オバマ氏のFull name は、、、、バラック・オバマだった。。。

って、Trivia 風に言ってみても、、実際は、Common sense なんだろうな。。

Today, in Kumon(my working place),one of students who studies Japanese came and asked me a question. The task was filling a blank of the following sentence.

正午に見られる太陽の方角は.....です。
The answer should be Minami(南）

Can you read this sentence?
Yes.
Did you already learn how to write each direction in Kanji?
Yes.
Do you remember how to write them?
Yes.
??? So, what is the problem?

つまり、,this is not a language problem, 強いて言えば、Science problemかな。

でも、人のこと言ってられるような立場じゃないんだよね。。
This Thursday, I had a class test in my phonology class.The task was basically translating sentences from English(ABC) to phonemic symbols.

One of questions was who I want to win in an American election(family name& first name)?
MMM?
The only person I could remember at that time was Obama氏.
しかし!!What is his given name?
I asked my teacher whether it was Ok to create a candidate's name as I like or not like 山田太郎さん。
The answer was ...No.

え～～。Isn't this class a phonology class??テストに、オバマ氏が絡んでくるとは、予想外。。。

再試験かなぁ。。

取るに足らないこと

When I hung out the washing on the line today, suddenly I remembered the first day I did my laundry in Australia. At that time, full of ’ んっ!?’ occupied my mind The line was too high… I really had to look up it, because my height was barely enough to touch the line if I reach up as much as I can.

I am already used to the situation everything here is big and high. And actually, I nearly forget the fact I was surprised at such a small thing at the beginning of staying here.

The departure day is coming soon. So, this memory might come up to my mind suddenly. This made me realize that I am gradually keen to burn familiar places and things on my mind.

負け犬women のすすめ

Today, in my class called contemporary Japan,　I learned gender problems and history in Japan. Then, I came across one new ツボword. When I heard the word and knew that meaning,’ what!?’ was out of my mouth before I could stop myself…Soo fanny.

The word is… Christmas cake which describes over 25-year-old women who didn’t marry yet. Christmas is 25^th of December. After 25^th a cake is gonna off. つまり、売れ残りthen,売り物にならにならない。 I bet the first person who used the word Christmas as this meaning must have good sense of humor.

In Japanese, an alternative word of the word, Christmas cake is probably,負け犬(make inu ). The phrase 負け犬の遠吠え(Makeinuno toboe) means grumbling of the loser.

The book titled 負け犬の遠吠えwas published 3 years ago or so and became a best-seller. Even though, literally, 負け犬means a underdog, in this book, 負け犬 expresses women in their 30’s who din’t get marry yet. 負け(lose) is used for these unmarried women, because they regard losers as women in terms of the fact they missed ideal and successful lives for women. The word’負け犬’ became a vogue-word（流行語）few years ago.

There are no specific words for men who miss chances of marrying. But, they doesn’t necessary bring negative image. If they don’t marry, others will think the following way:

They worked a lot→ They didn’t have time to go out with women.

Their less attraction is not a reason why they couldn’t marry.

On the other hand, in women case, it is a kind of vise vase.

They couldn’t get marry→they are involved in work so hard.

Generally (and perhaps instinctively) men want to get girl friends or wives who are shorter, younger ,weaker, earn lower payment, graduated from lower level universities(schools)

でも、、

It’s difficult for taller women to find taller men than them.

It’s difficult for clever women to find more clever men than them.

It’s difficult for strong women to find men who are stringer than them.

It’s difficult for women who get high payment to find men who make more money than them.

Conclusion

負け犬 women are too attractive for most men to be selected.

レポート形式、途中から、崩れてる。。

おまけtrivia

負け犬women　の見分け方。

Women dress up.

Women have bland bags, cloth or shoes.

