At long last, four years later, I've sent up a Reddit request asking if anyone knows conversationally fluent Hokkien/Mandarin ( Read more... )

Just finished watching Karate Kid; I'd heard this was a very good movie, so I looked it up and of course, it had scored 90% on Rotten Tomatoes ( Read more... )

EDIT You're not gonna see my non-glorious Chinese writing because while taking care of her Christmas present, I went into auto-pilot and sealed the birthday card in the envelope. XD ( Read more... )

A few days ago I encountered someone whose bio showed both Japanese Hiragana and traditional Chinese ( Read more... )

My former classmate Hai-Quan (who doesn't really speak English) sent me a note in Chinese (on Facebook) about a week ago.

I figured I should actually respond to him relatively soon.

It's actually been a while since I've used my IME input, to the point where my usual context-specific phrases weren't appearing. For example I was typing "to continue" 一直 ( Read more... )

I am so ready to be done with adoption blogging.

Actually I would almost consider leaving this term, but I signed the contract that says we have this apartment till mid-July, so it'd be a waste to leave so early.

3rd day and I can already tell this semester isn't going to be nearly as joyous as last one. -_- Greeeat. I miss playing my other piano ( Read more... )

I might be put in touch with someone (through one of my parent's acquaintances) who has a Mandarin-speaking friend. Apparently this friend enjoyed teaching this "someone."

Waiting to hear back via e-mail. Not sure how this will work, but hey, if it's an opportunity to prevent my increasingly deteriorating comprehension, I'm game.

ETA: Mom just called ( Read more... )

Supposedly those who grow up learning traditional Chinese can read simplified, while those who only learn simplified cannot read traditional ( Read more... )