люблю водка!...I love vodka!
It's been awhile. Why, you ask? Well, my cake "business" has been taking off! Goal #1 to open a bakery is making significant progress. I know I won't be able to start a business for a LONG while, but I am well on my way to getting the experience that is crucial in cake decorating and business-related cake adventures. But that's for another post. Right now, I'm going to let you in on something I am passionate about - something that I do in between making cakes and something that I love!
Goal #3: Become fluent in 5 languages in my lifetime (besides English)
This may seem like a hefty goal, but remember people: I have my whole life to do it! That doesn't mean I can procrastinate like I usually do and wait until I'm 89 and say, "oh yeah, I better get on that soon". This is a lifetime of work and effort. The languages I want to learn/continue improving on:
1. Spanish
2. French
3. Russian
4. Arabic
5. Greek
In high school I took 3 semesters of spanish and spent a week in Acapulco. Believe it or not, this time with the language has stuck with me for the most part. I learned enough in high school that when I went to Acapulco I was able to charm a gorgeous hispanic man named Ricardo ;) okay, okay...his name was Richard, but Ricardo is so much more dreamy. lol Anyways, currently I work with a few spanish-speaking peeps and I am learning a little bit each day as well. BUT, this is still a language that I need to become fluent in. In NO WAY WHATSOEVER am I AT ALL FLUENT.
French is a language that I have been in love with since a young age. Quand j'étais petite...
I also took french in high school, but I only got 2 semesters in before it got cancelled. I also took two years of it in college, but it didn't seem to stick until I went to study the language in France for a month. It's amazing what immersion can do for a language...and how it can hurt your own. When I was there, I would wake up and go to school from 8am to 6pm, come home to my host family and only speak french, then go out to the bars avec mes amis and speak franglish with them. It was quite conducive to quickly learning the language, but when I would get on the phone with my family or try to write an e-mail to a friend I found it hard to put an english sentence together. It was quite funny actually. Being in France and using french while my friend and I travelled around Europe helped immensely in my knowledge of the language. I wouldn't say I'm fluent, but I'm getting there. Definitely something I need to keep up on. Maybe a trip back to France will help?
And now, I've moved on for a moment to Russian. At the beginning of the month I signed up for a Russian class. This is a HARD language. Not only are there 10 vowels, 21 consonants and 2 letters that don't even MAKE A SOUND - but there are two completely different ways to write Russian: in print and in cursive. Crazy, eh? So I've been to 3 classes so far (two hours long each), and we haven't even finished learning the whole alphabet yet. But I have learned a few words, which I'd like to share with you now:
хлеб (clearing throat + leb) - bread
вино (veenoh) - wine
сигара (ceegarrah with rolled 'r''s) - cigar
яблоко (yahblakah) - apple
Мюнхен (myooun(clear throat)en) - Munich
Obviously I've learned the most important words ;) Some of the letters are going to take a lot of practice, but I'm willing to work hard to reach my goal. I'll be sure to update as I learn more, and as I encounter more language-learning opportunities.
Adios!
Au revoir!
до свидания! (daw sveedahneeyah) - goodbye!
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