Archive for May, 2007

The Friday Five… hundred?

I don’t know about you folks, but I sure have missed out Friday Five interviews. We had some in the works, but then V3 hit and it was utter pandemonium for our folks over at HQ. I’m sure we’ll get back to them eventually, but for today, I’d like to interview YOU, the reader. That’s […]

MSN and minor victories

I’m on my way to work this morning and I’m listening to NPR when they do a feature on this guy who traveled through China and wrote a book on his experiences there. My ears always perk up when they cover the PRC, and I had a minor victory when they started airing the audio […]

Focus, or a lack thereof

I had some new furniture delivered to the house today (my house! I still can’t believe it!), and after hours of little necessary chores and a quick bite to eat, I sat down to do a little studying here at ChinesePod.
You know what I discovered? Focus is everything.
I remember when I was going through the […]

Violent expressions

Okay. So. I have the keys to my new house in hand. Yay!
That being said… You know that guy in kung fu movies that you don’t want to be? That one poor schlep in the film that our hero rains a barrage of blows down on? You know the one. He gets pummeled so badly […]