It's cool how some things turn out well though you totally didn't plan for them...

So I ended up taking Japanese lessons again - this time focusing on Japanese conversation. Was just catching up a little with an ex-colleague via sms this Monday - when she shared that she was currently taking Jap conversation lessons... and after a few emails with the one-man show sensei, I signed up and went for my 1st lesson yesterday!

I was slightly apprehensive initially 'cos my Jap has been deproving ever since I stopped classes 2 years ago... Thankfully class was small and setting not that intimidating; our friendly sensei also prompted everyone to speak up by asking leading questions etc... Though I was terribly unfluent, I cld still largely understand what went on and it turned out pretty alright in the end. Yesterday's lesson was about how to describe lost objects... and I learnt what polka dots are called in Japanese - mizutama (水玉 - literally "water balls")! I thought that was really cute cos it's so literal and visual...

And so I discovered that Japanese is one of those things I have some unexplainable affinity for - even after having abandoned it for a while, my interest in learning it hasn't really waned and it remains as enjoyable as before. Though I was never good enough, learning it is just a very happy-fying thing to do :) Hopefully, one day, I will be good at it..