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Posted on July 12, 2005 @ 1:15 am
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mood:  wakker
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Zo daar zit ik dan in mijn kamer met airco...
Maar liefst kwart over 1 's nachts ik weet dus nu wat een Jetleg is.
Ben de hele middag en avond moe en luierig geweest maar nu 's nachts ben ik klaar om Fuji-san te beklimmen zal ik maar zeggen.
Maar het is we een bijzondere dag geweest.
Toen Janneke en ik door de douane (en al die andere uitsluitend Japans sprekende autoriteiten) waran stonden er een paar enorme spandoeken met daarachter kleine Japannertjes op ons te wachten.
Yuzuki-san en mijn gast moeder (Die ik voor het gemak het hele verhaal lang moeder noem maar eigenlijk Reiko heet) in mij geval.
Daar kwamen meteen de eerste problemen want mijn Japans bleek toch niet genoeg om moeder te verstaan en Yuzuki had naar eigen zeggen haar dag niet wat het Engels betrof dus uitleggen dat ik een baterijlader nodig had werd lastig.
Maar gelukkig is die er me dank aan de man in de Sony winkel op Kansai airport (Mocht hij het ooit lezen: 'Arigatou gozaimashita') toch gekomen.
De mobiele telefoon moest no even wachten want daarvoor was geen winkel op Kansai airport...
Nog even snel wat water uit een automaat gehaald en toen de bus naar Wakayama gepakt.
Dat was echt gezellig we hebben veel gepraat in een mix van Japans - engels gepraat vooral over de verschillen tussen Japan en Nederland.
De bus stopte op Wakayama station dus verder pakte we een taxi.
Geen pretje uitstappen met een paar zware koffers in benauwd regenweer maar het moest maar even.
Het huis ligt in een wat sombere vervallen buurt met kleine straatjes
Dit zegt niets over het huis zelf.
Deze is heel taditioneel Japans met veel Tatami matten (Traditioneel Japanse vloerbekleding van gevlochten stro) en airco in elke kamer!
Eerst maar eens even douchen in een kleine badkamer zonder echte doucheruimte.
De douchekraan is zomaar ergens tussen de wasbak en het bad opgehangen.
Daarna even gelunched met Yakisoba (Noodles).
Dat was erg lekker dus was het jammer dat ik geen honger had.
Tegen die tijd (12:30 middag) voelde ik me elendig dus was het tijd om te slapen.
Yuzuki was immers toch naar school.
Om 6 uur werd ik weer wakker en toen was het etens tijd.... dacht ik.
Niet dus etens tijd is hier vaak pas om een uur of 8
In de tussentijd even flink lopen snotteren want ik miste mijn huis nu toch wel.
Het gezin (minus vader die was er nog niet) stelde voor... nee drong aan mijn moeder even te bellen.
Na veel proberen heb ik even met haar gepraat maar dit maakte het niet beter.
Na nog wat gepraat en fotos kijken kwam vader eindelijk thuis!
Wat me verbaasde was dat hij er niet was geweest met eten en dat moeder ook niet mee gegeten had.
Ik heb er maar niet naar gevraagd...
Vader stelde zich lachend voor als 'otoosan' (Wat pappa betekend) dus een echte naam heb ik niet.
Kort hierop heb ik wat kadootjes gegeven (Nouja de oudhollandse dropmand gaf ik al eerder)
Het theeservies en de speculaas maak set vielen erg in de smaak (In ieder geval beter dan de drop).
Maar de verbazing over het zoethout was erg groot.
Rond die tijd ben ik naar bed gegaan en hier zit ik dus weer klaar wakker.
Ik heb nog wat in mijn Kamewr gesnuffelt en kwam er achter dat het die van de uit huis woonende zus Utano is ze lijkt me aardig we zien haar de 1e Augustus. |
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Posted on July 11, 2005 @ 6:55 am
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mood:  moe
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Wow!
Ik zit nu in het vliegtuig en ik geloof mijn oge niet!
De vlucht is heel anders dan ik had gedacht en het is niet te bevatten hoe bijzonder het is om naar beneden te kijken heel onwerkelijk allemaal.
Ik heb dan ook nog maar weinig tijd gehad om er over na te denken hoe ik thuis ga missen.
we vliegen nu boven moskow 890 km/u bij een tempratuur van (Koud!!!) -43 graden celcius.
