This week marks the end of a chapter in the Chronicles of G. The last post I’ve made here was in March. A brief rundown of how this week went/will go down shows how shits changed since then: Tuesday- Went to class, gave a hastily patched-together presentation about Mackay, a Canadian missionary who came to [...]
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Round 1
Posted in Study, TW Life, Uncategorized on May 26, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Thinking of 日本
Posted in Study, TW Life on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hard to keep track of all the terrible storms and natural disasters the world has been hit with in recent times. The latest one hit quite close to home, especially with the sizable Japanese here at MTC. Although Taipei wasn’t affected, just by talking to some students and keeping track of the news, I could [...]
Last Day of Class
Posted in Study on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We decided to go out in style with some long-awaited KTV on the last day of class. Every Friday the teacher taught us a Chinese song, so we already had a good selection to start with. Combine that with my considerable Jay Chou/Mayday library and my classmates’ wackass songs, we were in for some crazy [...]
Class Trip
Posted in Study, TW Life on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ah yes, the lack of posts has been disconcerting. But fret not- your hero is alive and well. Pouring out some of the latest updates: 迪化街- In preparation for Lunar New Year, my class took a trip out to 迪化街, the street that opens up just to sell New Year-related goodies. I was just happy that [...]
The other day in class..
Posted in Study on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We had to come up with sentences with various phrases. One of the phrases was using “比不上…” (can’t compare) I came up with this gem: “我的能力比不上我的野心” My ability cannot compare to my ambition Then came the silence. Then the slow clap.
Idiom: 全力以赴
Posted in Study on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
全力以赴 (quan2li4yi3fu4)- 把所有的力量都用上去. …Do one’s level best; go all out.
Second Semester
Posted in Study on December 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New term, new faces. I’ve been in this class for about two weeks, so it’s about time to give my early opinion. The jump from regular to intensive class was totally worth it. I’m learning at a much faster pace (although I worry about retaining it long-term) and the class is just much more active, [...]
New Vocab
Posted in Study on December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
保險套 (bao3xian3tao4) = condom Chapter 3 vocabulary word in the textbook.
Idiom: 人微言輕
Posted in Study on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
人微言輕 (ren2wei2yan2qing) – The words of the lowly carry little weight.
End of Semester Trip
Posted in Study on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
