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Unbelievable

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:06:18 +0100

Unbelievable, I was bored so I started to play Chess on my computer. Towards the end of the game, I moved my rook to the end of the board. I had checkmated a computer!
Here's a picture of the game:

That ticks that off the bucket list.

3 languages I want to fluent in

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:19:19 +0100

There's 3 languages I want to fluent in they are: French, Chinese and Indonesian. I am currently learning French because I want to have a challenge when it comes to spelling. I want to learn (Mandarin) Chinese because of the benefits of learning it. E.g. Many businesses hire people who speak Mandarin. I also want to learn Indonesian because Indonesia is close to Australia and is similar to Malay.

iOS 5

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:37:34 +0100

On Friday, I downloaded iOS 5. It took me 2 hours to download. Besides the camera, iMessage, reminders and news stand I didn't notice any more differences on my iPod but I'm pretty sure there's more. I'll keep looking.

How hard is learning Hiragana?

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:26:44 +0100

I believe Hiragana is easy or hard depending on what method you use to learn it. If you're a student learning Japanese or want to know how to pronounce those symbols on a Japanese menu I would recommend JapanesePod101's Kantan Kana. I used it and can read Hiragana well. After learning Hiragana it is easy to learn Katakana because they're both simplified cursive Chinese Characters.

How I learned Korean (Hangul) in a day

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:25:28 +0100

I think the easiest writing system to learn is the Korean alphabet called 'hangul'. I learned to read it after a long time trying to learn Hiragana. I found Hiragana hard to memorise and decided that Hangul's 24 letters and 27 logical digraphs was much easier. It is read in syllables of 2-4 letters in each block.

I used this youtube video and worksheet with it. After that I quizzed myself on each letter. Then I practiced reading it.

Hangul was invented by King Sejong the Great in 1444 and was described in 1446 in the document 'Hunminjeongeum'. Before that time only members of the highest class were literate and used hanja (Chinese Characters).

Next week: How hard is learning Hiragana?