November 10, 2008
Wessel's New Toy
Wess' got mail!
Oss! This is Wessel (oras the Japanese say it; besseru). A lot happened this month. I got a new phone and now I’m mailing a lot of my new Japanese friends almost everyday.
One thing I really like about this is because it’s cheap. It’s only 300 yen ($3/ 2.40 euros) a month for unlimited emailing and SMS text messaging. In Holland it would cost me a lot more and I wouldn’t really use it anyways.
For me talking in Japanese is still difficult. I can ask questions, but I don’t really understand the answers. But when I’m emailing, I have more time to look up words. This way I also learn a lot.
It’s also good for reading and writing. I don’t really have problems with hiragana (Japanese alphabet) and katakana (Japanese alphabet for foreign words and names) anymore and I’m actually learning new kanji (Chinese characters).
I’m glad I’m finally part of the Japanese phone community (literally everyone here has one) and I wish it was like this in Holland as well.
Matane!
Wess