Putting a label on one’s personality is quite hard. With each passing day, we grow and develop our characters influenced by our society, the things we read, we see, and we feel and these factors help us perceive things in different angles and respond to them accordingly. Knowing this, you might think I don’t like…
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Self-Studying Japanese
After all, if language learning can be considered one’s hobby then how hard will that be? I would not consider myself an expert in languages but here are some ‘strategies’ I have used to study Nihongo.
Lang-8| 02 一番好きな映画 / My Favorite Movie
Original Post: 私の一番好きな英語の映画と小説はハーリポータです。高校生の時、ハーリポータ本を読んで始めました。英雄たちはすごくて楽しいです。ハーリが若すぎてとてもかっこいくて強いです。まほうはでかけるから。ハーリは二人友達がいます、ローンとHermione。ローンは笑うな人そしてHermioneは頭が良いです。ハーリは強くて怖いてきがいます。てきの名前はVoldemort です。でもハーリはたくさんなかまがいますから、大丈夫。 学生の時はホグワツに行きたかった。そして、まほうワンド使いたかった。まほうの世界に住んでいたらどこでも出来たと思った。電車の駅 9 ¾ も見たかった．まほうの世界を見られないことがわかるけどこのは私のバーカな夢です。 今もイギリス国に行きたいから、一週間に一回ハーリポ－タの映画を見ます。 どう思いますか。あなたの一番好きな映画は何ですか。 English Translation: My favorite movie My favorite English movie and novel is Harry Potter. (Please check the Katakana for Harry Potter.) I first read Harry Potter when I was in high school. The main character is cool and interesting. Harry Potter is young but he…
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Lang-8日本語Self Introduction
It is not a secret that I have been self-studying Japanese for about a year now. I am quite aware of my progress as I can read blog posts, answer reading articles and even exchange tweets with Japanese netizens. Considering that my main objective in studying is to be able to read manga – Japanese…
The Peculiars
The Peculiars A Book Review of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Jahzeel Dionne V. Ybasco ________________________________________________ “There are peculiars all over the world,” Miss P, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Having a different world where diversity is tolerated and encouraged is a famous theme in the fantasy genre that it does…
Some kind of ADDICTION
Some kind of ADDICTION Jahzeel Dionne V. Ybasco ______________________________________________________________ They say that in order to forget about an old addiction, you have to find a new one. I have to be honest. About a year ago, a mania took over me: marketing my book. I remember juggling the scanty breaks I had to…
Running for Happiness
Running for Happiness by Jahzeel Dionne V. Ybasco ____________________________________________________ 4:02 AM For the nth time you asked yourself why you had chosen to run. It was a twenty-one kilometer marathon that started at 4 am. With that distance and God knows how much time you needed to cover it, you couldn’t help but think of…
Signed Sealed Delivered, Tax Included
Signed Sealed Delivered, Tax Included by Jahzeel Dionne V Ybasco Dear Actors in Business Suits and Polished Shoes, I saw your advertisement. You have a new commercial again. And no, I did not say it is a political advertisement. How could I? Wasn’t it last year when I started seeing your face on television and…
Falling Out of Love
by Jahzeel Dionne V. Ybasco It starts as a seed. Then it grows roots. When it is watered and taken care of properly, it develops into a bud, then a plant. Who knows whatever it may grow into – a beautiful and fragrant flower or a sturdy fruitful tree or a graceful and dainty vine….
The Viter-Ybasco University 