๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š Read every day challenge - Spring 2022 ๐ŸŒธ ๐ŸŒฑ

I think ใพใคๆฏ› sounds like ๆœซๆฏ› - that is, tip of the brows? Otherwise, ใพใ‚† is quite common. Knowing about ็œ‰้–“(ใฟใ‘ใ‚“) may help too (with the Kanji and implied reading).


Jun 1, Wed :cherry_blossom: calendar post

Expectations, Challenge Recap, and Way Forward

Apparently, it appears that I have a wrong expectation of :books::books: Read every day challenge. It appears to start from every day for 1 whole month as per Redglare - then upgraded to every day for 2 whole months by windupbird - and with an unmeasured break until the next season. I am just blind to seeing Jun and Jul too similarly!

Afterwards, I found Extensive Reading (and Extensive Listening) challenges. They appear to contain some relaxed yearly goals, like number of books.

However, I canโ€™t find a way to settle in both places, by both of their conventions yet. Some time later, I found a third way - weekly goal setting. And it appears that calendar post can be adapted to that way too.

Indeed, I learnt more from a few months than a few years (which Iโ€™ve always do some half-assed reading), so I plan to plan weekly for now, seeing how far I can go. (Trying to keep it up for at least 1-2 years.)

  • Much of the progress is still vocabularies (many are genuinely new, others are inferrable), despite the fact that I complained much more about grammar.
  • Some thanks are given to Book Clubs. A lot of thanks would be to WaniKani Community itself, that I have always trust (despite some shortcomings of the app).

I have inserted my trimonthly plan in Extensive Reading Challenge, but not exactly sure whether it fits there. In the end, I might have to create a thread for myself (for my own public learning).

May (monthly) recap

This month, some listening restarted. Music, as well as songs I listened to in the past, is the one.

Iโ€™ve tried some serious anime listening, and make sure if I can identify every sentences. Not sure now this will turn out - continuing, adapted, or giving up?

Somehow, I got caught in managing Death Note Offshoot, until the end of Vol.2. It appears to be a good experience, as Death Note is not too difficult to me, nor too easy; and I can exactly keep the pace. (Though, I can usually finish a chapter in one sitting - indicator of relative ease?)

There are several books that encourage me to look up on related topics - including JoJo, Yuru Camp, Night Cafe. I will treasure that. When trying to look up on topics, I had to read Japanese articles (without Furigana), reminding me that I need to be a lot better. Nonetheless, Yomichan helps on laptop, and Akebi helps on mobile. (JJ dictionaries, and other resources built by natives, donโ€™t appear to have a nice browser integration.)

June (monthly) plan

  • Anime as a sidetrack to manga. I will try to find live action, if possible.
  • Maybe Shogi, in Ayumu and March comes like a Lion. Will also check out Xiangqi (Chinese chess).
  • Find some nice public health and medicine ones. Badass surgery is not enough, need more of social management.
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