Archive for January, 2007



Kan - You - Zai

According to my “Previously Saved Words” tally under my Vocab, I’ve got some 506 words that I have thus far committed to memory.
Five hundred and six. That sounds fairly impressive for a Newbie, don’t you think?
To be honest, when I’m testing myself with the Flashcards, I can only recognize about half that number as Chinese […]

A Need to Know Basis

So, hi! How the heck are ya? Eh? What’s that you say? You’re planning a trip to China? That’s awesome!
Oh, you’re a Newbie, too?! That’s even better!
(Who the hell am I talking to? I think I’m the only real Newbie around here. The rest of you just come here to laugh at me. Laugh, I […]

Jet Lag

Hiya, kids!
Please pardon the delay in posts as I get my body re-acclimated to my old time schedule. I’m suffering from some pretty serious jet lag right now and I’ll be back on the job as fast as I can.
Bazza asked me in one of the comments how much Chinese I really used while I […]

Braaaaaiiiinnnns

Braaaaaiiiinnnsss. Yummy brains. Brains brains brains.
What follows is not my entire trip, kiddies. This is just a small selection of photos from my visit with the folks at ChinesePod. They were completely awesome. Just an amazing group of people. Commentary follows…

John Pasden gets a very important e-mail! John, by the way, is nine feet tall. […]