I read in a few places that Lingo Deer was a more effective language learning app than Duo Lingo. I downloaded it and found that it was indeed a bit more effective out of the gate, especially with learning the Korean alphabet. I've only used the free version for the last eight days, but I definitely want to buy the whole year. So every night I do lessons on both apps. It can't hurt, right?
I do the vast bulk of my Korean language learning on Duo Lingo just after midnight.
Here is the proof (haha):
Winter Storm Chan was supposed to drop anywhere from 3" - 12" of snow all day yesterday and overnight. I wound up getting 6" here in North Central Massachusetts. My big meal of the day was Ragu sauce over angel hair pasta, ground beef, and quartered button mushrooms. It was ridiculously good, and well suited to the weather. Also, as you can see in the first photo I had my Yankee Candle burning all day, to make the house smell foresty (haha). Add in the first half of "Thor: Ragnarok" and a few episodes of "Three Meals a Day: Doctors" (a fantastic South Korean show featuring the cast of "Hospital Playlist" camping, which is both interesting and soothing, and makes me want to watch the original 24-episode series), and today was well-spent.
This has felt a lot like my school days, both elementary and junior/senior high school, with the high scores and percentiles. I am so happy to have a worthy project for my brain!
Here are the official 2025 numbers for my progress in learning the Korean language:
Another monthly challenge completed. SO much fun, and I can feel the progress every time I see the language onscreen, or hear many words.
The turkey is cold, and December is nearly here. Time to set up my (always modest) Christmas decorations. I have a couple of strings of lights, so they went up. And I made a smaller top-of-bookcase display than usual, just because. And I had a decent meal midday too!
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| Ramen with shrimp, seaweed and button mushrooms. |
