Lingt.com

December 22, 2009

If you’re into language learning, especially Chinese, then this blog post is for you. A good friend sent me a link to Lingt.com yesterday and told me i might enjoy it. I was out running errands when the email came through so i wrote back to say that i’d look into it when i got [...]

Blowing Up Cows

May 2, 2009

Let me just start by saying i laughed out loud at that title. I don’t care if you think that’s funny or not, that’s easily the funniest title i’ve ever written.
I had dinner a couple of nights ago with a group of about 10 Chinese friends. Actually, only one of them was my friend, but [...]

Endurance

March 30, 2009

About a year ago i read a quote that i thought was true and applicable to all situations in life.
“That which does not rest will not endure.”
Last week i decided to rest from the Internet and from biscuet.com. I didn’t feel a need to make a big deal out of it, i just wanted to [...]

Chinese Disasters

December 10, 2008

When non-Chinese people ask me if i speak Chinese i will sometimes say that i can carry basic conversations about simple subjects. This is mostly true.
Often times disaster strikes and i have no idea what’s going on in a conversation and i’m just nodding my head or saying, “uh huh… ok…” There’s no telling what [...]