Nog een ruime 7000 km van Japan af en nog zo'n 8:25 vliegen.
En dan wel 9100m boven de grond.
Het eten is ook goed (voor vliegtuig eten)... sushi zalm een gebakje en natuurlijk groene thee erbij.
Ook erg leuk; als ik Janneke iets Japans leer kijkt iedereen die in de buurt zit op omdat d\ze het grappig vinden dat ik (een beetje) Japans spreek.
Nouja... spreek... het is soms lastig maar in dit vliegtuig waar bijna alleen maar Japanners zitten die het allemaal verstaan... dan moet het toch goed zijn...
Zo'n 3:30 uur later...
Ongelofelijk hoe moe ik ben.
Eigenlijk is het nog maar half 9 lokale tijd half 2...
Het is dus pik donker buiten.
En als je over een stad vliegt is dat goed te zien aan de lichtjes.
Op zo'n moment zou ik willen dat ik in een stad was eentje die (Zoals deze waarschijnlijk) de hele nacht open is.
Ik hoop dat Wakayama ook zo'n stad is maar veel hoop heb ik daar niet op.
We zitten nu zo'n 11100m boven de grond (eng...)
hopelijk krijg ik de chineese muur nog te zien zodat ik een foto kan maken als we er overheen vliegen maar dat wordt wel nachtwerk...(nouja eigenlkijk is het nu al nacht... om kwart voor 9 Nederlandse tijd)
De mensen voor me slapen of in ieder geval hebben ze hun stoel in slaaphouding dat bevorderd mijn schrijven niet...
Maar hun moeten slapen in mijn lichtje (hun probleem)
Net hebben we een film gekeken the million dollar baby.
Mooie film maar ik werd er wel een beetje depri van en ook misselijk want het was een box film waarbij regelmatig iemand het ziekenhuis in werd geslagen zal ik maar zeggen.
Maarja wat mopet je anders doen nog een dikke 5 uur voor de landing. |
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| Mijn eerste Nederlandse berichtje! (My first Dutch post) |
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Posted on July 11, 2005 @ 2:49 am
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mood:  Wakker (awake)
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Zozo, hier zal ik jullie dus de komende maand op de hoogte houden over mijn Japan reis.
Nouja, zoals je kunt zien is het een beeeeetje laat nu, maarja, ik kon de slaap even niet vatten...
Logisch ook wel, m'n 1e vliegtuig reis staat voor de deur, en het zijn nieteens de kriebels die me wakker houden, ik heb gewoon geen slaap, en nogsteeds geen kriebels, zwaar ongewoon voor mijn doen, maarja, wel handig.
Hoewel ik wel een beetje loop te stressen hier en daar.
Vooral of ik alles wel mee heb, want ja, je gaat niet even naar huis om het op te halen...
Dan heb ik ook nog wat last minute dingen...
Ik moet nog een aantal ceedees in mijn koffer proppen (Acda en de munnik, onvermeidelijk als je zo lang zonder de Nederlandse tal zit...), meer rokjes, en mindewr spijkerbroeken (= warm!) in m'n koffer stoppen etc.
Nouja, dat soort dingen komen morgen ochtend om een urrtje of 8 allemaal wel, voor nu;
Oyasumi nasai! (Weltrusten!)
~Ran 
There, there, this is where I'm gonna tell you all about my Japan trip for over the next month.
Well, as you can see, it's ehr, kinda late here, but I can't seem to catch sleep...
Well, that kinda figures, since It'll be the my first flight ever, I'm not even awake because I'm nervous or anything, I just can't seem to catch any sleep, actualy, I'm not really that nervous at all, Pretty unusual in my case, but it comes in handy!
Thou, I do sem to get a little stressed from time to time.
I mean, I cann't just go home and get it.
Then, I have some last minute things to do...
Like putting some more ceedees in my suitcase (Dutch pop's something that just HAS to come with you when you won't hear Dutch for so long!), then I'll have to take some skirts, less jeans (=hot!) with me, but I'll be doing that tomorrow, 8 am, so for now;
Oyasumi nasai! (Good night!)
~Ran |
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Posted on June 20, 2005 @ 4:34 pm
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mood:  hot
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OMG, this is fun 
I ordered a tablet, it should arive by mail, but it didn't, so I e-mailed the post office.
