こにちは。
I keep forgetting to tell people after or before class that there's a group of us that meet Tuesdays and Thursdays directly after ごぜんじゅういちです。 So far, we've gone to Newcomb for lunch and sit in the far right room from when you walk in, in the booths in the far back on the right. (Of course, that might change depending on everyone's mood) We work on integrating にほんご into our lunches with things as simple as いてだきます and ごちそおさまですて, as well as practicing speech. It's fun, it's low-stress, and it helps with conversation and understanding.
I know that it's during the same time as にほんごいちねんせえ for another class, but that doesn't mean that you can't organize another time, place, or date with other ともだち and classmates. It's really helped me, and I think it's a great way to help cement in new grammar and sentence structures.
And, of course, we welcome anyone else (higher Japanese level speakers or none-Japanese speakers) to join us as well.
Feel free to join us one day!
A Kappa Explanation
I'm sure by now some people are confused as to the images I've chosen and the video clip below. The clip below, in case you can't read the rather blurred kanji, is from the anime Gensomaden Saiyuki by Kazuya Minekura. The opening isn't as full of pretty fluorishes and whatnot like the actual episodes are.
Why am I explaining this, you may ask. Well, it all has to do with the kappa nickname that I tend to use - in case you didn't figure the kappa part out by now from the signature on the left. Kappa was the term incorrectly assigned to the Saiyuki character in the original Journey to the West series, Sha Gojyo. Gojyo was a sand demon in the original Buddhist myth about a Sanzo priest traveling to India to meet the Buddha. A kappa, however, is a water demon whose favorite food is cucmbers and who carry water dishes on their heads. This is not Minekura's Gojyo, either.
Still lost? That's good - I'm not there yet. In Kazuya Minekura's version, which is far more of an action and personal discovery piece where the four main characters (five if you count Hakuryuu the dragon who can turn into a Jeep) are trying to prevent Gyumaoh, the Demon King, from being reborn, than a religious treatise (though there are a lot of philosophical aspects and debates buried within it), Sha Gojyo is actually half kappa. You can tell he's not human or demon from his red hair and red eyes. I bet now you know who he is in the clip below.
I got the nickname Kappa from Minekura-san's Gensomaden Saiyuki series, prescribed by a group of friends that seems to perpetuate it regardless of who I'm around - it's actually migrated with me past highschool. Gojyo's personality has some rugged edges, though he's really a big brother type beyond that. He's also the fair bit of a romantic, once you get past the playboy aspect. While there are plenty of differences between myself and Gojyo (mainly the whole he's a guy and I'm not aspect), the name persists.
So, longer than anyone cares, this is your kappa signing off.
Why am I explaining this, you may ask. Well, it all has to do with the kappa nickname that I tend to use - in case you didn't figure the kappa part out by now from the signature on the left. Kappa was the term incorrectly assigned to the Saiyuki character in the original Journey to the West series, Sha Gojyo. Gojyo was a sand demon in the original Buddhist myth about a Sanzo priest traveling to India to meet the Buddha. A kappa, however, is a water demon whose favorite food is cucmbers and who carry water dishes on their heads. This is not Minekura's Gojyo, either.
Still lost? That's good - I'm not there yet. In Kazuya Minekura's version, which is far more of an action and personal discovery piece where the four main characters (five if you count Hakuryuu the dragon who can turn into a Jeep) are trying to prevent Gyumaoh, the Demon King, from being reborn, than a religious treatise (though there are a lot of philosophical aspects and debates buried within it), Sha Gojyo is actually half kappa. You can tell he's not human or demon from his red hair and red eyes. I bet now you know who he is in the clip below.
I got the nickname Kappa from Minekura-san's Gensomaden Saiyuki series, prescribed by a group of friends that seems to perpetuate it regardless of who I'm around - it's actually migrated with me past highschool. Gojyo's personality has some rugged edges, though he's really a big brother type beyond that. He's also the fair bit of a romantic, once you get past the playboy aspect. While there are plenty of differences between myself and Gojyo (mainly the whole he's a guy and I'm not aspect), the name persists.
So, longer than anyone cares, this is your kappa signing off.
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Ah, Jess-san! I remember you!
I did, in fact, manage to get an official spot in the 1:00 section of JAPN 101. I thought about stopping by the 10:00 section just to let you guys know, but I thought that might be a little trite.
The Japanese lunches sound really neat. I'd love to join you sometime.
Oh, and as far as conventions go, Otakon this summer was my first. I'd love to go to another one - any one, I'm not picky.
Sorry, I haven't figured out how to write in hiragana yet.
This is kind of off-topic but oh well. Yeah MGS is an incredible series. I loved MGS3:Snake Eater. That really expanded the MGS world and explained much of the back story while leaving certain plot points open for MGS4 to resolve. Can't wait for that to come out. MGS4 is the sole reason for me to buy a PS3.
As for DDR, I'm a home person. There really were no DDR arcade machines within a reasonable distance for me to go to. By the way, I use a cobalt Flux Pad. You should also check this blog out:
http://yamenhama.blogspot.com/
She also plays DDR. Maybe we can all get together to play some time.
I think we'd love to have you both drop by at lunch some day. Though I'll warn that our last lunch almost deterioated as much as our Curry Night table did. Almost. It definitely hit the same level of laughter a number of times.
^.^=
It is great to get together outside of class and practice, talk about Japanese and socialize!
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