strict and serious teachers WANTED!

[Alvinho]

Dear Mayumi.

I've read your thread repeatedly and I confess I have the same problem as yours.....the more I study and take note of unknown words the more insecure I feel about my English level.....but you have a huge advantage over me because you must live in Tokio where there are certainly a huge presence of westerns so it's easier for you to have conversation with anyone.......as for me, I haven't had opportunities to do the same because I live in a non-touristic and boring town where it's quite difficult to come across foreigners even though there are important factories and other businesses.

There's no need to be bored and hopeless....don't push yourself.....studying any language is juggling.....studying two languages and being such a disorganized guy at the same time...yeah, this is me!!!

Finally, dictionary has been my main tool, my "oracle"......every time I type any article or reply to these threads, my fave dictionary is:

Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press

[loveskyliemole]

Hi, Alvinho!

How are you today?

Thanks for the message.

Your English is much much better than mine but
you feel the same way?
Oh,then it's gonna be a long long way for me to reach
the level I can feel confortable with my Enlgish (sigh).

but I will
がんばります！

(pronunced like:gum bali mas! It's Japanese.Do you know the meaning?)


And I don't live in Tokyo, but Nagano (about 300km from Tokyo).
There are many many people from Brazil!
I once tried to learn Portugees but gave up quickly,
cos your language have female male things in your grammar right?!
But I have a few Brazilian friends and we speak English and Japanese to communicate. It's fun and I feel much easier when I am with people from overseas than when I am with local Japanese people...

Good luck with your study and thanks for the info about the dictionary!

[Alvinho]

Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

Hi, Alvinho!

How are you today?

Thanks for the message.

Your English is much much better than mine but
you feel the same way?
Oh,then it's gonna be a long long way for me to reach
the level I can feel confortable with my Enlgish (sigh).

but I will
がんばります！

(pronunced like:gum bali mas! It's Japanese.Do you know the meaning?


And I don't live in Tokyo, but Nagano (about 300km from Tokyo).
There are many many people from Brazil!
I once tried to learn Portugees but gave up quickly,
cos your language have female male things in your grammar right?!
But I have a few Brazilian friends and we speak English and Japanese to communicate. It's fun and I feel much easier when I am with people from overseas than when I am with local Japanese people...

Good luck with your study and thanks for the info about the dictionary!

yeah, as any Latin language, Portuguese has female and male elements....I hope most Brazilians who live in your hometown are not troublemakers as well as a bunch of fools who don't respect local culture like those who live in the U.S., for instance.....

I´m not sure if either my English sucks or is simply nice.......I've sought to be humble over my language studies though.....

I envy you as you have a group of dudes to keep having conversations with....

[Nikko]

Originally Posted by Alvinho

I´m not sure if either my English sucks or is simply nice.......I've sought to be humble over my language studies though.....

I envy you as you have a group of dudes to keep having conversations with....

your english is very good.. I can tell because you use I've instead of I have and you have your grammer the right way round which is I think the hardest part of any language

[Alvinho]

hi Mayumi

Don't worry.....your English is pretty good.....keep it up!!!

And Nikko, I appreciate your words....thanks!

[loveskyliemole]

Originally Posted by Koir

Excellent song, just watched in on Youtube

Oh, I am glad to hear that you liked it!
I sing this song often at KARAOKE place!
I also sing a lot of Linkin Park songs too haha.

Heh. My choice of response for that question would be "Not if I'm the only one in the bed, and you're sleeping somewhere else like a gentleman should do after helping a co-worker out in a time of need."

naruhodo.

Actually I forgot what I said to him.

He was one of the populer guys among girls.
I guess he thought I liked him too.

I basically don't like boys think they are cute themselves
and too proud about how they look.

I remember another story about this guy.
(mmm. I am not sure if it was this guy or another guy who looked alike.)

After a drinking party, sometimes people go to another place to drink again.We call it "NI JI KAI" (means like...a second party).

I told him that I was going home and not going to the NIJIKAI.
And he said "Why? I AM going and why don't you? All the girls are coming.Why don't you? You don't think I am cute enough?"

I WAS drunk and I was sick of his attitude so I went like

"You are right. Look over there, yes, that guy, wearing a duggy T-shirts with a guiter? I think that guy is cute, but I never thought you were cute and I don't think you are cute and I am pretty sure that I won't think you are cute when I see you next time.
Why are you so obsessed ? Do you think every girls have to think you are cute?

