Have you ever wondered how did the Chinese form Kanjis? Just like the Egyptian heiroglyphs, kanjis were formed observing the nature and its surroundings. Later the Japanese borrowed these ideograms from China for writing their own language.
The Japanese language also uses the kana scripts for writing those words and phrases which cannot be defined through [...]
Kanji Story
May 31st, 2009 by mani | 1 Comment »12th Nihongo Quiz Contest
May 27th, 2009 by mani | 3 Comments »On 23rd of May this year NKK and the Japan consulate (Kolkata) organized the 12th Nihongo quiz contest. It was mainly based on our text book unlike last year’s quiz which had many GK rounds.
The 12 pairs of participants were equally good so we had a tie among 3 teams at the end which [...]
Bolt is wonderful watch
April 2nd, 2009 by merlinvicki | 1 Comment »Aw, an adorable puppy, a green-eyed kitty and a hamster in a ball. When I first saw the preview for Bolt, I had already decided, I have to see this. And boy when I did get to see it last weekend, I was overwhelmingly impressed.
The movie is about Bolt, a small white German Shepherd [...]
MoWeS Portable – Webserver on a stick
November 20th, 2008 by merlinvicki | No Comments »MoWeS stands for the three letter abbreviation Modular Webserver System and makes it possible, to run a webserver based on Apache, MySQL and PHP from an USB Stick or any other writable media (harddrive, flash cards etc.) without installation under Windows (98 to Vista).
There are two different versions of MoWeS. The MoWeS Portable and the [...]
The four seasons of Japan
November 5th, 2008 by mani | 1 Comment »Spring which starts in March and stays till May is a very busy period in Japan. It is also the season when the most beautiful festival Hanami is celebrated. The Sakura trees (or the cherry blossoms) all over Japan come into bloom for between seven to ten days. People hold outdoor parties to view the [...]
