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...
Mini Magyar update: Starting over again
This is a long overdue update on my Hungarian lessons. Update? What update? 🙂 For weeks, I put Hungarian (and Japanese) on the back burner while I concentrated on French. I must admit that I am struggling a bit with the language because: 1) it...
French progress: week of 7-13 July 2014
Earlier this month, I decided to intensify studying French and scale back on Japanese and Hungarian. I used to spend an equal amount of time and effort in all 3 languages. But the divide-and-conquer strategy wasn’t working too well for me, especially with my busy...
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...
Thoughts about my stint as an English reading volunteer
Teaching is one of our company’s activities for corporate social responsibility (CSR). Every Friday each week, my teammates, boss and I worked as volunteer teachers. Together with other volunteers from the company, we go to a public school in Taguig to spend one hour teaching...
A multi-pronged approach to learning French
I have a confession to make. I am bored with my classes at Alliance Francaise. Not only bored, but also a little disappointed. I am not satisfied with the fact that I still cannot express myself orally using simple sentences. You only get a maximum...
“I love you” in 20 languages
How can I say “I love you”? Let me list down 20 ways: 1. Japanese – 好きです (suki desu) 2. Korean – 사랑해 (saranghae) 3. French – Je t’aime 4. German – Ich liebe dich 5. Spanish – Te amo 6. Italian – Ti amo...
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