I guess many people use their blogs as a sort of public diary, and in that vein…
I am taking Japanese lessons from the Manitoba Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (I’ll post a link later if I can find one). I just finished lesson 2 last night, and it is a damn cool language (so far). I just need to make sure I set aside enough time to study the lessons each week. I didn’t between week 1 and 2, and I could tell that some people did study based on their comfort level (i.e. speed) when speaking the phrases we covered in week 1.
When I signed up for the Japanese language lessons, I also signed up for a mini-course the cultural centre offers in Shodo (Japanese caligraphy). It is only six classes long (every Sunday for 1 hour), but it was a lot of fun. Although, I truly do suck at it, I am looking forward to getting better. I think the instructor took particular glee in having us make our own ink before we could start. However, it was an interesting experience. I think I might buy a cheap japanese caligraphy set so I can practice at home as well.