Martin

Well, Bali is pretty pretty! Don't worry, Bangkok, you're still number 1, but I can't lie, it's very nice here. 🇮🇩

Sounds lovely, and before the influx of other Westerners too.

Yes, "welcome" and "thanks". Well remembered :)

Selamat sore, Bali! 🇮🇩

It's the last day of IJK – the week-long event for Esperanto speakers. #langsky

From hanging out with Vietnamese friends and getting a "mười điểm" (10 points) for my pronunciation, chatting to folks from Congo to Japan, and playing crazy games until 3am, it has been a fucking great experience.

This is where I'm currently living with 170 other Esperanto speakers. Mi tre amuziĝas. #langsky

GM from Jakarta 🇮🇩

Dankon! :)

So, Jakarta is so much cheaper than Bangkok. I just got my morning coffee for less than $1, and it's good!

🇮🇩 Selamat malam, Jakarta!

This is going to sound weird, but I’m unsubscribing from English.

I'm on the way to Jakarta to live with 170 Esperanto speakers for a few weeks. Esperanto is the only language that’ll be spoken.

Life is a “choose your own adventure” game, and I’m coming for that final boss! #langsky

I just ran a homebrew command. While it finishes this is what I have planned:

👶 Start and raise an entire family
💰 Become rich
💡 Become enlightened
♾ Find the elixir of eternal life

I figure I'll be done just before brew completes, and then I'll get right back to work.

I just did 187 flashcards. #langsky

Bloody love this place. 🇹🇭

Awesome, sounds good!

One unexpected benefit of being back in a city with good public transport is that I'm doing way more language practice. #langsky

Yeah, a shame I picked too big a problem, it's all good as I'm taking those lessons and some fresh ideas into a new thing: langsesh.com (which also supports Esperanto...for now)

LangSesh Language practice you won't give up on.

Dankon! Vi povas provi ĝin tie: langsesh.com. Sed nuntempe ne haveblas la portugala. Baldaŭ mi aldonos pli, inkluzive tion!

Ankoraŭ restas multaj plibonigoj en LangSesh, kaj jes, mi vere celas fari ion multe pli utilan ol Duo por tiuj, kiuj vere volas lerni lingvon anstataŭ ludi ludojn.

"A fine not exceeding..." always sounds a bit too much like an invitation to me.

Wow, 7 months since I updated my martinrue.com/now page. A lot has happened. It's back up-to-date now.

🙏🙏

So this happened: yakk.app 🪦

LangSesh Language practice you won't give up on.

I've pushed to prod! langsesh.com

Looking forward to hearing what you think next time we chat!

Here are the stats I'm tracking for you when you learn a language on LangSesh.

Streak is the interesting one, as it's your streak PB, just like in the gym. 💪

¡Qué guay que ya tengo tantas palabras en español! 🇪🇸

I feel like this may be a "try it and find out" situation for someone with way more free time than I have :)

Toll!

If 2025 could just slow down for a sec, that'd be great.

I want to add Dutch and Polish ASAP too!

Thank you! 🙏 At the moment yeah, 4 courses across all langs. I'm working on adding more complex ones (A2, B1), and ideally some specialised courses for certain languages. You're looking for more advanced stuff I'm guessing?

Awesome! Any feedback more than welcome! 🙏