このブログであまり日本語が書かないな？それで、今から日本語を書くことにするつもりんだよね。がんばりましょうね！

じゃぁ、今日は「サクシ」ってレストランに行かなかったんだけど、雄飛さんはイギリスに帰ったとき、行って、「Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　Ｐｅｒｓｐｅｃｔｉｖｅ］って聞くでしょうね。また、ながい先生にＥメールを貰ったんだ。

さぁ、

楽しくなそうだよ！

月曜日と木曜日火曜日には一授業課もがあるんだよ！じゃ、他方で水曜日はめんどうくさそうだよ！

三時間アツ・タワーに行って、言語学レクチャーのために、ヒックスってビールに行ったら、アツ・タワーに行き帰らなくちゃ！

Joint Honoursんで、みなさん！

最後、ユニオンで道に迷うそういしわた先生を見た。多分、付けてあげればよかったね。。。

二年生になくなったね！

Timetables are now out, albeit for Linguistics and here it is;

Wednesday - 12:10 - Lecture Theatre 6 - Hicks
Thursday - 12:10 - Lecture Theatre 4 - Hicks

Well I only have one module!

As anticipated, I have pretty much all of Friday off! If Nagai-sensei allows me to come in earlier on a Friday of course. I would happily get up at 9am, just so I could have the rest of the day to myself... お願いします先生。。。 -_-

I can't believe the folks on ELL220 (language politics, Policy and planning) however. They have just one 2 hour lecture a week! Grrrr. This is the module I wanted to do, but wasn't allowed to, because it was overbooked. I'm still sorta happy doing Lexicology though, even if there is an exam and essay. No seminars does kinda make up for things however.

Wednesdays are officially a bitch!!! My week is almost like a sandwich with all my stuff packed into the middle of the week. Heh. The tutorials are basically stuff for our year abroad and are apparently quite informal. Sadly it looks like my other module "Understanding Japan through Contemporary Texts clashes with my Lexicology lecture and the other seminar thingy is straight after my Lexicology lecture on the previous day! So there is three different modules in 3 hours - back to back. I hope to god, they can see the light and change the timing ever so slightly just to give me a break. Come on SEAS sort it out and release some info for me! The pressure is killing me.

Obviously this is only provisional so I anticipate them to be switched to later time in the day. The department themselves have even said they prepared everything as not to clash with anything. -_- Hmmmm.

But potentially having all of Monday and Friday off is just: mwahahaha. *o*

I still haven't received my timetable for the 2nd year yet, which is kinda annoying because I have to start planning what I can and can't do next year. It seems pointless volunteering to do something if I have a load of work to do or come off the backend of a seven consecutive lectures (well not really, but you get the point.)

Strangely this year, I will be having less contact time than I did in the first year. Last year I had four allotted things to go to for Linguistics and now I just have to stay awake during two lectures. However I am expected to read a shit load of books for it. I actually feel more energised doing this as last year I seemed rather perturbed by being forced to do my modules last year.

Lexicology still haven't released any info over times yet, so provisionally my timetable could be looking like this;

Monday: 9.00 - 10.00 - Japanese Grammar (you;d think this would be a pain, but you don't know my grammar teacher! ;-))
Tuesday: 12:10 - 13:00 - Japanese Grammar
Wednesday: 11:00 - 12:00 - Japanese
Wednesday: 13:00 - 14:00 - Lecture
Thursday: 10:00 - 11:00 - Japanese
Thursday: 12:00 - 13:00 - Lecture
Friday: 9:00 - 10:00 - Japanese

If sensei is reading this, I prefer the early morning affairs - because I'm usually more awake. Thankfully last year we had grammar classes at 12, 10 and 9. Hehe. Somewhere I have to sandwich in two lectures and I will happily pay for them to be on Monday, any time after 11am on Tuesday. I want that Friday free goddamn it!

Overall its shaping up quite nicely. I just wish MOLE would fucking update so I can have a gander around the files for next year. >o< I have managed to download the listening exercise for week 1 of Japanese and my reaction is...

Holy shit. Well I understood the basic gist and its about Bob (the legend of Sheffield) preparing to study for his year abroad in japan. The problem with my listening is that I always understand the least important bits and don't focus on the main stuff. Well, apparently his friends want him to do his best! Its not as if I struggle to understand what is being said it just takes a while for my brain to join the dots and get the overall picture. I need a lot of practice in this!

Lastly I am making changes to my summer travelling plans. It looks like I will not be going to SE Asia as planned and am deciding to shelve it until one year later (still going on the Trans-Siberian though) - more info on this soon...!