I said things like that in fluent Japanese!

He was lost and couldn't say anything back to me for a while.
And other people started laughing and one of guys wispered to my ear saying "you did a good job!"

My response: Pour the beer over his head and say "Yes, it's all you."

I wish! haha.

You mean it's all yours?

Now *that* is short.

I am sorry, I didn't get it.
what is *that*?

It works for her. Personally, I would just watch her embarass herself and laugh in my head.

I have more stories about this girl.

She once told me that she wanted to show&tell me how to get picked up by boys at bars.
We 3 girls and 1 boy went to a bar (cool music there), and I said to her
"OK, show me how to do it".
The girl walked slowly towerd to the wall and leaned against it so that she looked like she was alone. And she started suking her drink and looked up (I mean head down but eyes up... I don't know how to explain! in Japanese うわめづかい) and waited a guy try to talk to her.
My friends and me were having a drink at a table and watching how the girl goes. We were looking at her more than 20 mins but nothing happened.
She finished her drink and came up to us and said "Something wrong with the boys in this bar. Maybe it's too late and they don't have money to buy me drink or something." She wasn't joking, she was serious.

She once told me how populer she was.
"There are 3 boys love me very much but I can't choose!
I don't want to hurt any of them so I am going to pretend
that I don't know that they have feelings for me."

At that time, I was pretty sure that one of the boys liked ME not her.
He was my boyfriend but she didn't know that.
I asked him if he ever loved her, but he said
"No way! It must be a big joke, who said that?"
and I said "She did"
and he couldn't stop laughing.

Well that boy is now my husband

You have some very considerate co-workers!

Yes, I was lucky.

Expecting certain behaviours is a cornerstone of cultural norms. Demanding immediate obedience to those behaviours from someone because they think you forgot yourself after travelling to another country is plain rude.

I think I understand...50%.
I will write it down and try to translate it into Japanese
when I have more time!

We'll be here for your future stories. They are very educational and give insight to how everyday society works in Japan.

educational? oh it's now too much pressure for me (haha).

I should tell you more stories about lovely Japanese people right?

And surrounding yourself with friends who are considerate, thoughtful, and protective is a very smart thing to do.

Yes!

I remember a very good friend of mine when I was in Melbourne.

One weekend we went to a bar,
some guy was trying to offer me some drug
(but actually I didn't know what he was trying to say, cos my English wasn't good and also the music was too loud)
my friend said to him something like this
"You picked a wrong girl,mate." and scared the guy away.

He was the one told me about "Chandie" (I don't know the spelling!)
It's a cocktale beer and lemonade.
He said it looks like a reguler beer so
I won't get bothered by someone who believes that everyone have to
drink beer a lot.

He smokes a lot, drinks a lot, do some drugs too(he said they were not heavy ones), but he never let me do any of these. I was happy cos he really knew me.

Not at all. It was enjoyable.

Checking this forum is becoming something you do on a regular basis, which in itself is not a bad thing.

Koir? Can you tell me what "in itself" means?

If you are doing so instead of other things that need to be done or you feel anxiety when you aren't checking these forums more often, that is what I would call "addicted".

I see.
I am then a half addicted!

I knew it was too late (it's after 2am and now it's 3:30!) and
I knew it's time for me to go to bed, but
I didn't want to!
A silly man upset me about 5 hours ago just after work.
I didn't want to go to bed soon, cos I was sure
that I would see him again in my dream!
This is what happened.
I was holding my mobile phone in my right hand and my arm was bended
and was about to cross the street (zebra crossing no traffice light there),
but a car came and it was very slow but she didn't stop, so
I stopped and waited and didn't cross it,
then suddenly behind my back, this silly man
yelled "Hey stop using the stupid mobile phone while you are walking idiot!"
I wasn't using it and I knew what I was doing, so I could have explained it, but it was just after work I was tired from the streess, I had not power to say stuff back at that man, so all I did was stearing back. I was just stearing at him,kept stearing. I wasn't afraid.
I didn't mind if I made him angry enough to yell louder or hit me or whatever.
I was so crossed so stearing hard.
I am sure my face was really scary. I finally scared him away!

I have never done that, I mean made my face so scary!
I wish someone recorded my face and put it on YOUTUBE!

So this is the reason why I came here tonight and taking more than 1.5 hours to type this.

