Tegnap es ma is mar volt tanitas. Gondolna az ember milyen jo lesz, majd legalabb megert valamit a kornyezetebol. Nos ez nem teljesen igy megy. Minden nap van 4-5 orank, ebbol 3 mindig japan nyelv, ezen kivul van japan gazdasag/politika, tortenelem vagy matek. Eddig csak nyelvorak voltak es egy bevezeto gazd/pol ora, ahol csak bemutatkozni kellett( volna ha el tudnam mondani a foszakiranyom japanul…). A nyelvorak halalosak. A csoportomban rajtam kivul mindenki tanult mar japant, szoval ok elvannak, csak en nezek ki a fejembol kicsit butan, mert barmilyen gyorsan is probalom felfogni es elsajatitani a nyelvet, azert veluk nem versenyezhetek. Eddig 4 emberrol tudok magamat is beleertve, akik nem tanultak japant… Szoval mindenki elvan, maszkal, bulizik, nekem meg tanulnom kell(ene) ha nem akarok lemaradni. Bar szerintem mar le vagyok maradva.
A tanitasi modszer egyszeru, mindent japanul mondanak el. Sokat gyakorlunk es beszelgetunk az oran. Ennek a tobbiek nem orulnek, mert unjak rettenetesen, de legalabb a magamfajtanak is van eselye valamit megtanulni. Mindent hiraganaval irnak le, szoval ha nem tudod elolvasni, mar meg vagy love. A gazd/pol oran pl a tanar az elejen foleg japanul beszelt es poenkodott. A tobbsegnek tetszett…
Az orak elvileg hatig tartanak, szoval kb konyvtarba menni sincs idom, mert ha nem akarok ehenhalni, boltba is kell mennem, takaritani sem art, mert ellep a kosz, es akkor meg nem keszultem fel a masnapi ujabb 3 japanorara ahol megint annyit tanulunk, hogy ket nap is keves lenne a megtanulasahoz. Fun.
Remelem nem zavarnak ki a konyvtarbol, igyekszem minden felmerult kerdesre valaszolni. Elore is elnezest az ekezetek hianya miatt, ezeken a gepeken olyan nincs (van viszont otvenezer kanji…).
A legjobb, ha az elejen kezdem. Iszonyat sokat repultunk, es eleg esemenytelen volt az ut. Frankfurt fele atrepultunk Budapest folott, az nagyon szep volt, raadasul alacsonyan voltunk, lehetett mindent latni. Peldaul lattam a Nepligetet sot a Kozgazt is. Felulrol egesz mashogy nez ki a varos, mintha legobol lenne. Frankfurtban gyorsan atmentunk egy masik terminalba. A repter akkora, hogy magasvasut visz at egyik terminalbol a masikba. Itt elvaltunk azoktol, akik Osakaba mentek, ok masik geppel repultek. A tokyoi Lufthansa gepen a legikiserok fele mar japan volt, de mind beszeltek angolul (kesobb jottem ra, hogy ez milyen kiveteles eset). A kaja finom volt, inni adtak barmikor, sot mi magyarok bekoltoztunk a konyhareszbe egy kis onkiszolgalasra. Aztan az egyik legikisero visszazavart minket, mondvan ne fickandozzunk, hanem uljunk a fenekunkon, mert nincs eleg levego. Ha valaki ki akarja probalni milyen ilyen messzire repulni, az uljon le egy ovodaban egy szekre es maradjon ott 10 oraig, ugy, hogy az egyetlen szorakozasa egy TV, amit egy olyan fulhallgaton hallgat, aminek csak az egyik fele szol… Bezzeg a szomszed ulesen egy japan no felszallaskor elaludnt, es leszallaskor kelt fel. Az sem zavarta, hogy atmasztak rajta az emberek, amikor ki akartak menni a folyosora.
