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Yeahh, guess who has a new love?

In my Chinese martial arts literature class we read some of Louis Cha aka Jin Yong's martial arts fiction. It is, of course, kickass stuff, as the very genre requires ( Read more... )

I've been using my expensive education in Chinese to read fanfic between these two:

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I am coming home on the 21st.Holy fuck. How can I ever get up the nerve to leave China? I've been here for about 153 days (I counted because you do NOT want to have to explain to the Chinese gov why you've overstayed your visa. Ever)! That's nearly six months ( Read more... )

You knew it was coming, and here it is. "Red Cliff" icons! Mostly Zhūgě Liàng, Cáo Cāo, and then a few of Zhōu Yú and Xiǎo Qiáo.


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Stolen from snowgrouse because it's hot here.

Also: a picture of the bamboo mat-thing that I sleep on. Everyone sleeps on them in summer here because it's hot as hell and these things are amazingly cool.

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99˚ and I have a cold. How is that fair?
九十九度而我感冒。 那怎么公平呀~？

So, because I'm up to my ears in China:

Sitting Alone on Pavilion Mountain

A flock of birds is flying high in the distance,
A lonely cloud drifts idly on its own.
We gaze at each other, neither growing tired,
There is only the pavilion-topped mountain.
- Lǐ Bái

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