for my friends at LiveMocha.com

March 26, 2009

What's Cuppachino been up to?  Why are you "drastically less active"?

I decided to learn German seriously (outside of Mocha) in late February. [Why German?   SEE My Progress & Milestones]  That has consumed all of my free time, after my professional duties, social/political advocacy, and economic studies. I've recently been inspired to restructure my life and devote even more time to writing. 

My French learning continues, perhaps at a slightly reduced pace. I still listen to French news daily and watch French films. Incidentally, my German progress has been quite rapid. I'm now spoiled by the hand-holding, various attention with continuity, and ready access to answers for all my burning questions. Being motivated and constantly steered in the right direction make a huge difference! It's been very productive—in stark contrast to my early days of French (in 2006), where I had to endure painful struggles and research tediously to answer my own questions.

I'm still keeping up with messages here, and reviewing 95% of exercises sent by friends, but less than 10% of the requests from other members. My in-depth analysis style is now reserved for friends only, due to time constrain.

Later...  A+!  Bis später!