01/06/2008: "More late night ramblings. And Korean is hard!"

Didn't do a whole lot today.. just went out, bought some more cards to mail off for people's birthdays and such and started on studying some Korean. Got the basic vowels down to about 95% accuracy and working on the consonants. Seems fairly straight forward.. it's just tough to get yourself through it and to actually start.

Back to work this week, then school starts next week. It's so strange to think about my 'last semester'. I know it seems to trivial, but all the 'lasts' just seem like so much. You want to hang onto it, even if it does seem unimportant. These are the memories you'll want later.. right? I'm not sure how important "my last textbooks" will be in a year or so, but hey.. might as well make the most of it while it's here.

I've also gotten around to downloading more Japanese and Korean speaking practice audio files (yay for free podcasts), so hopefully I can start listening to those soon. So much to learn.. blah. Fortunately, I like school and enjoy these topics, but still.. I get tired of it sometimes. But I don't like to sit around and just 'enjoy' things either, because then I feel lazy. I guess it's good in the end, but.. "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", or so I hear.

Anyway, I included a picture under "more..". I may have already uploaded it, but no loss either way. For the record, that's lemonade in the glass there.

OH! And Kat, I tried to call you, but I guess the phone number I have for you is outdated. If you have a new phone number, could you e-mail it to me? I'd like to call sometime, and it's no problem.. I just don't have a current number. Thanks!


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Jason

On Tuesday, January 8th, Kat said:

okay-no problem : )
Thank you for calling.
Only a few months to learn Korean? i admire you tackling a whole new language in such little time.