My first italki-Skype chat with a Hungarian language partner
Last month, I signed up with italki because all my favourite polygots were talking about it. But I got overwhelmed by the sheer number of people in the site so I logged out and forgot about it. But this month, I was re-evaluating my language...
Nihongo Center Foundation Open House 2014
The Nihongo Center Foundation invites everyone to the Annual Open House to be held at the Makati school. Get the chance to experience Japanese culture for free by participating in various activities like origami, sumo, calligraphy and kimono/yukata wearing. For more information, please leave a comment...
Rurouni Kenshin: Rekindling the Japanese flame in me
It took one film to get me interested in Japanese again. Rurouni Kenshin has rekindled my lukewarm emotions for all things Japanese. This film has got to be the best I have seen in recent years. It has all the things I love: samurai, fight...
90-day language challenge – update #1
The first 10 days of my 90-day language challenge was not easy. Not surprising, of course. In the beginning, I was struggling to find the time to do all 3. Despite this, I still managed to find pockets of extra time during the day for...
90-day language challenge times three!
Whew! July flew by so fast and tomorrow is August 1st. Excuse the lack of updates as things have been so crazy this month. One, I moved to a new house. Yay! I am a homeowner! Two, I started teaching again. Three, things have been...
Language learning update – 8 May 2014
A rundown of my language learning activities for the past few days: 1. Filipino – my boss will be back in Manila next week and I have a few more days to prepare for lessons. I’ve been meaning to make some more Brainscape decks for...
Language learning update
Bonjour à tous! お元気ですか?Ako, keri lang 🙂 Just a bit of an update from the language learning front. I know that I haven’t been writing much about the topic since quitting my Alliance Française classes. But I assure you that I have not stopped studying...
It’s always a good time!
Did you see the weather forecast this week? The mercury is inching up. You know what this means, right? Summer is bustin’ out all over! I love summer and somehow, I associated it with the song “It’s Always a Good Time” by Owl City and...
Extremely affordable Japanese language lessons from NCF and Ensogo!
Today, I received an email from Betty Mojica-sensei, my mentor and principal of the Nihongo Center Foundation. She told me that the NCF has partnered with Ensogo (be still my heart, haha) on a groupon deal for Elementary 1 Japanese lessons. 😀 What does an...
2010 Japanese Language Proficiency Test
It will be July in 2 days, and that only means one thing for Nihongo learners: it’s CRAM TIME! 😀 The JLPT application period opens on July 7th (Wednesday). The new levels will be used starting this year – N1 – The ability to understand...
Amuro Namie’s Coke Zero commercial in the Philippines!
A lot of buzz has been going around about the latest Amuro Namie CM for Coke Zero. I was quite ecstatic about it!! About time! More Japanese and less Korean, please. Haha. Is it just me, or does she look much younger than she did...
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