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gg lesson

20:44 Thursday 28 May 2015 JST

Today before GG lesson, T asked A (in English) if she had read M's email. A said she had not.

I used this simple exchange as the basis for fully 45 minutes of lesson:

T: "Did you read M's email?"
A: "No I didn't."

R: "What did you ask her?"
T: "I asked her if she had read M's email."
R: "and what did she say?"
T: "She said she hadn't."

(^_^)V

R: "What did she ask you?"
A: "She asked me if I had read M's email."
R: "and what did you tell her?"
A: "I told her I hadn't."

(^_^)V

Then, when M arrived, I asked her to ask T what she had asked A.

M: "What did you ask A?"
T: "I asked her if she had read your email."
M: "What did she say?"
T: "She said she hadn't."

(^_^)V

And then I had M ask A what she had been asked.

M: "What did T ask you?"
A: "She asked me if I had read your email."
M: "What did you tell her?"
A: "I told her I hadn't."

(^_^)V

And then we went a step deeper.

R: "Sorry, M, what did you ask T?"
M: "I asked her what she had asked A."

(^_^)V

R: "T, what did M ask you?"
T: "She asked me what I had asked A."

(^_^)V

R: "A, what did M ask T?"
A: "She asked what T had asked me."

(^_^)V

Then, while I was checking homework, M smartly asked T if she could see her notebook (which I had just corrected).

R: "What did you ask her?"
M: "I asked her if she would show me her notebook."
M: "I aksed her if I could see her notebook."
M: "I asked for her notebook."

guess im not getting meerkat

17:53 Thursday 28 May 2015 JST

requires iOS8. No way am I crippling my phone for an app I might not use!

hahah new wifi antenna

17:47 Thursday 28 May 2015 JST

The usb connector is two times bigger than the wifi antenna (housing) itself.

huggin amma

11:51 Thursday 28 May 2015 JST

I'm pretty sure this is the third year I've hugged Amma, or she hugged me, I guess. Last year I received a mantra from her, and I confirmed I remembered it (almost) correctly. I had one vowel slightly off (and all the other things that are lost in the translation from Sanskrit to English).

I've got a ticket labeled J-2, along with probably 50 other people, though I don't honestly know how many tickets there are per letter-number combination. They're on G-2 now.

There are some kids playing hide and seek. 10 year old boy stood just behind 9 year old girl while she was counting, so when she turned around, he was immediately tagged and started counting. Kinda tough when they only have a single room with one or two hiding spots (though there are some large structural columns, it's hard to hide "behind" them with all sides open.

12pm

planned schedule:

~~By 15:15 bye Amma~~ ~~15:23 monorail~~ ~~15:33 KT Line~~ ~~16:00 Kawasaki~~ ~~16:10 ride home~~ ~~16:30 Get Dell, pet Jennie~~ ~~16:40 leave home~~ ~~17:00 bike place~~ ~~17:10 Kawasaki~~ ~~Tokaido Yamanote~~ ~~17:35 Akiba~~ ~~17:45 new wifi,~~ screws 18:30 lesson

17:58

I got the wifi in Akihabara and now I'm chillin' at Famima, not studying Japanese for some reason, although I did write some sentences while on the bus.

Okay okay I'll go back to Anki now.

received rollerdog from krimms

16:57 Thursday 28 May 2015 JST

I received via snail mail the hardcopy version of Rollerdog I purchased from Krimms. It looks beautiful in its pristine packaging. I haven't opened it yet, and probably won't open it until further notice... though I'll email him and ask if there's anything he put in the book specifically for me.

thumbnailed

01:31 Thursday 28 May 2015 JST

Thumbnail creation summary:

2365 thumbnails existed, and 4091 needed to be created
Execution time: 998 s

Oh snap! That was just for my /travel directory.

Showertime now; I'll let this thing run.

8324 thumbnails existed, and 6788 needed to be created
Execution time: 2789 s

7:09 next morning.

Wait what? The second existence-total should include the first existence-total, but the second numbers are cumulative.

I just ran it again:

$ ./create_thumbs.pl ~/b.robnugen.com/
15112 thumbnails existed, and 0 needed to be created
Execution time: 36 s

Weird.

日本語を勉強しました

12:10 Thursday 28 May 2015 JST

There are probably errors in the Japanese notes below!

千鶴さんからメールをもらった：

ロブさん

メールしてくれて、
どうもありがとうございます！

今週の土曜日は残念ですが、
レッスンの内容が決まったら、
すぐにメールしますね！

おやすみなさい～^^

私の返信

黒ヤギさんからお手紙空いた。
白ヤギさんたら読まずに食べた。

ハハじょだん。

こんにちは

日本語助けてくれてありがとうございます。

そう、土曜日行けないは残念だね。そのことですけど、千鶴先生の宿題をもらてやて頑張りたいです。

たくさん人いること、私は英語であまり喋りないので日本語でもぜたい喋りたくない。すごく難しいです。だから、昨日私の変な日本語直してくれてすごくありがたいです。

路武より

16:59

1. ちょさく　writing (book)

「ちょさく」と言う言葉あまり覚えない。文を書いて勉強します。

1. 「電車乗った時到着（とうちゃく）まで著作（ちょうさく）を読んでいました。」
2. 「迷路の著作を書きたいんだけど。」
3. 「簡単な日本語の著作で勉強できるかな。。」

1. 不換紙幣　ふかんしへい　fiat currency
2. しっけ　humidity
3. 繰り返す　くりかえす repeat
4. 潰す　つぶす　squoosh
5. 数える　かぞえる　count