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]Sleep until 2pm - Woke up at 2:30. gettin better
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] 8hrs of Japanese Passive Immersion
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] 1-2 hrs of Active Immersion - Need to start doing this
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] Core 2k , JL1K Kanji Deck, Nampa Deck - Around 500 cards to review
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]Approach Today - 3/20ish
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] 1 HR of Japanese bookwork (63/150) - Less important then SRS cards
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] Study Next Chapter in Text Book - Same as above. No need to do this every day
Approach
Went to the mall. got there at like 415 stayed until 545. 1.3 hours of approach. 3/20ish. A lot of people at the mall, mostly couples, kids with parents. Still hung around and got baseline volume in.
Im definitely screening out white chicks cuz i wanna smash Asians way more. Like some that i passed cuz they didn't meet my threshold of attractiveness would probably be 8/10 smokin white chicks for yall.
Where as some might think the Asian chicks I'm approaching are boring lol. different strokes for different folks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Had one instadate today which came about in an interesting way. Approached an Asian chick solely cuz i saw her ass in sweats lol. Followed her down the escalator and approached. She didn't speak much English nor speak it well. Asked for phone number, said it only worked over wifi. Asked if she had line (Japanese messenger) and she said yes. I'm like oh ok, this chick is Japanese. time to bust out the Japanese.
"日本語 話しますか"
oh yes I speak Japanese.
we talk a little bit in Japanese/ English. Very basic on my end, and end up exchanging via line.
forget about her and continue approaching.
About an hour later i get a message from her asking if I'm still at the mall.
i said I'm leaving soon. but did you want to meet up?
"Yes!"
So i meet up with her and we talk for like 20 min about stuff. I'm still trying to speak Japanese and she's trying to speak English.
it was a really fun instadate. Haven't had any chance to test my Japanese skills. I'm so bad haha. But decent enough to convey simple messages.
Didn't go for the pull cuz i was just enjoying trying to speak Japanese as well as her ride was like 15 min away. She said she's free for the next 2 weeks and then she's going back to japan.
Maybe she will meet up, but most likely she will
Japanese
So I added active immersion to my list of things to do for Japanese study. I have made a habit of passive immersion, but i need to really be actively trying to decode anime that I'm watching. Like spend an hour either trying to translate the show in real time. or spend time going line by line trying to translate the show and then compare to the subtitles. This active immersion is where the real progress is made Vocab and grammar can be obtained via active immersion and through context of shows with language being heard and read.
Big part I've been missing. If u could just listen to Japanese all day id already know it cuz of the thousands of hours of listening over the years. Its the act of actively trying to solve what is being read that really ingrains it into your mind.
The passive part allows your ears and brain to distinguish the phonetics of the language. But not the entire language itself.
Vocab studies helps. but its a 3 part process
Learn vocab - SRS flash cards
Active immersion - translating anime
Passive immersion - Distinguishing the phonetics of the language.
Speaking to the Japanese chick today really made me understand how little i know and hoe much more work i need to put into it.