ೋ 由紀奈 (moonrise) wrote in addme,
@ 2008-07-02 10:44:00

My name is Yukina, which gets shortened to Yuna if you like or not, it doesn't matter much to me. ^^

I'm...

- 23 years old
- Just recently accepted into East China Normal University for graduate school (hence the Chinese flag) and also recently graduated from university in the States.
- Am pursuing my Ph.D in Chinese literature and linguistics
- Japcasian (Japanese + Caucasian, lolz) though sadly my Chinese is better than my Japanese at the moment
- Currently living in my homestate of Michigan until August, where I will move (back) to Shanghai
- A language-learning addict (I'm currently also learning Hebrew and American Sign Language)
- I love reading, especially fantasy novels. Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy, Anne Bishop's The Black Jewels Trilogy and of course, Harry Potter are my top favourites. I also rather liked the Twilight series. I own more books than I own clothes, and I love shopping so... what does that tell you? ;D
- Am a girly dork; I'll buy clothes in one shot and then a video game system in another
- Would like to make some more friends!

My journal is friends' only for comments, so just leave a comment here if I strike your fancy or wish to ask any questions! ♥

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	shinimegami 2008-07-02 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Hahahaha, my katakana fails at life for that very reason. I really should practice with it more, but I don't usually have a reason to use it. XD;; Yuck. And I thought free speech was under attack here. Bleh. Honestly, while I'm glad this place won't be enough to offend the Chinese government, you kind of have to realize how sad it is to say that. XD;; (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

moonrise
2008-07-02 06:14 pm UTC (link)

I practise generally when I'm bored by making an English word sound "Japanese-y" or try to sound out my friends names in kana and write it out. It helps. XD

you kind of have to realize how sad it is to say that. XD;;

Oh, I do. I certainly do, and it's painful sometimes because I love China so much and it's very hard to support China when there's just so much hate, conflict, and misunderstanding, especially when as an American overseas in a country like that, you are seen as a living symbol of freedom and democracy and ordinary people come to you, begging to know what it's like to be "free" and yet you have no idea how to tell them that we're not as free as they dream us to be... it's very difficult. x.x

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shinimegami
2008-07-02 07:52 pm UTC (link)

I can't begin to imagine how difficult that must be. I have a hope that one day China will come around and learn to trust it's people more than it does now, but I don't know if that will happen during my lifetime. I certainly hope so.

On top of that, it's kind of sad that there isn't much of the intellectual sort of discussion going on here at scribbld. XD;;; At least, not enough for the Chinese government to get involved.

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