I'll try to study Chinese from today!!

I'm writing a diary for studying Chinese in this blog, and also would like to try "Google blogger" function. Maybe I write in Enlgish like today, and French and Janapese as well.
Please allow me to choose the language to choose. (Just in case, I'm a Japanese man.)

My current target is to be able to read Chinese newspaper, or some other articles or magazines in Chinese. As long as I've heard from my friends, who had studied Chinese, it seems very important to learn pronouciations like "4声" in studying Chinese, even if my primary target is reading Chinese.

I'm not sure the correct proverb in English, but I remembered Japanese proverb:"郷に入っては郷に従え." I'll obey their advice in studying it.

The picture above is my first textbook for learning Chinese. I'll report the comments for using it.

Cheers!