Because they can spend time and money for themselves instead of spending time for husbands and children

本当に、どうでも良いこと書いてますが、、この日記読むことで、毎日、どんなこと考えてたか、後になっても、思いだせるように!ということで。

授業中考えてた、私的ジェンダー論。雅子様編、ジェンダー男の目線編も、機会があったら、書けたら良いなと思います。

墨尔本 Melbourne 1st day

I broke up for the my holidays~~ So, 我，去了墨尔本with 中国人的女孩子和韩国人的男孩子. 我们都是 exchange students in　悉尼工科大学.
Why do I use Chinese ?Because I joined the Chinese tour to ~. It was a really fun trip fulled with precious experiences!!The meeting time was supposed to be 6:55. and!the time I woke up was 6:30... namely, I overslept on that particular day. Oh my God.... I set about preparing for leaving my house just after I wake up. All I did was calling the taxi company, changing my cloth, calling my friend , chatting with the taxi driver, and arriving at the last bus stop 5 min before the bus came. I bet there was no one wrong move in that morning. Instead of the Central st( the second last bus stop), my tour started from Strathfield st which was the last pick up point (Or rather,maybe, my tour started from my house by taxi.lol ) 对不起。我来晚了。Anyway, I could make it in the end, so I was still lucky, wasn't I?That's for the lesson:have a go in any case!!

The first day's plan was ...heading to Melbourne by bus. In other word, staying on the bus for 12 h!! As somebody says 'getting there is half their fun', it was fun !!

For one thing, It was surprising(and a bit strange) for me to see the tour guide used two languages even though all of tourists(except us) had the same nationality, Chinese. Tour guide spoke in Mandarin and Cantonese( and English). Actually, I already know there are countless Chinese dialects,but,I realize knowing is different from seeing in real.

On the bus, we watched some movies. The first one was Mr bean. The second one was a Chinese movie..It was helpful to brush up my Chinese language more or less. The last one was a Korean movie with Chinese subtitle..Oh my God again..no idea..but, I dared try to read Chinese. I haven't the foggiest idea what they said. I tried a few more times, in vain..No less, languages make any sense at all.. So, my Chinese friend became a translator for me.The lesson I learned from this time is that language is important!!

On the way to Melbourne, I could see spectacular landscape from a window. There was nothing special. So boring? No, Quite the reverse. The thing which fascinated me so much was that huge land with nothing but green and sky. Pure beauty~~.I could feel the wonders of nature.Mmm,,,,I don't know what to say to express them. They can be said fabulous ,fascinating, amazing, fantastic,awesome or someting..Just i can say I'm sooooo in.
At night, we explored in Melbourne. It was great fun walking in new places. The first destination was Melbourne university. Each building had names of faculties on them,but most of them were out of my vocabulary..But!! both of my friends knew such unsurvival English words. How come they have capacity to remember these kinds of stuff. It was a really right decision I changed the battery of my electronic dictionary before this trip.

One word I could guess was 'zoology'. then we saw an adorable animal passing in right front of us. Where did it come from..?
It will be better not to dare guess in this time.lol

We found dormitories of Melbourne uni as well. And 20 min later, we also ound ourselves be locked in... It seemed we entered the closing gate luckily or unluckily after somebody entered with their stu card. It was an automatic gate even though we didn't have no such idea. Oh my God, again...We ended up in asking the student in there to open the gate for us..So embarrassing..

While we were taking a walk, I realized I didn't sneeze so much, even though I already got hey fever in Sydney. I guess even though summer is coming in Melbourne, it wasn't completely there yet contrary to Sydney where summer is right here. That made me realize again Australia is so big!!

( ~o)>zzZ ♪(^o^*)

Good morning, Good morning, Good morning(^^)! My days always start with this greeting… Everyone replies me “Good morning!” with big smiles(^^)☆☆….

This is the beginning of my speech (language has power だったかな)in a speech contest when I was a junior high school student~ But, I have to confess that…my days didn’t start with “Good morning” at that days unlike my life expressed in my speech ..(>M<;) Actually, I didn’t greet neighborhood in Japan so much ,because my primary school teachers told me not to greet to strangers to avoid being involved in something bad things like kidnap…世知辛い世の中だこと。。

でも!! That speech’s situation came true in Australia. At my suburb, it seems to be a quite natural thing to greet strangers. And everybody replies “Hi!” to me without wondering why I greet them, even if we don’t know each other at all. Mmm, it was pretty surprising for me when I came here first.つまり、平和。

I know residents who live next door to me（お隣さん）, residents who live next door of next door（お隣のお隣さん）, residents who live opposite to mine(お向かいさん), residents who live diagonal to me(斜め向かいの方), the nearest train station’s & the nearest bus stop’s staff members. This is the exactly one of things which makes me keep to such an inconvenient place. I mean such a peaceful and kindly atmosphere of my place attracts me a lot.まさに、サザエさんのアニメ状態です。

“ May I help you?” From this word, even today, I enjoyed keep talking, talking ,talking with a lady who was struggled with a heavy bag. (She was just a passing stranger for me.) 一期一会。I like her smile^^

The town I live in now definitely will be my second ふるさと~

When shared, joy is doubled and sorrow halved.

