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calligraphy class

September 28, 2007 erikray 4 comments

special dinner buffet today. oishii desu ne. and since kuya rodel will be leaving tomorrow :( he paid for kuya julius’s and my dinner :) .

at 7 pm, i had calligraphy class. according to our handouts, calligraphy is the art of writing pictorgraphic characters with an ink-drenched brush and a focussed mind.

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Categories: nihon-go

japanese language lesson 11

September 27, 2007 erikray 1 comment

second to the last sesson for introduction to nihongo. here is a video from our class. thanks to red river for sharing.

we are singing some japanese songs. you might hear me in the background saying at one point about a song being popular in the philippines, i meant first love by utada hikaru. or maybe i only know it because of lou. hehehe.  :p

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let’s learn the different days and months.

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Categories: nihon-go

my first website

September 27, 2007 erikray 2 comments

our lesson since yesterday is internet basics. topics included were internet overview, web search, and mailing lists. but my favorite topics were on html basics and file transfer protocol. with the lectures and exercises, my classmates and i were able to create our very first websites using html and upload it in the web.

want to see my output?

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Categories: oic

japanese language lesson 10

September 26, 2007 erikray Leave a comment

we had a class for nihongo today to make up for our september 4 sesson. shiroma-sensei had a business trip on that date.

for this post, we will learn the japanese for days, as well as the past, present, and future tenses of verbs.

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Categories: nihon-go

japanese language lesson 9

September 25, 2007 erikray 1 comment

ready for some new japanese numbers? here are two new sets.

for counting persons

1 – hitori

2 – futari

3- sannin

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Categories: nihon-go

an excuse to keep on sleeping

September 25, 2007 erikray Leave a comment

finally, a health reason as an excuse for my love for sleep. here is an article headlining yahoo today. time to sleep. :)

from http://health.yahoo.com/news/179663

Lack of sleep may be deadly, research shows

September 24, 2007 06:39:50 AM PST

People who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to a large British study released on Monday.

Although the reasons are unclear, researchers said lack of sleep appeared to be linked to increased blood pressure, which is known to raise the risk of heart attacks and stroke.

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Categories: extra

crib sheet

September 24, 2007 erikray Leave a comment

whew… i’m poofed. hehehe

very “sporty” day today. please see pictures inside.Ü

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Categories: oic

autumn equinox

September 24, 2007 erikray Leave a comment

according to CNN last night, yesterday was the “official” start of fall. september 23 is also the autumn equinox but the holiday was moved today because it fell on a weekend.

warning: you might learn something new. hehehe (I said “MIGHT”. u may know this already)

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Categories: extra

busena underwater observatory

September 23, 2007 erikray Leave a comment

second day for unlimited bus rides. we decided to go to the busena resort underwater observatory. since most of my classmates were tired from the trip from the previous day, only gonzalo, david, amilcar, and i were the only “original castmates”. joining us today were joel (brazil), pisette (cambodia), and janina (honduras). Read more…

Categories: oic

okinawa churaumi aquarium

September 22, 2007 erikray Leave a comment

 aquarium

went to the aquarium today. WOW!

i think that is the best word to decribe it. wow!

the okinawa churaumi aquarium is the second largest aquarium in the world. (the largest aquarium in the world is in Atlanta.)

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Categories: oic