My goo ブログ (Japanese only)

I totally forgot that I had one. I will definitely update it more often to keep practicing my Japanese (The last time I posted was Dec-05).

If you want to check it out, here’s the link:

ずっと「paradise」のここにいよう〜

Thanks~

就職出来た！

ハッピー！

そつろん

卒用論文のテーマは才能教育だ。才能教育を始めたのは鈴木鎮一先生だから英語で”Suzuki Method”とよくよばれているけど、「才能教育」を直訳すると、”Talent Education”になる。才能教育は、世界中の子供に応用出来るけど、もともと日本人が考えた理念だから、メソードの中に何か日本独特のものがあるかどうか、調べたい。暗記することやと徒弟関係は日本の文化に昔からある。また、歴史との関係もわすれてはならない、明治維新そして第二次世界大戦。

bus witch

In reading class a few weeks ago, we read a short story by Haruki Murakami called タクシーに乗った吸血鬼、“takushii ni notta kyuuketsuki” or in English, something along the lines of “The Vampire That Rode a Taxi”. The Japanese word for vampire is very interesting. 吸 means to suck, 血 is the kanji for blood, and 鬼 refers to demons, thus vampires can be simplified to demons that suck blood XD. Now, Haruki Murakami writes some very strange stories, and I enjoy the few I’ve read in English but his works in Japanese not only play tricks on the reader plot-wise, but use Japanese in a very unique way. I really don’t want to type out this story so I will summarize.

quote contemplation + pictures

“Love is giving someone the power to hurt you terribly and hoping that they don’t. And we never trust as easily as the first time.”

Yes.