こんしゅう

わたしはメリッサバイ！ I learned my name in Katakana; it sounds a little funny because of the "r/l" sound. My Chinese name means white snow alliance, I know that the first part in Japanese would be しろゆき,  but I don't know the Japanese word for alliance. When I put 盟 in Google Translate it gave me アライアソス... not sure if this is right.

まいにちべんきょうします。わたしもまいにちてれびをみます。I kind of てれびをみます too much and べんきょうします not nearly enough... I will try to あしたてれびをみません。Technically I watch everything online, not on a TV, but I haven't learned the Japanese word for online video streaming yet, if there is one.

こんしゅうはFamily Weekendです。I'll get to see my mom きんようびとどようび, although I'm not sure what we're going to do.

What I'm REALLY excited for is next week. らいしゅうにちようびにともだちとconcertのSMTownをいきます！SMTown is a Kpop concert and I'm so lucky to be here in New York because Kpop rarely comes to the US. Now I can see my favorite group Super Junior:

I never would have thought that I can have the chance to see them in person :D Maybe if at the concert one of the groups performs a Japanese song I'll be able to understand a little bit^^

If you've never heard of Super Junior before this is their most well-known song:

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。