There are times when these lessons hit a little too close to home. There was a Newbie lesson the other day called Too Fat. And, yeah. That struck a nerve. (There are instances in which I am typically America. Not many, but they exist.)
But aside from needing to drop a few pounds, it reminds me […]
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Too Fat? I’m okay with that.
Published by October 4th, 2007 in Vocabulary and ChinesePod. 7 CommentsOh… yeah… umm… I think I may have kind of forgot to mention the fact that I’m having surgery on Friday. Not a big deal. Nothing to worry about. Just a hernia. I’ll be bedridden for less than a week and then I’ll be back on the chain gang.
In the meantime, being just a Newbie/Elementary […]
Hello, hello, hello! How’s everybody doing out there?
As I’ve been chatting more and more frequently with some friends overseas, I’ve found some high-frequency dialogue getting driven home. It’s been fantastic!
Of course, my biggest problem here has nothing to do with language. It’s protocol.
Ordinarily, when I contact an English-speaking friend, it’s not my intention to dig […]
I’m a bit scatterbrianed these days. It feels like a week since my last post here, but checking the site I realize that I posted… a day and a half ago.
I have to lighten up.
So. Where am I in my studies? I’ve made a few interesting observations the past few days.
1) Consuming a […]
