little achievements

I'm taking both Chinese and Japanese and already I'm starting to get confused, especially since we're starting Katakana and a lot of the characters are similar to Chinese ones T.T It's been a bit of an overload trying to memorize sets of both Chinese and Japanese characters at the same time, hopefully I won't become so disoriented that I end up writing Chinese on the Japanese midterm.

Yesterday I tried reading my bottle of Japanese cleansing oil and I was able to recognize a couple things here and there. It wasn't much, but I was pretty pleased to have made just a little progress, although it'll probably be a while before I can read a full on novel and not just skincare bottles.

It works really well! I recommend to any girls with stubborn makeup that won't come off  in one wash.

...I would type in Japanese, but I realized that I just don't know enough to convey my thoughts properly.

English makes me :)

Konichiwa! My name is Melissa and I present to you my blog Shiro Yuki, dedicated to Japanese.
I first became interested in Japan because its amazing creativity in street fashion. Now, I'm a fan of all things Japanese such as food, anime, music, art, and random little cute things. I hope to one day visit Japan so I can see the fast-paced society for myself, and try legit takoyaki.

Right now I'm a freshman at Columbia University, (prospectively) majoring in East Asian studies. I actually spent three months agonizing about whether to take Japanese or Korean. In the end, Japanese was the clear winner because not only would I like to speak Japanese and visit Japan, I can see myself staying there. I've just recently learned hiragana, although it is still a little difficult for me to read through a sentence.

はじめまして！

わたしはMelissaです。あめりかからきました。Columbiaのがくせい。じゅうはっさいです。このblogはわたしのです。どうぞよろしく、おねがいします。