He had it all planned out!!! That pig plotted to hold my hand BEFORE we were an item!! Almost exactly a year after that he confessed to it last night over emails.
The story goes like this....
After we met at the Expo, he invited me to his place for free homestay cum sightseeing. Miss Greedy me took up the offer. On the 2nd day of the trip he brought me to a place to see fireflies at night. And he chose a location where we had to walk down a slope. That's when he seized the opportunity to hold my hand on the pretense of supporting me from falling down!!
I was a little suspicious coz he didn't let go of my hand immediately after we got down the slope. On the other hand, I was secretly pleased coz I felt that bringing me to see fireflies is soooo R-o-m-a-n-t-i-c & I sensed that he likes me!! I felt good about him too but not love yet lah...
Anyway, yesterday he asked if I remembered seeing fireflies with him almost a year ago. I did & asked if he remembers that was the first time we held hands. He remembers clearly & said 「あの時は心がドキドキした」. Yes, his heart raced! I think mine too coz i was wondering if he likes me... hehehe
He said he wanted very much to hold my hand. And that's when the thought struck me --> that he had planned the trip to see fireflies so that he had an excuse to hold my hand. And I fell for it! Smart move. Or maybe i was stupid.
I asked & he admitted it. I find the whole incident amusing but sweet. I can't stop thinking about it the whole night & today.....kept smiling to myself when i replay the scene & emails on it... hehehe...
Yes, our honeymoon period isn't over yet. I hope it'll never end.....
Monday, May 15, 2006
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Long boring weekend
So glad this long weekend is nearing its end. I was soooo BORED! No money for long weekend trips overseas. No money to go on a shopping spree neither. Can u believe it? I spent all 3 days at home! Wake up, eat, watch TV, sleep, surf net, study.... B'cos i slept so much in the day i'm wide awake at night, so that explains the many blog entries in 1 night! hehehe
The past long weekend was well-spent as i used it to plan & prepare lessons. I decided to give myself a good break this weekend & didn't bring anything home to prepare, thinking i'll devote more time to my studies. I did revise more than usual but also spent more time sleeping & watching TV!
No more long holidays after this till school holidays. I'm starting formal lessons using the textbook tomorrow. I wonder how the kids will fare. Will they be bored to death? Now I'm racking my brains on how to make my Wednesday phonics revision class interesting....any ideas? The kids are bored with phonics revision and I'm even more bored with holding the same revision plan 3 times in a day! Luckily that's only once a week....
The past long weekend was well-spent as i used it to plan & prepare lessons. I decided to give myself a good break this weekend & didn't bring anything home to prepare, thinking i'll devote more time to my studies. I did revise more than usual but also spent more time sleeping & watching TV!
No more long holidays after this till school holidays. I'm starting formal lessons using the textbook tomorrow. I wonder how the kids will fare. Will they be bored to death? Now I'm racking my brains on how to make my Wednesday phonics revision class interesting....any ideas? The kids are bored with phonics revision and I'm even more bored with holding the same revision plan 3 times in a day! Luckily that's only once a week....
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I'm such a sotong! I selected the moderate comments setting w/o really knowing how it works. And it's only today that I realised there were a no. of comments waiting for my approval to publish!
Raptor, Daniel & My Frog Prince, thanks for your comments. Appreciate it (^-^)
Raptor, Daniel & My Frog Prince, thanks for your comments. Appreciate it (^-^)
Saturday, May 13, 2006
How to improve my Japanese?
Any idea how to improve my command of the Japanese language?
It's ironic that being an English teacher, I can think of ideas & ways to help my students improve their English, yet I can't apply it to myself. Is it the age thing? Or is it just me not being good at languages? Maybe it's a combination of both? Coz i dislike memorizing & have short-term memory, and learning a language means having to remember lots of vocab. Arrghhh!!
Recently my frd signed up for private tuition to learn Japanese. At a fee of S$50/hr, I really don't bear to spend that kind of money now after spending a bomb learning Japanese in Japan! But if i forget what I've learnt, I'll be wasting the time, money & effort spent in Japan...
