今月は早い！音更に来てから毎日沢山学んでいる。日本語とかTLPの設計方法とか北海道の歴史などなど。これまで一番興味のあることは共働学舎（キョドウガクシャ）という酪農場のプロジェクト。このプロジェクトはスタートから参加しTLPのダイナミックなデザインプロセスを学んでいる。共働学舎の代表は農場の未来のためにマスタープランを作りたいようである。最初のステージは共働学舎でワークショップを行い、スタッフとマスタープランについて議論した。 ワークショップで以下の問題を提出した：
１． 共働学舎の誇りに思えるところ
２． 共働学舎の課題点、改善すべきこと
３． 共働学舎これから取り組みたいこと
議論しながらホワイトボートにポストイットに書いた要点を貼っていた。議論の最後には似ている要点を集め、スタッフの主な心配やアイデアを示すことができた。
つぎのステージは農場の地域のモデルを作ってワークショップの要点を分析する。モデルを作ることは久しぶりなので楽しみ！
この投稿はどうやって終わるかなぁぁ、
諺にある通り、転石苔を生ぜず。
以上
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
二十五番 － 三週間過ごした
今横浜のインターネット カフェでブログを更新している。この３週間は楽しかったよ！いろいろな所に行って人と出会って沢山美味しい物を食べた。さらに毎日新しい単語を学んで日本語がぐんぐん上達している。
Things I`ve learnt not to do in Japan:
- Leave wallet with 100km of where I`m staying and forget about it...doh.
- Keep putting coins in to pay for the bus thinking it will show me when the correct change has been put in (only did this once).
- Think that there will ever be a door way I don`t have to duck for.
- Try and navigate though a forest with no map and direction signs only in Kanji. Really this isn`t a good idea even if the signs were in English.
- Leave my bag (containing passport, phone, and most of my money) in a car then go to catch a flight within 15min until departure. Somehow I got on the plane with my bag with about 30 seconds to spare.
I think I am becoming even more absentminded than usual due to trying to speak / understand Japanese constantly. So now I'm trying to spend a bit more time thinking about importent things like where my bag and wallet are as well as going over past conversations and thinking about what I may want to say next. Anyway I know with time the need to prepare my words will diminish and I will be able to react more quickly.
Cool things I didn`t know I could do before I arrived:
- Go to an Internet cafe not only to use the Internet but also order some food, get free drinks, take a shower and choose from a billion different manga to read.
- Most people are easily impressed if I eat whatever they suggest and drink a lot without getting easily drunk.
- Get semi lost in a forest trying to get to a look out with no food or drink to discover 4 vending machines at the look out. Ahh I have never been so happy at Japan`s ridiculous amount of vending machines.
- Practice Japanese for hours on end with religious types by pretending I'm really interested in their religion.
- Japanese subtitles on 90% of TV shows, study has never been so easy!
Things I`ve learnt not to do in Japan:
- Leave wallet with 100km of where I`m staying and forget about it...doh.
- Keep putting coins in to pay for the bus thinking it will show me when the correct change has been put in (only did this once).
- Think that there will ever be a door way I don`t have to duck for.
- Try and navigate though a forest with no map and direction signs only in Kanji. Really this isn`t a good idea even if the signs were in English.
- Leave my bag (containing passport, phone, and most of my money) in a car then go to catch a flight within 15min until departure. Somehow I got on the plane with my bag with about 30 seconds to spare.
I think I am becoming even more absentminded than usual due to trying to speak / understand Japanese constantly. So now I'm trying to spend a bit more time thinking about importent things like where my bag and wallet are as well as going over past conversations and thinking about what I may want to say next. Anyway I know with time the need to prepare my words will diminish and I will be able to react more quickly.
Cool things I didn`t know I could do before I arrived:
- Go to an Internet cafe not only to use the Internet but also order some food, get free drinks, take a shower and choose from a billion different manga to read.
- Most people are easily impressed if I eat whatever they suggest and drink a lot without getting easily drunk.
- Get semi lost in a forest trying to get to a look out with no food or drink to discover 4 vending machines at the look out. Ahh I have never been so happy at Japan`s ridiculous amount of vending machines.
- Practice Japanese for hours on end with religious types by pretending I'm really interested in their religion.
- Japanese subtitles on 90% of TV shows, study has never been so easy!