Sleep well, and thank you!

I will try!
It's boiling hot in Japan right now.It's really muggy.
It's hard to sleep well.

How is your area?

I think I am calm down now.
Thank you for your message.

You saved me

[Koir]

Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

Oh, I am glad to hear that you liked it!
I sing this song often at KARAOKE place!
I also sing a lot of Linkin Park songs too haha.

Heh. I can see you singing "Faint" and surprising everyone!

I remember another story about this guy.
(mmm. I am not sure if it was this guy or another guy who looked alike.)

After a drinking party, sometimes people go to another place to drink again.We call it "NI JI KAI" (means like...a second party).

I told him that I was going home and not going to the NIJIKAI.
And he said "Why? I AM going and why don't you? All the girls are coming.Why don't you? You don't think I am cute enough?"

I WAS drunk and I was sick of his attitude so I went like

"You are right. Look over there, yes, that guy, wearing a duggy T-shirts with a guiter? I think that guy is cute, but I never thought you were cute and I don't think you are cute and I am pretty sure that I won't think you are cute when I see you next time. Why are you so obsessed ? Do you think every girls have to think you are cute?

I said things like that in fluent Japanese!

Wow...nice response! I'm not the target and it still surprised me with the ferocity of it all.

He was lost and couldn't say anything back to me for a while.
And other people started laughing and one of guys wispered to my ear saying "you did a good job!"

*laughs* Quite so!

I wish! haha.

You mean it's all yours?

Eh, yeah..that makes more sense.

I am sorry, I didn't get it.
what is *that*?

Apologies. It was an attempt at a part of comedy that says if a description of thing is mentioned twice, that doubles the impact. In this case, I understood it as "very short", which gave me an image of either "booty shorts" or "panties worn as outerwear".

I have more stories about this girl.

Excellent!

She once told me that she wanted to show&tell me how to get picked up by boys at bars.
We 3 girls and 1 boy went to a bar (cool music there), and I said to her
"OK, show me how to do it".
The girl walked slowly towerd to the wall and leaned against it so that she looked like she was alone. And she started suking her drink and looked up (I mean head down but eyes up... I don't know how to explain! in Japanese うわめづかい) and waited a guy try to talk to her.

I think I understand. Head down but eyes up and looking through her own eyelashes to be able to observe anyone coming near while appearing unaware.

My friends and me were having a drink at a table and watching how the girl goes. We were looking at her more than 20 mins but nothing happened.
She finished her drink and came up to us and said "Something wrong with the boys in this bar. Maybe it's too late and they don't have money to buy me drink or something." She wasn't joking, she was serious.

Mm. Well, in that case, nod and make reassuring noises. While laughing in your head.

She once told me how populer she was.
"There are 3 boys love me very much but I can't choose!
I don't want to hurt any of them so I am going to pretend
that I don't know that they have feelings for me."

At that time, I was pretty sure that one of the boys liked ME not her.
He was my boyfriend but she didn't know that.
I asked him if he ever loved her, but he said
"No way! It must be a big joke, who said that?"
and I said "She did"
and he couldn't stop laughing.

Well that boy is now my husband

*laughs heartily* And that is a rather large point in your favour over her in many of your discussions, no doubt.

I think I understand...50%.
I will write it down and try to translate it into Japanese
when I have more time!

*nods* Ah, okay. It even sounded too formal when I was typing it out, so don't feel too badly. Sometimes I confuse myself!

educational? oh it's now too much pressure for me (haha).

I should tell you more stories about lovely Japanese people right?

Heh. Stories, good or bad, are all worth listening to at least once. Though in order to provide a balance...yeah, nice stories are appreciated as well.

He smokes a lot, drinks a lot, do some drugs too(he said they were not heavy ones), but he never let me do any of these. I was happy cos he really knew me.

Sounds like a very nice guy. Us guys are flawed sometimes, but we try to stay normal and presentable

Koir? Can you tell me what "in itself" means?

In this case, I am restating the phrase "checking this forum" without using the same words.

Essentially:

"Checking the forum is becoming something you do on a regular basis. Checking the forum is not a bad thing."

I see.
I am then a half addicted!

*nods and smiles* Okay then.

I knew it was too late (it's after 2am and now it's 3:30!) and
I knew it's time for me to go to bed, but
I didn't want to!
A silly man upset me about 5 hours ago just after work.
I didn't want to go to bed soon, cos I was sure
that I would see him again in my dream!

