The Gym

Thanks to all of you who came to the gym on the 11th!



Some of you played badminton:





Some of you played basketball:




A few even played cards:




But I think just about everyone played volleyball:




I'm a little sore today. I hope everyone else is OK. See you Friday in class!

Volleyball, badminton, basketball, etc.

I've reserved the gymnasium for 1:00 on Sunday this 11th. 10月11日（日）の 午後1:00から体育館で遊べるように予約をしました。友達を誘ってね。

By way, in class the other day, I gave some examples of weird mistakes we foreigners have made in Japanese. I just tried to type "tomodachi o sasotte" (please invite your friends) and it came out "tomodachi o sasatte", which is not exactly grammatical but sounds like I'm trying to say "stab your friends" or something. (Correct Japanese for "stab you friends" is "tomodachi o sashite" 「友達を刺して」-- just in case you feel you might need this useful phrase.)

Party must be rescheduled

Due to conflicts that have come up, we will not be able to have the party as planned. 他の行事と重なるため、予定通りにゼミコンができなくなりました。I think will will probably hold the party in November. 11月になるのではないかと思います。We are still looking for a good place. どこでするかについても検討中。提案があれば教えてください。

Trip

We decided on the weekend of November 7th for our trip. Today we need to talk about where to go. Last week I mentioned Yamaga and Arao (home of sword smith). One suggestion I would like to add is Nagasaki. Obama has been invited. Perhaps we should go.

Party

The date we chose for the party last week is October 17. We need to choose a place soon. Perhaps a few students can volunteer to organize it. ゼミコンの幹事になってくれる人がいれば大変助かります。とにかく10月17日を空けておいてくださしい。

Blog addresses

I don't know the blog addresses of most of the new members of the class. If you have a blog and have posted, and if I have your address, you should be able to find a link to your post on the right side of this page. If it's not there please contact me.

First class of the fall semester

Here is what I would like to do today. さて、今日は次のことをしたいと思います。

1. Divide into small groups to get to know each other. 少人数のグループに分かれて、自己紹介などをしてもらって知り合いになってもらうこと。
2. Take pictures. 写真を撮る。I do this so that I can learn the names of the participants and so that you can learn each other's names. お互いに名前が覚えられるように写真を撮るのです。
3. Pick at date for a party. パーティー（コンパ）の日を選ぶこと。I suggest that we pick one of the following Saturdays: 10/17, 10/24, 10/31, 11/7 (I'm not sure about my schedule in early November -- I may have to take a week off to go to the U.S.).
4. Pick a weekend for a class trip. ゼミ旅行の週末を決めること。(Refer to same dates)
5. Make blogs and start writing in them. ブログを作って、書き始めること。Please click here to see what I asked people in this class to do last fall. I would like to begin in the same way this semester. 去年の秋の最初の授業でゼミ生の皆さんへの説明を見るためにはここをクリックしてください。今年も同じ課題で授業を始めたいと思います。