Language learning as an investment

Through all these years in school I was obligated to study English. I don't even remember if I liked it at the beginning, but I remember that I was sick of it in high school (I had A LOT of English classes). Of course right now having good English skills is priceless, but again - it was obligatory.

After graduating, I decided to start studying Spanish. Why? Because it's the second (I think you mean the "second most commonly spoken" or "second most popular spoken"spoken language in the world. I didn't know much about the culture of Spain or Peru, but I thought that it'd valuable to know Spanish. So, I've asked myself a question - do I like studying languages? Or maybe, knowing that it's not that hard to learn a language (well, intermediate level speaking), I like investing in myself? After studying Spanish for some time now I think both. I really like Spanish cuisine and it feels awesome to communicate with a native speaker (Bianca - my great language partner), but after being in Madrid and looking through some job advertisments I also know that it's a good investment.

I'm writing all this beceause I'm starting a small project - learning Chinese through English, Spanish and Polish. I haven't been to China, I have no interests connected with this country and I know nothing about the culture (Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee). Language learning as an investment. I'm not in rush, so I've decided to have my little chat (basic level) in Chinese on the last day of August this year.

First lesson is today!

你好 - nǐhǎo - hello
叫 - jiào - to be called
什么 - shénme - what
名字 - míngzi - name

你好, 你叫什么名字? - Hello. What's your name?
我叫...你呢? - My name is... How about you?

As far as the source of the material is concerned I'm testing chinesepod.com. It looks pretty good.

Ok that's it for now. I'm going to write more about the form of studying later. We'll see :)

High five!