あけましておめでとう

Akemashite Omedetou! Happy New Year 2008!

It's too fast, the way time has passed. 2007 was over & now its time to welcome 2008. The end of each year tends to bring me a tinge of sadness each time but at the same time excited about what the new year will bring, hopefully more blessings to count in this new year :)

Like thousands of other people around me, I spent New Year's Eve with my friends waiting for fireworks display at the stroke of 12 midnight to usher into the new year! Here's a few of the pics I've taken to share :







This is the 2nd year we've watched the fireworks display for the New Year. Its about an 2hr wait for the display (last year we waited even longer coz we had been too early haha). The few minutes of display ended too soon though but cant complain, must be lots of money & time/efforts invested for the show !

Posted By : Jas
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Labels: Food For Soul

This, That, and (That) Over there - Part 2

In her earlier post, Jas-さん covered the basics of "this" and "that".

Labels: Grammar and Vocab

Online Japanese Dictionary

Jas-さん no need to buy Japanese dictionary anymore. I just stumbled upon this website which I found quite useful. You can either search in English or Japanese. It gives lots of examples too!

Denshi Jisho

~ Rene ~

Labels: Links

A Note to Jas-さん

こんにちわ！

きょうはbanana cakeをもってきました。でもあなたわきませんでした。だから、わたしはたくさんbanana cakeたべました。それじゃあ、またあした。

~ Rene ~

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VOCABULARY
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きょう (kyou) - today

もってきました (mottekimashita) - brought

もってくる (mottekuru) - to bring

だから (dakara) - so

たくさん (takusan) - many

それじゃあ (sore jaa) - well then
Japanese Mochi

I tried these mochi from Sagachiku at PS B2. My preference is the one with red bean filling which are the 2 whole ones in the pic. The green one has a slight herbal taste in it. The stall sells another flavour with potato filling but it was unavailable & thus I didnt get to try it.

Mochi (sticky rice cake) is a traditional food in Japanese food culture. It is made of glutinous rice, pounded into paste and then molded into its shape.

Posted By : Jasvale

Labels: Food For Soul

Other Nihongo Blogs

http://nihongo.anthonet.com/

I like this site for its easy word reference. Just roll your mouse over to the words you want to check out and the meaning will pop out. Cool!

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/

Wanna learn how to write Kanji? This site teaches you the proper strokes to it.

http://uvajapanese102.blogspot.com/2007/10/visit-other-university-students-blogs.html

I haven't quite figured out this blog yet, cos its self intro is in Jap. But interesting nonetheless.

~ Rene ~

Labels: Links