Yes, it's time for crazy Jay rumors to start.  This much seems true:  Jay is finished filming "Pandamen" and is going to be in Hollywood for a while.  He's going to record his 10th studio album in the US.  He's also gained weight.  (I can't blame him.  American food is fattening.)

Beyond this come the rumors:  You never know the album title and ( Read more... )

Debated over whether to get this or a "Star Wars" novel.  It's "Chinese Write Away."  You basically use an erasable marker to write Chinese characters in it, and it's very convenient.  Wipes right off, so you can start over, and the marker is in a box attached to the book:


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For those who are just learning Chinese and haven't used all of the Internet resources available to them, "囧" is simply "bright," but this character is also being used in new ways.  Doesn't it look like a depressed face?  Check out the 2nd part to nciku's definition for this character.  This character is now being used to mean "stupefied, depressed ( Read more... )

Recently, on learn_mandarin , I posted a request for stroke order practice sheets for Chinese characters (or Hanzi).  I did find some over the Internet, but some of the vocab was pretty random.  One of my friends (also a Jay Chou fan) asked me to teach her some Hanzi, but these sheets wouldn't be very relevant to what she's learned thus far.  So, instead, I've ( Read more... )