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EJLX Advent Calendar 2020

shini
Stormfather
214705183010193408
December 1
cool chicken sensei 🌸
chicken
326532809948659713
December 2

December 2, 2020 | Advent Calendar | chicken#3413


Hello everyone! Chicken sensei here.

In voice chat, I often get the question, “chicken sensei, what do you teach?”

My answer is simple: I teach people things I like – mainly programming, Japanese, and mathematics.

Last year, I founded a programming club at my school. When people hear programming, they often think of website/app developers. However, the programming I like to do is a bit different. Using mathematical algorithms to create visually pleasing creative works is called generative art. Unfortunately, most people have never even heard of generative art. I created this club because I wanted more people to know about coding art. Every week, I teach my club different ways of making algorithms for art.

I also teach Japanese. My parents are Japanese, but I grew up in the United States. At school, I help out the Japanese teacher and instruct some of her students during her “office hours” (or something like that). I have also worked as a private tutor.

Math is my strongest subject. In 10th grade, I learned calculus. My school offered a class called AP Calculus AB, but didn’t have the more advanced AP Calculus BC class. I self studied the BC part. I now teach both calculus AB and BC.

To be able to show and teach others things you like is an amazing thing. I will keep doing this, as teaching is one of my passions too.

Now it’s your turn. If you have a passion, don’t keep it to yourself – value it, spread it, and maybe even teach others about it. Or, try learning new things!

天使
Victorian
603081340581314560
December 3
December 3, 2020
ayumminu
ayumminu
473013785884622848
December 4
Advent Calendar: the 4th of December 2020.

INT. A chat room - NIGHT

(Inu and Neco are chatting on DM. Their name is username. They don't know each other's real names.)

Inu(Ayuwoof): It was great to chat tonight. Thank you and see you next week. Good night Neco.

Neco (Ayumeow): Thank you Inu. Good night! :)

INT. Ayumeow's room - NIGHT

(There are beauty goods in her room. Ayumeow turns off her laptop computer)

Ayumeow: Ohhh, my gosh! It was so much fun! I love Inu! Ah, I wish this kind of time could go on forever.

(Ayumeow embarrassed, covering her face with her hands)

INT. Ayuwoof's room - NIGHT

(Ayuwoof turns off his laptop computer. He sighs deeply.)

Ayuwoof: It's more about Ayumeow than chatting. I'm sure she would have forgotten about me. It was just a year ago today that I was helped by you. Do you know that I'm finally a dog cop?

(Ayuwoof looks at a poster of the nation's most popular pop-cat-idol Ayumeow)

INT. Angela's room - DAY

(She was dumped by her boyfriend via a chat a few minutes ago in this morning. With the phone in her hand, Angela was crying on her bed.)

Angela: Why? What made him angry? I don't know him at all!

(She hears a mysterious voice, something whispering directly into her head.)

Shinigami: I will give you the superpower of darkness.

Angela: What!? Who are you?

Shinigami: I'm Shinigami, I'm on your side. With this power, you can take away the good looks of pop-cat-idol Ayumeow and money of a dog cop Ayuwoof.

Angela: I want to get the beauty and money to revenge on my ex!

(Shinigami makes that a darkness apple appears in front of Angela.)

Shinigami: Take a bite of this special apple. You can turn your heartbreak into anger.

(Angela eats its apple. She was transformed into "Angera" by Shinigami's dark power. She fearless smiling, saying)

Angera: Anger is justice! I defeat those two and take it all!

EXT/INT. Ayumeow's live hall - DAY

(Angera: looks for Ayumeow, and smashing the Christmas decorations on this hall in anger. Ayuwoof comes to Ayumeow)

Ayuwoof: Hello, my sweet. Missed me?

(Ayuwoof, wearing a policeman's uniform, approaches Ayumeow with a bouquet of roses)

Ayumeow: Ew disgusting! I have someone to love not you.

Ayuwoof: I see. By the way, we don't know each other's yet, do we? What are your hobbies? What's your favourite thing? I want to know about you more.

Ayumeow: My hobby is watching movies. Wait, why do I have to say it now? We have to defeat that angry monster.

(Ayumeow looks at Ayuwoof with a dumbfounded expression.)

Ayuwoof: Hahaha. I want you to remember me. My hobby is drawing. I would like to draw you a picture next time.

Ayumeow: No thank you.

(Angera finds Ayumeow and Ayuwoof having a conversation and approaches. They noticed her approaching.)

Ayuwoof: Oh, I forgot to say!

(Ayuwoof says one word to Ayumeow, something. Ayuwoof goes to take down Angera alone.)

Ayumeow: Why......

(A single tear on her cheek)

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my comment: I've written the post contents of the three people who have posted AC so far, and a part of my name. Thank you for taking your time to read my article. Please don't hesitate to send me your corrections via DM.

