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BlackBerry Chinese Input Method Support

Friday, November 14th, 2008

At some days I really hate the ignorance that comes along my way. Today's protagonist of discomfort: The BlackBerry Chinese Input Method Support doesn't exist... luckily I can use Google and luckily there are some hackers out there that helped pave the way to enjoy Chinese on my BlackBerry Curve ...

One year Yolearnchinese.com

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

It's time to celebrate, one year ago I started with this China blog and it has developed really great so far. As I really like numbers, let me show You some numbers ;) How many absolute unique visitors does this China blog have? Right from the beginning when I wrote my first ...

Indian space probe „Chandrayaan-1“ mission to moon

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

India's first space probe directed to the moon just started and at the same time India's space program wrote history. India is back on stage so to say. India has been a very forward nation in middle ages, lots of science came from that place at that time, then the ...

Don’t buy Original Movie DVDs in China

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

My original Terminator 3 Rebellion of the Machines DVD. Plastic waste. Warning: Never buy fake DVDs, that's illegal. This time I was in China I also bought some movies to watch them later at home. Watching movies in Chinese is one of my Chinese learning methods. So I bought a bunch of ...

So many Japanese Students

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Finally I have internet again. It's really hard to live without the net for more than one week. Today was my first day of this semester and I'm still unsure what classes to choose. Anyways, just for fun I took a look at the beginners Japanese class, which I could ...

7 months China

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Hey guys, 7 months China and Hong Kong are behind me. Time to get back to Europe, at least for a while. My plane will fly today. When I'm back in Europe I will be busy enjoying some Wellness Holiday, at least for the rest of this week. Next week ...

Barack Obama for President

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Although this is more of a China blog, today I want to do some blatant advertising for my hero in the upcoming US elections. I support Barack Obama! In the past two presidential periods we saw quite some funny or not so funny moments. I hope this will Change with Barack ...

Don’t stay in China for the sake of staying in China

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Recently I've thought a lot why I actually learn Chinese. I've talked about reasons to learn Chinese previously. I also like to spend some years in China. The whole thing sounds very nice. Learn Chinese, stay in China. But is it useful? Is it worth it? Staying in China just ...

Soon back in Asia :)

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