Reflection #8

This past week we finished Chapter 23 of Genki II.
We finished this with such grammar point like ことにする.  This is saying something that you decided to do and it very useful.  You can also use ことにしている for saying that you are going to make a habit out of doing.
We also had to learn 方 this is the way which an action is performed.  Such is 泳ぎ方 saying how to swim.
The easiest thing this week was learning and using ことにする.  It is very easy to form and makes sense how to use it.
The hardest thing was realizing how many Kanji I forgot when we were going over the reading.  I really need to take some time and go back and review all the Kanji that I forgot.  It will be hard to continue if I forgot half of the Kanji.
毎日、漢字をれんしゅうすることにしています。

One gesture that I notice is different in America than it is in Japan is the gesture to signal for someone to "Come here."  In America we have our palm in the air and move our hand towards us.  However, in Japan the hand is flipped over and the palm is facing the ground.