日本でやりたいこと その２

I actually forgot to mention a lot in yesterday's post.

Manga. I've been craving manga since like forever! I mean, I spent my childhood reading disney's and Mauricio de souza's comics. The only reason why I don't read manga is, hum, I can't read online, I like to read in paper and besides, reading online makes me not only tired as it makes bored. you know, having to scroll down the cursor is just boring.

Anime. This is going to be harder. Why? Because anime has like tons of episodes (unlike drama) and after a while I lose interest. But I'll try anyway.

Travel. I'm even taking to Japan hiking shoes. It's not that I'm going to hike, not really, but those shoes are more comfy to walk and to make longer "trips". I'm want to go here and there - if I have the money of course - but there's at least 2 places I really want to go (excluding everything in Kyoto).

Pokemon Stores (?). Like, I've always wanted to go to NY's Pokecenter, so since I'm in Japan, why not?

TO BUY A JAPANESE COMPUTER! Just because its cool. I have a sony vayo netbook actually, but c'mon...

TO BUY A GOOD PAIR OF JAPANESE IN-HEAR PHONES! Okay, this is just because I'm a in-hear-phones freak. See the enthusiasm in my caps lock letters?

Drink caffeine. And milk. LATTE! OH MY GOSH I DRINK THIS EVERY MORNING, HOW AM I GOING TO LIVE WITHOUT MY MORNING CAFFEINE?! It's not like I feel and want to feel caffeine's effects, but It's just a habit I have. I'll probably have to prepare this at home to save some money yeah, but it just won't be the same. I still need to think and explore solutions, because twitter without a good latte is not twitter. And I like to feed my addictions the classy way.

Read. A lot. In japanese, english and portuguese. One of my future goals is to take a masters in translation. SO, hum, stricly necessary.
And despite I feel my japanese is getting and will get better, I feel my native portuguese is getting, well, harder. In the sense that it happens to me a lot, and I mean A LOT, of times forgetting the portuguese word and remembering the english or japanese counterpart. But anyway, nothing reading or watching won't solve.
I want to read japanese literature and academic books I previously talked about. As for portuguese, I don't know how I'm gonna do.

Japanese food. Real japanese food and not just fake chinese restaurant sushi.

Study chinese? I guess... I mean, I want to study. I should. But it's just too boring. I'm still studying, everyday, but I just can't focus. I tend to read every common JPN-CHN word in japanese. it's faster.
Kinda of funny, it once happened to me in a class, I was reading a text with our like boss teacher and I read this really easy word in Japanese. it's like, the classroom was silent, with me reading, and then suddenly the teacher starts staring at me like furious, she asks me to repeat, and I read the same way, without understanding what I had done wrong, until someone saves me and just reads the word in chinese. I had a mental block there! I couldn't read the word in a way other than japanese. At least that's how I felt.
This now happens but a lot more frequently. And whenever I needed to speak chinese (I actually met several times with a chinese teacher, in a week, for like two months, I actually don't know why, it was her who asked me, and I'm not that good of a portuguese teacher, nor that good of a chinese student) and wouldn't remember a word, I would just write the word in japanese and show it to my chinese teacher, and she would just laugh and give me the chinese word and make me repeat the whole sentence, but this time using chinese. Or, I'd just think of the japanese word and tried to read it with the chinese reading. I remember that happened with the japanese word "終了".
I seriously don't know what to do. I mean, I know what to do, but I also know I'm not motivated.

Japanese language profieciency tests! JLPT N1 is the bare minimum. I'd also like to try 漢字検定 and ビジネス language tests. I want to take N1 this December, as soon as possible. the possibility of taking it during summer is just scary.

日本でやりたいこと

Study Japanese language and culture. Well, obvioustly, that the reason I'm going. I want to improve my japanese language skills, understand fully the japanese mind. Still no clue if it's going to be possible, but perhaps, after this one year course I'd be nice if I could stay in Japan taking a master course, and after that taking another one in Portugal in translation. If not, I'll be happy with the translation one anyway.

Study those books on theories about the Japanese peple. the so called "日本人論". Gotta admit, reading this kind of academic books is one of my few not-so-guilty pleasures. Like, seriously, I really enjoy reading this. My brain is so underdeveloped that it absorbs everything I read and puts it to practice. if you know what I mean.

I like videogames, I either don't have time or will to play them. besides, playing downloaded games makes me feel kind of empty. But anyway, in Japan I'll be able to play games (nintendo ds)  I myself bought and will not feel that way. And it'd be nice to have someone to play too. I've been playing several games, I only play a few hours a month. I should turn playing videogames into a habit. it's good for your cognitive development and for your language skills too! And if you have friends to play, your relationships will for sure get tighter.
逆転裁判 (still so much to play, I can't wait!)　and ポケモン are a must.

