Friday, 5 October 2007

French for beginners (and how the run went)

Sorry if I have kept you waiting concerning my performance in the Great North Run. I still have traces of the cold left and so I had on Sunday. I managed to get in on 2h 1min 37s. Which means that I am very pleased with myself and that I am already looking forward to next year's run.

Today I have had my first class in French. I never thought that I would volunteer to learn the basics of French. I am usually not the shy person and I always give English words a go even though I might not be 100 % sure how you are supposed to pronounce them. But French seems to be very tricky.

I really need to practise a lot on my own to get a good start. Because I know that if I do not get a good start then I will loose confidence and fall behind. This afternoon I actually got quite upset with myself as I doubted my ability. This is where the stubbornness comes in as I am, in fact, not a very linguistic person. Just determined. Or as a Swedish saying puts it:

'If you aim for the stars, you will end up in the trees.'


I am aiming for the stars.


Today Simon has:

Listened to two tutors
Read a few texts
Noticed that Royal Mail is on strike

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ich bin un petit oranga! Once again congrats to the finished run! I did actually feel a bit peckish of trying it myself some day. Excersicing that is. =) Looking forward to see you soon. Will you be home for christmas? I´ll probably visit some friends in Canterbury in and around w3, what if I get to you on friday that week?