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Nihon e itte mairimashita. Shinjinarenai gurai de subarashikatta desu.
Mada atte inai mina san no tame, watashi wa Annie to iimashite, matsu jitsu seito iesu kirisuto kyoukai no senkyoushi no tsutome kara kaetta bakkari desu.
Kore kara mo, yoroshiku o negai itashimasu.
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I meant to say hi at Galactus too, but it doesn't remember my password. *cry*
Also, I haven't slept in 32 hours, so this might not be a long lasting conversation tonight.
(guilty confession) I had occasional trunky dreams for the past few months of trying to email and post on forums and my password not working.
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Welcome back! I'd respond better if I had a clue what you said, but I'm guessing you had a wonderful time and missed us all terribly. Posts: 3932 | Registered: Sep 1999
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I just tried so hard to get a translation but I'm failing miserably. I know Jesus is in there, though... : )
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quote:You don't need the 'de' in the second sentence.
That's the beauty of speaking missionary Japanese. Actually I stuck it in there because I'm so used to dropping particles that I figured if I wouldn't have said it it must belong there.
I just woke up at 6:30 on the nose despite jet lag, by the way.
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That's the beauty of speaking missionary Japanese. Actually I stuck it in there because I'm so used to dropping particles that I figured if I wouldn't have said it it must belong there.
I'm sorry if I came across as snarky or nit picky; that wasn't my intention. And you did say you were going on 32 hours without sleep.
Where was your mission? I come from around Nagoya and grew up in Tokyo.
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Yay! Annie is back! Welcome home, Sister Annie. Tell us all about your mission!
Seriously, you should write a long landmark post and tell us all about it.
I think it's hilarious that you had dreams of posting to forums and your password wasn't good. It must have been really hard to go 18 months without posting! I don't think the mission leaders realize how much they're asking.
I lived in middle-o'-nowhere Japan for a year with the JET program. That was 10 years ago, though, and my Japanese is very, very rusty. Garsh, I can't believe it's been that long.
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That's the beauty of speaking missionary Japanese. Actually I stuck it in there because I'm so used to dropping particles that I figured if I wouldn't have said it it must belong there.
I'm sorry if I came across as snarky or nit picky; that wasn't my intention. And you did say you were going on 32 hours without sleep.
Where was your mission? I come from around Nagoya and grew up in Tokyo.
I didn't interpret it as snarky. I appreciate the tips. I realize how incredibly dame my nihongo is. But ee - shoganai kana?
I was in three areas - first Numazu in Shizuoka Ken (sakana oishiiiii!), then Yokohama - I lived right in Naka Ku on the bottom side of the bluff, and then for a while in Hachiouji, the inaka end of Tokyo. Where in Tokyo did you live?
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Welcome back, Annie! I approved your new account and changed all your other accounts to use the same e-mail address. If you still need me to manually reset your passwords, let me know.
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quote:Originally posted by Tatiana: Yay! Annie is back! Welcome home, Sister Annie. Tell us all about your mission!
Seriously, you should write a long landmark post and tell us all about it.
I think it's hilarious that you had dreams of posting to forums and your password wasn't good. It must have been really hard to go 18 months without posting! I don't think the mission leaders realize how much they're asking.
Welcome home! We've missed you!
*hugs* Thanks!
I'm thinking of posting maybe my emails home on my livejournal or typing up some of my analog journal. Also, I am totally dedicated to writing an abstracty postmodern mission novel. Beginning today!
I was only in three areas, my favorite of which I went back to at the end - beautiful beautiful Yokohama. I love love love the Japanese people, but I actually spent a large percentage of my time working with immigrants - Colombians, Filipinas, Nepalis, and Chinese - so many Chinese people!
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I'm so glad you excited your mission so much. I also, just recently returned (22 Dec 2006). I absolutely loved my experience as well. How much Chinese did you pick up? Or where the Chinese learning Japanese? Or did you just teach in english?
I keep saying I will write up a big mission report landmark, but I just haven't taken the time to do so.
I learned "I am a Child of God" for Qiao Jing's baptism. And all the words for my favorite foods she cooked. And that's about it. Most of them spoke Japanese or English, and we have Chinese (and Taiwanese) members in the ward that translated for the investigators who didn't. *sigh* How I love them Chugokujins.
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Zev, I've been promising a mission landmark for almost five years. I hope I get to read yours.
And welcome home, lovely Anneke. I've missed you terribly and have you on my fridge right now! *hugs*
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(Oh, man, who's going to take a count of all the babies that have been born while she's gone and point her to the threads?)
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I was in three areas - first Numazu in Shizuoka Ken (sakana oishiiiii!), then Yokohama - I lived right in Naka Ku on the bottom side of the bluff, and then for a while in Hachiouji, the inaka end of Tokyo. Where in Tokyo did you live?
We moved around a bit, but in the South East, in Ōta-ku and Meguro. I also spent some time in Yokohama, but I was too young to remember.
If you choose to write a landmark about your experiences, I promise to read it no matter how long it is! I'd be very interested in Japanese reactions to your work, and what kind of strategies worked in which area.
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Did we really not send you any baby pictures, Annie? I'm really sorry about that. But here's the thread.
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They are both unbelievably cute. They are both now freakishly old.
Also, today I met my best friend's baby who was born while I was gone and I'm going to Utah this week to visit another recently birthed best friendling.
I'm having some psychological spasms with the amount of children being brought into the world by my peers whilst the most I can claim credit for is some dang good leg muscles.
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So Euripides - are you Nihonjin? If so, your Eigo is freakishly jozu. Are you hakujin? If so, your Japan experience is enviable. Are you ha-fu? If so, that explains a lot.
I was in Ōta-ku for a Christmas party once. That's all I know of it.
You and I shall have nagabanashis on Japan, my friend. Posts: 8504 | Registered: Aug 1999
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If you're going to be in Salt Lake, you should drop by and see us while you're here (if you have time and all that).
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Welcome Back!!! It was so fantastic to see your thread. I missed you so much!
Here's my Aerin's blog. Her birth was, um, somewhat... unusual. You can also go directly to her Yahooalbums.
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