@Strange: Well, I think mountain climbing would have been better if I was better prepared. XD Japanese trails don't mess around, but I was only wearing a dress, leggings, and a pair of sneakers. Regardless, I climbed it successfully although I think it took us about 6 hours to go all the way up and down, including breaks. The drawback was feeling very sore for the next few days.

I'm not much of a tour person since I'd rather wander on my own, but I was with a guide last time I was in Kyoto since I went during my home-stay. We got to see some great sights, but Kyoto has so many I don't feel like it was enough. Tokyo, on the other hand, doesn't seem as great as people make it out to be. But maybe that's just my bias since it didn't really feel like Japan because of all of the gaijin and shopping isn't nearly as convenient or cheap as it is in my city. :P

@Strange: I'll have to try.

Shi remembers visiting Kyoto. =n= She was sad how modernized it was and all the tourists.
I'm staying in the smaller towns next time.

@Shi: You can't really fault a major city for becoming modern. :sweat: What I liked about Kyoto was how well the old and modern meshed together. You could walk down an alleyway lined with little shops that clearly followed the old design and meet up with a modern street lined with modern buildings.

But I do agree that tourists can be kind of a pain. :sweat: I was pretty shocked at some of the conversations I overheard in the Tokyo subway and the lousy behavior I observed. I don't know why you'd go to another country and then treat the local people like crap and demand that they speak English... It's no wonder foreigners get such a bad reputation.

Yeah, I loved that about Kyoto too :D Especially coming out of a shrine and walking up to the post office and taxis. ^^; Ooh, and the mall with the open ceiling was really cool too :yes: Tourists? Pain? Eh? I don't quite know what you're talking about lol. Maybe because my dad's annoyance is hard to beat :rofl:

Well I didn't have any trouble with tourists directly, but I did observe/overhear some cringe-worthy conversations and actions. Like a guy on the train trying to teach his friend some basic Japanese since he'd visited Tokyo before, but he didn't even know how to say "わかりません" himself. Or a girl talking obnoxiously loud on the train asking "DOES ANYONE HERE SPEAK ENGLISH?! NO? OK, JUST THE COOL PEOPLE THEN." I was stared at/called out to by a bunch of creepy guys while navigating the trains as well.

Ahahahaa yeah. That reminds me of watching this guy in Japanese class (very white/scene with braces) who could care less about studying giving advice to someone who was a little confused on what the teacher had just said.
.... o-o" That train girl though. um ya. ok then. Reminds me of my sister honestly -_- She said when we got back that she'd rather have visited Hawaii so that people would actually understand her. Whereas I personally was just trying to work with what I knew and add onto it xD but she could care less because she was going back to Japan in 10 days. To each his own I suppose. Just.... hopefully with tact. XD

Then again Shi was stuck on tour group and had a hard time getting to "normal" places around Kyoto.
Then again, I was also totally with the old stories of Kyoto. I kept feeling like I JUST missed seeing the old capital. ^^'
So the modernization made me sad from a more "Waaah! T.T I wanted to see the older version."
Shi does that often, not just Japan; just to give context.

I did get to travel around Tokyo on my own. I didn't actually encounter any tourists on my little outing to Harajuku. o.o'
Now that I think of it, that's sorta odd.

Well keep in mind, I was in Tokyo for New Years. XD I think that might explain why there was an overabundance of them. Still, I think I've seen at least a handful of gaijin (not sure if they're tourists or not) every time I've been in Tokyo, even when I was just passing through.

That's understandable.

I find it still strange, just for my own thoughts, that there aren't any memories of groups of foreigners.
Even when I was traveling with my group in Tokyo... I think the biggest place for tourists was one of the big Tokyo temples... But even then no memory is really standing out with a big group of foreigners other than my group.
Maybe I was just so enraptured that I wasn't concerned with foreigners. =w='
Silly Shi and her ignoring of people, and preferring historical objects and/or stores.

There's no problem in blocking them out. I think I'm just a people-watcher by nature, so it's hard for me to not notice. When I'm walking around the town I live in, my eyes will always be drawn to the person/people that stick out of the crowd. But that's not limited to foreigners. I take notice when some is wearing bizarre clothing or are otherwise eye-catching. The guys that stand around advertising host-clubs tend to be especially outrageous looking. XD Their hair is scary huge and styled strangely.

