First Post!
Wow... the past four months went by way too quickly. A third of the year is already over, and I'm just now making my first post.
Update on the resolutions: I haven't lost any weight yet, but I did recently join a gym, and I am actually attending, yay! I think that if I keep up the workouts, and continue eating healthy, I might actually get somewhere. I want to try to do it without being on an actual diet, so that I won't end up gaining the weight back, but we'll see how it goes.
I did ride my bike to work once, and I have ridden it around our neighborhood some. It's a great idea, but I haven't been quite trusting of the weather yet. A few more weeks and I should be able to pull this one off once a week.
I've made it through 8 books so far, and I think I still have plenty of time for 19 more. Besides, I usually read more during the summer than other times of the year.
I still plan on writing nengajo and celebrating Los Dias de Los Muertos, so expect to hear about those two traditions later this year!
And finally, hiragana. This is one that I am making actual progress on. I know the majority of the characters, and I'm even able to write some of them. I've found myself with the obsession of having to read any hiragana I lay my eyes on. Unfortunately, I don't always know the words that I'm reading, so it's really just sounding things out. But it's still fun!
Learning hiragana was helped by two things. The first was that I bought a Japanese children's book and tried to read it. I haven't made it through the book because I'm such a slow reader in hiragana, and because I need help with all the conjugations of the words. The second thing helping me is that we've been getting tutored in Japanese by a Korean couple that we know. They lived in Japan for several years, and actually speak much better Japanese than they do English. Teaching us is an exercise in English for them, and great Japanese practice for us. When we are working together, Mrs. Park makes me write in hiragana, so I've been forced to put it into practice... which is just what I needed!
Update on the resolutions: I haven't lost any weight yet, but I did recently join a gym, and I am actually attending, yay! I think that if I keep up the workouts, and continue eating healthy, I might actually get somewhere. I want to try to do it without being on an actual diet, so that I won't end up gaining the weight back, but we'll see how it goes.
I did ride my bike to work once, and I have ridden it around our neighborhood some. It's a great idea, but I haven't been quite trusting of the weather yet. A few more weeks and I should be able to pull this one off once a week.
I've made it through 8 books so far, and I think I still have plenty of time for 19 more. Besides, I usually read more during the summer than other times of the year.
I still plan on writing nengajo and celebrating Los Dias de Los Muertos, so expect to hear about those two traditions later this year!
And finally, hiragana. This is one that I am making actual progress on. I know the majority of the characters, and I'm even able to write some of them. I've found myself with the obsession of having to read any hiragana I lay my eyes on. Unfortunately, I don't always know the words that I'm reading, so it's really just sounding things out. But it's still fun!
Learning hiragana was helped by two things. The first was that I bought a Japanese children's book and tried to read it. I haven't made it through the book because I'm such a slow reader in hiragana, and because I need help with all the conjugations of the words. The second thing helping me is that we've been getting tutored in Japanese by a Korean couple that we know. They lived in Japan for several years, and actually speak much better Japanese than they do English. Teaching us is an exercise in English for them, and great Japanese practice for us. When we are working together, Mrs. Park makes me write in hiragana, so I've been forced to put it into practice... which is just what I needed!
posted by Vanessa Clark @ 12:30 PM
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