"Heart Gold Champion"

On my epic journey learning Japanese,

I have studied via many different ways,

playing Pokemon in its original form

recently being one of them.

With my rockin' team of superstars...

Calcifer {カルシファ}

Marybelle {マリベール}

Columbus {コロンバス}

Kazan {火山 meaning 'volcano'}

Fang {フェング short for fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix}

Burin {ブリン}

I have strengthened my Japanese muchly.

In Heart Gold,

there are thousands of speech patterns,

ranging from the 'standard' Kanto dialects

to the country drawls of Kansai

to the gumby prattle of old men

to the I'm-too-tough-for-pants gamble of pre-teens.

From one little game,

I'm learning tons.

{guess what? i'm a geek.}

{pichu girl via here}