メーヴェ
メーヴェ
712819028053327926
December 5
December 5th, 2020

Merry Christmas!
At first, I'm hoping you guys are having great holidays.

Lately I'm having a lot of to do in my life. like, my gramma got dementia, also my job became really really busy for some reasons, even though I speak English every days with some of my friends on the VC.

My next year's resolutions are

  1. Speak/listen in English better than now.
  2. Learn English way more accurate in some Univ.
  3. Take the license, called "1st class Qualified Certified Electrician".
  4. Cherish my precious friend, also family, and gramma.

3 of those resolutions were related by the COVID sadly...
But... I mean...

Everything definitely will be fine.
At this moment, the entire world on fire. But STAY STRONG EVERYONE!!!!

After this COVID became better, let's hangout like good old days, hm??

Please take care for your healthy life, and make your year the best one next year!! friends!

Happy new year!!!!

Sakuragi Yuno 桜木さん
Daku
596274217234989057
December 6
December 6th, 2020

Happy new year and Merry Christmas)

Hagane 波我禰
Hagane
421470232029167617
December 7
December 7th, 2020
kashi
kashi
624938907062239302
December 8
December 8th, 2020
ゆい
Pentacal
233487484791685120
December 9
俺の記事を読め!
December 9th, 2020
ゆきの
Skyz
107202830846148608
December 10
スカイズのアドベントカレンダー 2020
Lith
Lith
139564398275592193
December 11
Lithの文 11/12/2020

まず、参加させてありがとうございます。実は初めて一つ以上の文章を日本語で書いているから、ちょっと心配している。読んだり聞いたりするばかりだから日本語で書くのが変な感じだけど、頑張ります!

何についての文章を書くかわからない。まあ準備すればよかったね。じゃあ新年の抱負では書いたらどう?まず第一2021になってから日本語の喋りとか会話とかは真面目にし始めたい。オーストラリアの田舎に住んでいるから、日本語で喋るのが大事じゃない。それなのに、自分の幸せのためにもっとちゃんと話せるようになりたい。私の日本語の話すこと以外が日本語がちょっと大丈夫だから、話す練習をすればいいんでしょうね。それとも2021に自分の家を改善したい。今年、とうとう未来の妻と一緒に自分の家を買ったから嬉しいけど、今は....この家には…手を加える必要があるw。築く方法はさっぱりわからないから、学ぶいい機会になる。早く夏は来ていてエアコンがなくてそれはリストの一番上にある。そうすると、もしかして新しい書斎(書斎は正しいですか?ある部屋で読んでいるということ)か鶏が欲しいから庭を直すればいいんです。2020に私は太るようになった。めっちゃデブデブですから、ちゃんと痩せることにしました。もう1.5kgを失った!来年は80kgになりたい!今は93kgです

以上です。それは今まで一番多くの日本語を書いた でも、実は楽しいですね

訂正を楽しみにしています

いろはざーど
Iroha ≠ インディ
747514283344003133
December 12
EJLX Advent Calendar; December 12, 2020

To be honest, I’m still the same idiot who boarded a one-way flight from Japan to Canada a few years back.

I may be blessed with more white hair, but my optimism and love of language are still here.

That’s not to say that the past few years have been a breeze. Between studying, working and getting used to cultural differences, I’ve had my fair share of near mental breakdowns.

My time in university taught me many things. The most prominent include:

  1. Some people actually wear their PJs to lectures
  2. Realising I want to be a copywriter, except…
  3. My English is too lacking

The third one was obviously a big obstacle. How could I hope to compete against others who have a more intuitive grasp of English — especially natives?

I still don’t really know. I also don’t know when I’ll reach my goal or if I ever will. But in the future I want to be able to look back and say, “I might have been an idiot with too high hopes, but I’m glad I gave things a shot.”

A copywriter I greatly admire told me this: “You’re bound to get a lot of conflicting advice from different writers. At the end of the day, it’s up to you to decide who you listen to and what kind of writer you’ll be.”

It’s similar for us as language learners, isn’t it?

Whether you’re learning English or Japanese, there’s an overwhelming amount of advice out there for every step of the way. But it’s your choice what to listen to and what to ignore. What’s important is remembering to maintain your individuality even in another language, because only then will your thoughts, feelings and ideas really be yours.

Next year I’ll be taking another step towards my goal by attending portfolio school. Whatever your goal may be, I hope you’ll also be able to close a bit more distance. I believe 2021 will treat your courage kindly.

