Archive for the ‘Improve Yourself’ Category
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Previously I have given You a whole bunch of learning methods, I also recommended You to go to a Chinese university to learn Mandarin and encouraged You to talk to Chinese persons. However I wondered what method is useful in particular. Which one has the best ROI (Return of investment)? ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
My last post was about if learning Chinese is worth the effort, especially with a look on the recent visa changes. I also listed my main reasons why I am in China, one of them is WORK. Justrecently who is a fellow German and has a blog about the political ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Recently I heard this this dialog:
- Hey man, I want to invest in China, I want to settle here, can I do that? I mean because of visa and stuf...
- Sure You can. The law states You can. But we don't know if this law still exists tomorrow.
Two weeks later, ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Yesterday I've been to the Hump Bar, which is a popular foreigner hangout. After a while I recognized a girl sitting lonely at some table so I went to her table and started a conversation in Chinese.
Well I can practice my Chinese every day, but this experience was total different. ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Today I wanted to wash my clothes, but the weather is cold and cloudy, so there is no way to dry them until evening. So instead of going to the laundry I answered a post of Rainman on the CL forum. He said that it is important to speak some ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
I just came across an article on the fordummies website. Fordummies publishes these books like "internet for dummies".
The article dubbed Ten things Never to Do in China tries to tell You what is not acceptable in China. It tries. But it fails. The problem with this article is a general ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
I just got my Chinese name. It has been a long journey, but now my girlfriend gave me my new name.
jùn jié. Which could be translated as very talented person. However jùn has more meanings beside talented. It also means smart or handsome. I'll go with these 2 instead of ...
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Some people often do not move on in their lives. They walk but remain at the same point all the time. Do You belong to this type of people? I did, but I changed it by starting making definite plans. An Idea I originally found in the amazing and life ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
How long are You learning Chinese already? How much did You learn in that time? These guys from the Spanish class are already fluent after 1 year of study. Slow learning seems to be a common problem with Chinese learners. So what's different about learning Chinese compared to learning Spanish ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
What is Your motivation to learn Chinese? Basically there are only 3 Motivations:
1. Chinese woman
2. Making business in China
3. Some cultural interest
If You are in the first group then You probably have a Chinese girlfriend already. If not then hesitate no longer. If You are in group 2 or 3 ...
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