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Updates from the schoolyard

Posted in Nonsense, tagged , , , , on March 18, 2007 | No Comments »

After 2 weeks in school I’ve changed classes twice and in the end only take 5 classes with a total of 18 hours per week. The main Chinese class has the greatest teacher ever, teacher Zhang (张老师). She’s a middle aged woman who dresses formally, wears a big smile and doesn’t waste a minute of [...]

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Back to school

Posted in Nonsense, tagged , , , , , on March 6, 2007 | No Comments »

The Spring Festival is over and by now I’m almost certain that it’s some kind of mass psychosis. During all the 15 days of celebration there have been fireworks and yesterday the car alarms rang one last time to welcome the new year. I’ve heard that one person was killed and many others injured by [...]

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Going to school

Posted in Nonsense, tagged , , , on September 5, 2006 | No Comments »

It seems I was wrong about the group I’m in, it’s actually beginners level 1, just starting at lesson 16. This is perhaps less than I had hoped for, but we got the books today and the level seems about right. If it’s too easy (which I’m afraid it won’t be) I can move up [...]

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Onwards to victory!

Posted in Nonsense, tagged , , , , , on August 10, 2006 | No Comments »

Victory is near! I’m getting on a plane to Beijing in less than three weeks. I’ve got my visa but I haven’t looked for a place to live yet, which is a source of concern for my mother and a source of excitement for myself. The plan is to stay at a hotel the first [...]

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Journey to the East, Part 2

Posted in Nonsense, tagged , , , , , on June 8, 2006 | 5 Comments »

English translation below.
我今天接到过一封信从北京语言大学。他们写“我们荣幸地通知您…我校同意接收您作为普通进修生来本校学习，学习的间自2006年9月1日至2007年7月31日”。虽然我是一点紧张但是我很高兴。看来我在9月真的去中国。我现在应该找一房间在北京。
Today I got a letter from BLCU. They wrote “we are pleased to inform you that … we have decided to enroll you to study at the College of Advanced Chinese Training as a General scholar student from September 1 2006 to July 31 2007″. Even though I’m a bit nervous I’m also [...]

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Journey to the East, Part 1

Posted in Nonsense, tagged , , , on May 15, 2006 | 2 Comments »

Today was the last lesson of my evening classes in Mandarin which I have been taking this semester. We drank green tea and repeated some of what we’ve learned. Our teacher presented me with a Chinese calendar as a top of class reward, which I was very happy to receive. The short speech I gave [...]

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