Meiko: School

Japanese

I was so unfocused I didn't even have time to make blogposts :"(

10:36

School

I'm sad this is just an update. I have no time :(

20:10

School

Radio shows as learning material?!

15:00

I wanted to share something I have been doing lately. I'm not sure how much I've stressed this but for me It's painfully obvious how much I've been saying I'm into Hey Say Jump lately right? I've been listening to their radio shows on YouTube for a few days already. That and 嵐の二宮和也の Bay Storm. There are no English translations, so I am semi forced to know what words are for what they really are. I try to get the sense of the conversations and I feel like I've been kinda getting better at it. I don't know maybe my vocabulary is getting better? I hope so. I'm going to do grammar lessons later tonight, but now I feel like challenging myself to listen/read radio shows. I don't know maybe this actually lets me focus better on the language rather than TV Shows like I used to. I'm more focused on the shows themselves rather than what they are saying, so I guess this is better? I don't also depend on English texts but Japanese texts, so maybe my kanji reading would also improve? I know I've been telling other students about it but I still want to share. For me learning Kanji is really essential and something important when learning Japanese. These radio shows are helping me so I recommend trying them for my friends who want to learn Japanese! :D Also a student of mine recommended to have bilingual news! I recommend this too but unlike the radio shows on YouTube, you can't see any texts. So you might tend to listen to it a lot more than you would. hmmm I think I might need to explain this a bit?

When I listen to radio shows on YouTube, as much as possible a try to read and listen at the same time, but sometimes there are texts that I feel like I can read, so before the member who gets to say the script I pause it first and try to read myself. I kind of reward myself if I hear them say the same thing as my guess. I also can write down exactly what they say and don't have to worry too much about getting the kanji wrong because it's right in front of me and I can somehow do furigana if I'm not familiar with the kanji I just wrote. For grammar? I'm actually trying to learn how to express, want, wish, need, command, requests etc recently so it also kind of give me clues on how to express those. I feel like I'm lucky if I can spot them. Or more like I make myself try to notice them. I really wish I can hold my own when trying to have conversations in Japanese. すごく2019年に日本に行きたい。I hope by then I can have normal conversations. Next year really! I will aim for JLPT! ೕ(`･୰･´) がんばります

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School

First day back to work

00:25

Personal

moved out again.

11:48

Fashion

Sorry. I haven't been working again lately.

13:27

Personal

Mandatory post still

23:28

Ice Skating

What I did today

22:35

Personal

Tuesday got me like

09:33

Personal

メイコとコミュニケーション

16:29

Oh glob. I just realized I showed you guys I changed schools but i didn't talk about what course I have in university. My major now is in Communications. Yikes. Sorry. I chose this because I think this can actually help me more in teaching everyone :D And I feel like I can be more versatile in this field. So I hope everyone would still support me? :) Oh yeah I also wanted to let everyone know I applied somewhere else and there is a possibility I would stay there instead. I mean there are requirements that I still don't know how I can give them. But I think I'll be there. Again I'll tell you guys where I'll be when I finally have a running profile I can show you guys. And I'm also still mentally preparing myself that I'm really leaving my first job. Although I'm still going to be in the same field. it still feels unreal. oh yeah here's a picture of me during the interview a few days ago. It was when I got Harimaron. haha. Anyways I just wanted to let you guys know. :) Fat Meiko

I just wanted to share a lesson I learned during class a few days ago. There are 4 kinds of communication namely: interpersonal communication, group communication, organizational communication, and mass communication.
Interpersonal communication is done by 2 people where whatever is being conveyed is private.
Group communication happens when there are 3 to 10 people involved in the conversation.
Organizational communication happens when there are devices needed to keep the communication flow between participants of the communication.
Lastly, mass communication is the one we call public communication where the speaker conducts the communication process with an audience.
The difference of Mass Communication from other communication though is that the possible feedback from the listeners would be limited, most feedback would be non verbal and a yes or no question from the speaker. We could say that there is little to no interaction from speaker and listener. Most of the communication process is done by the speaker.
It's kinda personal on the next paragraph so it's up to you guys if you still want to read.

So are you guys asking why I had a small lecture before starting this blog? Well, I've been thinking. Maybe the reason I choose Mass Communication is that it prevents me from having interpersonal relationship. I dunno I feel really weird and scared now of having to be close with anyone. Someone pointed out that I'm Clingy. I have no choice but to believe him because he's right. I'm soo attached to people when they let me and I feel lonely and so alone now that I am in an environment where I know nobody and the ones I left behind, I cannot connect with again. I've been soo used to companionship that it's making me feel lonely. I've been thinking, part of the reason why I might want to be in front of a mass rather than just a person is that I can still keep my distance. I'm afraid of leaving and being left behind.

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