Mental gymnastics – My first Chinese class
I was evaluated by a Chinese instructor at Microsoft and put in the B class. Instead of the toddler class which is A. That is because the past 10 months in Redmond I studied some Chinese by myself. So last night I went to the B class for the first time. I was mentally exhausted after 1.5 hours. I could only understand 30% of the things being said. The classes are from 6:30PM-8PM. After a full day of work I am not sure how much my brain will absorb that material. But I have to stick to it and see what happens. Work is going well. We are making good progress. But after so many years of managing projects it comes pretty naturally to manage risk, resources, schedules, etc. My biggest challenge at the moment is a pretty mundane one. I have a big load of laundry which I am not sure what to do with. The hotel wants to charge me US prices and almost wash each sock separately. So I need to find another reasonable alternative. I am very glad I brought everything from Redmond with me because buying little things are very inconvenient and time consuming. It took a few hours to buy a deodorant. I was looking for something without antiperspirant but since I could not read any of the labels I had to choose one almost randomly. This reminds me of interesting conversation. As I was scratching my brain looking at the deodorant a Chinese girl started to talk to me to ask me for advice on which one she should buy for her boyfriend. I was pretty impressed. Generally people try to avoid having conversation in English if they can. It was her first time buying a deodorant and she was not sure which one to choose. I tried to explain the concept of antiperspirant but I am not sure she fully got it. Eventually she just picked the one that I chose at random. J For the next class I need to memorize these. Both the Pingying (Romanized characters) and the Chinese characters. It is pretty hopeless at this point. Hopefully it will get better soon. Morning Zaoshang3 早上 First Xian1 先 Brush teeth Shua1 ya2 刷牙 Then, afterward Ran2hou4 然后 Take a shower Xi3 zao3 洗澡 Wear, put on Chuan1 穿 Clothing Yi1 衣服 Slice Pian4 片 bread mian4bao2 面包 Drink He1 喝 Cup, glass Bei1 杯 Coffee Ka1fei1 咖啡 Classroom Jiao4shi4 教室 Sometimes You3 shi2hou 有时候 Noon Zhong1wu3 中午 Dining hall, canteen Can1ting1 餐厅 Lunch Wu3fan4 午饭 Participate Can2jia1 参加 About Zuo3you4 左右 Write Xie3 写 Homework Huo4zhe3 或者 Surf internet Shang4 wang3 上网 go to bed Shang4 chuang2 上床 Sleep Shui4jiao4 睡觉
3 comments:
Good for you man.
Hi David:
Wld appreciate your advise:
To apply for a Z visa, you'll need to get a health check first. Did you get this in Beijing?
What documents do you submit to the Consultate in Hongkong?
Thank you: Ju Gordon
yes. you can get your health check exam done in Beijing. There is a special hospital for that purpose. It will take about 2hrs.
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