"Ki" and "Sa"

"Ki" from Japan About

"Sa" from Japan About

I was so confused when I bumped into a connected and unconnected "Ki" (き) and "Sa"(さ). I learned with that people tend to write the unconnected (left side) while the connected (right side) is used for typing and printing (newspaper, magazine, etc.) Abe-san says it's based on the person's personal preference, when I was first learning hiragana, I was always connecting, this time around I'll stick to the unconnected.

My hiragana studies are going well, I've already gotten down to the N's, that's over half! I'll learn the other half tomorrow and practice tonight!