Happy Chinese New Year
A challenge for me has to be long enough to gain momentum, but short enough to keep sight of realistic goals. It’s easier to see 90 days out as opposed to 180 days.
Remembering the Hanzi: Learning Chinese Characters
I was thinking about going through the book Remembering the Hanzi by Heisig. I see glowing recommendations for learning kanji, but I see reviews for the hanzi book are pretty much straight down the middle. I want to check the book out for myself.
Blogging 31 Days Straight: Day 31
This is the 31st post in my January challenge. I posted to this blog everyday for the month of January. I wanted to do at least one thing everyday for a month every month of 2010. The month of February ends my 90 day Chinese challenge, but my Chinese study will continue throughout the year.
Memory Training:Day 4
The mind cannot tell the difference between a real event and an imaginary one. Guess that explains why horror movies, as fiction and harmless as they are, can scare the crap out of us.
Blogging 31 Days Straight: Day 28
The master violinist I talked about before once said that the hardest part about practicing 8 hours a day is actually opening the case. It helps to visualize the end result to get started.