So I decided to do some self-revision. Using this year's JLPT as a goal, I started to revise thru my old textbook & notes. I intend to take the exam again this year despite telling myself (after the last JLPT in 2004) that I'll never want to go thru another round of the proficiency test. It's meaningless to me even if I pass but can't hold a conversation of the same level.
However I really hope I can improve my Japanese. Most pp say my bf can help me with it, but the truth is, he usually doesn't correct me. Likewise I don't really correct his English. If we both correct each other, our conversations will end up like some language exchange session.
I understand about 70% of what he says but that's probably because he uses simpler vocab & speaks slower for my sake. But when I answer him, it all comes out in a big mess grammetically wrong with wrong choice of vocab. Most often or not I end up speaking "Japlish" (a mix of Japanese & English) in order to get my message across quickly w/o having to rack my brains on the proper grammer & words. It has become a bad habit of mine. So while I can write reasonably well, I can't speak as well, and that really troubles me.
I've watched Japanese dramas & animes & read Japanese manga. No improvement. I write emails/letters in Japanese. Still no improvement. Should I sign up for some Jap conversation class? Haiz... maybe i should just grab my Japanese colleagues to practice everyday....
It's ironic that being an English teacher, I can think of ideas & ways to help my students improve their English, yet I can't apply it to myself. Is it the age thing? Or is it just me not being good at languages? Maybe it's a combination of both? Coz i dislike memorizing & have short-term memory, and learning a language means having to remember lots of vocab. Arrghhh!!
Recently my frd signed up for private tuition to learn Japanese. At a fee of S$50/hr, I really don't bear to spend that kind of money now after spending a bomb learning Japanese in Japan! But if i forget what I've learnt, I'll be wasting the time, money & effort spent in Japan...
So I decided to do some self-revision. Using this year's JLPT as a goal, I started to revise thru my old textbook & notes. I intend to take the exam again this year despite telling myself (after the last JLPT in 2004) that I'll never want to go thru another round of the proficiency test. It's meaningless to me even if I pass but can't hold a conversation of the same level.
However I really hope I can improve my Japanese. Most pp say my bf can help me with it, but the truth is, he usually doesn't correct me. Likewise I don't really correct his English. If we both correct each other, our conversations will end up like some language exchange session.
I understand about 70% of what he says but that's probably because he uses simpler vocab & speaks slower for my sake. But when I answer him, it all comes out in a big mess grammetically wrong with wrong choice of vocab. Most often or not I end up speaking "Japlish" (a mix of Japanese & English) in order to get my message across quickly w/o having to rack my brains on the proper grammer & words. It has become a bad habit of mine. So while I can write reasonably well, I can't speak as well, and that really troubles me.
I've watched Japanese dramas & animes & read Japanese manga. No improvement. I write emails/letters in Japanese. Still no improvement. Should I sign up for some Jap conversation class? Haiz... maybe i should just grab my Japanese colleagues to practice everyday....
Teru-juni
That's the name of our pet tortoise. One fine day, a little tortoise appeared at my bf's place. He was so excited abt it & couldnt stop emailing me abt it. We decided to give it a name. I came up with the name "Teru junior" as a joke (my bf's name is Teruyuki) but to my surprise, my bf liked it but shortened it to Teru-juni. He didn't mind that it meant he's a tortoise coz he said the tortoise is cute, so it means he's cute too! *puke*
My bf's crazy over the little tortoise to the extent of putting it in his room next to his mattress (he sleeps on the floor), so that he can observe it. It became the topic of our emails for the next 2-3 days. Once he even interrupted our phone conversation with a sudden "Ah! It's eating! It's eating!! I finally see how a tortoise eats!!" *faints*
He's really like a little boy sometimes...but that's what i love about him...acts like a knight in shining armour yet charms you with his child-at-heart behavior.
Anyway back to Teru-juni... anyone knows the significance of a tortoise appearing at your doorstep one day? In Fengshui terms, is it a gd or bad sign? I hope it signifies something good...if it isn't, please dun tell me coz i can be quite superstituous & affected sometimes...nobody likes to hear bad predictions mah...
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