Japanese Chat Club

I went to the Japanese Chat Club on Friday. It was fun. I talked to Naomi-san, Saori-san, X-san (I forget her name) and Kotone(?)-san. I think they were the popular/cool type. I didn't get a chance to talk to them very long because I went to get a snack and someone took my seat.

I met Tanaka-san! He looks pretty similar to the pictures from class, so I recognized him immediately. His name is Keitaro Tanaka and, like a bunch of the other students in ALP (American Language Program), attends Shanghai Something University. It's a famous university. He likes to sing, listen to music, and draw. His secret hobby is anime and videogames. We had a lot to talk about.

So I exchanged emails and now have a second Japanese pen pal! I met my first pen pal over the summer, in Osaka. Keitaro is from Kyoto.

counters

I don't like all these counters... that was an annoying thing in Chinese too.
Why can't we just use つ for everything?

I can't wait to see and hear everyone's podcasts. I think this is a really fun project.
おもしろいですね。I posted my group's (Fay, Eric, and my) video on facebook and youtube :D
フェイさん、エリックさん、ビデオをTake downしたいなら、ぼくに　おしえてください。

I signed up for classes today. I picked First Year Japanese II with Nazikian sensei again :)
(Hopefully Sato sensei will be teaching as well.)
ふたりは　いいせんせいですね。

さくぶん：てがみ

やまださんへ、

はじめまして。おげんきですか？　わたしは　らいねんの　なつに　やまださんの　うちで　います。にほんで　にほんごを　べんきょうします。たのしいですね。

いま　わたしは　アメリカのコロンビアだいがくの　三ねんせい　です。ここで　にほんごを　べんきょうします。にほんごの　一ねんせい　です。
にほんごの　べんきょうが　すきですが、せんこうは　コンピューター・サイエンスです。まいにち　たいへんですよ。しゅくだいは　たくさん　あります。そして、まいしゅう　コンピューター・ラボで　はたらきます。わたしの　ともだちは　わたしが　きらいです。ことし　ともだちに　みませんから。コロンビアの　せいかつは　とても　たいへんですね。

らいねんの　六がつ　三かに　ひこうきで　とうきょうの　なりたへ　いきます。あそこで　やまだんと　あいますね。

よろしくおねがいします。そして、ありがとうございます。

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