March 10th, 2026 - Mikael Talk: Travelling (Part 2)

March 10th, 2026

Mikael Talk: Travelling (Part 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lBuwhJ_dic&t=1225

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  1. Mikael

    Yes, next week in experimental rain is coming So look forward to that It is very sunny right now, loving the game, nice Japan is incredibly beautiful, I was there last April, I envy you It is, it is

    Right back on the grind as well.

    I was there last...

    I guess this is like as good as... Oh yeah, because Focus is set to be at this distance.

    I went there last September.

    I was very happy with how my confidence to speak and mostly vocab in speaking hadn't dwindled despite not having lived there for 10 years at that point.

    But my reading comprehension...

    It was fine.

    It was fine, definitely fine enough for traveling, but it was absolutely not where I remember it should be when I lived there.

    So we're back on the kanji grind to make sure that I can read as much as possible next time.

    Because, spoilers, I'm going back to Japan in September this year too, in half a year.

    I'll be sick.

    So I have a deadline, and an actual, um, an actual mentor?

    Friend?

    Friender?

    Friender?

    Who is, um, running me through, uh, the kanji grind.

    My ex, actually.

    Um, still one of my best friends.

    Love her to pieces.

    And she's making sure that no kanji gets skipped.

    So that I can feel as fluent in Japan as I did back then.