A few days later I got the reply:
Dear Sir van Veen(<-My surname)
I am sorry you had to be waiting for a package that did not arive.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any information about it in our systems.
When you did not recieve your package yet, please let me know your adress and phone number so that we can contact you
Again, our sincerest apologies,(<- They really felt sorry...)
Wim Kieffer
TPG Post
Bold as I am, I replied:
By this time, the package has already reached me, thank you for your reply.
However, I am not 'Sir' bud 'Madam' van Veen
The name Randy can be used bot male and female
Yours sincerely, (<- Yes, I did pay atention in my English class on buisness letters)
Randy(f) van Veen
</u>Believe it or not, another 'post officer' (I thought of that word myself :p) actualy replied.
Geachte mevrouw Van Veen,
I am glad to hear that the package has arived safely.
My sincere apologies for judging your sex wrong.
Yours sincerely,
Gerta Meindersma
TPG Post
But then, when I got it out them, I told my friend 'Gawd that man must be pretty embarased now'
Turns out that the second answer came from another person, which is a woman...  |
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Posted on June 19, 2005 @ 2:53 pm
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mood:  down
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Ungh... I'm kinda down....
Down because I know no one is going to read this, or any of my other posts
Down because, if they DO read them, they simply don't reply.
Down because the weather is to good to be behind my computer.
Down because every one of my friends is already doing fun stuff, or homework, except for me.
Down because my 'I-hate-this-weather-and-I'm-gonna-stay-inside-all-day-and-anoy-my-daughter-with-stupid-questions-mother' hates this weather and stays inside all day to anoy her daughter with stupid questions. (huh?)
Down because I'm making myself even more down while writing this.
There, now that all of that is out, I think I'll be climbing up for a while, in search of a friend who wants to join me in doing something fun ^^ |
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Posted on June 18, 2005 @ 9:43 pm
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mood:  On a quest :P
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But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get
Cos nothing I have is truly mine
While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
Well how can I say I'm alive ~ Dido - Life for Rent
I felt like some new music, and I realized I didn't have this song yet, and I never listened to it long enough, so I downloaded it.
But the lyrics hit me more then I expected.
The text above, it's just, you know... ME
Always clumsing around, try everything but with the slightest thing that goes wrong, I give up.
That's why I never found my real talent 'Cos nothing I have, is truely mine'
So, now, I'm thinking about my real talents...you know, I was in a church once where they told that everyone has at least one talent, that hey will discover in their lives.
And ever since then (I was 12) I'm searching for that talent.
I think I have found some, but I'm not sure...
Please help me on this...
People who ever saw me acting in a play, say that that's my natural talent.
All my language teachers say that languages are my talent, as well as writing stories.
In High school, some people told me my talents where drawing and singing, but clearly, I've lost those talents, because when I'm with my collage friends, and I'm singing (I love to sing), their like 'Okay, Randy, that's enough, stop it!' and when I draw something, they often can't even quite make out what it is... o_O
Anyway, I was wondering, what do you guys think about my 'talents' |
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| Sports Festival! 7:00 AM... -_- |
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Posted on June 15, 2005 @ 7:05 am
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mood: tired
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Hehehe.....
This is so beyond normal....
It's not even 7 AM yet, and I've already been awake for half an hour... *yawn* I need my sleep....
But there's no time for that, because today is the anual sports festival!!!
At my student teacher job, that is, so I do not have to enter the competitions etc.
I only have to judge them... -_- which can also be quite anoying with 8 year old brats.
But still their the cutest <3
But who the heck thought of the rule that all teachers joining the festival should be there at 7:30 AM!?
Anyway, did I tell you I completely operate on pen now!?
My tablet has finaly arived, so now I can finaly Oekaki all I want (Want to visit me? www.oekakicentral.com )
But now, I'm trying to find out if there might actualy be a program with which you can write letters on the tablet, by hand, and they apear on your screen in typed letters... o_O
That's the way my dad's pocket Peecee works with typing, and I realy like that, because you can 'type' real fast then!
Does anyone know if such program exists??? |
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Posted on June 11, 2005 @ 3:58 pm
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mood: confused
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This is a 'question' in Dutch...
Rood + Rood = 2Rood
Maar, hoeveel rood krijg je
als je 1/4 blauw erbij mengt ?
Wie geeft mij het antwoord?
