夢と現実の間
Between dreams and reality
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Tracy desu yo, pessimist and world’s worst procrastinator. Uni student with still a lot of things to learn. Interests include otome games, Naruto and Japanese.
 : Loves pink, food, ice-cream.
Summer is my eternal love.
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translating
written on Thursday, May 28, 2015 @ 11:45 PM ✈
I used to get so hung up on translating almost everything in every sentence because without it, I felt like it lost the "feel" or the important "information." That's not to say I translated every word literally though, but I liked to make sure most of the sentence was intact from Japanese to English.
But now I feel like I focus less on that, and I'm okay with letting some parts go if I think I can make it flow better for English readers in doing so. I don't know if that means I'm feeling more comfortable with translating or if I'm just being lazier ==
Anyway this was interesting:
"Generally speaking, the younger you are when you are introduced to the language, the better. Babies are born with an unlimited capacity for learning language, and as they grow up, their minds gradually lose the capability to hear and produce sounds in the languages that they are not exposed to. The earlier a new language is introduced to them, the better their odds of eventually being fluent and having good accents. This does not mean that an adult cannot learn a new language; simply that an adult will have to work harder at it, and it is likely that s/he will never develop a really good accent."
Last time when I was writing about feeling like I had a time limit placed on my life I was taking about things I was capable of learning and accomplishing. I'm only 20 and I already feel like I'm running out of time :/
written on Sunday, May 24, 2015 @ 11:47 PM ✈
Test tomorrow that I'm not prepared for.
Story of my life.
(As always)
written on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 @ 11:54 PM ✈
Yay farm tomorrow SHEEP.... sheep......
Anyway it's also my sister's birthday tomorrow............ And here's a pointless story as well. So every time it's her birthday she pretty much gets mud cake and mud cake has to be one of my least favourite flavours.... It's chocolate, dense and tastes like a chocolate sugar bomb to me and nothing else. I kid you not when I say that last year I ate literally and exactly one bite and nothing more of the cake. Not a slice, nope. My dad doesn't like it either so pretty much only my mum and sister ate the whole thing (eww half a cake each). I don't feel like I'm missing out.
Also with just over 2 weeks of semester to go you'd think we should be happy getting closer to the end but nope, 6(?) or more assignments to do before finals even begin I'm crying on the inside. Also I feel like everyone in my cohort had a mental breakdown after today's lecture.... Sigh I'm only 20 years old and already I feel like there's so many things out there I want to learn or do but there won't be enough time.... I feel like there's a time limit placed on my life x_x
written on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 @ 11:41 PM ✈
So this morning I only went to bed at 2am and had to get up at 6am. And then it was 5 hours of stats at uni, which basically consists of sitting in front of a computer doing stats for 5 hours....... It gives serious headaches because it's so hard you get frustrated and every Tuesday my eyesight is completely shot afterwards :/
Anyway yeah came home so so tired and now it's almost midnight and I'm as alive as anything (no I didn't take a nap).
That logic.
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translating
written on Thursday, May 28, 2015 @ 11:45 PM ✈
I used to get so hung up on translating almost everything in every sentence because without it, I felt like it lost the "feel" or the important "information." That's not to say I translated every word literally though, but I liked to make sure most of the sentence was intact from Japanese to English.
But now I feel like I focus less on that, and I'm okay with letting some parts go if I think I can make it flow better for English readers in doing so. I don't know if that means I'm feeling more comfortable with translating or if I'm just being lazier ==
Anyway this was interesting:
"Generally speaking, the younger you are when you are introduced to the language, the better. Babies are born with an unlimited capacity for learning language, and as they grow up, their minds gradually lose the capability to hear and produce sounds in the languages that they are not exposed to. The earlier a new language is introduced to them, the better their odds of eventually being fluent and having good accents. This does not mean that an adult cannot learn a new language; simply that an adult will have to work harder at it, and it is likely that s/he will never develop a really good accent."
Last time when I was writing about feeling like I had a time limit placed on my life I was taking about things I was capable of learning and accomplishing. I'm only 20 and I already feel like I'm running out of time :/
written on Sunday, May 24, 2015 @ 11:47 PM ✈
Test tomorrow that I'm not prepared for.
Story of my life.
(As always)
written on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 @ 11:54 PM ✈
Yay farm tomorrow SHEEP.... sheep......
Anyway it's also my sister's birthday tomorrow............ And here's a pointless story as well. So every time it's her birthday she pretty much gets mud cake and mud cake has to be one of my least favourite flavours.... It's chocolate, dense and tastes like a chocolate sugar bomb to me and nothing else. I kid you not when I say that last year I ate literally and exactly one bite and nothing more of the cake. Not a slice, nope. My dad doesn't like it either so pretty much only my mum and sister ate the whole thing (eww half a cake each). I don't feel like I'm missing out.
Also with just over 2 weeks of semester to go you'd think we should be happy getting closer to the end but nope, 6(?) or more assignments to do before finals even begin I'm crying on the inside. Also I feel like everyone in my cohort had a mental breakdown after today's lecture.... Sigh I'm only 20 years old and already I feel like there's so many things out there I want to learn or do but there won't be enough time.... I feel like there's a time limit placed on my life x_x
written on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 @ 11:41 PM ✈
So this morning I only went to bed at 2am and had to get up at 6am. And then it was 5 hours of stats at uni, which basically consists of sitting in front of a computer doing stats for 5 hours....... It gives serious headaches because it's so hard you get frustrated and every Tuesday my eyesight is completely shot afterwards :/
Anyway yeah came home so so tired and now it's almost midnight and I'm as alive as anything (no I didn't take a nap).
That logic.
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Japan and Korea 2015 Masterlist
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Summer TO-DO List
((to be updated as I think of more things while I procrastinate))
✮ Foster kittens
✮ Clean out closet
✮ Make LOTS of ice-cream
✮ Bake + Cook (and use the molds and kits I bought from Japan)
✮ Study Japanese (JLPT N2 level)
✮ Learn basic Korean sentence structures
✮ Play Dousei Kareshi (~50 hours right there, what with my slow Japanese reading speed)
✮ Finishing playing Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
✮ Buy Naruto -The Last- Movie DVD and then rewatch it
✮ Start applying for things……..
✮ Invite people over to drink the endless amounts of tea I have
✮ Make things with the alcohol and liquor stash I have (lol)
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my sunshine
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