Hello Edufire

Dunno what to say really, I am a Swedish 28 year old with a flight booked for Tokyo early January next year. I however know very little (generously put) Japanese so I got hooked up with Edufire and I had my first lesson today actually with the gifted Na Na. My hopes are to, well honestly, suck less at Japanese when the time comes to board that plane.

I dont know what drives me to travel halfway across to world to a country I dont really know all that much about, something that I will have to figure out once I am down there I guess. To say that I am passionate about Japan would not be fair to those who actually are, but there is no other country that has compelled me as much to the point where I decided to go and live there for 90 days atleast.

So, lets hope I am not a lost cause and that I at the very least can order some Ramen to feed the oh so famous blubber that is my belly.

Hare gött, tjofräs!

Good luck with your travels! It sounds really exciting. I did that when I went to Spain, but I did know some Spanish before I went. In the end, I loved living in another culture. Glad you already had one great session!

Hi Rickard,

How exciting a trip to Japan. I have always wanted to go there. I’m sure Na Na will be a great resource for you and your studies. Good luck and welcome to eduFire!

Thnx guys!

Wow, halfway around the planet pretty much. :) Good luck, and welcome!

Welcome Rickard!

I think you will be able to do more than just “suck less” – but I love how you put that! :)

Good luck and have fun!

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Rickard – welcome to eduFire! =)

I reckon you are going to do just fine Richard :) Great to meet you! :)

Welcome to edufire Rickard – i hope you’ll be good at it b4 the time comes

Welcome Rickard and good luck with your Japanese studies.

Hello and welcome to edufire! I hope you will enjoy it.

Hi Rickard, good luck with your lessons!
I traveled also to Japan in 2003 by myself, but I knew people there and it was a lot easier to get around. It was beautiful, but expensive!
Very interesting too!!

Welcome to edufire. Good luck with your language learning and I hope you enjoy it here. Are you excited about living in Japan?

Thnx for the good lucksies guys. Yeah, I am super psyched Alicia, kinda regret I decided so far ahead of time in a way, now it just feels like on longest train ride ever if you know what I mean? But hey, he who waits shall be able to order Ramen in Japanese (famous Swedish saying).

Forgot to mention something, I have gotten a ton of “friend”-invitations and it freaked me out at first since I dont know anyone here but I do realize its just a curtesy thing but I am not used to this community stuff so i just ignored all of them, it doesnt mean I am some sort of weirdo who prefers to be the lonely dude wearing mascara sitting in the corner, just that when I get to know some of you I am sure we will be friends, but until we do its freak mode on! (=

HA! The lonely dude wearing mascara sitting in the corner? I love it! The community here is super friendly and amazing, you will see.

I know what you mean by feeling like the longest train ride ever when you make such a big plan and then have to wait several months…. I’ve done it a few times and it was not fun. But hopefully you’ll be able to pass your time enjoyably on eduFire :)

Welcome to eduFire Rickard! If you have any questions or need anything, don’t hesitate to ask. Good luck with your exploration of the Japanese language and the move.