Hey, it's me!. In the following days, I plan to resume my standard blogging schedule of 1-2 posts per week containing books reviews and following up on my collecting information talk (I think that domain deserves far more attention than it's been getting in general). Anyhow, without further ado, let's jump right into it! The first question that might come to mind of someone to whom Asian languages are not their area of expertise goes something like this: Is Japanese hard? I'll briefly give my thoughts on this matter. In my opinion, Japanese is not just hard, it's very hard (for someone who writes in Latin). It takes a fair amount of tenacity for an individual to learn this language well. Fun fact: Ministry of foreign affairs of the US estimated that it takes 2250 hours to attain conversational proficiency in Japanese . They based it on an average time it takes a diplomat in training to do it, and I mind you, these are fairly intelligent people. ...
The Odyssey of Overcoming One's Shadow