Leszallaskor termeszetesen hatodika reggel volt, tehat elottunk allt egy egesz nap, mi meg alig aludnunk. A japanoknal is van immigration officer, raadasul megszivtuk, mert egyszerre sokan mentunk, es ugye a gaijin (kulfoldi) az nem japan, nem fontos, tehat varhat. Szoval kigyozo sorokban alltunk egy orat, mire beengedtek. Utana talakoztunk a fogadokkal, akik meg mindig turhetoen beszeltek angolul. (A japanok egy igen erdekes japano/angol valtozatot beszelnek - ha beszelnek. Ehhez hozza kell szokni, en gyakran felet sem ertem amit allitolag angolul mondanak. Mindezt sulyosbitja a nagyszamu angol szo, ami bekerult a japan nyelvbe, ezeket direkte japanosan ejtik. pl: makudonarudo)
A lakhelyunkig busszal mentunk. Ez Tokyo kulvarosa, Fuchu keruletnek hivjak. A kornyeken van egy akkora stadion, mint a Budapest Arena (kulvarosban!) es egy vagon foci es baseballpalya. Az egyetemunkon mi csak amolyan vendegek vagyunk, van egy kulon epuletunk (JLC, Japanese Language Center) de amugy itt japanok tanulnak idegen nyelveket (fokent azsiaiakat).
A koliszobamba elottem senki sem lakott, meg rajta volt a folia nemelyik butoron, minden fiokban hasznalati utasitas lapult, a huto fagyasztojabol pedig egy osszefagyott jotallast vettem ki… (gondolom jotallas, japanul van :) ) Van egy asztal harom kisebb polccal egybeepitve, gorgos fiokos szekreny az asztal ala, high-tech huto, taviranyitos legkondi (nehogymar fel metert ki kelljen nyujtani a kezem, bar lehet az atlag japan nem er fel olyan magasra). Minden szobaban van levalasztva egy vizesblokk euroipai stilusu wc-vel es zuhanyzoval meg minikaddal (azer belefernek ha akarnek). Az agy magasan van a foldtol, ez furcsa. Agynemut kaptunk (23.000 yen, termeszetesen legomboljak rolunk). Nem valaszthattunk olcsobbat. Nagyon jo amugy, a parna egyik fele rizsszeru anyaggal van toltve a masik normalis es a pokrocunk kivalo puha, meleg. Mondjuk ennyi penzert illik is.
Az elso nap jottek a senpai-aink (senpai = tapasztalt, tehat azok, akik regabb ota itt vannak) es elvittek minket nehany helyre. Aztan kozosen vacsoraztunk. (Jah, ha valakit erdekelne, mi vagyunk a kohai-ok, a newie-k.) Ket megallo vonatozassal (olyan mint a metro, csak felszinen megy.) eljutahtunk Chofu-ba, itt van a 100 yen-es bolt es a Seiyu. A Seiyu a helyi Tesco, olcso aruhaz es sokmindennek van “Seiyu gazdasagos” verzioja, ami meg olcsobb. En ilyeneket eszem, a minosegukkel semmi baj sincs, teljesen jok. Altalanossagban minden draga, ami europai az nagyon draga, a zoldseg-gyumolcs pedig megfizethetetlen. Egy szem krumpli 68 yen!! Egy kis muanyagdoboz epret mar 600 yenert odaadnak, sot lattunk minikolbaszokat (azert kivancsi lennek az izere) potom 550 yenert. A kenyeret csak szeletelve lehet venni, de furcsa modom nagyon sokaig elall, puha es nem nedvesedik be meg ilyesmik. Meg 3 nap utan is olyan, mintha akkor vettem volna. Lehet, hogy szintetikus… ;) Amugy reggelire azt szoktuk enni, amit veszunk a Seiyu-ben, ebedelni lehet egy menzafelen (van sokfele kaja, es nem csak nyers hal ;) ) vacsorara meg vagy Seiyu_kaja vagy elmegyunk valahova a kornyekre.
Etterembe jarni azert nem olyan egyszeru, ha valaki gaijin, es raadasul nem is tud japanul. mindenutt megkerdezik, hogy hanyan vagyunk (mintha nem tudna megszamolni) es hogy dohanyzo asztalt akarunk-e (en mar itt bebuknam, de szerencsere Norbi jobban tud japanul). Fizetni pedig egy kasszafelenel kell, nem csak otthagyod az asztalon a penzt. Aztan kozben feltesznek ilyen trukkos kerdeseket, hogy mit iszunk, stb, szoval resen kell lenni. A legtobb helyen van vizautomata, ahol poharba lehet vizet vetelezni, ahanyszor nem szegyelled, es ingyen van. Ahol legutobb ettunk ott zold tea volt, es egy no mindig jott a kancsoval es teletoltotte, szinten ingyen.
