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prairie_grass) wrote2007-02-28 03:55 pm
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System Overload
Yes, that's right, I'm back in the land of the internet-ified.
One thing I have found, is when you've been offline for several weeks, (and one of those without a computer at all) you get such a huge back-log of things to do and say, that when you actually try and do or say any of those things, you are faced with a near-impossible task.
So um, the update of me: I've got internet, I'm enrolled, I started Uni on Monday, my computer is mostly functioning and all is weird but well. I got a job at the Christchurch branch of Little India, they are short-staffed and working me too hard. I like the money, I don't like that including Uni work-load and the job I'm working almost a 60-hour week - going from previously working a 20-hour week max-. I have no idea how I'm going to fit writing in, (but don't panic anyone, I'll fit it in if I have to write it one line at a time between classes) and the schedule certainly doesn't include much time for reading at the moment. Gah!
Uni is good with a rising inflection. Japanese is FUN but very intense, I have a friend who is doing Jap with me and we suddenly figured out last night that the Hiragana they're teaching us each day, they're expecting us to memorise, not just practice. EEEEK! We've been doing flash-cards with each other between classes all day.
Had my first semi-proper psyc lecture today, it was okay, really boring though - and difficult to pay attention to.
Japanese culture hasn't properly begun yet.
Books & rent still need to be bought/paid. Studylink is still arseing around and isn't giving me my allowance yet, (well, to be fair, they had my stuff all processed way before the Uni did, and it's only because the Uni took so damn long that studylink isn't sorted yet).
There are heaps of other things I could talk about, but I've got to get ready for work and stuff so I better be off. Hope life is treating y'all well.
Totally random edit: Hahah! I've actually been away for so long that my friends page doesn't go back that far. Oh dear, hope noting too important happened. *squeaks and guiltily runs off to bed*
One thing I have found, is when you've been offline for several weeks, (and one of those without a computer at all) you get such a huge back-log of things to do and say, that when you actually try and do or say any of those things, you are faced with a near-impossible task.
So um, the update of me: I've got internet, I'm enrolled, I started Uni on Monday, my computer is mostly functioning and all is weird but well. I got a job at the Christchurch branch of Little India, they are short-staffed and working me too hard. I like the money, I don't like that including Uni work-load and the job I'm working almost a 60-hour week - going from previously working a 20-hour week max-. I have no idea how I'm going to fit writing in, (but don't panic anyone, I'll fit it in if I have to write it one line at a time between classes) and the schedule certainly doesn't include much time for reading at the moment. Gah!
Uni is good with a rising inflection. Japanese is FUN but very intense, I have a friend who is doing Jap with me and we suddenly figured out last night that the Hiragana they're teaching us each day, they're expecting us to memorise, not just practice. EEEEK! We've been doing flash-cards with each other between classes all day.
Had my first semi-proper psyc lecture today, it was okay, really boring though - and difficult to pay attention to.
Japanese culture hasn't properly begun yet.
Books & rent still need to be bought/paid. Studylink is still arseing around and isn't giving me my allowance yet, (well, to be fair, they had my stuff all processed way before the Uni did, and it's only because the Uni took so damn long that studylink isn't sorted yet).
There are heaps of other things I could talk about, but I've got to get ready for work and stuff so I better be off. Hope life is treating y'all well.
Totally random edit: Hahah! I've actually been away for so long that my friends page doesn't go back that far. Oh dear, hope noting too important happened. *squeaks and guiltily runs off to bed*
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でもね、漢字「かんじ」はむずかしい。。。
does your class have many 韓国人「かんこくじん」と中国人「ちゅうごくじん」? are you using the Genki I texts?
60 hours, holy crap '____' jeez. good luck with that DDD:
psych is all route learning.
studylink seems to be lagging this year >:( i STILL don't have a way to pay my fees.
♥ がんばって下「くだ」さい!
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Out text books are, 'Total Japanese, Reading & Writing/Conversation Skills'
Yeah, the whole working thing is a pain. Yesterday I was just so mentally close to burn-out that I took the whole day, (I only had 1 class in the morning) and slept and watched Sailor Moon instead of anything responsible, it was fantastic.
What's route learning?
POOS! *shakes fist*
My krappo half-translation (which I actually feel pretty proud of, considering last week I didn't know any of this) = ganbatte __kuda_sai (obviously still not quite there, but learning!) Arigato gozaimasu!
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using romaji when learning jap is really really bad for learning, but here's the romaji.
kore wa daijoubu nee, hiragana wa yasui! [that's okay ne, hiragana's easy!]
demo ne, kanji wa muzukashii... [it's kanji that's difficult...]
does your class have many kankoku [korean] to chuugoku [and chinese]?
i meant rote.
argh studyfuckinglink.
ganbatte kudasai yup! ^ ^ as in 'please work hard!'
sorry my reply sucks i had the longest day and now i have the biggest headache.
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What are you going to be in the play????? I was going to be Snow White in a school play, (which I wasn't too happy about coz I just had to lie on the floor for the whole thing) but the directors (also school-kids) argued so much about how to do things that the teachers cancelled it. oh sigh.
Gah! Are you sure you want to name one Antoine? It might become evil and try to kill people when they least expect it!
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Aw, sorry that the play couldn't go on. And as of yet the mother has not have her kittens. (She's almost ready to explode, so any day now *heart*) Of course I want to name one Antoine! Who wouldn't want to be killed by anadorable little itty bitty kitten? XD