Well, its been a while, so ive decided to start this ol'bloggywog back up again.
A lot has happened, and its now a busy time of the year, much like the rest of it...
ANYWAY, it seems as though spring has come once again after months of gloom, we finally had a good days sunshine and reasonable warmth today, nice change lets hope it stays that way.
In academic news, ive got a LOT of coursework to do now before the end of term, now only a week and a half away. A lab report, an essay on Japanese politics and general revision.
Now an announcement to those of you in the manchester area on FRIDAY 27th MARCH, at the PHOENIX BAR on Oxford road at 9PM, there is the annual MUJS cosplay party, DO COME! its gonna be a great night, mainly because my band is playing haha, yes were well underway with preparations, weve got a half hour set playin various anime and japanese covers, as well as a Metallica cover for no apparent reason! But hey itll be great, we have band practice normally on a monday night but lately weve stepped up to two nights a week, so as soon as this gig is done we can begin the song writing process again.
But to those of you reading,let me just point out one thing, i may use japanese words every now and then in here, but let me assure you i am not your typical wannabee who only knows "kawaii" i am learning the language as part of my degree, and i proudly admit i watch anime but i am not the typical fanboy who just rates everything as 10 out of 10 just because it japan related, just wanted to point that out before we begin, because some blogs/people i have seen about are that type of well frankly, fag.
now that were all caught up i can now begin todays news and items.
Today has been quite a good day, nice weather relatively laid back day. Had japanese this morning, preparing for my listening exam next week, should be ok.
This afternoon was much more interesting; in my Japanese society lecture today we continued looking at the traditional 家(Ie) household ideals, based on lineage and how it has developed now into more 家庭 (katei) or nuclear families. Perhaps the most intriguing thing was after that when we were introduced to the view of the japanese psyche, and the interdependance and connected mindsets that they have, for example the character for person 人（ひと） or hito is written as 2 lines, and looking at it in a different way, you could say that this character is made of two lines each leaning on the other, without one the other would fall, signifying that humans are supported by others, and the kanji for human being or "ningen" 人間 means "between people". The view of 命(inochi) also was brought into the fray, meaning life itself as an existance, not your everyday life (生活), not just human life (人生), but all animals and plants share the inochi, "inochi is the only thing all that all creatures have in common". Very interesting indeed. And there is todays cultural insight into japan, my new item which i will post everyday!
Yay, if you managed to read this whole post then pat yourself on the back, and i award you a *fix* virtual cookie.
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