well, i suggest that it will be better if you learn simplified chinese. as is known, people of chinamainland use simpilified chinese more often. its much easier to learn and write --- thats why chinese people now use it broadly. people from Hongkong and Taiwan use traditional chinese, but now they have decided to learn simplified chinese, for some lectural and commercial reasons. they need to at least understand simplified chinese. so, if you learned simplified chinese first, almost all the people use chinese (both traditional and simplified) can understand you. but it may not apply to the condition that you use only traditional chinese most important, its really much easier to learn. HAVE FUN LEARNING CHINESE！ XOXO =]