Empezamos! ¡Hola! Me llamo Rose. Soy de Hawaii. Además de filipino, hablo ingles, japonés y un poco de español. Mi casa es en el barrio Waipahu. Hay una parada de autobus cerca mi casa. En mi barrio hay una panadería, un supermercado, un McDonald´s y una oficina de Correos.

ピカソのゲルニカ 今日はそんない美術の時間の「第５３回：さかいさんのスペイン旅行記」というエピソードに聴きました。そこでさかいさんはピカソの「ゲルニカ」について少し感想を話しました。 本人はピカソが余り好きじゃないと言ったんですが、そのアーティストの作品の中ですぐ浮ぶのは、「ゲルニカ」の牛だそうです。何故かというと、その絵にグレーや黒と白しか使われて、線もシンプルで、しかも牛の顔も刺激的なので、誰にでもすぐ覚えやすいんですね。もしかしてピカソはそういう目標でこのように「ゲルニカ」を描いたんじゃないかなあと、さかいさんが語りました。

スピッツの「楓」英訳チェック 皆さんこんにちは。 スピッツの名曲、「楓」ってご存知ですか？確かにその曲の歌詞やメロディは素敵ですが、前付き合った人のことも思い出せるので結構悲しいですね。[emoji]初めて聴いたときからずっと、頭から中々離れないんですけど[emoji]　 歌詞を英訳してみまたんですが、皆さんにチェックして頂きたいと思います。宜しくお願い致します。 I won't forget, even if time passes the way we teased each other, how, if you smile, even the thorns of my heart already become smaller and rounder. I wonder what we saw when we took turns peeking at the hole? In there was also a dream that one couldn't reach all by oneself alone, but Goodbye. I'll embrace your voice and walk forward. Ah, I wonder how far I'll go just by being myself. With my spirit so light it could be blown away by the wind, I was already believing in a similar happiness with someone else, but From now on, even as I'm getting hurt and I'm hurting someone Ah, I wonder how far I'll go just by being myself. As fast as the blink of an eye, a long season comes, and the names we call out to each other are starting to echo. Can you hear it?

Difficile ma molto interessante Ieri pomeriggio ho imparato di più sui verbi di passato prossimo. È stata difficile...ma non male. Voglio dire, guardate questo (!!): to be = essere = sono andato/a to do = fare = ho fatto And these are just verbs pertaining to me. The good thing is I only need to change the ''ownership' (lol that's the closest term I came up with) when referring to other people. Loro -> sono andati; hanno fatto etc etc etc. *as;dfj;asdfj;kl keyboard mash* Still, I'm very glad that although it was tough I still had a lot of fun learning about it. Again, please feel free to suggest corrections if there are any errors in this notebook entry. Grazie!

Rusty!! I'm really enjoying my Italian lessons so far, and I even managed to at least get by during my stay in Italy, which is a good thing, but... My Japanese is getting rusty!! I haven't been able to read my textbook or even practice speaking with someone, but I think the main culprit is my lack of interest in it. I don't have any concrete goals, or incentive for learning it, but I don't want to abandon it completely since I've already devoted so much time. :( I need motivatioooon! Something that will make me move heaven and earth for it!! *deep breaths* Ok, howabouts looking cool as one motivator?? (I think I pretty much answered my own question).

Learning 2 or multiple languages at the same time Given that you're at least in the intermediate or advanced level, what are the steps you'd suggest that would help keep the balance between 2 (or more) different languages that you're trying to learn, so that you don't get confused and still be fluent in them? Take Japanese and Italian for example. Would you prioritize the language that would take more time to learn?

My first trial lesson: Italian It's great! It feels so much different to learn a language with someone I can speak it with (especially a teacher), compared to studying it alone, by myself. I suppose I'm a bit more confident that I can have a better idea of my progress now that there's another person who can check me. It's a semi-formal lesson, and my teacher, Ms. Francesca, was very nice. I like that she assured me that I can feel free to express myself, and that's one of the things that helped with my shyness/nervousness. So basically, she tried to gauge my skill level by going through the basics; asking me to repeat a couple of phrases/sentences at first and then to answer in Italian based on what's in the material that she sent me. Here's what I can remember from the top of my head (in no particular order): Buongiorno, desidera qualcosa? suitcase = valige Non ho sentito bene Come si chiama, lei? / Come ti chiami? (infml.) etc etc because I'm feeling very sleepy right now... One thing that I should consider is choosing a different schedule for the next lesson. This one was at 9:30pm, so I might not be able to memorize well due to sleepiness/body clock. In conclusion, I enjoyed it and look forward to the next session. Also, I hope I can meet some language partners/friends. [end of notebook entry]