Yikes, that's bad!

This is what happened.
I was holding my mobile phone in my right hand and my arm was bended
and was about to cross the street (zebra crossing no traffice light there),
but a car came and it was very slow but she didn't stop, so
I stopped and waited and didn't cross it,
then suddenly behind my back, this silly man
yelled "Hey stop using the stupid mobile phone while you are walking idiot!"
I wasn't using it and I knew what I was doing, so I could have explained it, but it was just after work I was tired from the streess, I had not power to say stuff back at that man, so all I did was stearing back. I was just stearing at him,kept stearing. I wasn't afraid.
I didn't mind if I made him angry enough to yell louder or hit me or whatever.
I was so crossed so stearing hard.
I am sure my face was really scary. I finally scared him away!

Excellent work. My reaction to his words would have been to follow them, and use the phone to hit him in the head. But then I'm the easily annoyed type

I have never done that, I mean made my face so scary!
I wish someone recorded my face and put it on YOUTUBE!

I'm sure the look you gave him is in *his* nightmares from now until eternity. It may give him a reason not to act so badly in the future!

So this is the reason why I came here tonight and taking more than 1.5 hours to type this.

It's appreciated, believe me.

I will try!
It's boiling hot in Japan right now.It's really muggy.
It's hard to sleep well.

How is your area?

Not all that hot right now, but there are still some ridiculously hot days with highs of 41 degrees Celsius (probably 100+ Fahrenheit)

I think I am calm down now.
Thank you for your message.

You're welcome. *smiles*

You saved me

You're going to make a Canadian boy blush!

Have a great day!

[StripMahjong]

Originally Posted by loveskyliemole

I see.
I learned that sentence from one of the songs from the Sarvage Garden.
http://music.yahoo.com/Savage-Garden...lyrics/1654632

Maybe they meant different thing from what I wanted to say?

It could just be a regional thing. English can be a bit different, not only from country to country, but even within a single country. English spoken on the western coast of the United States is slightly different from the English spoken on the eastern coast. As I said, that sentence sounds odd to me, but maybe it isn't considered odd somewhere else.

I guess it's because I am a girl, so I get really bothered
with this "How to deal with offering drinking" stuff.
Maybe you don't have to worry much because you are a guy.
(Am I right? or you are a girl too?)

Yep, I'm a guy, so I guess I won't have to worry about this much. Still, it seems like a confusing thing to have to deal with. You have my sympathy.

When I was in Yokohama which is one of the biggest cities,
not many people go to work by their cars, so
our bosses and workmates know that we all are allowed to drink.

When I said " Sorry I can't drink any more. I am weak for alchole"
to one of the guys who were about to pour some beer in my half full of glass.
He said "Don't worry, I am not going to make you too drunk! You are afraid of ending up waking up in my bed tomorrow morning huh?"

Wow... Doing something like that to a woman in the US would end up with the woman kicking the guy in the groin.

Not only guys. I never forget this silly girl. She LOVES boys, you know.
She wears a short skirt which is extreamly short. Anyway, She loves drinking
and getting drunk and always starts doing really silly things on perpose.
Once one of the boys was trying to give me more sake which was a really strong one, I told him "I really can't have it, cos I will get too drunk and won't be able to go home by myself!" then this silly girl said
"What a boring girl! Why you are here then?Getting drunk and doing silly things is the reason why we all here for right, boys!?"
Well, actually she was wrong. That party was for some of our workmates who were leaving the company, so there were more than a few people thought the girl and the boys around her were too immature and saved me from having his sake.

That's rude for a variety of reasons. At least your coworkers helped you out. I would teach you what we call that type of woman in English, but I would get in trouble with the moderators.

One of the bosses (man) said to me
"Because you went to Australia, you forgot the Japanese custom? Why don't you pour my beer? You see? My glass is getting empty.A good Japanese girl always be awear what man wants and needs and serves him before he asks you".

...I don't think these guys should ever try dating in the United States. It wouldn't end well for them.

I was trying to be against it, trying to tell them they were not right,
but you see? They were drunk people, so I though there was no point.

Arguing with drunks is usually pointless, but at the same time you should stand up for yourself if it gets out of control. I'm not even a woman (or Japanese) and I was insulted by the last story you gave about how you were told a "good" Japanese woman "should serve" a man.