Music. it's like... no shit! News flash, I like japanese pop! I'd really like to go to a music concert (パフューム at least, since 浜崎あゆみ is pretty much impossible, fan club and stuff...).

Make japanese and non japanese friends. It's going to be pretty cool to have friends that act on complete different ways than those of myself. I had very good and bad experiences with people my own age, so I just hope that those bad experiences won't happen in Japan.

Japanese television! I mean, come on! Japanese TV is awesome!comedy, drama, variety shows, commercials, just name'em!

Religion and Nature. I love nature, religion not so much, but once again gotta admit, shinto attracts me.

This is it for today's post. Less than 2 weeks to leave Portugal, I'm not really feeling anything, and I'm not sure if I should. This is going to be my first airplane trip, so I don't really know what to expect. And the idea of going alone makes me excited. The only place I lived alone was in Braga (where I did college) and the only place I went alone was Lisbon, so far.

Even though I said I wouldn't post any statistics for a while, I forgot that my srs reset does not affect the number of cards, so:

単語帳が作成された時期：7日 前 (it happened one week ago ;_ ; )
カードの合計数： 11098
ファクトの合計数： 11098

カードの習熟度
復習期間の長いカード: 9721 (87.6%)
復習期間の短いカード: 1350 (12.2%)
まだ見ていないカード 27 (0.2%) (added today, still haven't finished my reviews for the day, and I always learn new cards after the reviews)

熱心な学生？

Hey, why I so strict when it comes to learning Japanese? 

Nothing changed during that time, but I forgot the reason for like 2 years.
I remember thinking about this and telling to myself that the more I study now, the less I'll have to study when I have a job USING JAPANESE. onsidering that knowing a language is a skill that needs practice and constant stimulus and there is ALWAYS something you don't know, you have to study it like forever (if you're like me, someone who wants to ace in everything one likes and wants to know every single word).

*study as in watching TV, newspapers, music and other media, you know, real Japanese.

When I get a job I want to devote 100% of myself to it, I cannot waste time studying. this is the mindset I had when I started studying Japanese for real.

Now!, besides studying the language of course, I want to continue studying japanese culture, I've come to love studying it ever since I started feeling the need to really understand the japanese people. I now understand why some foreigners leave Japan hating it. They knew nothing about the Japanese culture! They probably had a culture shock and were not able to cope with it so they opted for the easiest way. Giving up.
You, the reader, you might think that I know a lot (like, you know, I'm here criticizing other foreigners and I only talk about Japan etc) but truth is I don't. BUT I want to and I think I will.


継続は力なり。

TO DO LIST

Here's an example from a day's "to do list":

- reps (throughout the day, 1min timeboxes)
- new vocab
- grammar review (cards)
- movie/drama
- 2 walks (45m+1h)
- twitter (articles on random themes, mostly Japan)
- twitter (読解）
- Reading (either english, japanese or portuguese, but I get bored easily unless its related to japonology)

(not necessarily in this order, I only watch movies/drama at night for instance)

when I'm in Japan it will change considerably considering that I'm going to have classes and friends and will want to experience Japan and japanese people as much as possible.

But I can make a prediction of my future mornings already:

6:00 shower
6:30 reps
7:00-8:30 breakfast + twitter
9:00 - 16.30h classes

statistics problem

My computer froze yesterday and my srs somehow made some kind of reset, fortunately I kept all my work (started in March 2010) but my statistics will start as if I started yesterday, therefore I will not post statistics for a while.

Still having some problems, somehow I'm not being able to sync. I changed the names of my decks in order to sync them and like have a new name for them (日本語, 中国語, 敬語, ポルトガル語・英語, 関西弁) but still couldn't sync.

最初のモチベーションの一つ

日本語を勉強する前に、日本語の勉強の仕方を勉強したときに、下記のポストを見て、モチベーションが上がりました。
今でも覚えている。懐かしいなあ。

"i passed level 1 after three long years.

kanji/vocab: 98/100
listening: 97/100
reading/grammar: 183/200 (92%)
total: 378/400 (95%)

genki 1+2 and an integrated approach, kanzen master 1+2, rtk1+2, a pocket pc loaded with stackz and jlpt lists and watching a lot of japanese tv shows (bittorrent) worked for me. imo, japanese is a really simple language and easy to learn."

