First notebook entry

My name is Tobias Karlsson, and I'm trying to come up with a good Chinese name for myself.

I started my study on the 11th of September and have a few long and long term goals + short term goals that I'd like to achieve. That This includes grasping the tones/sounds of spoken Chinese at first while later before learning how to reading/ and writeing. However, I've already jumped a bit ahead a bit and started learning how to read some characters. some reading, I've done To do so is to help me memories to memorize some words characters [Chinese don't have words like in alphabetic languages.  The script is written in characters]and to have a better recognition of them.by having a clearer mental image surrounding it. Because My low skill in writing skill is poor and so I'll shall write my notes in English, if I even will write anything at all for better communication.

The best way to recognize these characters is to break them up into their basic components called radicals.  Each radical has a physical meaning.  If you learn the reason behind why they are written in this form, you can remember them easily.  At the same time, peer into the ethos and psyche of the Chinese culture.  For a start, see my entry at

http://www.italki.com/knowledge/page/Chinese%20Characters%20-%20The%20Way%20They%20Are.htm