That's why now I keep my glass full with whatever I can drink (lemonade,iced tea or whatever) when I feel I am in "DANGER"!
But of course I don't do such silly thing when I am with good friends.

If you did have to do that, they wouldn't be your friends!

wow it became a long story.
I hope I didn't make you yawn!

Nope, not at all!

Well, I think "not spending too much time online chatting" is much healthier.

But it isn't as much fun.

I basically use my computer for work and also for just reguler emails to keep in touch with my friends, but since I found this forum I enjoy talking with you guys I am "getting addicted " (is the right explanation for this?)

Yes, that's correct.

I also mainly use my computer for talking with people (and studying Japanese). Most of my friends have moved away in the last few years, so the only way we can stay in touch regularly is with the internet.

I simply have not enough time. I need more time, I need 48 hours a day!

I need more time, too! It's almost time for me to go to bed, otherwise I would be writing more in Japanese. I'm being a bad student.

But, this is good practice for you, at least!

Well...
Don't worry about correcting my English this time.
I know it's too long and has got too many mistakes in it.

They are all small mistakes, though. Everything you write is very easy to understand.

Have a good day!

You too!

[loveskyliemole]

Originally Posted by StripMahjong

It could just be a regional thing. English can be a bit different, not only from country to country, but even within a single country. English spoken on the western coast of the United States is slightly different from the English spoken on the eastern coast. As I said, that sentence sounds odd to me, but maybe it isn't considered odd somewhere else.

I see.
I understand that cos it happens between Japanese and Japanese too.

Yep, I'm a guy, so I guess I won't have to worry about this much. Still, it seems like a confusing thing to have to deal with. You have my sympathy.

Yes, it's confusing and complicating, but
those people expect me to understand it and do "the right thing"
because I AM a JAPANESE GIRL.
If I don't look like a Japanese, then they wouldn't expect.
I sometimes think I should have my hair totally blonde and wear
coloured contacts then pretend like I can't understand Japanese.

Wow... Doing something like that to a woman in the US would end up with the woman kicking the guy in the groin.

haha,he sould go then, and get kicked!

That's rude for a variety of reasons. At least your coworkers helped you out. I would teach you what we call that type of woman in English, but I would get in trouble with the moderators.

hahaha, I would love to know those words!

When I was working at a secondary college in Australia
as "a visitor teacher", the kids were all trying to teach me
all the bad and rude words but always their teachers stopped them.
The kids also wanted me to teach them bad ones in Japanese,
but as you know, our bad words don't sound as bad as yours.
or maybe Osaka dialect does, but I don't know much about it.

...I don't think these guys should ever try dating in the United States. It wouldn't end well for them.

You know what? Those Japanese guys usually don't know about other countries+ don't understand English, so it would be very difficult for them to find a date anyway!

Arguing with drunks is usually pointless, but at the same time you should stand up for yourself if it gets out of control. I'm not even a woman (or Japanese) and I was insulted by the last story you gave about how you were told a "good" Japanese woman "should serve" a man.

I was told that I have to be "a good Japanese girl"
if I ever wanted to be a "geisha" or a "hostess" at a special bar in Ginza,Tokyo.
I didn't want to be neither of them.
But I have asked if I wanted to work as a hostess
by some of the owners of those bars.
They said I should because I could be a good hostess, cos I TALK a lot, and
I could earn a lot, they emphasised.

But I couldn't be bothered to learn all the lesson "How to be a GOOD Japanese girl to be loved by Japanese men"
I just wanted to be real "ME"
so I told them no thank you and go away.


I have a question!

How would you react when a Japanese woman sitting next to you
watching you and serves you like...
keep pouring your drink before you finish,
gives you tissue or towel just before you were trying to get one by yourself,
get a lighter and be ready to light up when you just touch the box of cigarette(maybe you don't smoke, but just imagine!)

Do you think this girl is a girl of all guys dream?

I need more time, too! It's almost time for me to go to bed, otherwise I would be writing more in Japanese. I'm being a bad student.
But, this is good practice for you, at least!

Yes, you have been a bad student! haha
There are no new message in that Japanese Hiragana thread anymore.
I really want to help you guys! So please come again!
Even a short message will do, you know! Good practice!

[loveskyliemole]

Apologies. It was an attempt at a part of comedy that says if a description of thing is mentioned twice, that doubles the impact. In this case, I understood it as "very short", which gave me an image of either "booty shorts" or "panties worn as outerwear".

mmm it soulds more difficult...I am lost! I am sorry
I will print it out and ask my American friend to explain.

