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My Japanese group was decent enough yesterday. Not quite as much Japanese as I'd like, but its better than nothing! Afterwards I headed back and grabbed a few beers to drink on the way over to the Traffic Light party on campus. I didn't spend much money there and had a good time. I got fairly drunk and babbled on about anxiety and language study.
I woke up fairly early today and watched the rest of the first season of The Simpsons as well as 2 more episodes of The Sopranos while I studied. I covered everything, but Thai today so I might do a bit of Thai later.
Well, I was just invited to go out with a bunch of girls, so the Japanese lesson I had planned during my quiet evening in will need to be postponed. I really need to learn to say no to drinking or something. Ah well.
Friday, March 18, 2005
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Kittens and Stuff
My Indonesian class is bothering me again. I took my first quiz yesterday. I don't understand how these people think they can test on things that aren't explained in our text book, nor were we every taught them. Now I have learned quite a bit of Indonesian, but I don't know any grammatical rules or sentence patterns beyond the exact ones we need to learn each week. The quiz wasn't that difficult, but it is online and this is pretty strange for me. I did alright, but I suppose I can't expect to get perfect scores on things I have never learned.
A friend of mine here made me an appointment with one of the doctors on campus. Hopefully I can get a prescription for some Zoloft so I don't have any problems when (if?) I get some sent to me.
I've watched the first 7 episodes of the Sopranos on dvd. Addictive stuff.
Japanese club is tonight. After that there is a Traffic Light party on campus. Your supposed to wear red if your single or something and green if you wanna score and yellow if you are somewhere in the middle. I think I will wear blue.
I realize I haven't been very good about language lessons lately. I have started writing the first Arabic lesson, but its turning out to be harder (see:slower) to type than I had hoped. I'll put it up when I can. In the meantime, here is some other language stuff for all you loyal fans.
รักษา -(rak-saa)-[rak is a high tone, while saa is pronounced with a rising tone] to keep, to look after (a sick person, a pet) to care for (as in the moral idea). I can't say I use this word very often in speech and its not so commonly spoken, but it is very important in writing.
คล่อง -(klawng)-[falling tone] agile, fluent (this is the word you want to hear in language compliments after you graduate from speaking "ชัด" (which means clearly). I've also read that it can be used to indicate freedom of movement or situation, but I can't say for sure if this is correct as I've never heard/read it in that context.
熟練した暗殺者 (jyuku_ren_shita) an-satsu-sha)
--a skilled assassin
熟 - implies a strong ability at ~~
練 - a skill or discipline
暗 - darkness
+
殺 - kill or murder
+
者 - person
=
暗殺者 - a person who kills in the dark!
C'mon people, its easy!
Certain jobs just aren't appropriate for the ninja monkeys.
A friend of mine here made me an appointment with one of the doctors on campus. Hopefully I can get a prescription for some Zoloft so I don't have any problems when (if?) I get some sent to me.
I've watched the first 7 episodes of the Sopranos on dvd. Addictive stuff.
Japanese club is tonight. After that there is a Traffic Light party on campus. Your supposed to wear red if your single or something and green if you wanna score and yellow if you are somewhere in the middle. I think I will wear blue.
I realize I haven't been very good about language lessons lately. I have started writing the first Arabic lesson, but its turning out to be harder (see:slower) to type than I had hoped. I'll put it up when I can. In the meantime, here is some other language stuff for all you loyal fans.
รักษา -(rak-saa)-[rak is a high tone, while saa is pronounced with a rising tone] to keep, to look after (a sick person, a pet) to care for (as in the moral idea). I can't say I use this word very often in speech and its not so commonly spoken, but it is very important in writing.
คล่อง -(klawng)-[falling tone] agile, fluent (this is the word you want to hear in language compliments after you graduate from speaking "ชัด" (which means clearly). I've also read that it can be used to indicate freedom of movement or situation, but I can't say for sure if this is correct as I've never heard/read it in that context.
熟練した暗殺者 (jyuku_ren_shita) an-satsu-sha)
--a skilled assassin
熟 - implies a strong ability at ~~
練 - a skill or discipline
暗 - darkness
+
殺 - kill or murder
+
者 - person
=
暗殺者 - a person who kills in the dark!
C'mon people, its easy!
Certain jobs just aren't appropriate for the ninja monkeys.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Free Crap -- Ipod Shuffle
Free Ipod Shuffle
Ok so if you know me, you know I'm a big fan of crap. Erm, I mean free crap anyways.
For quite a while now there have been a couple companies that offer you free stuff in exchange for signing up for various offers. Some of these offers are occasionally useful. I myself signed up for a 1-year membership to cheaptrips.com (a discount travel agent) this time because I was a member of them a few years back so I know they sometimes are useful for me. This membership cost $20 plus 15 shipping for the package. This deal is a bit more expensive then some of the rest. If you want to help me out and give this stuff a try then certainly search for a cheaper deal if it suits you.