Hoevaak zie je de letters rood hierboven?
Okay, so the question is, how many letters do you see red above? (The word rood meand red)
The colored letters are the letters you have to count, allong with the letters that form the word rood every time.
Don't count in any numbers or signs.
Does anyone know why the answer of this has to be 47???
My mom and I still don't get it... Help!  |
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Posted on June 10, 2005 @ 7:34 pm
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mood:  happy
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Actualy, that title doesn't make the least bit of sence, since I hate every kilometer I have to walk...
But here in Holland, we have the '4 eves hike' or literaly 'The evening 4 days'.
These are 4 evenings of hiking either 5, 10 or 15 kilometers an evening.
Now, every child here in Holland did this at least once, lots of elementary schools organize something to walk the route with the whole school all together, so does my student teacher school.
Anyway, I'm to old to hike... realy... -_- So I didn't join in...
BUT, the route happens to pass my house this year...
actualy, the spot where they have a break and get an icecream etc. was straight across my house...
So, I met up with all of my 'students' again this evening :D
Their just SO cute!
It'll be realy hard to say goodbye when my student teacher period is over...
They just couldn't believe they where standing right acros my house, and they wanted to see my cat (however, the lazy rascal refused to show up, she has been sleeping on my bed since I woke up this morning...
I even got an icecream from the organisation, just because I made a jok about wanting one to ^^
But well.... the brother of the best looking guy I've ever talked with was also there (He's in my student teacher class...the brother of the best looking guy that is... -Don't worry, I'm not a pedophile, the 'best looking guy himself is 18-).
And his mom was there to...
The mother of the best looking guy I've ever talked to, actualy knows where I live! (Such a thrill, ne? :P) |
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Posted on June 06, 2005 @ 5:02 pm
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mood:  shocked
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Today, we drove across a cycler who got run over by a car.
It was a horible sight...
Not even because it was bloody or anything, because it wasn't.
But just realizing that the girl on the street, was just a normal girl, like you and me.
I mean, for a moment, I saw myself lying in the middle of the street, and I felt my whole body aching for a sec.
I mean, I'm not a person who thinks like that at all, but for a moment there, I realized how precious life really is... |
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Posted on June 05, 2005 @ 5:40 pm
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mood: shocked
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Honestly....
Today, I was visiting my Aunt.
Now, my aunt has been saving up for a Chihuahua for quite some time now, and she has bought lots of stuff for it already(So much that she can't effort the actual Chihuahua)...
Now, she showed me some websites....
Well, once I show this, I think I need say no more...
http://www.glamourdog.com/ (Say, Kat, wouldn't there be some nice stuff for your new pups there? ;))
So, well, inspired by all that, I went to look for something like that... but since I don't have a dog... I went to look for cat stuff, and found... this:
http://www.jamiewhite.com/html/clifford_s_cat_hats.html
OMG You'll say, and OMG I say... I mean, I'm so NOT going to make my cat suffer like this... o_O |
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Posted on June 03, 2005 @ 12:21 am
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mood: crushed
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I was just talking to, what you can carefully sstart to consider my crush on MSN, and well, we where talking about Jpop, and that he and his girl both loved it etc.
I 'smiled' and told him how hard it is to find a partner who likes Jpop in this country...
'Yeah, I'm lucky' he told me.
'So is your girl' I replied....
And I just can't believe I said that.....
I mean, it's waaaaay to late vfor a love confesion now.
That should have been when his other girlfriend broke up...
But back then, he was so down, and I didn't want him to think I was using the situation to get him, even thou I was...
I mean, he even started to like me back...
But who needs a girl that likes 400KM away from you when you need her the most, right?
So, he choose her, and their really happy together, so it seems to me.
But by now, I think it's to late... I think I'm falling more in love every time I talk to him.
Some would say I'm crazy, because I've never even seen him in real life...
But it's just his way of acting, and his pictures, he's realy cute...
I should have told him that... no wait, I have told him that when he was unshure of himself because his girl broke up... but now it's to late...
I'll have to face it...
Another Kevin, another Heartbreak... |
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Posted on May 30, 2005 @ 10:35 pm
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mood:  cheerful
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There is this cool stuff I realy HAD to share with all of you, especialy if you have winamp (actualy, it would be pretty useless to try this without winamp...)
Namely; Jpop Suki TV!!!
