I got my postcard from immigration yesterday, so I spent this afternoon in that wonderful place. It’s my own fault, I just couldn’t justify paying a company ¥70,000 to do it when it’s only ¥6,000 for the visa! If I’d have had to have been in there all day I would have over paying that! Maybe even multiple days. I don’t know what my limit would be. I was too tight to get the bus from Shinagawa Station as well, so I was melting by the time I got there after marching over. I feel like I’m a visa specialist ...
05.07.26
I ended up having to get a new watch. The man at the shop said a new band would be 30,000 and a new face would be 15,000 so it wasn’t worth it. I think I’d had the old one for about 15 years so I guess I can’t complain but I’d become attached. I like my new one, it’s pretty much the same as my old one but can do a few different things. The explanation was too long though and I zoned out. The strap is lightweight and it feels comfortable to wear. I’m going to have to ...
日本語 notes・7月2日
Recently in Japanese I have been sending my teacher a couple of paragraphs about whatever I have wanted to write about and we have been going through them together. The key phrase is always, 「これのほうが自然な言い方かな？でも、意味がわかりますよ。」 When you’re learning a foreign language, all pride kind of goes out of the window. Then we move on to an article from a magazine or newspaper and just go through any bits I struggled with etc.
I find it quite hard to think of topics to write about, so this week I sent this to read – 空洞. To me, this style of ...
日本語 notes・6月25日
- アーモンドプードル – アーモンドの粉末。アーモンド パウダー。
- 卵白・らんぱく vs 卵黄・らんおう
- 泡立て器・a whisk
- ゴムヘラ・a spatula (rubber)
- Dry (for cakes)
- ドライな
- ぱさぱさしている・水分や脂けの少ないさま。「―したご飯」
- ボソボソしている – 水気がなくてひからびているさま。ぱさぱさ。「―（と）したパン」
- ひからびる – dry up/shrivel up
- 生焼けっぽい – underdone/half-baked
- 少なくとも vs せめて
- 少なくとも - 最小の程度や最低の段階に言及するさま。中立
- せめて – それで満足というわけではないが，最小限これだけでもという話し手の気持ちを表す。
Theme: Me moaning about Italian cakes and biscuits being too dry and not liking them.
Stages of Grief
Rightly or wrongly, I can’t stop thinking about that show the other night. I was outraged at first but now I just feel a profound sadness about it which I know seems extreme but that’s how it is.
- I feel really let down by the judgement behind the decision.
- More than anything, I feel as though the time, money and experience of the fans got treated as secondary.
- People will have taken time off work to attend.
- People will have travelled.
- People will have saved up to buy tickets.
- People will have received tickets as presents.
- People will have paid