Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Stories: My New Obsession

Hello, my name is Cassandra, and I'm a kanji-holic and you can be one too. When I first got here I didn't even want to think about trying to learn how to write in kanji. It was too difficult for my brain to even fathom trying...too many squiggles and lines everywhere and it gave me a major headache. Now I am obsessed with kanji. I can't stop studying them. I am not normally an obsessive person, but let me show you how one can become obsessed!! Check out this character:
Just looks like an X right? Well it actually means 'Father'. How do I see father? Imagine 2 swords clashing and Darth Vadar saying "Luke, I am your father." It's father! How awesome is that! (Not my original story but I LOVE it) Yay I can read! How about this one? I love this one, I call her the Lady in the Dress. I see her everywhere:

Her real name is 'Minute' or 'Part' because part of her is missing (Her upper body got chopped off) and she walks quickly not wasting a minute as all women do :) Yay I can read more! Isn't it interesting? I can tell stories all day long and the kanji build on eachother to make better stories that are just waiting for me to tell.
But wait it gets better! Look at the Lady in the Dress now, she is making 'Flour' out of rice! Ha of course she is ... don't women do everything?!
Lol so 'Part' + 'Rice' = Flour (It can actually get EVEN better because the Lady's legs actually mean 'Dagger' and think of all the stories you can make with that knowledge.)