Thames Clipper

Thames Clipper
Thames Clipper
Thames Clipper

We went a date on the Thames Clipper last week! Its basically a bus on water, but with a costa on board! We bought a return ticket and went up to North Grenwich and back. It took an hour and 20 minutes. It was fun! I took some cheesy touristy photographs, even though I see the sights everyday!!

Smudge

Smudge
Smudge
Smudge
Smudge
Smudge
Smudge

This is Smudge, she doesn’t get nearly as much love as she deserves. Shes a very special cat. She never meows, only squeaks. Every single time you touch her, she squeaks or makes some sort of grumpy hrumph noise.
She’s been a very lonely cat recently and cries all night every night. So during the day she’s extra affectionate. She’s started giving me hi-fives and insists on holding my hand all the time. Its adorable if a little painful sometimes!

Christmas 2011

Better late than never!

Christmas 2011

The christmas tree :)

Christmas 2011

Family Trivia cards that came with the crackers! I got all the family ones, my mum won at food and my dad won at general interest!

Christmas 2011

Dinner on christmas eve. The most amazing fillet of beef!

Christmas 2011

I traumatised the cat on christmas morning. This was my first christmas without Prin.

Christmas 2011

Christmas cards/presents. Mog the cat!! best christmas present ever!

Christmas 2011

Christmas dinner with the Family.

Christmas 2011

My new second cousin. Its much better when you can hand them to someone else when they start crying!

Not pictured is me in various unflattering positions playing xbox kinect! So unsexy.

Japanese Greetings

I’ve been learning Japanese. I’m not particularly good at it, I really need to do some for an hour every day but I’m just not that committed! I’ve just finished Hiragana but there are still a few annoying characters I get confused about! In particular ne (ね) re (れ) and wa (わ) not to mention sa (さ) and Chi (ち)!

A very nice Japanese friend of my mums has lent me some japanese books! Aimed at 7-12 year olds. They are hard! But I whenever I learn languages I always fall down on vocab so without further ado here is my first list of vocab to learn!

  • おはよう ございます (ohayou gozaimasu) – Good Morning.
  • Literally Means ‘It is early’, so best used before 10am else you’ll have people wondering what sort of time you get up at!
  • こんにちは (konichiwa) – Good Afternoon
    • Used in the daytime after 10 but before 6.
    • Not sure why its pronounced wa and not ha, but i’m sure I’ll get onto that when i’ve learnt more!)
  • こんばんは (konbanwa) – Good Evening
    • Used after 6 until around 3-4 am when it starts to be おはよう ございます again!
  • おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) – Good Night
  • どうもありがとうございます (doumo arigatou gozaumasu) – Thank you very much
  • どういたしまして (dou itashimeshite) – You’re welcome
  • はじめまして (hajimemashite) – Nice to meet you (when first meeting someone)
    • Kind of means “we start our relationship”.
  • どうぞよろしく (douzo yoroshiku) – Nice to meet you
    • Kind of means “please be nice to me.” or “pleased to meet you”
  • 〜です (-desu) – I’m -
  • おじぎ (ojigi) – Bow
  • おなまえ (onamae) – (your) name
  • おなまえ は なん です か。(onamae wa nan desu ka?) – What is your name?
  • おげんき です か。(ogenki desu ka?) – How are you?
  • げんき です か (genki desu ka) – I’m well
  • はい (hai) – Yes
  • いいえ (iie) – No
  • にほん (nihon) – Japan
  • 〜じん (-jin) – A person from
  • にほんじん (nihonjin) – Japanese person
  • Its all very exciting, i’m just about to start Katakana so I can write english words as japanese, like カレーライス which apparently means curry rice. (ku-re-i ra-i-su – it takes a lot of imagination!!