It's harder than I thought...

I had a lot of fun in that class. There were about 20 students, but only 2 serious enough to do homework (me and a Chinese girl). The class alone wasn't nearly enough, so I started studying more by myself even before class ended. 

I started  Pimsleur, which is an absolutely excellent language learning program on CDs. It focuses on pronunciation and conversation only, which will give me a solid base in the language. It took me about 1 month to learn the kana on my own, which I'm pretty proud of. I got a book for studying kanji, but it seems impossible. Even the Japanese guys at work told me they didn't know how I could learn the kanji. I've been using repetition.

I bought the kana version of my classes text book: Japanese for Busy People (JFBP). It's hard. It seems much harder than my thai book. But I'm having a hard time getting motivated, since I can't see how I'll ever figure out kanji. Maybe I'll quit.