Godmorgon, allihopa! För er som missade solförmörkelsen i morse, ungefär så här såg det ut!
Det varade en ganska kort stund, men var väldigt intressant!
Good morning everyone! For those of you who missed the solar total eclipse this morning, I rushed out
and took a quick photo this morning!
Ok…. This one is one of my procrastinated projects. Here we go.
In my class, we are from 8 different countries. Our interests, characters might be very different, but there must be one common reason that brought us together. So, I want to find out what it is.
1. Cesar(Swedish): he loves fashion and hopes to work in this industry one day. Japan, being the fashion centre of the East, not only has all world-known brands available, it is also enriched with its own flavoured fashion senses, which is both fascinating and fun. He is also interested in working in tourism industry.
4 Elin & Malin(Swedish): Sisters coming from Sweden, Malin loves Japanese & Korean drama, while Elin clearly is big fan of Japanese visual kei. Before coming to Japan, Malin had studied Japanese for over 2 year already and wanted to further understand the language and it’s culture.
5. Fathime (Turkish): studied Turkish language & Literature back home. After graduation she wanted to travel outside her country, as US failed to grant her a visa, she found a job at Education Company which had a vacancy in Tokyo as Turkish teacher. While in Tokyo she found it hard not to understand the language, that’s why she came to Kai to learn Japanese.
6. Jesus (Spanish): he studied philosophy at college in Spain. Since Japanese philosophy is quite famous in this field, his university sent him to Japan to study the language, so later on he could be able to translate some master philosophy pieces to Spanish. Go Jesus!
7. Jose(Mexican): Jose’s decision of studying Japanese is purely a business decision. Understanding the language will be a huge help for his family business in the future. Don’t get me wrong, he does make effort having a lot of fun in Tokyo.
8. Loucmane(Swedish): a very funny and layback person. He came to Japan to escape Sweden for awhile…he likes Japanese fashion and 
subculture. It’s obvious that he’s enjoying his time here.
9. Mariana(Mexican): coming from the same city as Jose, she bears completely different dream. A queen of Lolita fashion back home, coming to Japan is like visiting Mecca to Lolita fans. She wants to develop her fashion business in this particular field for long term. So she needs to understand the language.
10. Sohee (Korean): everyone loves Sohee, though most of the time we don’t understand each other, but that’s what makes it fun. She came to Japan looking for business opportunity, hoping one day she would be able to bring the Korean goods to Japan and trade something else back home.
11. Tero (Swedish): before coming to Japan, Tero tried Chinese, but it didn’t seem as his calling. He wanted to study something but has not quite figured it out yet. One of his friends who had attended Kai a few years back suggested him to take Japanese course, why not! So here he is. Well, we are happy to have him, he’s so funny!
12. Trevor (American): being the youngest in the class, Trevor is adored both by teachers and classmates. Before going to college he wanted to explore the world a little bit. He likes Japanese culture, and Japanese people. Coming to Japan seems logical before he goes back home and starts college.
13. Jane(Swedish/Japanese): this already explains half of the reason why she’s learning Japanese. Haha. She’s taking three months off from her job to learn the language. It’s also a nice excuse to have a short break.
14. Gabriela (Swedish): she shares same interests as Malin for Korean and Japanese drama, which is the main motivation for her to learn the language. Such a bubbly person she is, great fun to listen to her talk about Korean idols with Malin. They are planning to go to Korea after Japan.
15. Simone(Swiss): Studied Social Anthropology back in Switzerland, she’s fascinated with people’s social behaviour and structure. She’s always been interested in Asia and its culture. And wanted to explore more before a ‘会社員’life starts. Japan, being most developed country in Asia, it has managed to reserve its unique culture as well. She wants to find out more about this culture from a non-tourist’s point of view.
16. Egil(Swedish): Since Japanese animation became available in Sweden, he has been a fan of it. While watching animation and reading manga, he started to get really interested in Japanese language. He heard about Kai School through a couple of his friends who had studied Kai and decided to start his adventure in this amazing Asian country.
In the end, I realized that we all have different reasons. But one thing that we are sharing is that we are all fascinated by Japanese culture, and enjoying our time in Tokyo.
Aupa.
Nire izena Eneko da, bilbotarra naiz eta Japonian bizi naiz. Azken 7 hilabeteak Kai eskolan pasa ditut japoniera ikasten. Duela urte askotatik Japonia oso gogoko eduki dut eta horren ondorioz, duela 3 urte lehenengo aldiz etorri nintzen.
Hainbeste gustatu zitzaidanez, Bilbora itzultzean japoniera ikasten hasi nintzela. Horrela, 2 urte eman nituen ikasten baina ia denborarik ez neukanez nire kabuz ezin nuen ia ezer ikasi beraz ikasitakoa ez zen asko. Horregatik, Japonian japoniera ikasteko asmoa hartu nuen.
Lagunek eta familiak sinisten ez ninduten arren, joan den urteko urtarrilean hasi nituen prestaketak. 2011ko martxoak 11an, sekulako lurrikarraren ondorioz sortutako tsunamiak Fukushimako zentral nuklearra hondatu, kutsadura erradiaktibo asko askatu zuen. Horren ondorioz, bertoko gobernuak egia esaten ez zuenez, nire gurasoak oso urduri jarri ziren. Horregatik, uztailean etorri beharrean, urrian etorri nintzen.
Ordutik, Tokyotik hurbil dagoen Toda herrian bizi naiz eta berton igaroko ditut gelditzen zaizkidan 2 hilabeteak, tamalez, dirua agortu bait zait. Baina, ala ere, egun hori iritsi harte, hemen ikusi ditudan, eta oraindik ikusiko ditudan hainbat gauza erakutsiko dizkizuet, eta inolako dudarik edo galderarik eduki ezkero, erantzuten saiatuko naiz.
Ondo izan.
Hello everyone, hope the mid-term exam went well. For those of you who didn’t quite make it, learn from your mistakes instead of letting it discourage you from continuing to study at KAI and remember there’s
a lot of help to be received from both your teachers, classmates etc..
This post is kinda collaborative, since I’d really like some of you to talk about your study methods, e.g. how many hour you spend a day, useful advice and most of all, if you own an electronic dictionary, perhaps briefly explain how these work, and in what way you use them during class or studies.
I’ve seen many different kind of models with a wide price-range, what would you personally recommend and what motivates anyone to choose a full-colour one, seemingly with all kinds of features.
All answers are welcome in the comments section below, and remember this is to aid your fellow classmates so productive replies first and foremost. (more…)
