ೋ 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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	mei 2008-07-02 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	I am always interested in the lives of those in another country besides my own. For example, the firewall exchange in your comments on this post so far have intrigued me. I'm always interested in learning several new languages as well, so perhaps we share a hobby. (Reply to this)(Thread)

moonrise
2008-07-02 06:30 pm UTC (link)

I have lived in China before; I came back to finish my B.A. and then got accepted into grad school, so I'm moving back. I'll definitely be posting pictures of my travels in China, so if that interests you, please feel free to add me!

At first, I thought you knew Chinese because of your username; "mei" means "beautiful" in Chinese. ^_^

What languages have you studied so far?

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mei
2008-07-02 07:37 pm UTC (link)

I would love to see photos when you can provide them. Culture tugs my interests so much, but it's hard to find friends in different countries who post about that sort of thing. I suppose since a journal focuses primarily on their interests that writing about the world around them isn't anything new? Sorry if that makes no sense @_@; I am a bit goofy today.

Ah no sadly. My birthday is May 1st, so I'm often nicknamed May due to the date. When I found it was the name to one of my favorite video game characters, I decided to make that my alias here (as is the fad with my friends). I've been trying to stay away from the Asian languages due to the fact anime and video games interest me slightly. I don't want to be labeled as one of those individuals who learned the language just due to those hobbies.

I am currently learning Spanish and German at the same time. German is my fun language, the one I want to learn for myself. Spanish is due to the area I live in - southern California. We have a lot of immigrants and Spanish is more common here than English. So to better improve my career opportunities, Spanish is a must. I also plan on learning French and Italian, which will be very easy once I've mastered the prior two languages. French would be just in case I moved to Canada, where it's a very common language. Italian is just because it's a beautiful language.

I could go on and on about all the languages I wish to master. One of my role models growing up was a translator for the United Nations and the woman spoke/wrote 31 languages before she was thirty years old.

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