Monday, January 11, 2010
二十四番 － 旅路
準備万端で今日の午後から旅を始める、せっかくの旅だね！
今俺は何を書くのか考えられないで最近の一番好きな歌詞を紹介する：
旅 - ケツメイシ
手荷物一つ 遅刻しとく もう誰も居ねえ 一人もいいね
行く先当てなしだし 道あみ出し この地に足つけて まずは歩こう
生きてる見てる感じてること それこそが俺の愛してること
良心から両親にありがとうございます
底辺から頂点へ愛が灯すたいまつ
土地土地の音と風に抱かれ その土地土地の人と出会い分かれ
今日は何処行こう そう とぼけていこう 片道だが また道引き返そう
でも頂上へ上昇する花火だから 路上で往生するわけにいかん
昨日が今日へと変わる瞬間 毎日大事旅の始まりさ
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
Yeah Im being kinda lazy but that part of the song sums up the fun of travel better than anything I could write. So here I am 2 years on from when I first started learning Japanese with only a few hours left before I move to Japan. I still have so much to learn and I intend to have as fun much as possible learning it! :D
The seems like a good time to reflect back on the last two years and think about what I would do differently when starting out in a new language:
- Not use any text books, rather use native speakers children’s materials.
- Have a set character limit of sentences I copy into Anki. My stubborn persistence with long overly complicated sentences really slowed me down.
- More effort to sample a greater variety of material made for native speakers. There is definitely a need for a massive turn over and sampling of new materials to make sure there is constant access to interesting stuff that will keep the motivation up.
- Learn more simple songs! They are the best learning device ever.
Well that will do it for now, hopefully more interesting posts once I reach Japan. Oh and for the record my Anki deck currently stands at 1950 cards... Didn't quite reach the 2g mark before I have to leave! :D
今俺は何を書くのか考えられないで最近の一番好きな歌詞を紹介する：
旅 - ケツメイシ
手荷物一つ 遅刻しとく もう誰も居ねえ 一人もいいね
行く先当てなしだし 道あみ出し この地に足つけて まずは歩こう
生きてる見てる感じてること それこそが俺の愛してること
良心から両親にありがとうございます
底辺から頂点へ愛が灯すたいまつ
土地土地の音と風に抱かれ その土地土地の人と出会い分かれ
今日は何処行こう そう とぼけていこう 片道だが また道引き返そう
でも頂上へ上昇する花火だから 路上で往生するわけにいかん
昨日が今日へと変わる瞬間 毎日大事旅の始まりさ
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
Yeah Im being kinda lazy but that part of the song sums up the fun of travel better than anything I could write. So here I am 2 years on from when I first started learning Japanese with only a few hours left before I move to Japan. I still have so much to learn and I intend to have as fun much as possible learning it! :D
The seems like a good time to reflect back on the last two years and think about what I would do differently when starting out in a new language:
- Not use any text books, rather use native speakers children’s materials.
- Have a set character limit of sentences I copy into Anki. My stubborn persistence with long overly complicated sentences really slowed me down.
- More effort to sample a greater variety of material made for native speakers. There is definitely a need for a massive turn over and sampling of new materials to make sure there is constant access to interesting stuff that will keep the motivation up.
- Learn more simple songs! They are the best learning device ever.
Well that will do it for now, hopefully more interesting posts once I reach Japan. Oh and for the record my Anki deck currently stands at 1950 cards... Didn't quite reach the 2g mark before I have to leave! :D
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
二十三番 － 変化を楽しみ、未来を楽しむ
最のブログを投稿してから久しぶりよね。
俺はそれ以来すごく忙しかった。
毎日、仕事や勉強や旅の準備があったけど着々と頑張っている!
最近旅の為に申請をしいる.ビザの申請とイギリスパスポートの
申請と国際免許証の申請をほんとに終わりたい！
日本に行くまでの３ヶ月間が楽しみ！
日本語の勉強に付いて沢山新しサイトを見付けた
でも既にコメントボックスを書った。：）
Sunday, August 23, 2009
二十二番 － 日頃の行いの反対は何？？
最近俺の日本に住む予定が明確になった。北海道のランドスケープの会社でインターンシップに参加することができる。お金を十分貯まるのを待って来年一月日本に行きたい。まず熊本に行って彼女に会いたい。そしたら電車で南から北まで旅して東京それとも北海道で友達(多分また親！）に会ってスキーをしたい。旅の後でインターンシップを始めたい。じゃあ今からよく考えよう。今からよく考えなきゃならない。
日本語の勉強に付いて新しい面白いサイトを見つけた：
http://jrek.ta2o.net/
JReK lets you search for Japanese words and see how they are used in context within sentences on the web.
http://japanesemyway.com/tools/rikaichan-without-english-glosses/
This awesome person decided to rebuild rikaichan without English glosses. One more step away from English and I still get the ability to quickly see kanji readings. Awesome!