Ah yeah lol I'm a people watcher too. I guess the time of year I went there weren't as many tourists as usual? I'm not really sure to be honest. :roll:
Scary huge hair? :rofl: Do you have a picture to show what you mean? XD
Ahh lol there really weren't many tourists that I saw... As far as gaijin, this is what I caught in 10 days xD
African American (2)
Aussies (8)
American (6)
..But maybe that is because my relatives showed me around to the more ... hidden treasures of the towns XD I'm guessing that's it, actually. : o (I really hope my post isn't considered racist :sweat:

Strange: よ！ひさしぶりだな！ああ、resolutionsね？えっと。。。あまりレソルシャンがない 。Just keep living, I think! haha スタレンジさんは？

Krazy Kiara- lost it? Do you mean something happened with the page and when you got back it didn't show up? If that's the case, just click on the post box and press ctrl+z. Or was it something else?

黒さん：　はい、ひさしぶりねぇ！　黒さんはお元気ですか。　今年はどうですか。
あぁ、もう住んでいますね。　XD
ストレンジ？　レソルシャンは、やっぱりなぁ、良い妻をして、大学で３．８から上のGPAをあって、あぁ、 この文は日本語より英語の方が易しいです。
New Years Resolutions:
*Be the best bride I can be
*Be the best wife I can be
*Talk to my family (in Oregon) more
*Try a new food every week
*Start college & Get 3.8 or higher
*Learn another language
*Get a job that pays better
*Finish crucial updates on website XD
*Make a masterpiece & give it to a friend
*Teach someone Japanese from scratch
*Have fun :D

For future reference, use the "Search This Thread" option at the top of the page. If you click to do an Advanced search, you can search your username to find all posts that you have made in this thread ^^

Last lesson

お邪魔しまーす
あのぅ、こんな遅く入ってもいいでしょうか？

～お名前は何ですか。
最近使ってる名前は「お皿」です。サラですが、dishでもいいです

～何才ですか。
22歳ですが、誕生日は2月ですから、もうすぐ２３です

～何年日本語を勉強する？
6年間です（信じられなっ！）（╬ಠ益ಠ)

～どこに住んでいますか。
アメリカのジョージア州でーす

～しゅみは？
美術（絵を描くことや塗ることに対してる美術）/ファッション/ライヴ参戦/ゲーム（PS2やDS)ですぅ～

～どんな音楽が好きですか。
The GazettEっていうバンドを嵌ってまーす♪
ヴィジュアル系は好きですが、いろいろ聞いてます

～どうしてMENEWSHAのサイトにいますか。
googleでプーペガールの知らせを探してみたとき、このサイトが出てきました。そして、楽しそうって思 ってたんですから、やってみようと登録しました

～あなたのトピック
新年の抱負についてのトピックを続きたいですが、
今年は大学を卒業しますので、頑張って美術のタレントを使って、楽しめる仕事を見つけたいって 思ってます
（他に仕事を探してる人いますか？）
その上、初めて体を痩せたいっていう抱負にしましたね（－＿－）；

Sorry if I'm too late to join this topic?? If so, please ignore me. m(_ _)m
I'm looking for conversation partners, though, if anyone ever wants to chat.

Krazy Kiara- I made a picture to help you understand. （Look at the bottom of the post to see it). It shows you how to use Microsoft IME to type Japanese on your computer. #5 I honestly didn't do much explanation so let me explain here.

If I am on EN (English), and I type arigatou, (meaning thanks), it shows up as arigatou.
However, if I type arigatou while on JP (Japanese), and in Hiragana setting, then it shows up as ありがとう, which is the same thing as arigatou, except in Hiragana instead of Romaji.

Surely you will want to build up your vocabulary and understanding of sentence structure before you start blabbering away with this program. However, if you wish to use this program before you are done learning hiragana and katakana, then it may serve as a tool to assist you in the learning process.

To show what I mean, if you type ka in JP, you will see the actual character か. If you type shi, you will see し. These are the correct characters for those letter combinations. It is important that if you want to learn from this program, you are on Microsoft IME instead of "Japanese". If you select "Japanese" instead, they will be incorrect characters.

Default settings are that pressing space while in JP searches the dictionary for the word you might want to be typing. It searches only for whatever word is underlined. If you want the underline to go away, press enter once.
x before a vowel makes the vowel small.

