Annie in Japan (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lostinabento) wrote,@ 2008-07-23 19:36:00 |
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sports day / goodbye speeches
today was sports day. it was beta beta. that means sticky. i participated in one relay race.. where you have to pick up a piece of paper, read the things that you have to pick up that are layed out in every quarter of the track and carry them with you.
aka... it's a test not only in my physical ability, but my ability to read japanese.
i was really gosh darn like hot, to the point of feeling, yun1 yun1, chinese for dizziness, even before the race. so, after collecting a basketball, a blond wig (that i had to wear) and a big broom, to run with until i reached the finish line, i collapsed. like, i was fine. but then, my stomach hurt like mad, i was sweating and i felt very unsteady.
eventually the nurse let me in and i just laid down on a bed, she shut the curtain, and i dozed a bit. it was nice. before that when i was in the restroom, thinking of how ill i felt, it reminded me of when i got norovirus. it was like a relapse.. the same toilet, the same feeling of acid in my stomach.
luckily i got better. my body resuscitated itself from its faulty programming. in the meantime, i missed lunch and the cafeteria closed. but the nurse gave me some instant noodles, bless her soul. they were quite good too, bean thread. mm.
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anyway, what i want to talk about is my indebtedness to one of my teachers for helping me translate one of my goodbye speeches into japanese. usually when i want to translate something, like a dialogue for a lesson plan, etc. i try to translate it myself first and then have a teacher correct it. but i was writing two goodbye speeches, one i translated myself. another, i was too busy procrastinating and watching samurai champloo last night to bother with.
so, i roped him into sitting with me for over an hour, while i typed away in japanese. he commented on how well i typed in japanese. i think it's very correlated to being able to touch type in english. haha.. i just love how people think typing skills are some kind of superhero skill. makes me feel .. well.. like a superhero.
anyway, yeah. so, speeches. two. one tomorrow. the one the day after. ahh. i will not be nervous. 緊張しない！right... breathe..
today was sports day. it was beta beta. that means sticky. i participated in one relay race.. where you have to pick up a piece of paper, read the things that you have to pick up that are layed out in every quarter of the track and carry them with you.
aka... it's a test not only in my physical ability, but my ability to read japanese.
i was really gosh darn like hot, to the point of feeling, yun1 yun1, chinese for dizziness, even before the race. so, after collecting a basketball, a blond wig (that i had to wear) and a big broom, to run with until i reached the finish line, i collapsed. like, i was fine. but then, my stomach hurt like mad, i was sweating and i felt very unsteady.
eventually the nurse let me in and i just laid down on a bed, she shut the curtain, and i dozed a bit. it was nice. before that when i was in the restroom, thinking of how ill i felt, it reminded me of when i got norovirus. it was like a relapse.. the same toilet, the same feeling of acid in my stomach.
luckily i got better. my body resuscitated itself from its faulty programming. in the meantime, i missed lunch and the cafeteria closed. but the nurse gave me some instant noodles, bless her soul. they were quite good too, bean thread. mm.
---
anyway, what i want to talk about is my indebtedness to one of my teachers for helping me translate one of my goodbye speeches into japanese. usually when i want to translate something, like a dialogue for a lesson plan, etc. i try to translate it myself first and then have a teacher correct it. but i was writing two goodbye speeches, one i translated myself. another, i was too busy procrastinating and watching samurai champloo last night to bother with.
so, i roped him into sitting with me for over an hour, while i typed away in japanese. he commented on how well i typed in japanese. i think it's very correlated to being able to touch type in english. haha.. i just love how people think typing skills are some kind of superhero skill. makes me feel .. well.. like a superhero.
anyway, yeah. so, speeches. two. one tomorrow. the one the day after. ahh. i will not be nervous. 緊張しない！right... breathe..
