Japanese?

My interest in learning the Japanese language started when I was fairly young. My grandparents speak some Japanese and therefore I've had easy access to a lot of entry-level material for Japanese learners. Over the years I've also been following a few Japanese manga / movie series from time to time: I still remember the time years ago when I was scared to near death watching Ringu for the very first time...good times. Ultimately, at some point in my life, I want to take a long, long vacation in Japan and travel across the country, being ABLE to speak to people and blend in with locals. I might consider settling down in Japan when I grow older / when the time comes. It might happen, no? Oh, and also, can't say no to watching a baseball game in Japan! Once this NYC taxi driver who had mistaken me as Japanese told me, "Baseball is BIG among you guys, eh? So it's not just in this country!" Hmm...gotta live up to his impression =]

I guess one thing that I'm really excited about after the first 4 weeks is that I can hear myself actually speaking it. It's like you've always only been listening to the language on TV / Internet but it never occurred to you that you may someday sound just like that. I haven't found many difficulties thus far but I do foresee challenges arise when we get through to more complicated grammar as well as the combination with Kanji.

Anyways, hope to hear from you guys.

Calvin