It's right here:
http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/?page=tv
Or, even easier, right here! (If you click the 'here' the 'TV station will pop up in your winamp imediately) enjoy pls (You'll have no hard time enjoying if your a Jpop fan^^) |
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Posted on May 30, 2005 @ 1:59 pm
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mood:  hungry
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Woah, I have a feeling I've never slept as much as the last few days...
I mean, I'm not a sleepyhead at all...
It's kind of a bad thing thou, because I only spend a little time a day behind my PC, and well...
Since it's the PC in my room, I haven't been able to check my mail, or mail anyone back...
I'm just to tired for it... I'm SO sorry everyone...
Anyway, I'm getting better now... I'm even hungry... |
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Posted on May 29, 2005 @ 1:12 pm
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mood:  having a cold
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Well well...
Seems like the computer is my only communication these days...
You see, for some weird reason, when I get a cold, my voice refuses to work.
And so, when you have a meeting with all sorts of exchange students, that can be pretty much of a pain.
Actualy, we still had lots of fun, my parents came with me, because it was on the other side of Holland (Don't missunderstand, that's only 100KM...).
Since there where a lot of people, another pair of parents with their son, and some kind of friend of them, came to sit with us...
Oooh, how sweet...hehehe...
The two other man where acting SO important, and SO interesting, one of them was working for a TV station, and they where talking about the newest gadgets all the time.
Untill notes had to be taken...
One of the man puled out a noteblock and a pen...
And I pulled out my dad's handheld PC to take notes, and they where like O_O
They've been quiet for the rest of the day...
So was I BTW, since every noise I have to make hurts like heel, and uses a piece of licorice (You know, the Dutch black candy, that no one likes, accept for the Dutch, they help when your throte hurts..) to recover.
So, you can imagine the calories I gain these days... especialy since I'm to tired to extersize...
But I DID meet my travel mate... she's cool.
she has done exchanges to Agentinia and Brazil before, and so, she has been on planes before..
Which is my main concern, I'm pretty scared to go on that huge flying object (HFO :p)...
So, whish me luck in advance :p |
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| Burn baby, BURN! |
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Posted on May 26, 2005 @ 11:03 pm
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mood: Burned ;)
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NO WAY!
15 mins of sun while 'playing outside' at my student teacher job, and I already got sunburned...
How the (...) am I supposed to make it trough the summer at this rate, without people who wonder 'Say, shouldn't you try to get a little tan, you're so white...'
While I'm like, constantly working on my tan... which either results in suncream or sunburns...
Yet, even worse, how am I going to make it trough Japan, for 4 weeks and 35 °C on an avarage day....
Okay, so I'm from the 'far north' weather here usualy stinks, and when it doesn't, you are SO used to the cold, that you can hardly stand the heat....
And, get burned...
Don't get me wrong, I love the sun, I love the heat, but it just shouldn't be so damn exhausting and, well, burning... o_O |
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Posted on May 20, 2005 @ 7:22 pm
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mood:  accomplished
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Yay! I think I'm done with the translation of the E-mail I got today ^^
Here it is, please, if you know Japanese, check if I'm right ^^
'Hoi'(Hey) (This is a Japanese letter)
Yesterday, the tests have started at school.
My maths is horible, so studying for it was realy a pain.
Today, I had an English test, it was realy hard.
Tuesday, I have garden mathmatics, so I will do my best.
I realy love Miffy.
But is Miffy realy just populair under kids in Holland?
Yes, compared to Holland, summer in Wakayama is pretty hot, therefore,
you get tired realy soon once you go outside.
But, try your best to describe your nature^^
Today, I sent allong my schools picture, please take a look.
I have finished most of my tests by writing many English and Japanese E-mails.
(Dutch is still to come, I am not able to read or understand it yet.)
When you don't understand my Japanese, I will teach you.
Then you will understand more Japanese.
'Tot de volgende keer' (Untill next time)
Yuzuki |
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Posted on May 20, 2005 @ 4:48 pm
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mood: cheerful
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Woah, I can't believe this...
My soon to be exchange student send me an E-mail entirely in Japanese...
Sure, I'll be capable of reading it... if you give me an hour or 5...
As if I'm not lacking my school work enough as it is already :P
Anyway, if anyone feels like helping me, it's ( behind the cutCollapse ) |
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