せいかつ

せいかつは　いそがしいです。きのう　HEROを　もういちど　みました。　おもしろいです。こんばん　テストを　べんきょうします。たいへんです。　　

たいへんです

わたしは　まいにち　しゅくだいを　しますが、にほんごはたのしいです。いま　わたしは　すこし　にほんごのえいがが　わかります。でも　せいかつは　たいへんです。いつ　がっこうはおわりますか。

Final Draft of the Composition

はじめまして。わたしのなまえはチエンです。どうぞよろしく。わたしは Columbia だいがくのにねんせいです。New York からきました。　わたしのせんこうは Electrical Engineering です。にほんがすきです。

紀伊国屋

昨日わたしは紀伊国屋をいきました。
私は日本ゴー英語じしょ と漫画をかいました。
しかし　漫画をよみません。
Even though I bought doraemon, it's still too hard for me to read. My friend who's taking second semester of the 5 credit elementary japanese can't really read it either. It seems that I still have a lot to learn before I can understand the simplest 漫画.

My first draft of the composition:

はじめまして。わたしのなめえはチェンです。どうぞよろしく。わたしは Columbia だいがくのにねんせいです。New York からきました。わたしはにじゅいさいです。わたしのせんこは Electrical Engineering です。にほんがすきです。とうきょうだいがくもすきです。

It's very short but then I don't know what to write ~____~

Week 3

hmm....i wonder how long it will take until i can understand J-dramas, since we are still learning simple stuff
Sato sensei showed Takuya Kimura's picture in class last time. I really like his dramas, like Long Vacation, Good Luck, Hero and especially Pride. I really hope that I can just watch it without reading the subtitles some time.
Now I can finally read all the hiragana, including glides and consonants. Hopefully I can start reading simple comic books like doraemon by the end of the semester, and then kindachi next semester or so.
o well
work hard　がんばで　(don't know if i spelled it right :S )

Blog 1

Learning Japanese has been a wonderful experience for me since I've been wanting to learn Japanese long time ago. But even though learning a new language is fun, I think sometimes it is frustrating that I would easily forget a hiragana or a vocab. Maybe there is a good method for memorization that I don't know about. Learning how to write hiragana properly has been a bit of trouble for me too because of the strokes, but only then I realize that hiragana is a set of beautiful characters. Maybe the red book can include some exercises that would help us memorizing hiragana. In class exercises have been very helpful and interesting. I really enjoy going to class.