I have been wanting to learn japanese for a while, and only until recently I gave myself enough determination to do so. I’ll try to describe my journey, the choices and the progress I make, to hopefully reach an acceptable Japanese level of fluency (as in being able to converse, and think, in japanese, not being able to write a book…). Here’s where I start: June-July 2010: First grasp of the language with Pimsleur Japanese I, II and III.