The Olympic Games

Wow! The other day I went to school and got some of the international students to translate two sentences that I had written informing people that the Olympic Games were starting and that the Opening Ceremony was last night. It was amazing. I stuck the paper up on the wall and people noticed. Some of the sentences were also translated thanks to Cucumis.org and also Hyunwoo Sun of KC101. By the end I had English, Chinese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Korean, Afrikaans, Indonesian, Greek and German as well as one that represents me that is Hawaiian.

There has been a lot of conflict over these games because of Tibet issues and freedom of speech in China. One particular story interested me immensely about a Chinese human-rights activist called 胡佳 (Hú Jiā). You can watch an Australian documentary on him and other issues relating to this on this Four Corners documentary. There was also a discussion on SBS's Insight program about the games and the safety of it and the issues surrounding it.

The ceremony last night, however, was great. I hope that the peace chant that the kids did last night will be impacting to many people.

GermanPod101 --- everything 101

Finally someone is making something with constant material for the German language. German Pod 101! OK, so recently, the makers of Japanese Pod 101 have been making Korean Class 101, a newly released Spanish Pod 1o1, a newly released Italian Pod 101, English Pod 101 and Survival Phrases. It's really great to see them making a range of languages. And I think they may be starting a French Pod 101.

I will say however that it is also good to learn from other resources along side these podcasts. Yay! Viel Glück und Auf Wiedersehen!

OLA KA ʻŌLELO!! - HAWAI'I MANIA

Recently I have been so hyped up about Hawaiian culture and language. Every opportunity I get to talk with people about the Hawaiian language and culture, I grasp it and enjoy it. Recently I told a mentor that in future I would like to go to Hawai'i to teach and that person said that it sounded like a bit of a far-fetched idea or a long shot. What do you think?

Spanish Pod (not Sense)

Spanish Sense just renamed itself Spanish Pod just recently. The feel has changed completely and there are new hosts. Woohoo! I have taken a long break from Spanish but will think about picking it up again as more spare time crops up. Yay!

Aloha! Is there anyone still out there?

Now, I know that I have put this on hold for a long time. I am getting back into blogging now so that'll be good. I just recently started another blog. That other blog will be for me to share my Hawaiian language experiences and to share what I am learning. I have come a long way in my Hawaiian since beginning earlier this year. It's so much fun.

I have also taken great interest in Korean. So I've been listening to KoreanClass101. Yes, they are affiliates of JapanesePod101. In fact I have seen that the makers of KC101 and JP101 are planning on making similar podcasts for English and Spanish. Mmmmm! Well I think that that is worth watching out for.

Also since my last post, RadioLingua (the makers of Coffee Break Spanish) put out their new podcast, Coffee Break French. So I have been listening in there every once in a while.

OK, I hope to be writing here more in the coming days. A hui hou! Gooodbye!