Another one bites the dust!

Well, that was number four out of the way. I had my usual Monday Headache again yesterday and so I had to ditch extra study in favour of a kind early night at 12 after studying til almost 8pm at school and then heading home. Got up at 6 in the end and though in hindsight if I'd done a tiny bit more revision on one more small section I'd have had almost full marks, as it is I'm pretty sure that this will be an exam that gets me a decent result and what's more I know that it was a class worth taking. Unlike yesterday's first lesson which just felt like a hotch-potch of too much kanji or memorization of katakana (read specialist and completely random English loan words that I am unlikely to use and know the meaning of anyway, generally, because it's English!!!(of a sort) Though it today's class the katakana words could be a pain. Whilst I have it easy in understanding the meaning, when asked to explain the word in Japanese it gets tricky! Usually katakana is a plus for English-speakers (like kanji is for native Chinese speakers) but in this case it's no help at all because you know what it means you don't necessary bother to learn how to explain it in more complicated old-fashioned terms that Japanese kids are unlikely to use themselves. Having said all this to outcome is that the class has really helped me to improve my comprehension skills (it's like the comprehension part of the yr 12 English exam or somesuch activity) only now I've moved on to doing it in Japanese! Still not hot what the hell a predicate is even if I can remember the kanji for it in Japanese . . can rarely work out what it is in English! But Jules (Linguistics queen that she is) would be way proud of me and by process of elimination in the end it struck me that the teacher was just being fancy and only wanted us to underline the two main verbs of the sentence . . at least I think that's what he wanted!!! ～(.>＿<.)～
Also learnt lots of interesting idiomatic phrases and had the opportunity to have the teacher explain them in Japanese. I find that I now have moved on to feeling really comfortable being taught Japanese in Japanese!! Yay!

Today on the train this morning I couldn't concentrate on my studies for all of the thoughts that my brain kept skipping over with regards to crafty items. Japanese women seem to have this thing about the sun which induces to cover up the money they have paid so much money for with crazy black sun visors, detachable sleeves to protect your arms and other such accroutrements. It makes me laugh and wonder why people spend all this time on their appearance only to patch it all over and make themselves look quite ridiculous . . . wonders of daily life will never cease to amuse and entertain.

Anyway, I thought that if I got a hold of some of them arm thingos I could embroider and otherwise decorate them and such and make them into accessories that hip to the kids cyclistics (my arms are getting frecklier as the days go by regardless of suncreen, though I doubt this would really induce me to wear them when riding!) and general vogue groupies would so get into. I think such items would probably be a hit with emo hipsters and fit right in with the fancy designer sweat bands. Then I thought up lots of ideas for badges to make to go with them and stuff . . All when I should have been focused on subjects, object, predicates and kanji.
NO stealing my ideas people!

I have great new polka-dot sockettes on today! To all those who have recently received packages, how are everyone's great little tiny socks doing? Love them love them! Just can't get enough . . .

Righto . . . might go have some lunch and see about some revision for Thursday's two exams. Night off tonight . . . should be fun!