Why is so difficult to master/learn Engslish and Japanese at the same time? Actually I'm Indonesian. I graduated from university of Indonesia, majoring Japanese studies. Approximately four years I've been learning Japanese but my grade is still intermediate (Chuukyu). I don't know why but I think Japanese is not as easy as I thought before. Then after graduated, I think my ability in English was declining. So I decided to focus just in one language to study. I chose to improve my English back since English is more important I thought at that moment. day by day I'm improving my English, especially the vocabulary and doing the english conversation with native. But now poor that my Japanese is getting weaker. and the worst thing happened when I had an interview for my job. I passed the English interview so nicely but it otherwise for my Japanese one. I felt so shame because my major is Japanese but my English is much better than my Japanese. so, I wish that I could master/learn English and Japanese at the same time without being confused, distracted or unbalance. Perhaps it's just because the difference of both structures (English and Japanese) English main structure is actually same like Indonesian: (Subject + Predicate + Object ) otherwise Japanese structure is: (Subject + Object + Predicate) it's like a reverse structure for my own language structure. yeah, maybe that's one of the problem that often made me uncomfortable enough when speaking Japanese. too much thingking I suppose. for example when I want to say: " I think you are a smart student" in Japanese you it comes to " Anata ha atama ga ii gakusei da to omoimasu" Anata = you atama ga ii = smart omoimasu = Think However, I just sharing and I wish I could make them balance.

PURE HEART AND FUTURE What we perceive when we value someone else depends on how pure our minds are. If you have a pure heart, you'll have a pure mind as well, If you have a pure mind, you'll always have a nice word to speak, If you always have a nice word to speak, you'll have a good manner, HEART, MIND and WORD are reflecting our lives. If we want to get succeed and a better life, we have to keep nicely our hearts, minds, and words because those all will bring us into a good way of life. your HEART determines your MIND your MIND determines your WORD and BEHAVIOR and your BEHAVIOR determines your FUTURE :)

THREE SIMPLE STORIES ( FAITH, TRUST, HOPE ) Once, all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer, all people gathered but only one boy came with umbrella. => That is faith When you throw one year old baby in the air, he laughs because he knows his father will catch him => That is trust Every night we go to bed. We have no assurance to wake up alive next morning; but still we set alarm for tomorrow => That is Hope

WINNER? LOSER? SCOFFER? There were three eggs (turtle's egg, snail's egg and frog's egg) hatching at the same time inside a well. Everyday they all three always playing together there. One day, Turtle was looking upon the bright top from the bottom of the dark well. He's wondering about the living on the top, seemed interesting, comfortable, bright, etc. Then he asked Frog and Snail to go up. But the Frog mocked the Turtle's plan to go up. Frog thought that he himself who could jump higher couldn't possibly reach the top. so did the slowly snail as well. so how about the silly slowest turtle? But the Turtle seemed didn't really care for that. And the next day he started climbing the well which overgrown by mosses. And at that time, seeing the turtle's struggling to climb, the Frog was mocking him on and on, but the Turtle was just smiling to the frog. Frog's mocking was actually making the turtle spirit up and more even better. so he continued his climbing. And the snail, the one who's just watching the effort of the turtle then started to follow his friend to climb. But because of the Frog's mocking as well, then the Snail kept his intention off and stopped climbing. The Turtle was striving to go to the top. Even in the middle of his journey he stopped to eat the moss up and then continued his journey until finally got over the top. from the top he said to his friend down there "come on, just try to climb up guys, you all can make it! trust me" then the Frog said " No, never! do you want to take the responsibility if I then get hurt or falling? and Frog also said to snail " Don't hear the Turtle snail ! you can't do it, you know! don't be silly !" and the snail didn't even move a muscle >>>>>>>> so what lesson we can get from this story? In life, there are three types of people: a winner, a loser, and a scoffer. A winner always strives to achieve his/her goal and takes every comment or mocking wisely. Then a loser never do anything because he/she are afraid to lose and to be mocked by others. And a scoffer never reach his/her goal unless succeed to scary the loser. so if u may choose, which side do yo want to be? like the frog, like the snail or like the turtle?