Re: Hestia's Log (FR, JP)
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:34 pm
Bonjour mes amis! I made it to Boston. Well, Medford, but close enough. I was right in my initial thinking: that if I wanted to move to another country, I should first move to another culture in my own country, and see how I can adapt. I am suffering from culture shock, truth be told: if Idaho is vanilla or strawberry ice cream (boring and plain), then Boston is like the ice cream chain 31 flavors. I'm astounded at the differences. I'm also astounded that I'm here: I had no inkling of coming to the East Coast until this summer; I had my sights on Portland or Seattle, at the furthest. But I found a job, an apartment with a reasonable roommate, and a church with relative ease; I guess God wanted me here.
For languages, I'm astounded (I'll use that word alot) at the variety of spoken languages here. I now often eavesdrop on someone speaking French. There's a Japanese grocery a 10-minute walk from my apartment, with native Japanese speakers working there. In Idaho, I would go months without hearing either language spoken.
I'm reviewing French in Action, and listening to it on my commute. I find that I missed it. When I have a portion with parts I'm supposed to repeat, I whisper the words. Nobody around me seems to notice, since they are often on their phones.
For Japanese, I worked on Katakana and Hiragana games a lot on my computer when I was at the airport...And I haven't worked on it since. This is one example: https://japaneseup.com/japanese-alphabet-typing-game-katakana/
I'm finding that I'm lacking enthusiasm for studying for my ASCP boards, because I discovered that my current job doesn't *require* it. It's strongly encouraged that I take it, if I want to be promoted later I would have to take it, but the focus of language study is really tempting me...
For languages, I'm astounded (I'll use that word alot) at the variety of spoken languages here. I now often eavesdrop on someone speaking French. There's a Japanese grocery a 10-minute walk from my apartment, with native Japanese speakers working there. In Idaho, I would go months without hearing either language spoken.
I'm reviewing French in Action, and listening to it on my commute. I find that I missed it. When I have a portion with parts I'm supposed to repeat, I whisper the words. Nobody around me seems to notice, since they are often on their phones.
For Japanese, I worked on Katakana and Hiragana games a lot on my computer when I was at the airport...And I haven't worked on it since. This is one example: https://japaneseup.com/japanese-alphabet-typing-game-katakana/
I'm finding that I'm lacking enthusiasm for studying for my ASCP boards, because I discovered that my current job doesn't *require* it. It's strongly encouraged that I take it, if I want to be promoted later I would have to take it, but the focus of language study is really tempting me...