Chofutol tovabb vegig a vonalon a vonattal lehet elmenni Shinjuku-ba. Itt inkabb technikai boltok vannak, itt vettunk telefont, meg termeszetesen a PlayStationtol a TVkig minden van. Ez mar hasonlit a belvarosi japanrol elgondolt kephez, magas epuletek, bevasarlokozpontok mindenutt.
A legtutibb hely eddig Shibuya volt. Na ez a tipikus gigapolisz terulet. Felhokarcolok tele neonfennyel, meg hatalmas kivetitokkel amig a szem ellat. Egy nagy ter van kozepen ahol szombat es vasarnap este tengernyi ember ozonlik midnenfele. Allitolag ez a vilag legforgalmasabb utkeresztezodese gyalogosforgalmat tekintve. Ide tenyleg befer ketmillio ember egy tomeggyuleshez. :P vannak utcai zeneszek, amit nem ugy kell elkepzelni, mint az aluljaroban nalunk. profi felszerelessel igen jo zeneket nyomnak, nem gyoztunk nezelodni. Pl ket leanyzo, egyikuk egy elektromos hegeduvel, masikuk enekelt, na az nagyon jo volt.
Eddig mindenhova egyutt mentunk mi magyarok. A senpaiok jol felkeszitettek, ugyhogy szerintem messze tobbet lattunk, mint a tobbiek. Augy vannak helyiek is, minden emeleten egy tutor, akik itt laknak, es minden este egyikuk “szolgalatban van”. Veluk nemileg angolul is el lehet beszelgetni. Vannak meg a TOFSIA-sok, ok ide jarnak egyetemre - azt hiszem - es amolyan onkentes gaijin-segitok. Sajnos az atlag japan (foleg noi, bocsanat :) ) IQ nem tul magas ahogy elneztuk. Kicsit gyerekesek hozzank kepest, kulfoldon meg tuti ehenhalnanak… Amugy kifele rem kedvesek, a tanaropk is mindig mosolyognak, stb, persze ki tudja kozben miket gondolnak a buta gaijin-okrol akik meg japanul se tudnak rendesen. ;)
meg mit irnom, es fogok is, de most mennem kell. Ez amugy is jo sok, remelem meg lehet ennyit postolni.
Vegre megcsinaltak a weboldalam (atirtak a domaint erre a cimre) szoval tudok uzengetni. Ez az a forum, ahol az elmenybeszamoloimat fogom irni, nem emailen. Szerintem ez a modszer jobb, es nem kot emailhez.
Az a baj, nagyon keves idom van, mert nemsokara oram lesz. Remelem meg ma vissza tudok jonni es irhatok egy hosszabb levelet, es tudok mindenkinek, aki feliratkozott az emailcimevel levelet kuldeni, hogy ezt az oldalt nezze meg.
Meg egy rovid dolog. Kerek szepen mindenkit, hogy tenyleg ne irjon ekezeteket azokba az emailekbe, amiket a telefonomra kuld, mert nem csak az ekezetes betut irja at, hanem az utakna kovetkezo egy-ket massalhangzot is atalakitja, ugyhogy pl a husvet szo igy nez ki: hXXvXX (az X egy kanji, japan karakter). Alig tudtam elolvasni egy-ket emailt. Timi, toled is kaptam emailt, azt meg se jelenitette, gondolom HTML formatum, es olyat nem tud, csak az un. “plain text” formatumot.
I was sick in the first place. Nasty flu combined with a sore throat took one week from my life. I am now back at the university where I won’t learn at all seemingly. Because of the trip to Japan I cannot start my semester here. I am not afarid of boredom however for I have AIESEC to fill my suddenly acquired free time.
