I think I’m going to take my Japanese self-study more seriously. After listening and reading some basic dialogue , I think I still have a potential to learn more. I got so excited and went out to buy some practice books along with a set of flash cards (above) and Kanji notepad (below).
Since I focus on understanding the meanings rather than memorizing everything, learning little stuff each day becomes a bit of my leisure. I don’t think I would speak the language but I hope I could understand and read some beautiful books or even blogs.
Below are some interesting sites about Japanese studying.
NHK with several versions of different languages including Thai!
japanesepod101 has all the podcast to download beginning from the newbies to more complicated lessons.
The name is The Boy who doesn’t know where he comes from… by Nisha peachawanich, a thai writer who has already launched several books about teenage emotions. This may be her first children book…I guess.
The book is about ‘Pan’ an introvert boy who lived with his strict grandmother. His only joy was his friendship with a small dog, ‘Chao kang’
Pan spent his days with sadness wondering why his grandmother didn’t love him and why he didn’t have mom and dad…until one day a secret letter arrived…
While the plot and the writing method with games and clues are not new in Children book, the author used them quite successfully. The idea that people can live happily with life imperfection was presented in simple and easy to understand way with the help of games and pictures.
It’s a sad book but full of encouragement and happiness.
And as always, I like the illustration.
Monkey toy bought from somewhere by my sister. Pull the big monkey down and it will make funny but cute trembling movement while going back to the original position. At first, we intended to play it with our 2-year-old niece but the girl turned us down by totally ignoring it. Maybe, such toy suits best with (very) old girls like us -_-’
Dunkin’ Donuts sign at siam taken from the skytrain platform…
Love the fonts and colors…
A Japanese-English picture dictionary from pie books, another gift from Tokyo. It contains easy words in Hiragana, Kanji, also sample sentences both in Japanese and English.
A cheerful reference for beginners or for those who like to collect pretty pictures, these ones drawn by akemi tezuka
Maybe I should be more diligent with my Japanese self-study so that I can enjoy browsing such wonderful illustrators’ portfolio sites more!
My cellphone strap. The penguin and the tiny fish are souvenir from Tokyo…
Love the pink fluffy little thing! I just feel happy when looking at and touching it!
Peacock crest flower in front of my house. I like the combination of red and green. Wish I could have a close-up but it’s too high…