ＫＫのＢｕｋｕｚｕｋｕｒｉというメンバーが書きました。

Pokemon Radio Show! ロケット団ひみつ帝国

テレビアニメ『ポケットモンスター』シリーズに登場する組織「ロケット団」のボスであるサカキの野望・世界征服をかなえるため、団員であるムサシ（声 - 林原めぐみ）・コジロウ（声 - 三木眞一郎）・ニャース（声 - 犬山イヌコ）の3人が、「全世界70億人をロケット団員の一員にすること」を目的としたという設定のラジオ番組である。
番組放送開始の発表に先行する6月2日に、Twitterの公式アカウントが開設されている。
『ポケットモンスター』シリーズの音響監督である三間雅文の発案であるとともに、構想に1年半かかったとのこと。また、三間は構成も担当する。
一般的なラジオ番組と同じく合間にはコマーシャルが挟まれ、そのナレーションは『ポケットモンスター ベストウイッシュ』に登場したサブウェイマスターのノボリ（声 - 佐藤健輔）とクダリ（声 - 古島清孝）が務めている。Twitterの公式アカウントでは、この2人がなにかしらラジオに関わるかのような事をほのめかす呟きがあった。なお、このコマーシャルはアニメイトTV・あにてれ・キッズステーションでのネット配信版ではカットされている。
wikipediaより 

楽しそう！

文法の勉強

比喩

たくさんある山を見て、登れないどうしよう、と思っているんじゃなくて、まず一つの山に登って頂上まで行くところからすべてははじまるんです。

orientation schedule @ 龍大

最初の日にテスト。

このあゆの旅路の一歩

「なんで日本語を勉強し始めたの？」

浜崎あゆみさんのおかげです。

「どうやって勉強したの？」
１　漢字
２　文法・単語表・ポッドキャスト
３　文法・ニュース・単語表・ドラマ・音楽・



長く言うと、

２００９年の初めに文法や漢字 を普通に勉強し始めたが、難しすぎて辞めました。当年の４月に「Ｒｅｍｅｍｂｅｒｉｎｇ　ｔｈｅ　ｋａｎｊｉ」という本を買いました。この本は人にどんな 風に漢字が覚えられることを教えています。この漢字の覚え方を説明するのは説明しづらいと思いますが、簡単に短く言うと・・・いろいろ部首があるでしょ。 その部首にまず何かイメージやキャラクタをあげることです。たとえば、「糸」は私にとって、スパイダーマンです。

４ 月には漢字の勉強が始まったが、やっぱり高校の最後の試験の勉強をしなきゃいけなかったので、また辞めました。で、夏休みに、胸を張って、本当にまじめ に、漢字の勉強を始めたのです。３ヶ月もかかりました。けど、９月に大学に入る前の１週間に終わりました。２０４８個漢字が書けました。信じられなかった のです。ヤバイ！

で、2009年の９月に大学でのクラスが始まったのです。ここで文法などをまじめに勉強し始めました。中国語の勉強も始まった。

「じゃ、日本語と中国語はどっちが難しい？」
 中国語。発音はすごい難しいの。それに、漢字は醜いし。


「今は何個の漢字ができるの？」
全然わからない、本当は。


「気合を入れるのには？」
なんかね。好きな歌手のビデオ（歌うのじゃなくて）、ドラマ、とか。それにまだたくさんのことを勉強しなければならないのだから・・・・ね。ほかに、日本語を使う仕事とを目標として、今は勉強しています。
９月９日にポルトガルを出て、日本へ行くかもしれないから、それも大モチベーション。

「何になりたい？」
自分のスキルを使う仕事。具体的に言えば、いろんなことしたいのね。通訳、翻訳、日本学、経営。なんでもしたい。

「 影響を与えたものは？」
先生、日本人、浜崎あゆみ、日本語を勉強している方。
夢、日本語の美しさや複雑さ。

「じゃ、夢って？」
仕事。日本へ行くこと。日本語が話せること。自分のうちとその中に猫2匹、犬１匹。動物の保護施設もたぶん・・・・

「じゃ・・・・・好きな俳優・女優は？」
尾野真千子ぉ～。
松雪康子。
渡辺篤朗。

「大好きなあゆの好きな曲？」
A song for xx
Present
Fly High
Ｗｈａｔｅｖｅｒ
Girlish
Will
Connected
Dearest
Dolls
Voyage
Moments
Evolution
Honey
Replace
My all
Love song

二歩は日本。

統計、龍谷大学

単語帳が作成された時期：1.2年 前　（実は２０１０年の３月です、けどパソコンが２回壊れて・・・）
カードの合計数： 10724
ファクトの合計数： 10724

カードの習熟度
復習期間の長いカード: 9704 (90.5%)
復習期間の短いカード: 1020 (9.5%)
まだ見ていないカード 0 (0.0%)
平均間隔 106.7 日間

行くことがやっと決まった。
龍大学に行くことは、実は、なんか、わくわくしてるんだ。おととい、大学からの返事がまた来なくて、私すごい怖くなっちゃって、頭が痛くなっちゃって、気分が超悪かった。けど、昨日は返事が来て、いろいろな準備をしてて・・・・行きたい！

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QZJ3PmakS4

http://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/english2/studentlife/voices.html　

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