Japanese snacks!
Youtuber Jerry, or hippykiller1 as he’s called on Youtube just uploaded a video where he shows and talks about a lot of different snacks available in Japan. Things he recommend.
I gotta try some of these. Watch the video below to see if anything makes you drool.
Back to Japanese class
So you know I study Japanese, if you follow me on Twitter or anything else I’m doing. (Not doing much blogging though! Haha! … T_T) 2 years ago I stopped going to Japanese class. Why? Because it ended, and then there were no more classes cause my teacher, who’s Japanese, moved to the capital of Sweden. Then it started again, now they had found a teacher, I didn’t go to this class though because it was at the same time as I went to Japan. I still kinda wanted to do it but I figured I’d take the next chance. And so I did.
Today was the first lesson of this term. It’s actually still called term 4. The last term I took. So there will be some repetition, but that’s good, I need it as I’ve forgotten a lot from that time. I have been studying on my own of course! But I still haven’t really gone through what I should know at this stage. I feel ashamed.
So the new teacher, she isn’t Japanese. She’s Swedish. And she’s young. Hard to judge after just one lesson but the whole lesson felt a bit too relaxed or… “loose”. The speed was uneven and she seemed to be unsure of something, she even did some mistakes. Also she doesn’t seem to prepared. I think it lacked some structure and for example, she didn’t translate when we did an exercise. I understood it all, but not everyone did. The first lesson was too easy for me. Still I made a stupid simple mistake. I hate this, I always do. I know I know, making mistakes is good, but it’s not a mistake you learn from because I KNOW this already. I just got something super easy wrong.
I don’t know what level the teacher’s Japanese is on, but she’s still has a lot to study, and I don’t know if I trust a teacher that isn’t Japanese. I feel like I wanna double check it with a native Japanese person.
I’m still looking forward to the coming lessons a lot. It’s always fun to study with other people and have some more structure by going to class. I’m thankful that they have found a teacher, but I wonder if the last one they had, that was after the one I had, was better. I’m not saying I could do it any better, I’m not sure I could ever teach anything…
Last time I was almost the best in class, now I’m definitely on a higher level than the others. But because I’m so nervous all the time I get blackouts and forget super simple stuff or make stupid mistakes.
I don’t wanna be too harsh so early and I know she at least tries hard. It’s not like she’s annoying or stupid, just not so skilled as I was hoping for. She’s brave to do this and I hope she gets better at both teaching and Japanese. I miss my former teacher so much. She was my first real Japanese friend.
Yes Japan daily #100
Another great video with George from YesJapan.com, talking about keeping the momentum when studying another language. I really agree with all of what he’s saying. You can read some of my comments below the video on the Youtube page.
FantomenK
Sorry~ I’m really sad that I can’t keep this up. What’s wrong with me?! A lot of things are…
Came across some awesome bit-pop music by a Swedish artist called FantomenK. Fantomen means “the phantom”. Have a listen to one of the songs here.
Happy new year!
Mascot school in Japan
Japan might have the only school for mascots. I think this is a great idea for places that uses a lot of mascots. Being inside a costume like that takes more work than you think, at least it’s nice to have a place for practice and advice.
Vlog: Wii U launch day
Here’s a long video about me buying Wii U on launch day in Sweden.
The Legend of Zelda timeline
As some of you might already know, the official timeline for The Legend of Zelda has been revealed. Through the Hyrule Historia book. GameTrailers had now made a video that summarize this massive piece of gaming history. Hit the link to see the video, but be aware of spoilers if you haven’t finished all the Zelda games yet.
