My new year's resolution is to read at least 1000 kanji by the end of the year, and to that purpose I've joined wanikani.com. A few friends have been using their system to drill kanji and the results are rad ( Read more... )

I just finished meeting with my new Japanese tandem partner and I’m exhausted. She as well. That must mean we did it right. ;) We studied for three hours straight. It was really fun and productive but wow, I'm so wiped. She's only been learning German since October or so, but it's amazing how much she already knows. Shame she’s only gonna stay for ( Read more... )

Just got the results from the Japanese Proficiency test I took in July - I passed N3 \o ( Read more... )

Rec of the Day is taking a break today because I just came back from Duesseldorf, where I and a friend took the JLPT. Finally! I am SO glad it's done with. In the end there I was getting really sick of studying. It may have paid off though... I mean, it's not easy to tell whether I got the 60% I need, but it definitely went better than I expected. ( Read more... )

I just woke up from a dream in which I took the Japanese proficiency test and managed to answer only a fraction of the questions before we had to turn our test papers back in. I think my subconscious is trying to tell me that I haven't studied enough. I know that, Subconscious! But I've reached the stage where for every new word I input, another ( Read more... )

Urgh. Three weeks ago our Japanese teacher sent us all an email, saying that with all the free time during the easter holidays it's a great idea for us to do some homework. (Usually our 'homework' consists of writing two sentences, if that.) The task: watch a Japanese movie, write about the plot and what we think about it. Basically write some ( Read more... )

Well, I signed up for the Japanese proficiency test at the last minute, just got the confirmation in the mail. N3, there's a pretty good chance I'll flunk it but I just learn better with a bit of pressure. I'm not really concerned about kanji (thank you, FMA) and grammar, but I have to seriously brush up my vocab and the listening part is very hard ( Read more... )

Only one more day to go on Project-where-the-deadline-was-last-week. Today I carried a little table into our front yard and worked outside in the sun all day. It was great. I got four pages colored and I even got to squeeze in a bit of rollerblading and watched the latest ep of FMA with the roommate. (My housemates are into the show. Can't say I ( Read more... )