Why Japanese?

The reasons why I chosen to study Japanese was because the culture and the language fascinate me. What really excited me about this class is the different characters that I would be able to learn, and be able to comprehend and pronounce. From the first two week of class, I felt that this language is even harder than learning Chinese, which to most people says a lot. In the first two weeks of class, I found that the pronounce of the characters are very difficult and the written part are not easy as well. I hope that by the end of the semester I would find that Hiragana less difficult.