as we all know

drills are effective learning strategies whether in movements, languages or whatever. richard sennet in his  book the craftsman states that one needs to repeat a movement one hundred times in order to create muscle memory.

our sensei in barcelona drilled us to death and as a result we walked out of that classroom being able to talk and knowing a lot of kangies. we did mina no nihongo first book which is equivalent to n5 and n4.

after that the rest of the teachers did not use drills and whatever was learned was forgotten. ⋋__⋌.

now i'm getting ready for sensei's maternity leave with this little book. this and the renshuu app will get me three months of fruitful self study. (￣ω￣ )

neki desu

 

old and new

this is long, but it's  fascinating to a higher level. enjoy

have a good weekend.

neki desu

 

hope is an attitude

processing the first batch of momiji seeds.weeping as i remember the ones i brought back from kyoto last year which shriveled after planting. these ones have dried on the tree and will be wintered in the fridge.

there's another batch which has been picked up green and dried in a sunny spot in the kitchen.

they'll be processed in a few days and will serve as control seeds to see which come out and behave better. already have the pots for the mini forest.

there is going to be lots of gardening this winter it means basically moving pots and re accommodating them.there's  a massive plant purchase coming up. taking advantage of the fact that sensei will be on maternity leave during the winter.

neki desu