Japanese.

After returning to Hong Kong from Japan for about 2 weeks, I have been thinking about taking up Japanese again. It’s like, yes, I know Japanese – more like just enough to get by in Japan, but somehow I feel that I was still quite inadequate as far as communicating in the language is concerned. Sure, some might say that I most probably would be going to Japan only on holidays, but I guess even if it is just for that purpose, knowing the language well enough would make the experience even more enjoyable. It’s like, going to Taiwan is always enjoyable because I can communicate without problems with the locals there. I think the experience would be much greater if I could be talking to the Japanese people using much better Japanese. And perhaps if I could speak the language well enough, Japan could become an option if I choose to work out of Hong Kong. I think it might be fun. And yes, that would enable me to find a Japanese girlfriend too. Haha.

I’ve been looking around for suitable courses, at the same time I’m trying to get hold of some practice tests for JLPT4 (which actually I was supposed to have taken 5 years ago while in NUS but couldn’t turn up because of some urgent matters), so that I can roughly see where I stand as far as knowledge of the language is concerned. If I could do the JLPT4 tests without too much difficulties, I think I could start with those intermediate courses. And I’ve given myself an objective – to be able to pass JLPT3 next year, and perhaps JLPT2 by 2010. Wish me luck.