今日は。So I've been back from Japan for months now and I haven't posted anything. I didn't post anything while I was there. I was too busy taking it all in. It was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I was so elated. My studies have really suffered since I got back however. It's this mixture of increased desire to learn so that I can actually fulfill my dream of living there but being so damn bummed out that I had to leave. :(
As of today, I'm on an upswing with the study factor but need to be working harder still. Up to
レベル二十四、七百八十四漢字 and 二千二百十 vocab words. (Level 24, 784 kanjis and 2210 vocab words) I'm trying to do grammar work with Rosetta Stone in addition to the kanji.
I've recently come to the realization that with a recent job change I won't have enough vacation time to get to Japan in 2015. :( Right now the goal is 2016 with the ability to converse with ease. I had a difficult time communicating in Japan and solidified the fact that I have an insane amount of work to do. I could ask simple questions all day but was easily overwhelmed by the answers I got. So much so that I really stopped asking questions. It was a very isolated existence for me. I think this would definitely continue to be the case for the duration of living there but this has not changed my mind. I feel extremely validated having finally visited and now I want a Japanese address even more than I did before.
Kyoto has my heart and I can't wait to see her again.
Until next time, またね。
