March 2012
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“In the beginning I struggled the same way you all struggle. Believe me, I felt...”
– Franca Hamber
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“Hamber believes that, for students to be comfortable with a foreign language,...”
– Stephanie Weldy, Professor Hamber Says “Boun Giorno”
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OOR/Taka This is my budokan Kagerou
usedondreaming:
thinking of you is like a heat haze still I can’t become obedient even if you can really see it the part of me that can’t express it in words is suffering! the more aware I become the more distant I get I ask myself, why is that a lonesome thing?
in order to love there was a time I dread you’d hate me
February 2012
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Chinese surnames →
linguistblog:
So let’s say you come across a Chinese surname, but only know it’s Xie. Also presumably it’s first tone, Xiē.
Now looking up the 百家姓 Bǎijiāxìng (despite called “Hundred Family Names”, it contains more than 500 actually) doesn’t help, because it has two names that are Xie, but they are both…
first discovering a group: omfg how am i going to tell them apart
later in the obsession: omg yes that's him i can tell by his ear shape
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OOR Yokohama Arena Special Final report →
I would love to watch this! I hope they’re going to make a DVD of it. ><
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Went to The District yesterday. Hung out in DSW Shoes and Tilly’s before eating at Five Guys. We watched This Means War. I thought it was pretty good. I have more appreciation for Tom Hardy now, haha.
Returned to school, showered, and watched Gremlins, though I fell asleep towards the end.
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“Don’t bend, don’t water it down, don’t try to make it logical, don’t edit your...”
– Franz Kafka
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Watchrufftoon:
New official Korra trailer.
*squee!*
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“不承不承なこの世界
ゆえに不条理 実に低迷”
– ONE OK ROCK, Shake it down
Jason Chen is coming to TAO’s Lantern Festival/Night Market tomorrow! :O I didn’t know it was an open event, or I might have checked it out earlier.. Already have plans for tomorrow, oh well.
everyone: are you okay
everyone: you look tired
everyone: you look upset
everyone: you look confused
everyone: are you mad at me
everyone: what are you mad at
me: IT'S MY FAAAAAAAAACE
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I’ve been systematically going through each of OOR’s albums through YouTube. After watching their concert, I guess I’m more inclined to like their songs? I don’t know. I thought I went through most of their songs before, but I don’t remember liking this many of them.
I only buy CDs if I like a majority of the songs on them, so saying I’d be willing to buy all...
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Omg. Just got an email about the different 1-unit seminars offered next quarter. I want to take either Chinese Popular Music and Society or Improving Visual-Spatial Ability!! :O
There are only about 20 spots though. I hope they don’t get filled up before my enrollment window opens. ><
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Why People Say Japanese Is Hard To Learn And Why... →
fuckyeahnativejapanese:
Very factual and straight-forward article.
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How Many Words Do You Need to Know in Spanish (or... →
I can’t speak. :< And I’d heard of Anki before, but I’m going to consider downloading it now. Because I’m supposed to be working on my Japanese portfolio project, and I’ve only just started learning the words from the first week. I shouldn’t have tried to make flashcards and just sat down and memorized/used Quizlet or some other SRS instead.
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“Use the target language as a vehicle for learning more about a subject, skill,...”
– Tim Ferriss
xtsamy replied to your post: I wanted to participate in this experiment for…
THATS COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE! And if that means you’re bad at languages, uh you proved them wrong just by your major LOL. And they said small percent! That doesn’t even mean you fall into that category.
Well, they also said “Given the relatively weak signal that we measure, introducing this variability...
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I wanted to participate in this experiment for memory research, but I just got an email back saying that I’m ineligible because I’m left handed.
The reason for this is because a small percentage of left handers have a flip of hemispheric specialization for cognitive functions such as language.
It’s okay, but what does that mean? :o