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what's your normal life like? - kainzero - 2011-08-10
work 9-5 on the weekdays. @_@
monday / wednesday, i started filipino martial arts classes. man, the old guys there seem so slow, but once they have eskrima sticks in their hands, they're like lightning.
i try to squeeze in weight training when i can.
i play street fighter 4. lots of street fighter 4. i'm also horrible at it. occasionally i mix in other games, especially hentai... i mean doujin ones.
i review japanese during lunchtime, and do reviews after classes or after i get home. one time i did reviews during my rest periods when weight training. i'm not sure if that was a good idea or not.
occasionally i write in my blog, write on lang-8. i also exchange emails with several japanese people.
i bought a kindle. i read nonfiction.
the other thing i do for fun is eat. i love to eat. grab some friends and go eat, explore new places, go back to old places. i feel like i have to eat in-n-out once a week.
what's your normal life like? - Tzadeck - 2011-08-10
I work from 8:30 to 4:15 Monday-Friday.
Mondays I go to my Japanese tutor. Afterward I go to an izakaya that a funny middle-aged lady owns, and she has a bunch of regular customers that know me, so I hang out with them for a bit.
Wednesdays I've been going to sanshin lessons, but unfortunately all my friends who were doing the lessons with me just went home, so now I have to decide whether to go by myself.
I usually go out Friday and Saturday nights with friends. Usually dinner+bar/karaoke. I also go out with a lot of Japanese girls, but in a very casual way and I don't sleep with any of them, haha. I just like talking to them I guess. There is one I really like and I'm trying to get her to be my girlfriend.
Then, most of the rest of the time I read books. I read non-fiction generally, but lately I've read a lot of fiction in a short amount of time (For some reason I re-read 1984, Brave New World, and The Great Gatsby in the last month. And I'm about half way through The Brothers Karamazov).
I play guitar and sanshin, so I try to do one or the other for at least an hour a day.
I generally only study Japanese in my free time at work. I do read manga at home, if I'm bored of whatever book I'm reading.
(It's not daily life, but tomorrow I'm going to Tibet on vacation! Let's hope I don't die of altitude sickness, haha. Wish me luck.)
what's your normal life like? - Offshore - 2011-08-11
Ummm, work full-time during the week, usually play some games/read when I'm not working. Been keeping up with JP reviews but haven't studied/added anything in months. Hang out with my girlfriend on my days off & usually on days where I work in the evening & have time in the morning. I started P90X (a workout routine) 3 weeks ago & absolutely love it.
Other than that, recently signed a contract with the U.S. Army to be a Cryptologic Linguist about 3 weeks ago & am just waiting to ship out in January. No idea the language I'm going to learn (Japanese is highly unlikely), so I've kind of stopped studying as a result. I'm really hoping to make an argument to learn Mandarin Chinese, as that would be interesting to me & it's very "in-demand" in the Army currently. Really hoping I don't get stuck learning Arabic or some language I'll never ever use later on in my life...
what's your normal life like? - Bokusenou - 2011-08-11
Taking two intense Summer courses currently. Not much time for Japanese stuff, though I read J-novels and listen to Jpop on my phone in between classes and studying, so I guess that's something. I'm just hoping my anki reviews don't pile up too much...
what's your normal life like? - Hashiriya - 2011-08-11
I just go back and forth to college every weekday where I am majoring in Japanese Language & Literature. I'm also in Army ROTC now. Other than that, I spend my days watching Japanese TV/anime, playing video games, and talking to my Japanese wife >_<
what's your normal life like? - Ginmanm - 2011-08-11
I don't have a "normal" life.