Well, you’re probably wondering where on earth I’ve been. If you’ve visited the site over the last couple of days, you’ll probably have had your eyes assaulted by any number of horrific colour schemes. The reason being I wanted a new look for the site. For over a year now JapanIsDoomed has been white, grey and black and I finally got bored of that and went crazy with blues and greens.
In considerably more exciting news, I’ve managed to move all the old posts from the last year into this blog. That means this is the only site you need to visit to find all about my amazing exploits in Asia! How exciting! I’ve tried to organize the Categories section a little better, making it easier to find various different types of update. Some of the very old posts may appear a little broken at the moment, with photographs all over the place. That’s because they were designed for a different style, and when I have time I’ll get round to doing some maintenance on them.
To save this being a boring “general update” sort of thing, I thought I’d post a transcript and translation of a recent essay I wrote for Japanese class - entitled “My Room”. It’s hardly the most exciting thing in the world, but it does explain the title of this update.
わたしのへやは、ちいさくて、たいへんきたないです。
へやにベッドがあります。べーどはおおきくて、やわらかいです。わたしはまいあさベッドでとびます。ベッドのうえにペットがいます。たいへんきれいないぬです。
ベッドのひだりにふるいつくえがあります。つくえのうえにソニーのラップトップやおばあさんスタンドヤとけいなどがありあす。わたしはとうきょうでラップトップをかいました。ラップトップはあたらしくないですが、たいへんべんりです。スタンドはきれいではありません。とけいはよんじっぷんおくれています。べんりでわありません。
つくえのそばにテーブルがあります。テーブルのうえにラジオとサンドイッチがあります。わたしはまいばんラジオ4をききます。サンドイッチはたいへんふるくて、おいしくないです。サンドをたべたくないですよ。
わたしのへやはてぜまです。でも、わたしはたいへんすきです。
My room is small and very messy.
There is a bed in my room. It’s big and soft. Every morning I jump on my bed. On top of my bed is my pet. A very beautiful dog.
To the left of the bed there is an old desk. On top of the desk there is a Sony laptop,my Grandmother’s lamp, a clock and so on. I bought the laptop in Tokyo. The laptop isn’t new but it is very useful. The lamp isn’t very attractive. The clock is forty minutes slow. It’s not useful.
Near to the desk there is a table. On top of the table is a radio and a sandwich. I listen to Radio 4 every evening. The sandwich is very old and not tasty. I don’t want to eat it!
My room is cramped. But I like it a lot.
It should be noted that none of this is actually true. However, it is a lot more fun than “My room is horrible”. That cleverly leads me onto my next piece of news, however;
I am moving out! On Tuesday! I found a small room in a house sharing with three students. The biggest benefit being it’s about twenty seconds walk from where my lectures take place. Finally I can just roll out of bed at 11 and still be on time for an 11.10 lecture.
Finally, I wanted to add a post to the “Photography” category, since they are somewhat thin on the ground at the moment (not for long!) so here is a photo of my lovely dog;
Isn’t he lovely? Click him for a bigger version.