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学生の生活に戻りたいか

Posted 2007-01-13 (土) 午後5:05 by terra

最近、この話題はよく浮かんでくる。学生の生活は貧乏だし、3年も働いてきた私に対してはとても難しい質問です。お金がないと、気楽に暮らすことはとてもできない。でも、いい学歴がなければ、もっと相応しく、いい仕事も見つけられない。何かを得るために、交換物が必要ということでしょうか。（ハガレンのファンの皆さんはこういう句をよく知ってるはずです）

Subjects: School 学校

Tags: education

語学の紹介

Posted 2007-01-12 (金) 午前2:03 by terra

先日スラッシュドットに面白い記事が書かれてある。その記事によると、アメリカの有名な大学MITが色んな教材を公開してくれた。そのプロジェクトはMITOpenCourseWareと呼ぶ。

これはいいなと思って、MITウェブサイトのリンクをクリックして、日本語についての教材を参照して見た。アドバンス日本語の資料を読めば、読むほど面白くなりそうな気がする。読み物ばかりではなく、mp3や、ビデオクリップも収集している。もっと大切なのは、全部無料で、誰でもその教材を参照できる。本当に新鮮な感じ！日本語が上手になるには、努力や、興味が必要となる。もっと読むこと、もっとアニメ、ドラマを見ること。勉強の機会を見つけ、勉強し、いつか上手になるはずだ。

Subjects: Learning the Japanese Language 日本語勉強

Mood: Discoveries & Relevations

Tags: Japanese, language

Internet dependency

Posted 2006-12-29 (金) 午前12:48 by terra

The recent internet disruption fiasco due to damaged submarine telecommunications cables, as result of the Taiwan earthquakes, have made me realise how utterly dependent I have become on the internet. The speeds I’ve been getting for some websites tonight are reminiscent of the good ole days of 9.6k PC modems; and it’s driving me nuts!!

Go read a book Terra or get a life.
(On a side note, meeting up with friends over dinner today was really nice)

Funny how I’m perfectly fine without network access while overseas on vacation but having to go (semi-)cold turkey this holiday season, stuck in the little red dot is nearly too much to bear!

Subjects: Technology 技術

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: earthquake, internet

I passed my driving practical!

Posted 2006-11-28 (火) 午後9:47 by terra

HURRAH! I’m finally free from those blood suckers.

Subjects: General

Mood: Declarations

Tags: driving

Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 - やっと手に入った！！！

Posted 2006-11-14 (火) 午後11:26 by terra

Finally got my hands on the first volume of The Absolute Sandman!

This is one of the most gorgeous books I have ever laid my hands on. And I thought The Photographer’s Led Zeppelin was yummy. XD

Firstly, it’s humongous!! The graphic novels feel so miniscule in comparison. Definitely not something you’d want to take out of the house — but that’s the point of a collector’s book anyway, duh.

Secondly, the recolouring work is amazing. The graphic novels look so drab when put side by side. Additionally, the printing paper used is so much better; everything seems to pop and come alive now.

The only negative thing I can say about it for now is that when I took my book out of the slipcase, I found some nasty little weird cardboard remains sticking to the leather case of the book. I think it’s something leftover from preprocessing that wasn’t removed thoroughly. Such a pain to remove! There’s some very tiny patches of sticky patches left. Not very noticeable but I shall have to find some way to clean it. Anyone knows what’s the best way to gently clean leather? I hate being such a nitpicker but I can’t help it ‘cos I have the collector’s syndrome.

Subjects: Books 書物

Mood: Gratifications, Raves and Rants

Tags: Amazon, BK1, book, Neil Gaiman, Sandman

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