So I obviously can't be sure if this stuff works, but according to these sites it does. And thats enough for me to give it a shot. I could really use some of this stuff and since the ipod shuffle requires the least amount of referral sign-ups (that I know of), I will give that one a shot. Again here is my link to a free ipod shuffle If you could be so kind as to do it through me so that I can get credit for it, I would be grateful. If it doesn't work its only three people whos trust I'll need to regain! The big (see:expensive) stuff takes more referrals. Hopefully we shall get to that stuff later.
Here are some reference articles for those of you who don't know/trust me! I'm not very familiar with the bottom three sites, but Wired is certainly legit.
Wired
NYU News
Boston.com
Geek
Ok so if you know me, you know I'm a big fan of crap. Erm, I mean free crap anyways.
For quite a while now there have been a couple companies that offer you free stuff in exchange for signing up for various offers. Some of these offers are occasionally useful. I myself signed up for a 1-year membership to cheaptrips.com (a discount travel agent) this time because I was a member of them a few years back so I know they sometimes are useful for me. This membership cost $20 plus 15 shipping for the package. This deal is a bit more expensive then some of the rest. If you want to help me out and give this stuff a try then certainly search for a cheaper deal if it suits you.
So I obviously can't be sure if this stuff works, but according to these sites it does. And thats enough for me to give it a shot. I could really use some of this stuff and since the ipod shuffle requires the least amount of referral sign-ups (that I know of), I will give that one a shot. Again here is my link to a free ipod shuffle If you could be so kind as to do it through me so that I can get credit for it, I would be grateful. If it doesn't work its only three people whos trust I'll need to regain! The big (see:expensive) stuff takes more referrals. Hopefully we shall get to that stuff later.
Here are some reference articles for those of you who don't know/trust me! I'm not very familiar with the bottom three sites, but Wired is certainly legit.
Wired
NYU News
Boston.com
Geek
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Sushi Jam -- Easter Break
Vegan Sushi
I had a small sushi party last night. I was assisted by Tina on my right (German) and Nicole on my left (Mexican). I spent nearly two hours preparing and considerably longer rolling and eating. Various experimental ingredients were used: tofu, cucumber, eggplant, ginger, bean sprouts, apple, tomato, banana, baby corn, chilis, etc. It was very good and there is so much left over that I will need to have another sushi party tonight!
I have a week off for Easter which begins in two weeks. Most people are going away. I'm not sure if I will do anything. I've been invited for two road trips, one to Queensland and one to Brisbun, but I'm still undecided.
I borrowed the 1st season dvds of Sopranos and The Simpsons. I imagine this will help minimize study stress for the week.
Chinese class is still crap. I'm going to need to start typing Arabic right away, so I will start teaching the Alphabet tomorrow I imagine. I also have my first Indonesian quiz which I need to take by Friday. Hope I don't forget!
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Ben Folds and REM in Melbourne !! -- Movie Marathon
Yes its true. I was very excited to discover that Ben Folds has a show in Melbourne next month. I was not so excited to discover that he is only doing one show and it is already sold out! I bet that bastard Ben Lee put him up to the old one-show trick! On an equally depressing note. REM is playing next month (also one show) and its slightly (read:completely) out of my price range. Crap.
I went into the city last night and went to some crappy lounge where I had to wait outside in a line to get in. It was rather lame. A posh-wanna-be nightclub thats full of a beat crowd. Also overpriced like everything else in this country.
I studied today while watching a number of movies: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Last Starfighter, Japanese Story. Afterwards a bunch of girls came over and we did Chinese caligraphy for a while. I also watched Finding Neverland this evening and I thought it was a really good movie.
Things have been rough for me the past few days. I've been having a good time to some extent, but I'm not in control enough of the time. It comes and goes. I haven't bought any beer in a few days and I don't know how long I can hold out. I will need something to cope with this. Coming here without planning a way to get Zoloft wasn't a terribly good idea. I'm stressing all the time about things that haven't seriously bothered me in months. I can't study as efficiently as I could two weeks ago. I fear I may be slipping. I am not sure what to do.
I went into the city last night and went to some crappy lounge where I had to wait outside in a line to get in. It was rather lame. A posh-wanna-be nightclub thats full of a beat crowd. Also overpriced like everything else in this country.
I studied today while watching a number of movies: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Last Starfighter, Japanese Story. Afterwards a bunch of girls came over and we did Chinese caligraphy for a while. I also watched Finding Neverland this evening and I thought it was a really good movie.
Things have been rough for me the past few days. I've been having a good time to some extent, but I'm not in control enough of the time. It comes and goes. I haven't bought any beer in a few days and I don't know how long I can hold out. I will need something to cope with this. Coming here without planning a way to get Zoloft wasn't a terribly good idea. I'm stressing all the time about things that haven't seriously bothered me in months. I can't study as efficiently as I could two weeks ago. I fear I may be slipping. I am not sure what to do.
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