Music. It's All Pretty Much For Music.

I wanted to learn Japanese because of music.

Over the years, pretty much a good percentage of all the music I listen to has Japanese in it. The remaining percentage being music in English, Hawaiian, or Korean, the Korean having seeped in because of my younger sisters. Because of this (and I really should have started sooner to be honest), I finally decided it was high time that I learned Japanese to understand what I was listening to on a lyrical level without subtitles.

And another important reason is because I've been casually surrounded by it my entire life.

I come from Hawai'i, and the Japanese language can be found everywhere in shops, restaurants, buildings, hotels, parties, and even in the household. The Japanese language is everywhere there, and some words in Hawaiian Creole English (or Pidgin), a creole language based in Hawai'i, originated from Japanese among many other Asian and Polynesian languages. So Japanese has been around me since the beginning, especially since my step-grandfather is a second generation Japanese man, born and raised in Hawai'i by his mother and father who came from Japan.

So I guess one could say I am excited about me finally starting my journey as to understanding what I've been listening to for more or less my entire life on my own ability. That's some good and exciting stuff. I think.

As for challenges in this class so far? Well, it keeps me on my toes, but I find the pace to be alright since it keeps me engaged; however if I ever fall behind, I know in my heart that it will require some time for me to be able to fully catch up again– but I suppose that's the 'fun' of it all.