I am about to set sail to the Lake Balaton again to AIESEC Winter National Conference. It’ll be four days long. (And there is no net there, consequently no updates either.)
I’m planning to move the whole site to a new service provider because this one can only be payed via postal transfer. Of course I cannot pay from Japan so I need a service provider that can be payed via credit cards preferably online. I am thinking about StartLogic.
The new look is online and I hope everyone likes it. I was trying to be a little darker this time, that’s why the horror theme. It goes very well with the Rules are Rules story, doesn’t it? The redesign is not finished yet, along with some of the pages that are still incomplete. Feel free to express your opinion at the shoutbox though!
I was busy lately as I’ve foreseen it. I was asked for favors by my family and AIESEC didn’t stop either even though most of the members are having exams. I am also trying to finish some of my paused projects - one of them is the page redesign. I had problems with my Internet access - again - and now it seems I will get ADSL 512/128 for free. Meaning no installation costs are to be paid.
Shock of the day was a phone call from the Japanese embassy telling me that I’ve been selected by the Japaneese Government for a five year scholarship to study at one of the universities of Japan. I am to leave Hungary at that start of April and I will reside in Tokyo. I have mixed feelings about this, and I am very unsure of this whole thing and myself. This is not a weekend trip to the moutains after all…
Weee! And Yesss! Etc. I passed my macroeconomics exam, so guess what, I am free for the rest of January.
Browsing the net I found some interesting spots and things I want to rememebr and I came up with the idea of listing them here as this is a pretty lasting place to note things.
1) Whenever I have the money I must buy Gene Wolfe: The Knight - preferably in Enlish - and then read it - preferably at nights as fast as I can.
2) Whenever I have the money I must buy Neil Gaiman: Coraline and read it only at nights. As it is supposed to be dark. My expectations of this book is to be a like Ragnar’s Rules are Rules - in a longer version. Or better for Neil seems to be a very promising writer I definately have to read something from.
3) Whenever I have the money I must buy a Chieftec BX-03B-B-B Chassis for my computer. Experts told me that the random freezing of Windows is likely to be connected to the poor quality of the power supply in my current chassis. Therefore I bought an Award-Winner Coolink AP-350X power supply to get rid of these lockups as fast as possible. However I fell in love with this cahssis in the shop… you cannot put a power supply this good into a cheap bad quality chassis, can you? ;)
Ok, book titles recorded for eternity, I am released form the burden of remembering at last. Let’s see what more is on the agenda for me?
I am still working on a translation which needs to be finished, the author is to be contacted to get his permission to show the translation to you.
I need to continue my work on this website. For one the Journal needs to be upgraded and the journal entries from the previous version of sesam.hu are to be archived as well. I also want to finish the portfolio page. And there is this new feeling in me… I can’t say I am completely satisfied with sesam.hu as it is now. At the moment I want something darker, more elaborate, more colorful (dark colours ;) ) and better designed. Luckily this feeling is combined with some free time so - unless image editing takes all my enthusiasm (I am bad in it) - you might experience some BIG changes around here.
For the having fun part I can’t wait to play Broken Sword 3. It is on my computer for a while now but I didn’t even dare to start it not to be immersed in it in a way that completely cancels any chance of studying. But now… mwhahahaha! :)
My longest-term project is to produce some written… output of my ideas constantly swirling around me in a form of a short story or novel. I have always wanted to do something like this, I have never done anything like this before and I cannot tell if it ever comes to reality. But it is possible.
For now I also have some AIESEC work to do, I need to reinstall my computer (which is definately NOT fun) and some other minor things.
Maybe I am not that free like I thought previously.
I’ve been trying my best to study lately. I’d better pass my macroeconomics exam this time because I really don’t want to spend my whole January studying again. However it is not that easy to make myself do what I have to as my previous - grammar school - experiences made me used to having excellent test results without a hard time studying.
I have many things to do once freed from the burden of studies. I can’t wait to see The Return of the King in the cinema and I need to fix my computer as well. However new it is apparently the computer case - or more precisely the power supply - is malfunctioning and that is why my Windows freezes completely on random occasions. Meaning I have to buy a new case… I’ll look into the problem tomorrow - after the examination took place.