Pres. Chicken Kaguya (Matsuo)
𝖘𝖎𝖒𝖕
439066710109323264
December 13
Submission for Advent Calendar

By Matsuo, whose Japanese is really really bad

千 - JP level N15 🔰
Senと千尋
338495775044665344
December 14
Advent Calendar, day 14th
Adiost
Adiost
238326803003867137
December 15
アドベントカレンダー2020
12月15日(火)
Sei 静水 (セイスイ)
Sei 静水 (セイスイ)
687401005972848676
December 16
Alexis / アレクシー 🇫🇷
d/Alexis
294441472864944129
December 17
いろは
Indi ≠ いろは
308386771723616257
December 18
ඞざっぴ
Zappi
652705051684503557
December 19

令和2年12月19日(土曜日)

  去年(2019年)と今年(2020年)とは、どっちのほうが苦痛だったのか分からない。去年は高校三年生で、VCE(センター試験のよう)が気になっていて、これまでもこれからもずっと自己期待は大きいから、流石に去年も自分に期待しすぎたんだ。  
  さらに、高校生だったから、交際するはずなのに社会的コミュニケーションの困難のせいで、人と親しくなるのは大変だ。だから交際したかったのに、ほとんどの同級生に変だと思われて、高校の中で孤立してしまった。  
  実は、年をとるにつれて付き合いが上手になっているから、去年はそれまでの数年間ほど苦痛ではなかった。それまでの数年間に対比して、いじめられなかったし、交際する機会があったし、彼女でもいたんだ。  

  ただし、2020年は大学一年生で、生活を一変するチャンスだった!専攻は言語学で副専攻は日本語だと決めて授業に登録した。学期の最初の2週間、大学の日課に慣れていたり友情の輪を広げたりして、本当に生活を楽しんできた。しかし、

コロナショック  

  コロナウイルスのせいで、ビクトリア州はふと封鎖されて、さらに交際能力が上達したり成熟したりしたにもかかわらず、自宅待機にしてしまって、もう一回孤立無援の悲哀に沈んだ。第二週間目から全部オンライン授業で、2005年から増えないインターネット接続のせいで、毎日毎日「今日Zoomでの授業に参加できるの?」って分からなかったし全然同級生と交際できなかったし、大学1年生の経験が錆びちゃった。一方、自分で勉強しなければならなかったから自粛と勝ち気ようにしなければいけなかった。今まではそのようじゃなかったから修養するように励まされていた!  

  オーストラリア人としては、他の国より大打撃を受けていないのは幸運だろう!他の国で新感染者数がますます増えている中、ビクトリア州は50日頃の間に新感線者はないから、コロナショック前のような生活に戻れている。  
  でも、毎日新感染者数は700人以上の時(7月〜8月)は失意の時代だった。特に老人ホームに広がりながら、祖父母は亡くなるかどうか知らなかった。広がり終わっても、これから何年もビクトリア人はトラウマを抱えているだろう。  
  そうと言っても、来年からは楽観なんだ。ワクチンのおかげで、これっきり「COVID-19」というクソ言葉と聞かないだろう!

Coda 小田📝(ただのこだだよ)
Coda
199222214078365697
December 20
onigiri (Panda version)
お大事に
613155793302323210
December 21
2020/12/21
Santa with a present
Steamedbread
Steamedbread
741715365477744650
December 22

Here’s my Advent. I rewrote everything in a rush like a few hours ago, since I was not satisfied with the previous ones, and could not come up with fitting topics. It might look very and nonsensical.

2020-12-22 Advent Calendar

博麗の巫女(Haku)
Chromaryu
135788476841852929
December 23
= BEGIN ADVENT CALENDAR 2020/12/23 =

I love programming (On whatever systems; like microcomputers, actual "computers").
So I think I'll talk about it.

Pros about Microcomputers

  • Microcomputers are fun to code, and can bring your code into material world.
  • Some of those microcomputers (Board or MPU or whatnot) are cheap enough that you can buy it below 10$
  • Many common interfaces that you don't find on ordinal PC. (SPI/I2C/USART etc...)
  • Some MCUs does have frameworks and manuals, and some snippets you can use

Cons about Microcomputers

  • Resources are limited.
  • Often, RAM, FLASH, ROM is limited; if you get 32K RAM consider those plenty :P
  • Documents can be tedious to read.
  • Some MCUs doesn't have consolidated manual nor framework

here's some of my recommendations of MCU you can get.

  • ESP32 - Espressif's 32-bit Core. comes with big flash and RAMs.
  • Seeduino series - Powerful 48MHz core.
  • Arduino Series - Uno and Mega. 8-bit but pincount and cheapness is good.

That's it, for my advent calendar. (Also uh, DM me if you wanna more recommendation!)

