Time To Get Serious
23 April 2013
Ah, time flies when you're... not really doing much in particular, actually. I can't really believe that it's been nearly a year since I last updated! That's maybe because not much really happened in the latter half of 2012; at least nothing worth writing about. Although, 2013 seems to be shaping up to be quite an interesting year so far. I must admit, there were times these last few months when I considered discontinuing this blog. It seemed kind of cruel to leave it in a state of limbo so I thought about calling it a day on Kuroneko Doumei. I mean, even the word 'blog' seems like such an old-fashioned word now. These days it's all about status updates on Facebook and tweets on Twitter. In fact, the very idea of having to write a properly articulated sentence or paragraph after all this time scares the bejesus out of me. But I've come up with a plan that will both encourage me to revive and maintain this blog and hopefully contribute to my self-improvement over the coming months.
The idea is quite simple. As I'm hoping to get a job as an assistant language teacher of English in Japan (will probably elaborate on this matter in a later post) I thought it would be best if I were to brush up on my, well, English. Since graduating from university last June, I have had very little need to actually use any of the writing skills that I picked up during the four years of my degree. As such, I think my ability to use the language in an academic context has suffered. I doubt very much that I would be able to write a very good essay (or even blog post for that matter) any more. Therefore, I need to get back into the habit of writing again. Not only will this help me to revive my flagging language skills, it will also ensure that I regularly keep this blog up-to-date. At least that's the plan... In the meantime, here's a picture from my trip to Japan - the subject of my next post.
Posted byHocchan at 10:27 am
Labels: Administration, Daily Life
