My language passport
PRACTICE
Korean
Intermediate"고마워요" — thank you
2022
French
Advanced"petit à petit" — little by little
2025
Japanese
Beginner"がんばって" — do your best
READY
Spanish
Advanced"poco a poco" — bit by bit
ROOTS
Nepali
Native"मायाँ" — love
STARTED
German
Beginner"Alles gute" — all the best
PAUSE
Italian
Beginner"piano piano" — slowly, slowly
LIST
Thai
Curious"สวัสดี" — hello
Why I collect languages
Every new language is a different pair of glasses to see the world through. A word that doesn't translate cleanly usually means a culture is thinking about something I've never had to think about — and that, to me, is the entire point of the hobby.
I'm not chasing fluency in twelve languages. I'm chasing the small, specific joy of ordering coffee correctly, catching a joke in a film without subtitles, or making a stranger laugh in their mother tongue.
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It rewires how I think
Grammar from another language keeps sneaking into how I structure English sentences — in the best way.
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It turns travel into conversation
Even broken phrases open doors that a translation app quietly closes.
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It's a hobby with no finish line
There's always another dialect, idiom, or accent to chase — I never run out of "next."
How it started
Picked up a used Spanish textbook out of pure boredom during a school break — never put it down.
Started French with a language app during lockdown, one 10-minute streak at a time.
Found a Korean drama with no subtitles I actually understood — and got hooked on the language.
Juggling six languages, one notebook full of scribbled conjugations, and zero plans to stop.
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