I wasn’t planning to write this post any time soon but I’ve heard about my passion towards East Asia and languages so much in the past few weeks that no time could be better than this.
My friends have been telling me how amazing it is that I have something that I am so passionate about. One of them even said that she might not be dedicated to one thing in her life so whole heartedly as I am to mine. That got me thinking if it was always like that. And I realized that I would still be running in loops had I not met such wonderful fellow bloggers. They might not even know that I exist but I sincerely wish to thank you for teaching me so much about language learning.
My language learning journey for Indian languages has been pretty smooth because I had friends learning the same things with me and I had teachers dedicated to the particular language. No matter what one says, the truth is, it’s a little difficult to manage without teachers or textbooks. No pressure, no direction, self motivation are just the tip of iceberg if we start counting the problems.
So had I been not introduced to the fellow language learners, I wouldn’t have learnt about the preferred books, the levels, the language exchange thingy (I mean I knew people on sites like Livemocha but I never tried outside of it), the time gaps one can utilize and the most important – inspiration.
So, I am sorry if you don’t like it or something but I really want to thank you for all the help you have provided me, of course, unknowingly –
FreshKorean,
M,
Orphelia,
Soshi Love,
Learning Korean and My Life,
Korean Vitamin,
ASIANthusiast,
Sanjay,
Joseph,
Kirsten,
darkfire_382.
And yes of course, twoChois (I know I haven’t bought any book from there yet. But the posts themselves are enough for me. I’ll do buy a lot of books as soon as I get to earn my own money 🙂)
Most of the above mentioned people don’t even know me but I really feel indebted to the people above in giving me a hand in my language learning journey.
And I finally registered for JLPT N5. I could have gone for N4 but then I always get stumped in Kanji so I decided to take it easy and take N5. Excited desu!! XD
Next coming is an anniversary post in three days. Can’t believe it’s been one year since I started writing!
The Joys and Worries of an East Asia Lover 
Thank you for mentioning me. I am happy that I can help you with motivation. ^^
Having a passion so different from others that surround you kind of makes me feel like a stranger in my own surroundings. But, with blogs and communities, we can find others with the same interests and grow together.
Taking the N5 will be a good start to have an impression of the JLPT in general. Maybe, you will get the kanji by then. Good luck on the test! Do you plan to take them until N1?
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Hehe. Thank you.
Oh yes, I’ll take JLPT till N1. My ultimate aim is to go for higher studies in Japan or South korea. For Japanese universities, I need very good level of Japanese as in my major, most of the courses are instructed in Japanese rather than English. So I’ll have to prove my ability before even thinking about taking admission there. 🙂
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I’m sure you will keep working hard to get there. I’ll see the successes go by on your blog ^^
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Thank you very much 😀
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