小姐??? Today, Hitomi taught me a Chinese sentence on Skype. I don't know why, but the way she said it was so funny... I started to cry because of laughter. She was intentionally saying it that way in Chinese. Anyways, she also told me that in Chinese, people never call another girl 小姐 because it means "hooker", but in my Chinese class, my professor said that it means "lady"... ('-'*)

Should I be studying traditional hanzi as well...? I'm slowly learning Mandarin (very slowly). I'm mainly studying hanzi because I'm a full-time student studying another subject. Anyways, is it OK to just study simplified characters?

1st Japanese Entry... みんなこんにちは。今日はいい天気ですね。。。I think this entry already looks like it's going to be very "つまらない”。I'm very nervous because this is my first "free writing" that I'll do using Japanese. 今は午後五時です。今朝に日本語のverbalテストがありました。verbalテストはとてもやさしかったです。for the verbalテスト、私は私のクラスメートとスキットをしました。吉田先生はうれしかったです。私と私のクラスメートはとても元気でしたから。 私もうれしかったです。Not because the skit went well, でも私の夏のクラスが金曜日に終いますから。私はちょっとかなしです。I will miss my class and most of all 吉田先生。吉田先生は本当ちいさいとかわいい先生！ --- Whew, I feel like I rambled and wrote a lot of gibberish to accommodate for my poor Japanese. It's funny how although getting a good grade in the class is easy, actually using the language is hard... I was wondering... If I don't know the kanji for a certain word but know how to write it in hiragana, is it perfectly fine to do so until I learn it?

오늘은 피곤하다 와... 피곤하다... 피곤해, 피곤해, 오늘은 너무너무 피곤해~ ㅎㅎㅎ 오늘 아침에 일본어 시험을 봤어요. 그냥 여름방학을 재밋게보내껄, 근대 빨리졸업하고싶어서 힘들게 지내는거에요. 요즘 중국어도 공부하는게 너무재밋어요. 여기 italki에서만난 "챈루"라고 부른 중국친구때무네 motivation이 생겼어. 아... 나는 한국 사람인데 왜 한글 글씨가 힘들지요? chicken이 왜 "닭"이냐 (it sounds like "dalk" but it's pronounced "dak", so why not "닥"...)?! 그리고 ㅔ vs ㅐ 언제 use 해야됀지... 아이고, 힘들어서 콩glish이네요... 하하 됀장(찌게).

Does anyone use Kakaotalk/Whatsapp to communicate? I started using Kakaotalk/Whatsapp to talk to my language partner, and it's been much more successful due to consistent exposure. Do any Chinese/Japanese speakers use these applications? If you don't know what they are, please disregard.. ^^

Slept in today... I haven't been able to get much sleep nowadays; I actually end up sleeping in today and missed my summer session class. Ack! Anyways, I've been depressed recently. A lot of people think that I'm a really happy person because I act positive, confident, and sometimes goofy to make others feel better. I guess it's not good to act this way because it gives others a false impression of who I am. I'm starting to sound "emo", but I wish I had a shoulder to lean on sometimes. I have only a friend or two who know about my problems. My high school friend Haeli always knows how to cheer me up though. She says the darnest things... :)

Life Update... Ah, it's been awhile since I've logged into this website. I feel as if a lot has happened to me during the past few months, or perhaps I only feel that way because I've been really busy... My life currently consists of only going to school, working, and going to the gym. Of course, there are a few other things... but those things are very minor. Hmm, I've been mainly keeping up with school... but now that it's summer, I've mainly been studying Chinese characters, Japanese, and reviewing the organic chemistry that I learned semesters ago. I have a very big exam coming up called the MCAT: it's what students need to take in order to be considered for medical school. I guess I can say that my life depends on how well I do on it. Please pray for me :) I hope I can be a great doctor one day and travel the world. I really want to help people gain access to health care regardless of status! It's interesting how although I have confidence in reading and comprehending Chinese, I have no confidence when speaking it to Chinese speakers... On the other hand, I can craft sentences in Japanese much easily than I can in Chinese; there definitely is a benefit of knowing Korean when learning Japanese. Well, I have to get ready for work soon... Here's my study list currently: -Biochemistry -Organic Chemistry -Finance (self-study) -Chinese (self-study) -Japanese -Formal Korean (self-study) I really need to start studying Spanish at a more "serious pace"... I forgot to mention that I still didn't replace my laptop... I've been using my sister's spare laptop, but it's been sufficient for now, so I don't really feel the need to replace it. Please send me emails or find me on Facebook! I love reading messages in languages other than English :)!! Here's a photo that I took this morning... :)

Done with final exams c: Hmm, I finished my final exams for this semester, and I think that I got all A grades in my classes :) Yay... Anyways, it's my sister's graduation this weekend. She's graduating from UCLA, but she's worried because she feels as if she's in limbo and doesn't know what to do next (in life, that is).

Does anyone like cabeza? ㅡ.ㅡ It's way too soft...I was talking about tacos with "cabeza" (cow meat, hehe).