JLC-Thach-Chaneryna

こんにちは、チャネリナです。 私はパセオ　に　すんで　います。 わたし　の　家（いえ)　は　いっこだて　です。 ともだち　と　すんで　います。 家は古い　です。 ひろい　です。 でも、あかるい　です。  

   I believe I got a Christmas book this time around. Santa was in town and Satoshi ( I think that was the boy’s name) really wanted a bike for Christmas. And the next day he saw his bike outside his window. I will admit it did take a while to read this book since I still need to translate everything to romaji ( I know I should have everything memorized but I am a very slow learner unfortunately. I am sorry!(･_･;). The majority of the book was written in hiragana and a few characters in kanji here and there ( which really stumped me at first). As I continue reading I notice that the book provided the hiragana version of the kanji characters on the side ( i wish I noticed it sooner to be honest). Which made it so much easier to translate that to romaji. I forgot that Japanese is written vertically rather than horizontally like English is so that was a little jarring at first but not a big deal. But all in all it was a very cute book. I am happy he got the bike he wanted. I noti...

I always thought it was strange that American tv shows would have people taking naps in their  outside clothes!. Oftentimes they wear their shoes around the house and even on their bed! I thought this was made up until I asked my friends about this and they explained that they did the same thing (that is when  I began to question our friendship). Growing up I didn’t go over to my friend’s house so that was very much a culture shock for me. That kind of behavior would never happen at my house. Surprisingly, Japanese and Cambodian/Vietnamese households share some similarities. Such as taking off your shoes once you step into a person’s home. Except in Cambodian/Vietnamese households ( at least from what I have noticed) shoes are everywhere! It gets so chaotic and sometimes there are so many shoes and you accidentally take someone else's shoes! I envy Japanese homes that have shoe cabinets. My family desperately needs one. I also notice (at least in the Marugoto video) that most ...

  あさごはんは あまり食べません。でも ごはんと やさい が すきです 。  さかなが　いちばん すきです 。  パンも すきです 。  おちゃを　よく飲みます 。  コーヒーと　オレンジジュースは すきじゃないです。 くだものも　あまり食べません 。

  Obviously Japanese food is drastically different from Cambodian and Vietnamese. I don’t know much about Japanese food other than it's delicious. But Cambodian and Vietnamese foods tend to be way spicier than Japanese food. We mainly use herbs and fish sauce to make our dishes while Japan opts for soy sauces.We don’t have a lot of deep fried or raw meat dishes like Japan does. Food and cooking was always very important and personal to me as well as my family. In our house it was our form of communicating. My family and I don’t express ourselves through words very well but we always showed our love through food. When I moved to Kansas city I remember feeling so lonely without my family and I was very homesick (especially since the dining hall food was only burgers and fries). To remedy this I would search up nearby Vietnamese restaurants and order takeout from there. Bánh mì reminds me of my dad because he would always bring these sandwiches back whenever he came back from his frie...

  Hmmm I don’t introduce myself in Vietnamese. Typically my dad doesn’t for me since I don’t speak it. And I’ve only introduced myself in khmer a few times but it was very short. (I don’t speak it well either) However I have given introductions in English so I’ll speak about that! I feel like American greetings are very casual. Some people hug or give handshakes. Since I have a harder name than others, I came up with a fun way to help people pronounce my name correctly. “Chan” is like Jackie Chan and chaneryna like a ballerina. Things like that help break the ice and make people more comfortable to engage in a conversation with me. ( at least that's what I think). Instead of talking more about yourself, most people engage in small talk in America  While in Japan introductions are very important and therefore pretty formal and straight to the point. ( from what I have observed) But Like Japanese in both Khmer and Vietnamese you have to be careful of the way you address someone....

 

  わたしの かぞくは４にんです。 ちちと あねといもうと と わたし です。 かぞくはミズーリのスプリングフィールドにすんでいます。 でもわたしはカンザスシティです。 ヒエン・ サッチ  は ちち  です。 60 さいです。 しごとは　コック です。 チャンティダ ・ サッチ は  あね です。 25 さいです。 かいしゃいんです。 ジャスミン・サッチ は いもうとです。 はたちです。 がくせいです。

I really enjoyed creating my poster! I had a little extra time today and I was able to draw out all of my items I chose. I even finished the poster earlier than expected.Not to toot my own horn, but I do think my poster is pretty cute!Plus I am feeling much more comfortable writing in katakana. Yet, I am still annoyed that I can’t really type Japanese on my computer because I can’t seem to get rid of the kana keyboard! ( I hope I can get that figure out soon!) At least I am able to type Japanese onto my phone so not all is totally lost. Typing in romaji is pretty nice. I think it is helping me remember the katakana characters much faster. I remember having a hard time with ウェットティッシュ、 マスク and スプーン!  Because the way I was doing it I was writing in romaji and sounding out each character to myself and seeing if I could figure it out on my own ( I wanted to challenge myself). If I couldn’t figure it out then I would look up the image. As soon as I typed  ウェットティッシュ、 マスク and スプーン I f...

  My parents were refugees and immigrants and  growing up my parent’s have always worked 60+ hours a week (to this day that’s the norm for them) and even though they took me and my sibling to work with them everyday I never really got to see or bond with them. Because of that my parents didn’t know any of my likes or dislikes and unfortunately that led to a lot of disconnect and fighting down the line ( we're better now so don’t worry!). On the other hand I am a bit guilty of being a workaholic myself since I do two jobs while being a full time student… and I guess I do have a fair share of all nighters that I’ve done for school ( mainly during junior year). But I am trying to be better for senior year I promise. Because I do agree with Yoshie Komuro.I think both America and Japan need to strive for a better work life balance for everyone .It is unhealthy and strange how both countries have normalized  working 60+ hours a week! It is a misconception that limiting wor...