No excuses!!

Well I've finished my second quarters of classes. Which means I'm free to dive into my Japanese for as much as my family will allow me to ^_^. My plans for these two weeks is to start writing out my kanji while I SRS them because I've been doing well on my hirigana to english (ひらがなtoえいご) vocabulary deck so my vocabulary is increasing steadily. As I'm writing while listing to Drake-Unforgettable it makes a fitting expression since my New years resolution was to put my all into Japanese. The goals that I want for these two weeks are

1. Start a Kanji writing regiment.
2. Work on my vocabulary sentences.
3.  To be consistent with it.

I'll let you know what was the result of my endevors so please stay tuned ^_^.

Reasons I study Japanese

1. アニメ　(Anime)

2. 女の日本人だよ。 (Japanese Women)
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3. これ語はむずかしです。 (This language is difficult)

4. みな　日本人 (all Japanese people)

5. For all of the people who stopped studying it.

6. 私の友達たちです。 (My friends)

Back from MOMOCON!!

Momoconは一番だよ。 Yes I am back from momocon one of the best free conventions that is in the south ^_^ (even though I'm from Michigan. ^_^.) However it was an excellent convention. The only things however I didn't like was that they switched the building and didn't let anyone know about it until you go to the building that you think that its supposed to be under so that sucked. In addition I didn't care for the overpriced drinks ,but I digress.


There were exciting moments in the convention that made it extremely fun. First, off being around a bunch of otaku is always comforting and a majority of the conversation was funny including when me and my friend Josh was trying to meet girls and 90% of them were taken already XD. Second I did enjoy the larger building this year which provided us with more food choices outside of the con, the ability to visit the Barnes & nobles which allowed you to buy more manga and DVD at a reasonable price than the dealers room, more activities in the same building which cut down on the trafficking from building to building and allowed you to keep up with your friends more. So to the momocon officials we thank you for doing this for us since its a great help to all otaku, building mangers and staff. Lastly, the rave that you guys had was excellent I danced for 5 hours that Saturday and am still pleasantly from dancing. XD One more last thing is I met a guy who spoke Japanese and said he was studying for 6 years and will take the JPLT 2 exam this year which gave me so much inspiration that when I continue there might be some place for me to tell a しょしんしゃ (beginner) that I'm doing some thing that he/she can accomplish too. Funny huh? I could have stopped studying for the fear being called a slave of the past ,but my reasons for learning Japanese change constantly which is why I'm still learning it :) ありがとうかみfor日本語です。

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My Japanese learning is mostly centered on using the AJATT Method and many other resources to be able to learn my way. I would be able to push the AJATT method to the fullest but having a PHD in laziness halts my efforts in trying to become better. So instead my biggest tools are using Skype aided by live mocha (http://bit.ly/EMgx), lang-8 (www.lang-8.com), and Rosetta stone’s free social site to find natives and learners of Japanese. Also from the AJATT method I use the web version of Anki (www.ankiweb.net) which is greater than the desktop cause if you use a netbook (like I do) because on netbooks your decks are prone to get corrupted fast. Other than that one thing that I have done is  take the words that I’ve failed on Anki and put them into an old cell phone and set the timer for 5 minutes which aids my studying by putting the words that I need in my face  faster. Further as an emergency plan I make a paper cheat sheet and fold down the middle and have the ひらがなform on the left since as Americans that’s the side we subconsciously look at first. It has been working so good that I’ve learned the parts of the body in 2days (still need to work on the kanji forms of it, but knowing the words nonetheless is paramount to my learning.). Finally that’s how I’m learning it so I’ll probably add more things to this blog after I comeback from momocon ^_^.

またね皆さん

Hello all

Welcome to my blog, I am Jamison, however while I continue to further the expansion of this blog I will use my chosen Japanese name （やすし）Yasushi. My aim with this blog is to use it to show my highs, lows, and some techniques that I use all while becoming a fluent speaker of Japanese. I hope to inspire and possibly be inspired by others since there is not one Japanese learner in the world but all of us who make what seems to be like a community that serves to each individual by passing around what works for one person to another. J See you guys later. みなさんまたね。