Back To Topic
March 18, 2009 – 1:09 amToday I stumbled about the beautiful blog Nino’s World and that totally reminded me, why I started this blog in the first place. To talk about my exiting adventures in and with greater China, as well about my ways to learn Mandarin Chinese, while keeping it all positive and nice. Things went out of hand, starting with the Olympic shit, and during the last months it got all political here. Although I’m not in China now, and won’t be for a while, not even in Asia, I’m looking to push things in the right direction now, back to the roots so to speak. I still have some unposted pictures from earlier visits and there are other things to talk about, like Chinese hotties I’m going to date someday, Chinese food I’m going to eat someday and places I want to visit in China someday. And I’d also like to revive the other big topic of this blog again, Learning Chinese. To kick myself in the ass about learning Chinese and inspiring other desperate Chinese learners like myself.
Here my top 3 reasons, why I like China:
one: Beautiful Chinese Women
two: Great Chinese Food like Hotpot
three: Tranquil and Idyllic Chinese Nature
This alone should be enough reason to stay a while in China and discover its secrets. This should also motivate me to be more serious to learn Chinese. Not that I have the time to do so, but priorities have to be set. And important things go first. It’s time to get back to topic.
This post wouldn’t be complete without the appropriate words we used today:
美女 měi nǚ – beautiful woman
火锅 huǒguō – hotpot
自然 zìrán – nature
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10 Responses to “Back To Topic”
Well the lady u’ve posted is not quite my kind…
When are u coming back here again? Here in Chengdu, the weather is already nice and warm
Don’t worry, I’ll eat some huoguo for you tonight (or a few days later, depends when I am hungry enough to eat for two^^)!
By Aremonus on Mar 18, 2009
Hi Aremonus,
When am I coming back? If I could, I’d jump on a plane today afternoon.
But I guess in really it well be like very late in 2009/ beginning of 2010 until I can get back to Asia. One more year of pleasant German weather
At least my girlfriend knows how to make hotpot, so I get one pot of hot and spicy food every 2 months.
I do have this plan of attending a Chinese summer course for 4 weeks sometime in July/august, but to be honest I don’t really have the time to do so. Later this year I can think about that option.
Enjoy the Hotpot
By Hendrik on Mar 18, 2009
Hey, thanx Junji, for refering to my blog. Same as you, I love Asia and especially chinese culture. Since my girlfriend is overseas Chinese, I am more a fan of Chinese culture in general, which is so diverse and old and I’m not particulary a fan of China, the state. In fact, the Chinese I got to know, they are proud of the country they live in, be it Malaysia, Singapore or Taiwan. They admire Beijing and have common roots, but their mentality and mindset is completely different than the China Chinese. But even though, I have a plan to travel to China one day, I wanna see Beijing, Shanghai, maybe Qingdao and Dali. I leave that to the future. If you wanna experience some different Chinese culture, I recommend you Penang, Singapore and Taipei. You will see Chinese hotties way better than in China, believe me
And besides that, they mostly speak English. Good luck for your future endavours… oh, and I have to add! Best Chinese food is in Penang, Malaysia! Forget Beijing, Shanghai, Hongkong! 
Regards,
Nino
By Nino on Mar 18, 2009
Hehe, how can u say where the best Chinese food and the hottest girls are if u’ve never been here?
Nevertheless, I must admit, Singapore girls are nice
That’s crucial to me, as I am going to study in Singapore in 2011
By Aremonus on Mar 18, 2009
That must be like when the Chinese say, that the most beautiful women come from Chengdu. Well, there are beautiful women in Chengdu, but other cities have their own 美女 as well. Dunno how they get that conclusion.
Or they say… Kunming must have awesome weather, because it’s the spring city. Yeah right! It rains very often, like in spring.
Aremonus, have You been to Singapore?
By Hendrik on Mar 18, 2009
Well, I don’t claim I am objective on a in itself very subjective matters – beauty and food. It’s just my taste and my experiences. Btw, I wrote about your blog, Junjie. Take care!
By Nino on Mar 19, 2009
I’ve ever been to Singapore, but not for long (only one day, before travelling on to China)… But there are lots of Singaporians in Switzerland, especially in the university I am going to study in. Planning to spend most part of 2011 down there, tho; I actually meant to go to China again, but there are just no good economics uni here, so I had to choose between SP and Hongkong…
Now that my Chinese is getting better, I wonder: do Chinese in Singapore speak mandarin, or are they closer to cantonese? If they don’t speak mandarin anyway, I might consider going to HK instead (wherefrom I can reach mainland in a short flight)
By Aremonus on Mar 19, 2009
I heard, that in Shenzhen Putonghua is really big, hardly any Cantonese, because it’s like a melting pot of all kind of Chinese people. So Your best place in HK should be somewhere in Kowloon, then You could jump the direct train to Shenzhen and it’s 1 hour to get there. If I get back to HK, I could even imagine to rent a small room in Shenzhen as my weekend retreat
j/k
In HK itself, there is basically no Putonghua. Many speak it as a second language, but with a thick accent. I didn’t use any Mandarin in HK.
According to a friend who stayed half a year in Singapore, You can find Hakka, Cantonese, Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia/Malay and English speaking people (even some Arabs and Indian people as well). Which of these is dominant in Your neighbourhood depends on which part of the city You live. If You gather some information previously, You can easily get into an all Mandarin quarter. Public transport is fast, so don’t worry if You have to commute there.
By Hendrik on Mar 19, 2009
Haha, I’d be in uni anyway, so not many places to choose from^^
But thanks for the advice.
By Aremonus on Mar 19, 2009
I lived few months in Singapore, too. Mostly young Chinese people speak ‘Singlish’, a sort of English with Chinese melody and some Chinese words in between. It’s funny to hear at frst, after a while you get used to it. In the recent years Mandarin is disappearing, so the government started with some wide action of ‘speak more Mandarin’. I donno if it worked. I’ve been in Singapore in last december, I still heard Singlish as the main language. The old Chinese Singaporeans speak dialect like Hokkien or Hakka and are not fluent in Mandarin. Malays speak Malay, that’s 16% of Singaporeans, the rest is Tamil Indians. Arabs… there’s Arab street but almost no Arabs, unless they’re tourist. And there’s maybe few 10.000 Westerners who became citizens and have families with Chinese women, their kids are ‘Eurasian’. in Singapore, in your ID or passport, you also have your race stated. Any more questions regarding Singapore? Ask me
By Nino on Mar 19, 2009