無量空処)

 あきやすみのあいだ,   カナダのトロントにかいりました 。そして、スポーツがだいすきです。だから、ともだちといっしょにスタジアムにいきました。スタジアムでベースボールをみました。 それから、トロントでしゃしんをとりました。CNタワーのしゃしんをとりました。 それから,  トロントでよくプーティンをたべました。

Last Thursday, I went to the DPAC to see the movie  Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission.  It is a Korean historical drama about the efforts to preserve and revive Hangul, the Korean alphabet, during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1940s. The film follows a group of ordinary people who secretly collect Korean words and work to create a national dictionary at a time when the Japanese government tried to suppress the Korean language.  Within the movie, there was a line meaning: "Words contain a nation's spirit." This was a very inspiring to me because it made me realize that language is a huge part of a country's identity. While learning Nihongo at ND I hope to similarly learn of the culture within Japan and the social contexts that follow the language I'm learning. 

 しゅうまつに　ともだちと　えいがを　みました 。よく　ホラーや　コメディを　みます。 それから、カフェで　コーヒーを　のみました。 よく　しゅうまつに　としょかんで　べんきょうします。べんきょうの　あとで　おんがくを　ききます。ときどき　うちで　ねます。

Extensive Listening/Viewing HW せんしゅう　にほんの　えいがを　みました。  The  えいが  was very cool as I got to see how visual effects are streamlined. It was a  えいが  about a bomb being planted on the bullet train and how it could not go below a certain speed, but it also focused on political climates of  にほん , the  がっこう  life of the children on the train and the role of a conductor. It shows me how much more valued service workers are in  にほん  compared to  アメリカ , which can also be a representation of collectivism vs individualism between the east and the west. I recognized a lot of words that involved actions like  ジョギング ,  みる ,  のむ , and  たべる  (such as when the cart lady asked the kids if they wanted something to eat). Also, I learned more about the role of trains in  にほん  and how they can actually travel very long distances across the  くに . I also found out the  にほん  emergency number is  いち いち きゅう...