I think I understand. Head down but eyes up and looking through her own eyelashes to be able to observe anyone coming near while appearing unaware.

Yes, that's it!

Mm. Well, in that case, nod and make reassuring noises. While laughing in your head.

yeah I wanted to laugh in my head, but
I found more like sadness, about this girl.

Heh. Stories, good or bad, are all worth listening to at least once. Though in order to provide a balance...yeah, nice stories are appreciated as well.

Here is a good story, just happened yesterday.

At my English school, we take the students out to the park often.
Yesterday, when one of our girl students was playing frisbee with our
American teacher, two higschool girls passed by and said
"This is not a place for foreigners." or something like that.
Then our student, got mad! She said how rude they were!
You know? our student is only 6 years old! and the high school girl maybe 15 or 16!

She asked me to go to the silly girls to tell them "You are bad girls!"

I was so moved you know?
Oh, my students are learning something "right"!
Even our students are not fluent in English, cos they go to reguler school everyday and come to our school only once or twice a week for 90 mins,
but they are learning something really important!

They think our American teacher is one of our best friends!
He isn't gaijin but our friend!

I love my students and I am so pround of them.

See? There IS a very good Japanese girl !
(oops but at the same time I told you about 2 rude Japanese girls.)

Sounds like a very nice guy. Us guys are flawed sometimes, but we try to stay normal and presentable

Yes, he was a nice guy...

It's weekend and I don't have to get up early in the morning so let me write about this guy.

<<warning>>You don't have to read this, cos it's gonna be long and boring...


I would marry him, if he could be honest to tell me that he loved me before I decided to leave Melbourne for Sydney.We were both 25.
I have a romantic but sad love story...

We were "too good" friends and afraid to tell each other that we wanted to
be more than friends...
I found out that he missed me really bad after I left Melbourne.
I couldn't go back to him, cos I had a college to go to in Sydney.
It was all too late.

Later I met a guy and was living together.We went back to Japan together.

But accidentaly I met that guy when I visited in Melbourne for a month.(I didn't plan it)

We couldn't finish talking cos we hadn't met for over 2 or 3 years.
After having dinner, he was walking me to the railway station,
He said "Don't go back to Japan. Stay."
I didn't know what to say.
I sait to him "I wanted, but your country didn't give me a visa to stay forever" I said it as a joke, I actually never try to get the parmanent visa.
He didn't say anything for a long time.

I changed the subject.
"You should stop smoking and drink less for your health, I am worried."

and he said,
"I will, if you stay"

I was so sad...

I knew that that was the best he could say to me, he wasn't good at dealing with girls, he was more like a guy having a lot of guys friends and very popular among them but not girls.

you know, if you are a shy guy just like him,
but you have to tell the girl if you really like her.

I might have stayed, if he said something more.

We met a few times until the day I was leaving Melbourne for Japan.
The last day, we took a train together, he had to get off (for work) before me... he hugged me for a long long time even there were many people on that train.He have never done that such things before, he was too shy.
He knew and I knew too, it was going to be the very last time for us to meet.
and we were right.

Excellent work. My reaction to his words would have been to follow them, and use the phone to hit him in the head. But then I'm the easily annoyed type
I'm sure the look you gave him is in *his* nightmares from now until eternity. It may give him a reason not to act so badly in the future!

Yes, you are right. I actually said " naruhodo, so dayone!" to my computer!
I never though that way. Yes,he might have had a dream and "scary me" in there!
Actually his face wasn't scary to me at all, it looked more like a some kind of comedian to make people laugh, so even I met him in my dream, I wouldn't be scared, but for him! He had to see my most scary face ever! I don't think he can forget it for a long long time, oh what a poor man.

Not all that hot right now, but there are still some ridiculously hot days with highs of 41 degrees Celsius (probably 100+ Fahrenheit)

We use degree Celsius too.
When we have over 25 degree at night,
we call that night "nettaiya".

It's nettaiya tonight!

You're going to make a Canadian boy blush!
Have a great day!

I meant it.
You saved me.
Your message saved me from upsetting feelings.
The old man didn't show up in my dream.

Oopsie,
It's 2:15 am and I should go back to work!
(I have a very important email to finish and send!)

Have a lovely weekend!