週末の生活 Weekend Routine

土曜日のあさ、8時ごろ起きました。

そして、図書館（としょかん）で、友達ともだち一緒に勉強（べんきょう）しました。

そして、学食（がくしょく）で昼ごはん（ひるごはん）を食べました。
それから、も一度図書館（としょかん）で勉強（べんきょう）しました。
晩御飯わLengend's Cafeで食べました。











夜わ、りょのSYRパテイ（party)に行きました。
そして、ビリヤードを遊びました🎱。

日曜日のあさ、も8時ごろ起きました。
そして、10時にきょかいに行きました。
そして、図書館（としょかん）で勉強（べんきょう）しました。

日本語のじゅぎょの感想

On the first day of class, since this was 1st Year Japanese class, I thought that everyone in this class had no prior experience in learning Japanese. To my amazement, many of them, actually, most of them, were very experienced, they had already memorized all Hiragana and could speak a little Japanese. Even if they were not that fluent, they could genuinely communicate with others in Japanese.

Prior to classes, as Chinese, I supposed that I would have an advantage in learning this language since Japanese was more similar to Chinese when compared to other languages😈; but it turns out that I was wrong.

My biggest problem was that I could understand it when people were speaking, I get what the mean and what they were trying to convey. But when it comes to writing and reading, I was lagging far behind the rest of the class. In class, when teachers showed us flashcards of Hiragana characters, everyone could shout out the pronunciation of the character almost instantly, but when the teacher called upon me, all I could do was stare at the card with a puzzled look and say "すみません、わかりません" (sorry, I don't know). 

I spent almost 2 weeks in order to memorize and be confident in writing all Hiragana. I finally felt that I was not lagging behind. But, it turns out that I got rocky too early. Once I thought I had caught up with the rest of the class, we started to learn about verbs and Katakana. Katakana is certainly a nightmare. Yesterday in class, when the teacher said 書いてください (dictation, please write), I felt a chill down my spine.

Till now, I am still only confident in writing and reading the first 15 Katakanas (ア〜ソ). Unit test is coming up in a week, hopefully by then, I would be able to familiarize myself with all materials taught in the first few weeks of classes.

My Daily Routine

朝わ、八時起きます。私わ朝ご飯を食べません。
クラスまいにち疲れたです
授業終了後、しゅくだをします
晩御飯約7時と8じ食べます

その後、合唱だんの練習です
練習ごわしゅくだいをします
時々、夜に10じジョギンッグです
シヤワを12じ浴びます、一時前わ寝ます

Everyday, I hope to wake up at 8am regardless of whether I have early classes or not. I am not a breakfast person, so I normally skip the meal.
A full day packed with classes makes me very exhausted.
I hope to finish my homework immediately after classes as my memory is still fresh.
Normally, I eat dinner at around 7pm or 8pm. Afterwards, I would go to my chorale rehearsal.
Sometimes, I like to go jogging at around 10pm.
I shower at around 12am to avoid fighting for shower spaces with others.
I hope to go to bed before 1am every night.

Japanese "Person" - Detective Conan

こんにちわ！

私わYingです、中国人です、一年生です、せんこわ政治学と経済学です
このクラスわ参加とでも嬉しいです！
どぞよろしくうお願いします！

I believe most people in this class study Japanese because they are interested in Japanese culture, such as manga and anime; and I am one of them.

My all time favorite series is Detective Conan by Aoyama Gosho. It has been on going for more than 20 years now, with more than 1000 episodes of manga and over 900 episodes of anime. 

I started to watch the TV anime series 5 years ago, and I am now still up to the 436th episode, still a long way to go till I catch up with the current latest episode. Even though the storylines are getting repetitive due it being so long-lasting, the Detective Conan series will always remain as my number one.

Last Christmas when I visited Osaka, there was a Dectective Conan exhibition on-going. Even though I could not read Japanese at that time, I still enjoyed the exhibition from the bottom of my heart!

Kaito Kid (a character in Detective Conan)

During my free time, I love to draw sketches of anime characters. I was never good at drawing, by drawing manga art, I hope to improve my drawing skills. 

I left home to study at Notre Dame this year, to make me feel at home whenever I am in my dorm room, I brought a Conan puzzle that I have made all the way from Hong Kong so I can hang it in my dorm room.

Almost all cases in Decetive Conan are murder cases, some people may say that watching these kinds of anime may cause people to think that performing crimes is acceptable; but on this notion, I kind of disagree. In another way, Detective Conan is to remind us that every one is equal, we should not be blinded by our greed and resentments, to an extent that we get envious of others and try to obtain what we should not own. The most important thing is that we understand that materials we own are not of highest importance, instead,  we must live a life fair and square, and do not do things that go against our moral values.

真実わいつもひとつ！