Japanese Splendor

Taking my first Japanese class is definitely a bliss and I'll never forget what I learn, well..sort of..I'll probably gonna revise through the textbook if I have time. I don't know whether I'll take further Japanese course because if you have been following my blog for a while, I'm planning to change majors from creative writing (yes I have to kiss it goodbye but I'll never stop writing poems, stories, and memoirs) to journalism or editing (anything that includes writing). It would be awesome if I take Basic Japanese II but I have to see whether I can take one more course before I graduate. I still have five courses left to take and I plan to use them all with either Print Futures or Communications. Anyway, this idea got stuck in my head when a man talked to me in a bus stop this afternoon. He asked me what program I'm taking and as I answered "creative writing", he was impressed because not much young people take such a program. I agree! WE NEED MORE YOUNG WRITERS! And not just any young people, but ASIAN WRITERS!!! 
Lol...anyway, hope you enjoy this new poem I wrote. ;) It just flowed from my fingers on the laptop keyboard in minutes. XD

Learn a new language is in my resolution,
and at first my mind was a blurry
but my heart was skipping like a lark.
Never knew that Japanese class
could be so much fun,
and I'll never forget this class.

Throughout this four-months journey,
I've never been involved in a circle for so long.
The interaction with colleagues feels so real
and the laughter from silly errors is contagious.
Never knew that I can have a new language tongue,
a new speech that I have achieved,
well...partially.

A friendly grin
followed by "O genki desu ka"
is always there whenever I enter the classroom.
I feel like a welcomed guest.
The Sensee encourages us to learn and to understand,
to practice and to master
the characters, grammar, and vocabulary
like a ninja who succeeds in throwing a shuriken
at a goof far distance.

Now the road has come to an end.
I realize that time speeds by
and we never know when we will see each other again.
Yet
like a bud that peels its petals open
in a Sakura tree,
our eyes are opened to a whole new world
with a new language we are able to speak.
Someday I'll bump into a local Nihonjin
and greet with a joyful "Ohaiyoo".



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