Christmas Eve 2018

I still woke up early; although, I went to sleep late. 

Since Drops lets me have sessions every ten hours, I wanted to do them early. When I recorded the experience in Habitica, I thought that if I practiced Iearning Thai with other apps I can have a broader perspective and knowledge. I downloaded more than ten apps, exploring the angles that each app takes. After I reviewed them, I uninstalled many of them, finding many to be not intuitive and generic. They typically teach phrases.

The following apps remain useful to me: 

Learn &Play Thai Beginner Word - This app is almost a generic app, teaching common Thai phrases, but it is simple and intuitive. The game is slightly fun.

Learn Thai Alphabet - This app is unique because it concentrates on the basics of the alphabet. The quiz mode is good to consolidate your Thai language knowledge.

Learn Thai with Master Ling - Master Ling is my ex, when it comes to apps to learn Thai. It is good, but I haven't gone back to him. He is designed to eventually require subscription.

Mango Languages: Lovable Language Courses - Mango is wonderful; however, it requires an account, which is not free. Although the app does not save progress, the Thai lessons are accessible. (Mango revealed to me that Drops is teaching me girl phrases. Girls say "I" as chan, and boys say it as pom.)

Pocket Thai Master: Learn Thai Language & Culture - It looks like a text book, but I have not started reading it yet.

Write it! Thai - Writing is also good to reinforce your Thai language study.

Everyday Thai - I like this app because it is tone oriented.

Drops - I use two drops apps to make sure that I get my two daily sessions, since the minimum time between sessions are ten hours. On weekends I get double. I like the daily quick sessions to develop the habit of practicing consistently.

I have nine apps in total to learn Thai, and I like using Habitica to measure my experience in my language practice.

I wrote my daily journal entry, publishing it before Jessica woke up.

After breakfast, Jessica and I cleaned our apartment. The compelling thing that got us to clean is that I accidentally put the detergent tray in the laundry machine backwards, and it is stuck. Now we are mostly ready to ask the maintenance guy whether he fixed this situation previously. Our apartment was pathetic.

I have been recruiting family to my Habitica party to help each other maintain our healthy habits, and adopt new habits. Jessica, Trevor, and Jasmine are on my team. 

Our Christmas Eve Ledesma dinner was good. We almost continued our Trash game, but John finished his nap too late. We started a puzzle, which Jasmine bought Mercedes two years ago and never opened. I never seen Jessica so focused on an activity.  She set the majority of the pieces.

Going to sleep on time is always difficult when visiting family. We are staying the night.