はる やすみ

わたしは　はる　やすみに　ともだちと　バハマに　いきました。　たくさん　しました。　ビーチに　いきました。　にちよびに　いきました。　にちよびに　かえりました。　おもしろかった　です。　バハマの　てんきは　よかった　です。　ときどき　あつかった　です。　でも　にほんごを　あまり　べんきょう　しませんでした。

Haru Yasumi

Wow... what an amazing spring break.

Bahamas o ikimashita, and it was amazing. Great weather, great sun and beach. The problem was, when we were about to come back our flight got cancelled and delayed, and we had to spend forever in the airport, only to book a late flight back in.

Other than that, though, it was a good experience. I even brought my Japanese book!

Bahamas wa zenzen samukunakatta desu. New York wa samui desu.

- George Liao

First homework in Hiragana

I just completed my first homework using all hiragana. And it was... pretty hard. I was a little confused by the double consonants (kitte) and the shu and kyo's. But after I got the hang of it, it wasn't too bad. It just took a little longer than usual because I had to pause pretty often to recall what each character was.

But doing the homework in all hiragana definitely helped me a lot in terms of recognizing and writing it. I think I'm almost ready to take that hiragana quiz... but maybe first a review.