A couple of months ago, I saw some demographic posted on this site that the Newbie lessons get more downloads than any of the others. I’m sure part of that is because even the Intermediate and Advanced students listen to them, but I’m sure that there actually are a lot of Newbies out there. It […]
Archive for January, 2007
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you select images of Tai Kang Lu.
Tai Kang Lu was a really hip little neighborhood that Aric took me to while I was in Shanghai. It was the coolest little place. Totally off the beaten path. I never would have found my way there […]
Is it my dazzling personality? Is it that I smell like a rainbow? Who can say? No matter the reason, I’ve been hand-picked by the splendid folks over at ChinesePod to act as their guinea pig for a new service they’re rolling out.
What is it? Why, I’m so glad you asked! (This, by the way, […]
I have to admit it… sometimes it’s a blow to the ego, talking in Chinese.
In English, I’m a fairly well-spoken kind of guy. I don’t trip over my words, I have a good delivery, and I’m confident in what I have to say. Enter Mandarin and I’m suddenly reduced back to a Neanderthal’s vocabulary.
“Fire bad. […]
