PE Reflection

Reflection from the first PE:

• I have been watching anime every week and shadowing various phrases. It's been useful for learning new phrases and improving my intonation. I'm also able to hear phrases and vocabulary that we've learned in class more easily, which is exciting!
• I've gone to the Japanese language table about 80% of the time. When I wrote my original activities, I thought I'd be able to make it every week, but the trek from Bloomberg to Mathey is a bit....too far...especially when I have a lot more work this semester than I anticipated (despite only taking 4 classes). I'm more comfortable speaking with others now, but that may be a byproduct of getting to know people better.
• I continue to self-study and review daily, and I practice vocab-specific intonation.
• I have gone to office hours once, but I think I should go more often for speaking practice. I need to improve my ability to have conversations and form sentences on the spot. To be honest, I think it's harder to practice this at the Japanese language table (perhaps the setting is too casual, or there's too many people?), so I will shift my activities focus a bit.

毎日とてもねむいです…
Goal Revision:

• Replace "converse more naturally with others" with "improve ability to have conversations on the spot". This means (1) thinking of the correct grammar structure faster, (2) thinking of the desired vocabulary faster, (3) being able to say it.
• My other goals will not change. I think I have improvement, but (unsurprisingly) it's nowhere near native-level yet

Activity Revision:

• Try to go to Japanese table at least twice a month rather than every week
• Try to go to (any) sensei's office hours more

ビデオブログ

どうぞよろしく！

一風堂（いっぷうどう）

せんしゅうのしゅうまつにニューヨークにいきました。はじめて一風堂にいきました。一風堂でラーメンをたべました。とてもおいしかったです！でもたかいです。
Ippudo is actually a chain restaurant in Japan! It was an interesting experience; the person leading us to our table said something about there being 2 customers, and the rest of the staff called out いらっしゃいませ (welcome). This happened for everyone else eating there, too. Ippudo NY normally has an hour long wait, so we went there the moment it opened ^^

そして、MSGでライブイベントをみました。よかったです！

ポケットモンスター サン・ムーン

けさポケットモンスター サン・ムーンのデモがふうきりました！たのしみです！そして、しゃしんをとりました。ここ↓

Release Date:
十一月十八日（じゅういちがつじゅうはちにち）
サンかムーンか…まだわかりません。みんなさんどれはかいますか？
I'm looking forward to it! (^^)
(◞⁎˃ω˂)◞*✰あたらしいたんご✰*╰(˃ω˂*╰)

• ふうきります（封切ります）： to release (e.g. a movie)
• しゃしんをとります（写真を撮ります）: to take a picture
• かいます（買います）： to buy

にほんのたべもの（ニューヨークに）

(It's not all "classic" Japanese food, but still...おいしいです！These are some photos from the past year. I went to NYC last weekend and ate at a Japanese restaurant, but I forgot to take photos!)


みずしんげんもち　と　ラーメンバーガー


たこやき　と　ラーメン


ていしょく　と　どんぶり

にほんごのことわざ

• にほんごのことわざ (にほんごのみ)
• えいご→にほんごのことわざ (とくますせんせいのおかげで！）

面白いですか？

アクリルキーホルダー

アアァァ！！私のアクリルキーホルダーがとどきました！とても可愛いですね！(´・ω・`) It was shipped to me from Japan...The new one is on the right (みぎ)!

I've also drawn and produced acrylic keychains before, too! (They're a lot smaller than the one I just received!) They're mostly characters from Final Fantasy and anime. I sold them at ANext's Artist Alley this summer along with prints of my paintings!

じゃ、また！
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