joined the bus tour today.
first stop: ryukyu mura. (ryukyu village). in this place, you will feel that you have travelled back in time – to the period of the ancient ryukyu kingdom. the village showcases the traditional crafts, and way of living. and everyone is in their ryukyu costumes. even those clearing an area with weeds. talk about commitment to the atmosphere, right?
katakana class today.
as mentioned in the hiragana post, there are three characters in japanese language – kanji, katakana, and hiragana.
katakana characters are mainly used to write words that wer originally foreign but have been incorporated into the japanese language. like hiragana, katakana characters were also derived from kanji.
do you know the difference between the DVD-R from the DVD+R? the DVD-RW from the DVD+RW?
i just found out this morning. kiyuna-sensei had a lesson on DVD authoring.
this question had actually been on my mind for a long time. i’m surprised i did not try to search for the answer in the internet. wait… hold that thought. maybe i did search for it but i did not understand. but anyway…
today, we went to tiruru to attend parts of the international animation day.
What is international animation day? (from http://www.asifa.jp/en/iad07.html)
On October 28th, 1892, a French inventor Emile Reynaud (1844-1918) made the first public performance of animation at the Grevin Museum in Paris, using his own invention “optical theater”.
ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d’ Animation, registered in Annecy, France) decided to celebrate this historic day as “International Animation Day”, aiming to promote and develop animation art all over the world.
yesterday, our class had an observation tour around okinawa to visit media stations here.
first stop, ryukyu broadcasting station (rbc). this is channel 10 in our tvs here.
the title is of course more incredible than what this really is. i just tumbled at the tennis court last night for no apparent reason. hehehe. that was after i got hit on the head with a tennis ball.
the sushi would probably be the most famous of japanese cuisine. they are bite-sized servings of cooked sticky rice, served cold, flavored with sweet rice vinegar and grated green horseradish, or wasabi, and garnished with strips of raw or cooked fish, other seafood, cooked egg or vegetables. (definition from: www.japanvisitor.com/jc/glossary.html)
last night, i had the pleasure of going with jib, julie, and michelle to a sushi restaurant near naha main place. i forgot the name of the place. i’m not too good with names, am i? but it was julie’s favorite sushi place.
i think i am really starting to like sushi. well, at least some kinds. Read more…
there was another tug of war festival last night. this was smaller than the great naha tug of war. less people and the rope was smaller, but still big by normal standards.
we were invited by matsuda-sensei to this event. i came with jib, clem, kuya julius, mee, nurbeck, and saica.
the original plan for the saturday was for us filipinos to visit sir dante and his family. however, when i called them last friday i only got the answering machine. so, i left a message asking them to call us if we could come. but we did not get a call. maybe they are out for the weekend.
so, we went to the jica africaravan event at naha city.
i had hiragana class today.
there are three kinds of characters in Japanese – hiragana, katakana, and kanji. kanji was introduced from china during the 5th century. kanji characters represent sounds and also have meaning.
hiragana and katakana represent only sounds – like in the alphabet. hiragana has a roundish shape and is used for conjugation endings, function words, and native japanese words not covered by kanji.
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