Do you ever get the feeling like it’s all… pointless?
Blasphemy, I know. How could I even suggest it? But there it is. I’m surrounded—SURROUNDED, I tell you—by non-Chinese-speaking people! All these years of practice… well, both of them… and for what? So I can order a Diet Coke one week a year when I go […]
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It was more than a year ago when I last saw my local Chinese tutor in her capacity as my teacher. We’ve seen each other socially now and then, but any Chinese we’ve spoken has been one or two words here and there. Well, the other night she invited me to her house for dinner […]
Where’s Frank?!
Published by December 10th, 2007 in RL Practice, ChinesePod and The Octagon. 0 CommentsI’m right here!
TaiPan was asking over in the conversation section where I had gotten off to. I explained there, for those who missed the thread, that my day job is now blocking access to the ChinesePod site and I’m limited to my nights and weekends for all my real living. Those hours get awful crowded, […]
Tonight’s the night!
Published by December 7th, 2007 in RL Practice, ChinesePod and The Octagon. 4 CommentsSo. Tonight is my Practice Plan appointment with Aggie. I decided to go with the Elementary lesson, “How Spicy?”. I think someone had actually suggested that. (Thanks to you!)
When I think about it, I realize that it’s been a good long while since I spoke to Aggie (who was my counselor for the two months […]