Since I stayed with my host family, I saw 5 housemates off. Out of five, the longest-stay and the last house mate was a Korean girl. We stayed together for about 5 months. From the first day, we chatted a lot. I still remember that the first word which we learned together was 'naughty' from the book, peter rabit. Nostalgia~~ From later on, most of every day, we had dinner together as chatting so that we knew each other’s schedule and friends nearly perfectly ,as if we are each others’ mother. Needless to say, she also knows how ugly my face is in the morning and how messy my room is~.lol

I often said I like her~~♡to my friends. I bet my friends are already sick of this phrase.. But, actually, I guess “respect” can express my feeling more precisely than “like”. She has more life experiences than me, so I was exposed to new idea. I could learn great deal from her for the last 5 months.

I wanted to share every single news with her, because I could tell she enjoyed vicarious pleasure though me whenever I shared my happy news with her. I miss her ‘Oh my god’ when I said sad news or my hard luck. I can’t measure how much I depended on her deliberate thinking and advice.

I found us talking really naturally in English. I could feel as comfortable as the time when I speak Japanese. Obviously, one of the biggest reasons for it is.. she got used to Japanese English though(><;)!!

Whenever I see the single teeth holder on the mirror where used to be two teeth holders next to each other...I miss her... I wish she were a man(*U-U*) haha Whenever she is in trouble, I’ll come running~

.....(; >▽)o".....

One of the next steps I decided myself is getting a part-time job in Australia~

All of my friends who have working holiday visas have full-time jobs, part-time jobs or casual jobs even though they also go to language schools.

When I saw my friend working in Subway(a popular chain fast food shop) in city(busy place), I was well impressed by her strength.

Every time I hear about my housemate’s work in the nursing house, I can feel she is getting strong especially mentally. So, I can respect her~~

I think people who live by themselves independently in the term of financially and mentally are cool. I want to be such a person. So, my next step is making money by myself!!

と言うことで、お仕事探し。

(Especially I wanted to work at a coffee shop, because I am a big fan of coffee.)

Gloria Jean's

-They don’t need new staff members for the time being.

う～。。

The coffee shop at the next station

-The moment I saw the line of customers, I felt really scared by imagining I work there.ちょっと考えるの早すぎですが。。

For the next 30 min..

Think, think , think…

I come here because I want to work here, but I don’t know they need more staff members, so!? all I have to do is asking to them..But, I wonder how they feel if I ask so with my poor English. But, I want to try..But, I don’t need to put myself into pressure. Too much for me..? Or is it escaping from trying new things..?

I could already expect I would feel shy to submit my resume in the last minute, because I know myself well.. So, I already made my mind not to be shy! ,because I decided myself to get a job. Don’t be shy~~.

のはずだったんですが。。

Finally, I didn’t submit my resume. Too scary for me now.

I felt really sad my courage failed me. That is, I haven’t changed so much since I came here.

With heavy feeling

Coffee shop in city

-They already found new staff members..

う～。

With really heavy feeling,

I went to the Japanese restaurant in my town.

-They are looking for a new waitress. Oh, positive reply~ So, I'm waiting for their reply now. I don't know what they will reply to me yet.

At night, I explained about my day to my Korean housemate( she is a really good listener and adviser for me) like the following:

(Finally, I didn’t submit my resume. Too scary for me now.

I felt really sad my courage failed me. That is, I haven’t changed so much since I came here.)

And,

She said I was brave enough. Thank you for your kind answer~ Thank you very kamusa~

というような Up down　の激しい一日でした。I can understand it doesn’t mean they refuse me , just they don’t need more people now. But, anyway, I can't help being depressed when they say "no". Mmm, I have to be more tough to be my ideal person. いや～、疲れた(**;)