Japanese with Maia

Hello world, this is me logging in to post my final blog as a Japanese 101 student. Let us begin: Overall, I am quite happy with the goals I set in the beginning of the year and my follow-through to achieve those goals. I got a decent amount of sleep every night (haha at least for a college student), which I think positively influenced my stress and happiness levels. I noticed when I was getting more sleep, I am more attentive in class and I participate more often, which I think is making me learn better.   In terms of going to office hours, there were some weeks that I went to only once, and some weeks that I went twice. Many of the times, I didn't have a plan on what to do during the office hours. This did not end up being a problem though because I would work on exercises with the professors that I ended up needing practice with. For example, I would work on dict-a-conversations quite a bit. I was actually surprised that I didn't watch as much anim...

こんにちわ　みなさん、 I'm sure we all know this familiar face: However, I don't think we know much about him. Everyone, this is Kazuhito Kosaka ( 古坂和仁), better known as Daimaou Kosaka ( 古坂大魔王) and Pikotaro ( ピコ太郎) (as seen in the Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen video). He is a 43 year-old Japanese comedian with impeccable fashion sense, and we are all happy for him and his rise to fame world-wide.  見てください、he even got a whole choir to sing with him! What?! I personally find this ridiculous (and kind of well done actually lol). By the way, he released a second single, portraying his love for orange juice, shown below:  aaaand, if y'all are still interested, here are more of Mr. Daimaou Kosaka's work:  "The Theme Song of Pikotaro," "The Romita Hashinikov," "Kashite Kudasaiyo," "Neo Sunglasses," "PPAP vs. Axel F." Oh Japan, you never cease to interest me, 大好きですよ <3 [not-so-reliable] Source: http...