a new ambition...
Long time no see.
Starting my two days off, in a row, so I'm super content. Relaxed, zen, however you would like to put it. Nothing on the agenda in terms of plans, just relaxing for the most part.
As for the title of this entry, I have started a new ambition for the next... forever. I have come to the conclusion that I will become serious about learning Japanese. Real shock there, right? I've been dabbling in Japanese culture for 15 years now (yikes) and a few weeks ago I finally had a lightbulb go off in my head. It stated, pretty boldly, that: "After all this time of poking around fandoms, culture, novels, etc. that all have the same country of origin, why the hell am I not taking the next step?" Don't get me wrong, of course, it's been a dream of mine to be bilingual, what language it would be was never stated, it was just something that I wanted, but I didn't know what language that I could stand to learn that I wouldn't find myself hating x-years later. Then Japan's brick hit me in the face, with a peice of paper attached that said "こにちわ！！！！”
Breifly, back in 2002, I took a year of "fuck around" Japanese from a teacher that was native in French, fluent in English and dabbled in basic Japanese. Needless to say, I get how "things work" but as for understanding, hell to the no. From here on out, I will be dedicating my time to learning it. I started about a month ago, but of course, I don't want to say something and be like "oh, no, I stopped" or something of the sort. It'll be tough with my work schedule, but luckily I have my flash cards and a unlimited amount of paper that I can use in my work's downtime. If I get really desperate, I always have Shisedo across the way to keep me intune and grounded.
Well, there it is. There is my new path in life. As for the long run, I would love to do something with the language in terms of work. What that would be, only time will tell. As for now, this is the starter. I'm starting to dabble in the kanji after the last month of hardcore kana memorising. I'll make the best of it. As most of the sites and first hand accounts have stated, if you get bored, you'll hate it and drop it. With me, I need to make it interesting and keep my eye on the prize.
Until the next time~~
Starting my two days off, in a row, so I'm super content. Relaxed, zen, however you would like to put it. Nothing on the agenda in terms of plans, just relaxing for the most part.
As for the title of this entry, I have started a new ambition for the next... forever. I have come to the conclusion that I will become serious about learning Japanese. Real shock there, right? I've been dabbling in Japanese culture for 15 years now (yikes) and a few weeks ago I finally had a lightbulb go off in my head. It stated, pretty boldly, that: "After all this time of poking around fandoms, culture, novels, etc. that all have the same country of origin, why the hell am I not taking the next step?" Don't get me wrong, of course, it's been a dream of mine to be bilingual, what language it would be was never stated, it was just something that I wanted, but I didn't know what language that I could stand to learn that I wouldn't find myself hating x-years later. Then Japan's brick hit me in the face, with a peice of paper attached that said "こにちわ！！！！”
Breifly, back in 2002, I took a year of "fuck around" Japanese from a teacher that was native in French, fluent in English and dabbled in basic Japanese. Needless to say, I get how "things work" but as for understanding, hell to the no. From here on out, I will be dedicating my time to learning it. I started about a month ago, but of course, I don't want to say something and be like "oh, no, I stopped" or something of the sort. It'll be tough with my work schedule, but luckily I have my flash cards and a unlimited amount of paper that I can use in my work's downtime. If I get really desperate, I always have Shisedo across the way to keep me intune and grounded.
Well, there it is. There is my new path in life. As for the long run, I would love to do something with the language in terms of work. What that would be, only time will tell. As for now, this is the starter. I'm starting to dabble in the kanji after the last month of hardcore kana memorising. I'll make the best of it. As most of the sites and first hand accounts have stated, if you get bored, you'll hate it and drop it. With me, I need to make it interesting and keep my eye on the prize.
Until the next time~~