I allowed only little fun for myself these days one of which was watching Underworld. It is a movie that surprised me at many points. For one it was completely shot in Hungary and there are even Hungarian actors and actresses in it - though they never speak. Naturally half of the crew is also Hungarian. And guess what, this movie hasn’t been shown in Hungary yet at all! If it weren’t for the Internet I wouldn’t have even heard about it. It gained almost no publicity around here despite of the impressive proportion of Hungarian work in it. I don’t know if it would ever be in Hungarian cinemas.
I spent one half of the last day of the year cleaning. (“Kreacher is cleaning.”) :) I collected my strength and tidied my dormitory room. Now everything is so clean I don’t dare to sit anywhere…
Now it’s time to set off and meet my friends for we are having a real AIESEC party tonight to say farewell to 2003. See you next year! ;)
First of all I ask you to cross your fingers tomorrow 12:00 CET for I am having an exam in macroeconomy that time. ATM I am studying I just took a short break to post. I can’t really concentrate for long periods I am much better when I study and then do somehting else.
Yesterday I took the time to read Ragnar’s journal. Maybe it is better to read a journal on a daily basis but firstly I cannot be sure he posts and secondly I don’t always have the time to check. So I sort of digest-read his journal about once a month. It is always interesting though. I pretty much look forward to his New Year post. Last year I very much enjoyed reading about his oaths.
I have plans for some longer posts about specific topics but they won’t happen until the exam period is over. I also owe some posts from the past which can happen in January as well due to my increased free time. (No lectures and - if I pass - no exams either.)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was published in Hungarian lately. It has a cool dark blue cover. Hunagrian editins have different covers form the English ones. The publisher does not copy-and-translate the cover and I think it is good. All the previous Hungarian covers have been beautiful and book V’s is no exception. As for the text it was weird to read it in my mother tounge as I always read HP books in English and I am more used to them in English by now. The translation met my - very high - expectations. Everything was in order and everything matched the previous books. The translator was wise enough to put in an extra sentence to the ‘meeting with Cho under the mistletoe’ scene explaining the British/American custom that you are free to be kissed when standing under a hung mistletoe. What I didn’t like were the fonts. The general fonts were ok, though not as beautiful as the English version’s but the in-text labels, newspaper excerpts and pinned notes were printed in pretty ugly ones.
Needless to say one can meet HP readers almost everywhere. I generally amuse people by telling them I already read the book at least five times. ;) I still think this is the best HP book so far. I agree Ragnar that the story of book III is more cunning and twisted but what makes book V an excellent one is the moral side. It has so much emotion in it and deals with so important questions of life in a very wise and gripping way that is second to none. Hermione’s simple but all-too-true observations are great. I loved the character of Luna Lovegood and the end-scene with Harry when Luna tells him her stuff is always stolen during the year. The Weasly twins’ way of seeing life I also admired. Simply I think this book is excellent because it draws our attention to things we might overlook during our rushy life. Things that are really important. And all this it does by telling a tale. A tale which is - by the way - marvelously told.
Did you know the longest night of the year - 21 December - is called the winter solstice? I didn’t but I read it in a journal. That’s what journals are out there for in the first place: picking up information you’ve never ever dreamed of to learn.
From time to time many ask me why I am writing a journal. Well apparently people like reading stuff like that. Just think of the soap operas, TV shows and the tons of ‘human interest’ magazines people watch and read eagerly every day. Human interest, even the word explains everything, we are hard-coded to be curious about other people. The more insight you gain to someone else’s life - let it be a real or an imaginary but beliveable person - the better. And apparently I like writing. If I had the skills I’d write for a living. That is something I think I’d be happy with.
Christmas is associated with love. However the last three Christmases I tend to associate with 1) burning curiosity 2) incurable envy. Why? Because of the Lord of the Rings movies and the tons of people who are lucky enough to live in a so-called ‘western’ or ‘developed’ country and therefore able to watch them much earlier than I. many are already talking about italready and they will hit Hungarian cinemas on January 5… I have yet to figure out the point of this delayed screening all over the world. I believe we have the technology to release a movie to every single cinema in the world simultaneously.