!DubbedAnime
!DubbedAnime
256345367879090176
December 24 (Christmas Eve)
TofuMars
TofuMars
317491770114048000
December 25 (Christmas)
Shirai
Shirai
732819774882578523
December 26
カミル
kamil
462412440261361676
December 27
アドベントカレンダー 12/27/20

みなな、こんにちは!

みんなが幸せな休日を過ごしたことを願っています。私はこの時期何もしないので、クリスマスにもっと日本語を学びました。

私は自分に何かを試させようとしていますが、何もうまくいきませんでした。だから私はもっと日本語を上達させたいのです。努力が足りていない気がします。

すべてがオンラインなので、学校も少し大変だった、学校と日本語のバランスもとらなければならないので、本当に大変です。( ̄^ ̄)

来年は今までやったことのないことをみんなでやってみるべきだと思います。みんなの幸運を祈っています!

バイバイ☆〜(ゝ。∂)

無那 Big NPC Energy
kso_JJI
138051305150218240
December 28
Advent Calendar 2020 - December 28 (Mon)
morisi
morisi
387005672291696641
December 29
Advent Calendar 2020 - December 29 (Tue)

The Rise of Vtubers

Have you ever heard of Virtual Youtubers (Vtubers)? They broadcast games, songs or free talks mainly on YouTube with anime looking avatars. According to statistics, there are already more than 13,000 Vtubers as of November 2020. Some of them have earned around 100 million yen per year solely by "Super Chats", monetary donations that let viewers emphasize their messages to draw attention from the Vtubers to have them say " Thank you." Once Vtubers have successfully built a solid community, they can share their supporters by collaborating with others in the same group. For Hololive, one of the largest Japanese Vtuber groups, 2020 was a resounding success. Their strategy is quite similar to the existing Japanese idol group management scheme known as . They encourage their Vtubers to broadcast with other members to expand their fan base. Besides that, Super chats worked very well with the Japanese style to enjoy the process of developing idols, which is different from Korean idols where only a few people can become idols through strict selections after going to dance school.

As it happened to everyone in the world, COVID-19 has completely changed my lifestyle. The government requested us to stay home as much as we could. We feel hesitant to invite people to hang out with somewhere outside in this situation. I am not a huge fan of party, so I would rather appreciate that I do not have to go out to drink hard now. However, as I come to spend most of the time at home by myself for a long period, I sometimes feel lonely because of a lack of communication. One day, when I asked my friends about how they deal with this situation, they told me that there were anime girls talking random/everyday stuff with cute voices and they are perfect when working from home since they fill the void of loneliness. Although they suggested two Vtubers from Hololives, I did not watch YouTube at that time, and I was not interested in the anime-ish girls either, so I made light of them at first. A few days later, I felt like watching Vtubers for some reason. I tried a girl with bunny ears who had a weird speech style, peko. I was fascinated with her unique voice and reactions when playing challenging games. As I did not expect that she would yell at the game and show frustration straightforwardly with that cute face, I found the unmatch funny. Then I started to watch other Vtubers as well, which revived my interest in Apex Legends since it is quite popular among the ones from Ichikara (another Vtuber management company).

I am not watching Vtubers as much as 3 months ago since I am busy studying English and other stuff and practising instruments for my band that I started. In the meantime, the Vtubers I was watching have doubled the number of subscribers, compared to 6 months ago. Hololive has English-speaking members, so if you are learning English, you can justify watching them playing among us as studying, not procrastinating. For Japanese learners, of course, they are good learning material because they are talking about various things in natural speech, except for some members (peko). If you are interested, watching short clips made by fans would help you find your favorite streamer. Also, because they usually have either Japanese or English subs, you do not have to be worried about your listening skills.

Lastly, thank you very much for reading.
Wish you all Happy Holidays...peko!

TAKU
TAKU
741428429018103928
December 30
Advent Calendar 30th December 2020

First of all, I am very happy to join the Advent Calendar .
I got an idea of a story when I received one picture from my friend Daku. It was an image of his cat. His name is Ruka.


『 Hear me out ! 』

Ruka🐱 " There's something I want to ask you..... It seems that there are really delicious foods in Japan that I can lick and eat . I was wondering if you can buy it here in America ,too. But I would really love to go to Japan one day .
I know some Japanese
「 SUSHI 」 「 TEMPURA 」 「 PARIDON 」「 KAWAII 」 「EMOI 」 「 PIENN 」

Daku 🧒 "Huh? when did you learn such Japanese?"

Ruka🐱 "I 've been watching you study Japanese everyday beside me. So you don't have to be so surprised . But I know that you don't get anything of what I mean when you hear me just say
【 meow】

A beautiful cat on a wooden floor

Thank you very much to read my story.
And
Yoi otoshi wo .
You may be happy new year.

あやかしアンダハト
Andacht
281217914483376128
December 31 (New Years Eve)
Origami Lady