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we've moved! 31 Mar 2013 | 01:39 pm
Guess what? I am quitting blogger. Blogger is terrible, horrible, breakable, no fixes, nothing. My new blog opens tomorrow, April 1st. Please visit the new blog! I'll even give you a link to it. Go ...
what now? 27 Feb 2013 | 05:01 pm
How about a post for February 2013? OK, I'll tell you what happened. After I wrote my last post, which was about all the handwriting practice that I was doing for Chinese and Japanese characters, I w...
progress report 26 Jan 2013 | 07:16 pm
I finished the first book which is for the new HSK 1 exam. I did the mock test in the back and got 100% of the problems correct. I have started on the second book which is for the level 2 test of HS...
strengthen your neural connections 18 Jan 2013 | 07:00 pm
Lately, I have been strengthening my neural connections, and it feels good. I'd like to tell you what I've been up to lately. To start with, I'll tell you what I haven't been doing lately, just to g...
an order of magnitude (HSK) 12 Jan 2013 | 10:23 am
I ordered the following 3 books from amazon.co.jp yesterday. They will be arriving tomorrow. These are for the HSK test levels 1 & 2. Those are the lowest two levels. I bought one text for level 1 an...
new year revolutions 29 Dec 2012 | 11:45 am
This year (2012), I didn't accomplish much in the way of achievements. I have no achievements to brag about. I didn't watch much Chinese TV. I didn't take any language tests. I did, however, start...
language learning methods do not matter 21 Dec 2012 | 06:46 pm
The theme of the year in the polyglot community seems to be that the method doesn't matter when it comes to learning a language. And from what I gather, the reasoning behind that statement goes someth...
you are thinking too much 8 Dec 2012 | 09:10 am
This is a blog where I post my views about learning languages. My views are not main-stream, and there are plenty who would disagree with me. Plenty of those people are also better language learners ...