I’ve been learning Japanese for 3 years now. There are times when I feel that maybe I should just quit, because of one reason after another. Back then I told myself, it’s ok if you hate to go to school, it’s ok if you can’t grasp all the knowledge, it’s ok if you don’t have time to revise or study, but just don’t quit. Once you quit, it’ll be harder to be on track again. You know yourself better, right? […]
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Transformation of a Kanji word
In today’s lesson, my sensei taught us a very interesting meaning behind a Kanji word. 辛い（つらい – tsu-ra-i）: hardship, mentally painful 泣く（なく – na-ku）: to cry 涙 （なみだ – na-mi-da）: tears And if we do these that word can give us a brand new meaning: For 辛（い） + (work hard or hang in there) = 幸（せ）read: しあわせ shi-a-wa-se. It means happiness and notice there is a small dash on top of it. For 泣（く）- 氵(mean: tears; lit. water) = 立（つ）read: たつ ta-tsu. It […]
Advice from my Japanese sensei
Sensei (S): you guys want to improve your Japanese right? But never really practice? *smirk Us (U): *gulp ^^! S: *smile . Well I know that you are may be busy with other things, until you forgot to study. And sometimes you’re too stress until you can’t sleep well at night. U: *nod S: and sometimes studying is too boring right? Well, you should read your notes before you sleep. U: *puzzled S: at least you read something then you’ll […]
Fan Girl talks
On my way home from office today, I had a conversation with one of my colleague. (She is a “die hard” fan of JJ Lin) She knows that Big Bang, a Korea boy band, will come to Singapore. And here are some of QA that I had with her. Q (her): Will you go to airport, to wait there and to greet when they are arrive? A (me): Hmm, maybe no. Unless I have a company. Q: When is their […]
Are you interested or..?
Interesting quote I read this week from Ken Blanchard is: “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” After reading those, suddenly learning foreign language popped up in my head. I have been learning Japanese for about a year or more, and recently I also enrolled myself into a Korean class. So am I just interested or […]
A new journey
2 years ago, I began my adventure in a new country. It’s 2.5 years since the first time I had my first job as web developer in Singapore. And now here I am sitting on a sofa, writing this post at my home, accompanied by some k-pop music behind. So, let’s have a little reflection for today. What have I done for those time?