じこしょうかい! (Self Introduction)!

こんにちは！私のなまえはのべるくんです！はじめましてどぞよろしくおねがいします！私はちゅごくじんです。だけど、私のしゅっしんは日本の横浜市です！私はプリンストン大学の一年生です。きょうは私の誕生日ですよ！私はけいざいがくはだいすきです。

As you all know, I was born in Japan because my parents worked there for about 10 years. Well this year, they decided to go back to Japan for the year and so I helped them move in to their new home! Our home was in きふね area in　名古屋市！Here is a look at my parents wonderful new home.

 This is the view right when you walk in.

 The living room!

 Left of the living room is our dining table. Pretty empty as you can see.

 Kitchen!

 Facing the door

The back porch!

Anyway I have many other photos of Japan to show you as well but before that here are some introductions in Japanese!

WOW. 凄い。Japanese 101 is exactly what I dreamed it would be! Ever since my love of Fruit Ninja on iPad I knew that Japanese was my language. Just the feeling of utter satisfaction as you slice an assortment of exotic fruit with a japanese style sword called a KATA-kana. Just kidding. Just wanted to put a pun in there to start off the blog. But I am not kidding about being excited to take Japanese 101! Being a Japanese native till the age of 6, I always felt hollow and empty in my teenage years. Perhaps it was the Japanese language that began to fade ever since I came to the US or the feeling of homesickness I feel even know I'm technically an American. Anyway, coming out of my high school which did not offer Japanese, Japanese 101 is a dream come true. Although it has nothing to do with Fruit Ninja and frankly that was almost racist, the even assortment of knowledge we get on reading, writing, and speaking is like picking fruits of knowledge from a bonsai garden. So unlike those who take Japanese to experience something new, for me it was more like regaining something that I had lost.  I am most excited about beginning to speak Japanese AGAIN. When the time comes to start speaking Japanese, I will jump into it with open arms ready to regain what was in the back of my head for a very long time. Although I can tell the pace at which we are going in, even for someone who already knows some Japanese, is quite fast, I am ready to be challenged and pushed to my limits in a class that I love with all my heart. I will still play fruit ninja on the side, but form now on its べんきよばかり！。