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I’d want to stop procrastinating so much.
I wish I was better at motivating myself. Feeling so lethargic lately.. I have no energy to put into anything; all I want to do is sleep. I don’t know if it’s a physical or mental thing… probably both. :\
I wish I could focus on one task at a time. For example, at this very moment, I’m in the middle of doing anki and yet here I am posting about what I wish I could change. OH THE IRONY.
I’m a walking contradiction.
Did some serious readjusting on my Japanese study habits. Since college, my studies have been completely spontaneous to even non-existent some weeks. Started a new Evernote (I feel SO much better getting rid of the old. It was driving me crazy) and plan to be much more consistent.
I feel VERY motivated again, so I’m taking advantage of this feeling; only this time around I’m going to focus more on grammar points instead of Kanji, as that has always been somewhat of a weak point for me. I find that vocabulary is much easier to stick in my brain than grammar, for some reason…
Anyway, here I go. :]
lol
That is a lot of potato chips for one night…. o__o makes my tummy hurt just looking at it.
Confessions is a fantastic movie.
Edit: And if you like that, you should check out “Memories of Matsuko” by the same director.
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リンディ.
Ohhh, yes yes. different fonts CAN be tricky. :\’,
Yeah, Hiragana took about a week for me as well; I used http://www.realkana.com. It worked amazingly well for me! I held out on learning Katakana for a while and learned it mostly just picking it up as I went along. I never drilled it as much as I did Hiragana, and as a result, it’s not as “in my brain” as Hiragana, so sometimes I’ll get some confused like ワ and フ.
シ and ツ were never a problem for me, funny enough. The way I remember them (it’s really stupid, but it stuck) is:
シ the strokes almost lay flat on their side; since し is a reading for 死 (death), and dead people are laying down… yeah.
ツ I actually think of 津波 (tsunami); the strokes stand almost upright (but still slanty), like a giant tidal wave. :DI can’t study in complete silence; the silence is louder and more distracting than when playing music (with or without lyrics). Silence causes my mind to wander, and that’s mostly never a good thing for me. This makes it pretty difficult for me to take tests in class now; when the room gets so quiet one can hear a pen drop (or really irritating noises like doors slamming down the hall), which is why I sneak my mp3 player in class while I take tests (I just hope no one catches me or they’ll think I’m cheating somehow). D:
I also can’t fall asleep in dead silence; I need a fan or something running. Funny enough though, I can’t sleep while playing music, and as a result, I always have trouble sleeping because then I start thinking too much when trying to fall asleep; I can’t win either way.
Anyway, this turned into an unintentional mini-ramble.
I listen to music while I study; but I’m a rebel.
@Mister; oh god, you’re brave. I would melt into a puddle of nothingness. :X It’s nice that you found someone with the patience to work with you though, haha. :]
the period represents the hiragana that strings after the kanji itself. IE: 全て which is すべて so it would be すべ.て ..The comma just means those are several readings for the same kanji.
Hope I explained that okay.
Despite my not having much time to study now, I ordered a Japanese magazine with some interviews in it, and am proud to say I can understand a LOT of what is being said. :D (though still have to look up many words, but still) It was a definite motivator for me, so yay. I’ll probably study that for a while.. y’know, keepin’ it fresh and all of that mess.
Well, the only confession I really have is that since College started, my studies have dropped.. drastically. I’m usually too tired to learn new cards or do some of the little things I used to do before. I used to never go days without reviewing Anki, but I’ve skipped a day, a few times.. and it’s been a while since I’ve added new cards on RTK. :\ Since then, I’ve been trying to think of ways to squeeze some study time in between classes, so I started bringing the notebook I use to write down all of my reviews to class with me, to “review” whenever possible. I really don’t want to use “baaawww, too much homework, too tired” as an excuse to stop studying Japanese, so I’m trying really hard not to let that drive become lost among all of the other crap.
But… it is dwindling, so I am sad.. :[ well, the only thing that makes me sad is knowing it’ll take me longer to learn it all/become better, but I suppose it doesn’t matter, as long as I do *something*. I shake my fist at you, life! Damn you!
>P.P.S. Flip them tables! （╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
lolirl.
Ahh, it’s been a while since I subbed again; I can’t afford it because of college, concerts (yes, my priorities are amazing), and little to no income… waah. Doing fine on my own now though; Textfugu was a fantastic “push”, and now I feel like I am taking off. Although I miss it, so I may come back in the future. I’m curious of the changes!
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