo) yet!!! XD

so, there's a link to the video on her blog also, but I'll put the link here too!

Ah, that's all I have... I'm really tired so I should probably get to bed soon! ^-^

Thanks for reading and please have a good week! ありがとうございます！さようなら！(arigatou gozaimasu! sayounara!)

(By the way, I actually do love my Psychology class, I just don't like how late it is... well, it's only on Mondays so I can survive another 8-9 weeks! XD)

Vocabulary

こんにちは！！！(konnichiwa)
Hello there! Yay! げつようびです！(getsuyoubi desu!) I get to post again!

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So! Um, I didn't really know what to post about today even though I've been thinking about it for a while, so sense I'm working on expanding my vocabulary and I'm doing a review of 40 works this week (along with my amazing Korean learning friend :D) I thought it would be good to make sentences using the words... This will be entirely random because it is completely unplanned. Don't worry, I do this a lot... I'm a professional. (??? Don't trust that...)

I will use English for the simple fact that I am not entirely confident in my sentence making skills in にほんご(nihongo). I will list the words I used and their meanings at the end of the sentences/story so my dear readers can understand the "story" a bit better... 0.o Here goes!

There was once a おんなのこ(onna no ko) who lived an average life. She liked to eat おかし(okashi) and くらもの (kuramono) instead of やさい(yasai) and にく(niku) and さかな(sakana). Her mother told her at each しょきじ(shokiji) that she should eat properly. At あさごはん(asagohan), the mother would say 「おねがいします！(onegaishimasu) Eat your やさい(yasai)!」 Then at ひるごはん(hirugohan), the father would say 「おねがいします！(onegaishimasu) Eat your さかな(sakana)!」 And at ばんごはん(bangohan), they would ask her to eat her にく(niku). But the おんなのこ(onna no ko) would not listen. One day, she got sick. 「わたしたち(watashitachi) told you!」 her parents said. 「それらおかし(sorera okashi) made you ill!」 the little おんなのこ(onna no ko) looked at them and cried out 「どうしてえええええええええ？！」(doushite) The parent's sighed. The おんなのこ(onna no ko) felt very よわい(yowai) until one of her ともだち(tomodachi) came to visit her. 「こんにちは！」(konnichiwa) said the young おとこのこ(otoko no ko). He had brought some のみもの(nomimono) to help her get better. The おんなのこ(onna no ko) drank it and began to feel better. She asked what was in it and the おとこのこ(otoko no ko) said 「やさい。」(yasai) 「いいえ！いいえ！」(iie! iie!) she exclaimed. "But those can't taste as good as this!!!" So the おんなのこ(onna no ko) learned that eating properly isn't so bad.

おんなのこ(onna no ko) girl
おかし(okashi) sweets, snacks
くらもの (kuramono) fruit
やさい(yasai) vegetables
にく(niku) meat
さかな(sakana) fish
しょきじ(shokiji) meal
あさごはん(asagohan) breakfast
おねがいします(onegaishimasu) please
ひるごはん(hirugohan) lunch
ばんごはん(bangohan) evening meal
わたしたち(watashitachi) we
それら(sorera) those
どうしてえ(doushite) why
よわい(yowai) weak
ともだち(tomodachi) friend
こんにちは(konnichiwa) hello
おとこのこ(otoko no ko) boy
のみもの(nomimono) drinks
いいえ(iie) no

I wanted to use でわありません(dewa arimasen) in the last sentence for "isn't", but it didn't fit in with the structure of the English sentence... (sad face D:) Anyways, I didn't use all the words because I made this up on the spot and it's getting late.

ありがとうございます(arigatou gozaimasu) for reading! Thanks very much! Until next time, さようなら！(sayounara)

(Ah! side note! Maru is uber cute in this post! I didn't think to post it last Friday!)

Watermelon! and... squid???

YAY! Watermelon はくらものです！！！！！(wa kuramono desu) くらもの！くらもの！くらもの！

I LOVE watermelon! Summer is the season for watermelon! Unfortunately, I ate too much watermelon tonight and now I feel like I never want to eat again... so now is a good time to talk about food and stuff. Because I'm not gonna get hungry from reading this...

So, Japanese food! I really want to try more of it! I have had Japanese candy and some Japanese pastries and... I've been to a Japanese steakhouse, I got sesame chicken. OMAIGOSH, SOOOOOOO GOOOOOD!!! (I love it!)

But my biggest problem with Japanese food is that a lot of it is seafood and... I... don't like seafood... So this complicates my trying more Japanese foods. I've never had sushi because I'm afraid of the raw fish in it, squid and octopus is just... out of the question... so I have a bit of a problem. Someday I intend to go to Japan and when I do I'm definitely going to have to try the Japanese foods that I'm afraid of... What should I do??? (you know you can comment if you want... yes, you reading this now, I mean you. ^-^)

I just want other peoples opinions on this, how to deal with having to eat foods you are unfamiliar with or that you think are insane. So I guess that's all for now... ya!

ah, I promised last time that there would be にほんご(nihongo) in this post, so I'll throw in some food related phrases from MissHanake's video which I posted in an earlier post called 0.o.

おなかがすいています(onaka ga suiteimasu)- this is a way to say "I'm hungry".
はらへったです(hara hetta desu)- this is a slightly more informal way of saying "I'm hungry".
のどがかわいています(nodo ga kawaiteimasu)- this is a way to say "I'm thirsty"

Thanks very much for reading this insane, unstructured post!!! ありがとうございます！！！(arigatou gozaimasu!!!) Until later, さようなら！(sayounara!)

...おなかがいっぱいです。(onaka ga ippai desu)- "I'm full" XD