Finally learning the language?

Supsupsss

Last night, I called up a friend who lived in Japan for 6 years when she was little. Her name is Lea. I asked her if she could teach me some Japanese the following day, which is today, and she agreed! I was very happy to hear that and hope came into me because I really wanted to learn the language. I know you guys are wondering "Hey? Why not self-study?". Well the thing is, I get bored when trying to learn by myself. I thought it would be easier and more fun if somebody could teach me and inspire me in a way.

So after school, I called her so that we can meet up and head to the library. We headed down there and she talked about how the culture is in Japan along the way. I was very interested and got a lot of my questions answered which made me happy. Inside the library, we quickly found 2 basic Japanese grammar books and headed to an empty table.

She started off by explaining the difference of Hiragana and Katakana. Lea also told me the best way to learn the alphabet is by index cards. After she explained to me, she started to teach me how to count in Japanese, some 2 or 3 verbs, and some pronouns. After an hour or so, we got a whole page of notes. She also let me borrow a manga to let me practice reading. I know I won't be able to read it by tonight but I hope to read it little by little.

This experience really helped me a lot and made me committed to learn Japanese. I'll try my best not to be lazy and find the time to learn this complex language. My plan for tonight is to do my homework first (OMG ENGLISH,FRENCH,ALGEBRA) then get started of in writing those index cards. Wish me luck!