Chinese Lessons

This Friday, I'll be taking my first lessons in Chinese. Dane's tutor Daphney has a friend that will be my teacher. Learning the language is one of the main reasons I came here. I want to get at least some basic useful words in quick. Left, right, forward, there. Things I can use in a taxi, mostly.

I took about four years of Spanish in high school, but I really don't remember any of it. I was surprised at how much was still in me subconciously when I went to Costa Rica. I'm hoping that I'll be able to retain the Chinese here since I'll be using it more often.

I'm still very nervous about learning the characters. I can remember some of them from sight because of the buses, but I probably couldn't tell you what sound they made, or what they meant.