ೋ 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 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	You sound pretty awesome. :D I can has add? XD I've been learning some Japanese recently, but I'm sure your Japanese is still better than mine. XD Also, do they still have those internet restrictions in China? If so, are you worried about not being able to be on when you return to Shanghai? Just a random question. XD (Reply to this)(Thread)

moonrise
2008-07-02 05:47 pm UTC (link)

I will definitely add you back! And hooray for learning Japanese; it's such a beautiful language, isn't it? Unfortunately like most half-Asians or Asians growing up in America, my speaking is FAR better than my reading and writing, which is... sadly... crap. D: I'm working on it, however, and if you want to practise I'd be more than happy to!

Yes, there is still the Great Firewall of China, but happily Scribbld isn't blocked. LiveJournal, however, is so I will primarily be posting here. ^^

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shinimegami
2008-07-02 05:53 pm UTC (link)

Indeed it is. ^.^ It's pretty funny because it's the other way around for me, I can't speak right off, but reading and writing is a lot easier for me. Most of it has to be in hiragana though, as I only know a few Kanji. ^.^ I could def. use some practice though, since I won't be returning to class until fall.

LOL. The Great Firewall of China. Never heard it put that way before. XD *hides scribbld from them* I'm sure if they find out it will be blocked too. ><; Good thing they have no idea that there are tons of clones out there?

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moonrise
2008-07-02 05:57 pm UTC (link)

I totally recommend practising your katakana off and on, as IMO you don't use it as much and sometimes later you'll see a word and be like, "...eff, I know that kana... which one is it?" and then later feel stupid, haha. I majorily use hiragana and kanji. :P

Well, LiveJournal was blocked mainly because of all the political opinions that were out in the open for Chinese to read, a.k.a. what other people thought of Chinese government actions. Since obviously THAT is so wrong, they blocked LiveJournal. *eye roll* I'm sure with the majority of the posts on this site being, as I've noticed, entries in

flamecup and rating communities, I'm sure the delicate sensibilities of the Chinese government won't be offended. ;D

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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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	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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	uhoh 2008-07-02 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	friends? :) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	moonrise 2008-07-03 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Yes, I would love to be friends! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	uhoh 2008-07-03 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	yayyyy :) i added you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	manderr 2008-07-03 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	i think that learning many languages is interesting. :O added. add back? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	moonrise 2008-07-05 02:34 pm UTC (link)
	I will definitely add you back! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	toki__wartooth 2008-07-26 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know if you'd still be accepting new friends, but I added you and would like to be added back. You won me over with language-learning. :] (Reply to this)

	luring_hearts 2008-08-04 05:10 am UTC (link)
	Yuna, you seem like an amazing person. I would love to have you on my friends list. Add me? Susan 18. Book worm. I will have more up in my user info soon. I just joined. (Reply to this)

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