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Monthly Archives: October 2006

Writing everyday is ?? wúliáo (boring)

Monday, October 30, 2006

I know that some of you check most every day, and I’m sorry I don’t write more often, but in reality, no one ever leaves comments here, so, for me, this isn’t that exciting. I’d rather have some sense of actually talking to people, if you get my meaning.
A few people (sister, wife, a [...]

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Going to the movies

Saturday, October 28, 2006

A couple of weeks ago, I hopped on the bus to go downtown to see a new Jackie Chan movie. It’s only in Chinese here, of course, but I figured that would be a good opportunity to practice listening comprehension outside the environment of my classes (which are on fairly predictable topics).
I already knew where [...]

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Wednesday, not much happening

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

I got a haircut yesterday, in spite of not knowing anything intelligible to say about it. I did manage to convey that my sister was a barber, but I still don’t know the word for barber
He basically just “shortened” everything, and made it look a bit more stylish. So, my hair is about like [...]

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Independence Week

Sunday, October 1, 2006

I’ve had a cold the last week or so. Almost over it. Oct 1-7 is independence week here, and most of country is on vacation. I will be using the time to catch up on learning characters, and bumb around town a bit. I’m always on the lookout for good gifts, but I haven’t been [...]

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