学校じゃ教えられない！
Funny drama about 5 guys that end up in an all girls school... sigh.. if only.
Takano Landscape Planning
The firm I will be doing an internship with. I will be studying this site a lot in the coming months!
Well the short more frequent post idea didn't happen but hey there's just to many other interesting things going on! So looks like I will just stick to short infrequent posts hehe...
And finally a beautiful statement from 松尾芭蕉 :
見るところ花にあらずと云ふことなし、
思ふところ月にあらずと云ふことなし。
日本語の勉強に付いて新しい面白いサイトを見つけた：
http://jrek.ta2o.net/
JReK lets you search for Japanese words and see how they are used in context within sentences on the web.
http://japanesemyway.com/tools/rikaichan-without-english-glosses/
This awesome person decided to rebuild rikaichan without English glosses. One more step away from English and I still get the ability to quickly see kanji readings. Awesome!
学校じゃ教えられない！
Funny drama about 5 guys that end up in an all girls school... sigh.. if only.
Takano Landscape Planning
The firm I will be doing an internship with. I will be studying this site a lot in the coming months!
Well the short more frequent post idea didn't happen but hey there's just to many other interesting things going on! So looks like I will just stick to short infrequent posts hehe...
And finally a beautiful statement from 松尾芭蕉 :
見るところ花にあらずと云ふことなし、
思ふところ月にあらずと云ふことなし。
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
二十一番 － 小さいけれど甘い
題の意味を知らない。。しょうがないよ
Ｙｅｐ ｔｈａｔｓ ｉｔ：
新しい一番サイト： 日本語ＲＡＰ歌詞
一番歌詞： ’深緑色の石炭たくさん笑いながら燃やす’ MICROPHONE PAGER - 夜行列車
Ｆｉｎ．
Ｙｅｐ ｔｈａｔｓ ｉｔ：
新しい一番サイト： 日本語ＲＡＰ歌詞
一番歌詞： ’深緑色の石炭たくさん笑いながら燃やす’ MICROPHONE PAGER - 夜行列車
Ｆｉｎ．
Monday, July 13, 2009
二十番 － 着々と進歩している
相変わらず早い一月一月を 過ごしている。 最近仕事が忙しくないからもっと勉強時間を増やしている。
週末はランゲージエクスチェンジ に行って３時間も日本語を話していた！勿論話しながら沢山間違っていたけどもっと練習したら早い進歩が期待できる。
Yeah so thats my new thing... starting the post in Japanese. Crazy new dynamc thinking that will boost my langauage ability by 300%...at least! Aside from this great advancement everything continues along quite smoothly also. Ran out of new and interesting stuff for a while due to going over my monthly down load limit and getting restricted to near dial-up speeds.
The last month I have been sampling tons of new music, to much to bother listing so I'm just going to go with my top 3:
1. "YES" Ryhme dentity - little
2. Dosmoccos - Champ road
3. The Adventures of Kohei Japan - Kohei Japan
Actually I think I came by all of these over a month ago but they are still my top three!.
That will do for now, I think I will try doing more frequent short posts for a while.
Oh one more thing... a great quote I found...
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
週末はランゲージエクスチェンジ に行って３時間も日本語を話していた！勿論話しながら沢山間違っていたけどもっと練習したら早い進歩が期待できる。
Yeah so thats my new thing... starting the post in Japanese. Crazy new dynamc thinking that will boost my langauage ability by 300%...at least! Aside from this great advancement everything continues along quite smoothly also. Ran out of new and interesting stuff for a while due to going over my monthly down load limit and getting restricted to near dial-up speeds.
The last month I have been sampling tons of new music, to much to bother listing so I'm just going to go with my top 3:
1. "YES" Ryhme dentity - little
2. Dosmoccos - Champ road
3. The Adventures of Kohei Japan - Kohei Japan
Actually I think I came by all of these over a month ago but they are still my top three!.
That will do for now, I think I will try doing more frequent short posts for a while.
Oh one more thing... a great quote I found...
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
- Aristotle
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