Learning Kanji and Kana

I can write Hiragana's 五十音, 拗音, 五十音濁点, 拗音濁点 by hand. On the contrary I almost can't do it with Katakana. Katakana is more difficult than Hiragana, that's why! I have to put more effort for Katakana! 

I have started to learn kanji. I can write from 一 to 十. I learn it by myself by using an online site. I study  romaji only at a language school.

I'm taking a break from the school. I want to surprise my teacher with my kana and kanji ability when I start the class again!

New Rule for Myself

I've been thinking about travelling to Thailand by train next year. I have set a rough budget, but one thing is bothering me. Travel is a vacation for the mind, but what will I do beyond that?


After traveling I often end up broke and have to put my plan to work in Singapore on hold because I couldn't afford even the cheapest ticket if I got an interview.  It sucks!

To solve this problem, I've made a new rule. Here it is: Each time, when I set a travel budget estimation, I will times it by 3 so it becomes triple. One third is for traveling, another third is for saving, and the last one third is for going to interviews.  

Now I have a goal as to what I must save my money for.

Going Rafting

On July 3rd, 2010, I went to rafting on Citarik river in Sukabumi, West Java. The night before I had set an alarm clock to wake me up at 4. 30 am because I had to arrive at the meeting point at 6 am.

I have bad habit of turning off my alarm whenever it buzzes in the morning. That morning the alarm was loud and I turned it off. I woke up 2 hours later in shock because it was 6.30 am. I called the coordinators to ask whether they had gone or not. Fortunately they were willing to wait for me. I didn’t take shower and went straight to the meeting point.

We went to Citarik at 7 am and arrived at 12 am. The journey wouldn't have taken that long if we hadn't gotten trapped in a traffic jam. In the main lobby we changed clothes, took our belongings to the deposit room, and went to the river.

The rafting track was 9 Kms long and we took approximately 2 hours to sail along the river. My right arm went numb because I rowed too hard. I was dissatisfied because it wasn’t long enough. I wanted more!