Old things are new again for some reason
Long long ago I studied the Japanese language. Though I found the experience rewarding in its own way, I never really committed myself as I should have due to a kind of inferiority complex I guess. I stopped when a good friend of mine moved to Japan.
Recently I've decided to take it up again. I love the sound of the language and I've always been attracted to the exotic. Part of it is a kind of strange guilt too. So many people in this world know more than one language, it makes me feel lazy only training my mind for one.
So I've started on yet another lonely path. With so many resources for the ipod, online and such I'm far better equipped for the task then I was in the past. And this time I've committed myself to reading and writing as well. I've started on Hiragana. So far so good.
I do feel a lot of conflict as well. I'm forcing these changes on myself for no real reason so in some way it feels worthless. But I'm not going to give up. I'm going to keep trying even if it just amounts to a lame exercise to keep my brain fresh. Maybe it's a kind of lame mid-life crisis, who knows but I'm pretty sure it isn't just a fad this time like it was last time. Only time will tell I guess.
Recently I've decided to take it up again. I love the sound of the language and I've always been attracted to the exotic. Part of it is a kind of strange guilt too. So many people in this world know more than one language, it makes me feel lazy only training my mind for one.
So I've started on yet another lonely path. With so many resources for the ipod, online and such I'm far better equipped for the task then I was in the past. And this time I've committed myself to reading and writing as well. I've started on Hiragana. So far so good.
I do feel a lot of conflict as well. I'm forcing these changes on myself for no real reason so in some way it feels worthless. But I'm not going to give up. I'm going to keep trying even if it just amounts to a lame exercise to keep my brain fresh. Maybe it's a kind of lame mid-life crisis, who knows but I'm pretty sure it isn't just a fad this time like it was last time. Only time will tell I guess.