Try typing a few things and see if they come out correctly?
1. watashi
2. hoshi
3. otouto
4. hikari
5. tadaima

mynameisdish- Oh, by all means you can join! Jump right in! :vicky:
えぇーっ、ディッシュさんは上手です。　よく練習をしていますか。

私も美術が好きです！　毎日絵を書きます。

私もテレビゲームも好きです。　今私はいいなずけとキングダム・ハーツをしている。　本当本当 楽しいです！

The GazettE？　かっこいいなぁ！！　そのバンドに会いたいです～

大学生ね？　私は先月から１８才ですが、もう高校っておわったから、今年、仕事や婚約の次は大学です。　（ この文を分かりましたか。）

Thank you!! :eager:

まだまだですよー。strange_dreamsさんもとても上手ですね☆
（あっ、あたしのことに「さん」を付けなくてもいいです:) )
MENEWSHAで他の日本語の学生に会って嬉しいわ～！

練習はさ、最近ちょっと怠け者になっちゃって、実は勉強が足りないんですぅ:cry:

毎日描いてる、すっごい！修養かかりますよね
MENEWSHAで絵をアップしましたか
見せていただきたいんです！

あたしもキングダム・ハーツが大好きです☆
昨日DSの365/2 Daysを買ったばかりで、始まるのはすごく楽しみしてます

GazettE知ってますって、、、　:glomp:　
カッコイイですよね
ルキさまはなんとかマイ・アイドルですよ :mrgreen:

あぁー、遅いですが、お誕生日おめでとう！☆★
婚約と仕事を見つけてから、大学に入るってことですか？婚約もしんたんですか？？:heart :

(Sorry for the long reply-- I was very excited!)

いいえ、上手じゃないです。　優しいコメントですね。

じゃ、ディッシュのことは「MENEWSHAで他の日本語の学生に会って嬉しいわ～！」から、ディッシュは 正しいところにいるんだね。　いろいろな日本語の学生がいる、このところは。　私のことも、日本語の学生は ここ中時、嬉しいですは。

絵をあまりアップをしませんけど、できるね。　毎日絵を書くは楽しいですからよ。

あぁ、そうですか。　アタシの一番好きなゲームです！
うそ！　昨日んだった？　昨日私はDSの365/2 Daysをした。　（＠ｗ＠）”　本当に楽しくて面白いです。
二つの面白いことは、先年の白い日いいなずけといました。　いいなずけはGAME　STOPのギフトカード がありました。　バレンタイン・ギフトでした。　私からでした。　彼はそのゲームを買った、ギフト・カード の＄３０．００で。　私はそのゲームがほしかったですから。

ルキさま？　友達のアイドルも！　だから、この絵を書きました。

はい、ありがとうございます、ディッシュ。
よていは先年からです。　２０１１年５月１２日は結婚です。　でも、結婚式は今年に６月２６日です。　アパ ートがいります。　１８才ですから、先月は家族からいいなずけの家族までいる。　この町で仕事を見つけたい です。　分かりましたか。

oops, またStrangeさんの名前をSpellするのが違うか。ごめん！
元気です。今年はいいってけどまだ早いですね。でも、今年は多分忙しくなるって。今夏私は多分二がアルバイ トを見つけると思う。Strangeさんは？
ああ、たくさんレソルシャンがあるね。(Btw, レソルシャン is just my guess on how to spell it in katakana, haha :D) がんばって！私も楽しみを持っていたいよ！o(^^)o

ひさしぶりですね。＾＿＾
みんなさん、おげんきですか。
はじめましてDishさん！エリカです。どうぞよろしくおねがいします。：３

いま、私はとてもうれしいですよ。
I got my (official) acceptance letter in the mail from おおさか大学today!
I have to get together some forms by January 17th though...Sucky deadline, but I think I'll be finished up with everything by Saturday. ^_^
Ahah sorry to interrupt conversation. x3;;

*pops in*
Ahh, that is the day I have an interview!
*pops out*

... xD;;

エリカさん、おめでとう！じゃあ、おおさか大学に行くんですね。すごいよ！！！ \(^A^)/
o(^-^ )o o( ^-^)o o(^-^ )o o( ^-^)o o(^-^ )o o( ^-^)o o(^-^ )o o( ^-^)o o(^-^ )o o( ^-^)o o(^-^ )o o( ^-^)o o(^-^ )o o( ^-^)o