About Learning Japanese - 1 month into the process!

FINALLY!!!

I've always wanted to learn Japanese, but somehow only managed to start this year. When I was in high school, my mom persuaded me to go for French instead and I did for three years, except I don't remember anything besides Bonjour or Merci now.

I'm a big Kore-eda fan and it is my dream to work with him one day. I might get there in 40 years or never, but I figured I already missed my chance with Miyazaki I better take Kore-eda seriously NOW.

So that's why I'm learning Japanese. 

My native language is Chinese Mandarin. Consider how the two languages are related and the cultural similarities, one would imagine that it'll be easier to tackle Japanese in Chinese.

But I simply can't wait. And honestly I don't have the time to.

So far I'm doing just fine in my classes. Speaking is definitely the most challenging part because I don't yet have much material to work with. And I'm starting to lose track of certain characters, like "て" and "で"... I can foresee the difficulties ahead already, but I genuinely enjoy my classes. I study film but Japanese is my favorite class. Yup. =..=

Looking forward, I'm super excited about the prospect of being able to watch Japanese films without subtitles, reading Japanese books and just ordering food in Japanese! Maybe I won't get to do all of them just after this semester, but one day, one day...