Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Usb To Rca At Best Buy

A new world

I'm back after a short absence, but I could not connect to the wifi network dell'hostfamily. I apologize for errors of grammar and syntax that will do in this post, but I write really fast.

What, after two days here in Japan, seems to have arrived in a new world. It 's all so different from Italy stay top dazed, dazzled by what is' Japan.

Day yesterday, June 29, 2009.
I landed at Narita International Airport with CIRA 30 minutes late (Thanks Alitalia) Already at the airport we understand that you are truly a nation in particular: lots of people but a surreal silence, cleanliness and smell, people in uniform who just throw bows with a smile.
is now a detail that made me smile.
Under the written Arrivals .... There are two inscriptions: one in Japanese that reads okaerinasai, the other in English by simply welcome in Japan. Too bad that okaerinasai not want to say "Welcome to Japan" (Nihon would he Youkoso), but it means "Welcome home."

After the baggage claim and customs, I buy my bus ticket to get to the Cerulean Tower a professor at the hotel where I will pick Shibuya Gaige
ages and will accompany me to school. The bus was scheduled at 13 and one quarter, then I start to wait for good good eating the first meal of Japanese balls of dough stuffed with octopus better known as Takoyaki.

had finished eating it's off to Tokyo!!
once again I remain shocked by the kindness that I meet. At 13:15 o'clock, not a second more has one less (the driver stared at the watch station) is part. The landscape gradually changes. From Narita campaign will gradually pass to the confusion of the capital.



Arrivato al Cerulean devo chiamare in qualche modo la scuola. Entro nell'albergo dove mi accoglie un cinquantenne con una divisia superelegante. Si inchina e mi da il benvenuto in giapponese. Io un po' stizzito ed in un giapponese molto approssimativo gli espongo il problema. Ancora una volta con una gentilezza che in Italia ci scordiamo, vengo accompagnato al telefono pubblico. Chiamo a scuola e questa volta il mio giapponese non funziona per niente ihih: dopo che mi ero presentato e gli ho cercato di spiegare dove fossi e cosa volessi, momento di pausa e ricevo in cambio un "Eh!?". Ok, meglio passare all'inglese. Conclusa la chiamata dopo pochi minuti I hear from afar "Jianruka?", I turn thirty years old and this is popping up all smiles and very nice. Once a school meeting the hostmother .... Tomorrow I promise to continue the story :-))

Small anticipation



Thursday, June 25, 2009

Churidar Pajama Sewing Tutorials

Getting Started: Genki Japanese I e II


Here The first hints for those who want to study Japanese by myself. The first thing to do is learn to absolute perfection kana, ie the two Japanese writing systems
syllabic ( hiragana and katakana ). To do this I recommend the book Japanese for Busy People Kana Workbook (found on Amazon or thejapanshop . com).

E 'key right now to write and read Japanese Only in kana . Forget books and then offering lessons in grammar transliterated.
Of course if you prefer to save money you can study hiragana and katakana on wikipedia (click on the links 1 and 2 ). Another important thing: Always follow the writing order of each character.
After mastering for good kana , we start with the grammar and ideograms (kanji ). I found myself very well with Genki Japanese Volumes I and II + their workbook (all available on amazon and thejapanshop . com). I forgot, are in English, Italian is this, but I have not tried.

Genki Japanese is divided into teaching units, each with some introductory dialogue in Japanese, vocabulary study (using Anki course), explanations of grammar and grammar exercises is that of listening. In back of the book are i kanji (anche loro da studiare con Anki ) con relative letture per esercitarsi. Io ho pure inserito su Anki alcune frasette per ogni argomento di grammatica, in modo tale da non dover studiare la regolina a memoria.
Finiti i quattro libri accuratamente, avrete una conoscenza elementare di giapponese. Spiegato così sembra un'impresa ardua, ma vi posso assicurare che le soddisfazioni non mancheranno.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Itching Leg After Knee Surgery

Un libro per sognare


Per chi sogna un'avventura in Giappone, ecco un libro che vi affascinerà : Autostop con Buddha Will of Ferguson, Feltrinelli Editore.
The cover is already very promising and I think it can be seen already in itself a review. A geisha is reflected in a shinkansen (high speed trains in Japan). The clash between tradition and modernity. If the cover could be misinterpreted, however, do think that this is another book about the contradictions inherent in Japan. None of this.

The book is in fact the story of the adventures of the author decided to hitchhike across from Cape Sata to Cape Soya islands Kyushu, Shikoku , Honshu and Hokkaido seguedo the front of the cherry blossom season in search of the true essence of Japan. The story focuses mainly on people the protagonist encounters during his journey. And this is precisely the theme of the book: the common people who constitute the real Japan. It should be noted as it Ferguson avoid big cities such as Tokyo and Osaka: places where modernity and the frenzy obscure the newspaper and the individual. All this, of course, seen through the eyes of a gaijin which often runs into gaffe that rip the smile of the player (such as grammatical language ninjin = Carrot instead of ningen = human). In short, a " must" for all travelers.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Dog With Cancer Sympathy

Origami (Origami)!

Second post of the day.
studying Japanese, one can not remain intrigued / fascinated by the traditions of this magnificent country. Here's a classic: the origami.