#both because i was reading less hanshe (reading less in general as my SHOW binge indicates lol)

[rigelmejo]

roundup of stuff done this april so far:

10 chapters of hanshe read (at least?)

2 chapters of the easy cat novel i put on the last rec list for ‘ease’ ratings (it was rated as 2+ in ease, and i’m trying to read more easy novels tbh just so i do more extensive reading and less intensive for a while, in preparation for guardian)

read like 5 chapters of guardian (extensively, english translation first then read the chinese chapters)

3 graded readers read (pleco butterfly lovers, chinese short stories ebook, journey to the center of the earth mandarin companion)

7 chapters of the little prince read (extensively, looking at english translation for unknown words after reading chinese chapter)

25 eps watched of Two Souls in One (if the show finishes airing this month then that number will go up to 30)

1 japanese musical watched this month (that’s like 2 hours tho which is the longest i’ve ever watched raw japanese with or without japanese subs since like... 20 minute lets play is the second longest i tried in the past and that had japanese subs)

1 japanese anime ep (i’m counting it even though i only lasted 8 minutes because i looked up every word)

3 japanese graded reader chapters (tho to be fair they were... intensely easy basic stuff...)

360 flashcards in memrise Nukemarine LLJ deck (not 1000 yet lol but a personal success for me since i am officially FARTHER in these courses than ever before so i am officially learning all new material)

read and transcribed into japanese the first 1/3 of Japanese in 30 Hours textbook (a personal goal, as i want to both finish reading the book and have a copy of it with actual japanese text to reference instead of the current ONLY romaji it has). 

read and practiced writing like 30 hanzi, and 40 radicals and their common hanzi (I’m going through 2 books - a hanzi reference book with 3400 hanzi and a radical textbook with 150 radicals and their common hanzi. but i don’t wanna count this as it is Not that much :c and honestly I may not get to proper hanzi writing study for a WHILE... I might continue the radical textbook just to FINISH it, but actual hanzi focus i do NOT have time for rn to do what i’d like... which is write them ALL out, and memorize their TONES and make up or read through mnemonics for at least 2000 to really memorize them more solidly... at the moment reading has a bigger payoff because i ‘partly learn’ hanzi but its enough to read more ASAP, whereas hanzi study is much slower on its own and while i learn them more fully i do Not get to practice improving reading/listening at the same time)

watched half of a chinese movie with no subs (also a little ATLA in chinese, but these were all just random ‘i feel like watching stuff’)

2 chapters listening-reading of “A Brief History of Humankind” which firstly I do recommend reading its fascinating, but second it is ALSO a mental TRIP to contemplate the material inside it, so in a way its a great companion to the little prince tbh! 

i’m probably forgetting some stuff since i didn’t look at my actual notes list for this.

*and then 90% chance by the end of this month i’ll add a lil japanese games played. cause i’m probably gonna at least Try a japanese game by the end of the month (will i succeed? well that’s another matter lol. but i will probably try)