June Language Update – What update?
June was very mean to me. May too. But especially June. I was snowed under with tons of work — I am not complaining. I love what I do at the office, and I get great feedback with my work. But things started to pick...
My head is full of languages
Over the long weekend, I was assessing my language goals and came up with a short list of the things that I want to learn. The first list, these are the languages that I need to learn by 2015. That is roughly one language each...
Burnout, baby, burnout!
Or, the original title: Language learning update – week ending 15 March Japanese On days that I badly needed some extra sleep minutes, I would begin to think that this whole JLPT N1 thing was a bad idea…just 3 weeks in and I am starting...
Magsalita ka ba ng Tagalog, pare?
Here is an awesome video of the wonderful Moses McCormick speaking Tagalog with Damion, his student. “Kawiliwili” — I think this is Moses’ favourite Tagalog word!! 😀 And Damion, wow, this guy knows a lot already!! Talaga? Magaganda ang babae sa Pilipinas? Hahaha. Seriously, love...
Language learning update – March 8
Ta-daaa! Look who made it through week 2. And only one black item. Whew. I am getting used to a routine and it’s not so bad. In general, I tend to keep Japanese in the morning and Hungarian in the afternoon. In the evening, I...
I love Ewann McGregor!
Here is a commercial for ING, featuring the awesome Ewan Mcgregor — who decided to change his name to “Ewann” 😉 Of course, I didn’t understand what he said in Hungarian — but he made the language even sexier than it already is 🙂 Here...
Language learning update – Week ending 1 March 2015
As I said previously, I have re-evaluated my language goals and have put together a daily plan to ensure that I am on track with these goals. My reaction to this first week? Whew! I survived!! It wasn’t easy, especially at the end of the weekday,...
Super Language Overhaul
I have a confession: I don’t think I would succeed in my very first italki challenge. It was going well and I had this plan of taking 5 sessions of French first, then Hungarian second. I finished all my sessions for basic French almost midway...
JLPT now twice a year in the Philippines in 2015
I was just thinking of the exam today and how I really need to start studying soon. Ogata-sensei explicitly told me to take the N1 exam in 2015, instead of proctoring every year 😛 Ack. But probably not N1… ============================== The Japanese Language Proficiency Test...
Reality
I don’t usually like consecutive music posts on my blog but this has been my earworm for the past several days. I’ve listened to this song countless of times before but I didn’t know what its title was. Anyway, I found a Japanese translation of the...
Happy 2015!
Whew! It was a whirlwind in 2014! I didn’t realise how much has happened until I narrated my entire year to my surfing sister, Desiree. Last year was big, fast and fun. I feel that 2015 will even be bigger, faster and more awesome! To...
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