First notebook: journey to a new language? Ironically, I wanted to learn Tagalog, the main dialect of the Philipenes. Instead, I ended up practicing spanish. There are many factors to this: 1) I have previous knowledge of Spanish, for I took 3 tears of it barley passing. Therefore i have gained some mediorcre knowlegde of the language i previously failed. 2) There not too much to learn at home. At home, learning tagalog is hard. I don't understand anything so its harder starting from scrap. And just saying random long sentences to me-- hoping that i will understand-- isnt the best teaching method. 3) Theres not a lot of filipinos on itaki. Theres not a lot of people who want to practice tagalog. 4) the Philippenes is 12 hours ahead from where I live (the US). 5) I don't have the time to fully commit to two languages. Its either one or the other. 6) my messages are filled with people who want to learn english- I'm always happy to give out info, but that also takes up some of my time...