May 2012

• Western girl and Chinese guy - Multicultural relationship challenges
• Sara's Mandarin Monday: Watch out these mistakes in your Chinese essays
• Getting to know Guangzhou: Xiaozhou village
• Making Chinese fried noodles
• Exciting or boring? Ordinary life of a full-time student in China
• Visit to a Chinese orphanage
• Becoming fluent in Chinese: April Goal Check-In

April 2012

• So are Chinese people polite or not?
• Learn Chinese pronunciation and pinyin with Pinyin Trainer
• Mandarin Monday: 找工作靠什么
• The Chinese mother-in-law
• In China I'm both fat and beautiful
• Welcome back!
• Fluent Mandarin in three months? I'm not convinced
• Becoming fluent in Chinese: March Goal Check-In

March 2012

• Poor China Expat
• Mandarin Monday: Rate my Cantonese!
• Kunniaani on loukattu (Message to my Finnish readers)
• Guangzhou feels like home
• Sara's Mandarin Monday: 最近怎么样？
• Sara's Mandarin Monday: 吃惯中国菜吗？
• Courses of a Chinese language undergraduate student
• Becoming Fluent in Chinese: February Goal Check-In

February 2012

• Sara's Mandarin Monday: Introducing my schedule in Chinese (video clip)
• Photos from Dapeng Fortress in Shenzhen
• Sara’s Mandarin Monday: 新的学期来了！
• 在深圳旅游
• It's been a busy week in Guangzhou
• Sara's Mandarin Monday: 我的家乡黑诺拉
• Becoming fluent in Chinese: January Goal Check-In

January 2012

• Sara's Mandarin Monday: 跟中国人交朋友
• My Chinese listening goal for 2012
• Sara's Mandarin Monday：为什么我的汉语口语还这么差？
• Living in China, but am I truly immersed?
• I just read my first Chinese novel - and an another goal for 2012
• Becoming fluent in Chinese
• My Chinese learning goals for 2012: Skritter
• I passed the new HSK level 5 exam!

December 2011

• Christmas away from family
• Finland's Independence Day Reception in Guangzhou
• New HSK level 5: My thoughts about today's exam
• Preparing for the new HSK level 5 exam

November 2011

• Nothing is perfect, not even Sun Yat-Sen University
• Studying Chinese at Sun Yat-Sen University: Intensive Course

October 2011

• Visiting a pet market in Guangzhou
• Cheap calligraphy work available from a complete amateur
• My everyday life in Guangzhou
• Grade my Chinese essay!
• Applying and registering to the Sun Yat-Sen University

September 2011

• First week at Sun Yat-Sen University
• Language difficulties in a relationship
• The shadow over my dream

August 2011

• Questions and answers about learning Chinese
• What is wrong with Western men in China?
• Traveling in Hong Kong: Tai O Village

July 2011

• My foreign name is too long for ICBC
• Falling in love with a migrant worker
• Getting to know Guangzhou: Sun Yat-Sen University north gate (Day time)
• Buying a camera in Hong Kong – Don’t! (Part 3)
• Buying a camera in Hong Kong - Don't! (Part 2)
• Getting to know Guangzhou: Xiadu Street
• Buying a camera in Hong Kong - Don't! (Part 1)
• Life in China is as adventurous as going to the supermarket
• No need for sun lotion in Guangzhou
• My interview at China Travel Blog
• What do Chinese people think about cutting in line? - You asked for it!
• He's just not that into you - China Edition
• Sky as blue as IKEA in Guangzhou

June 2011

• Renting an apartment in Guangzhou and how I found my dream home
• And then the holiday was over

May 2011

• Culture Shock in Hong Kong
• The results from latest HSK are here! How is my Chinese doing?

April 2011

• Finnish parliamentary election a slight disappointment
• Trying to grade my Chinese
• Why did I come to Cantonese Guangzhou to study Mandarin Chinese?

March 2011

• And they forced me to leave my home
• My attempt to fight the negativity

February 2011

• Rate My Chinese! (Audio clip included)
• Could buying a fake bag be an ethical decision?
• And Sometimes I Have Nothing To Say
• My First (or second?) Chinese New Year

January 2011

• Why I Use Skritter To Learn To Write Chinese And Why You Should Too?
• I'm Dying To Know Who You Are
• Why Chinese People Need Face Between Family Members?
• Why I Love Living In China?
• Is It Wrong To Go To McDonald's?
• Did I Hit The Plateau Or Am I Just Lazy?
• Missing home when living abroad
• Introducing A Community: Foreign Women In China
• Year 2010

December 2010

• Where Are My Friends?
• My first Christmas with my Chinese boyfriend
• What Is The Truth In China?
• Who Is A Bad Guy In China?

November 2010

• Why Oh Why China Is So Frustrating Sometimes?
• Is Learning Chinese Hard Or Not?
• How Was The Firework Show Of The Asian Games Opening Ceremony?
• Is Guangzhou Ready For Asian Games?
• Visit to Yuyin Shan Fang Ancestral Garden

October 2010

• Am I Sounding Like My Boyfriend?
• What Is The Wall Between The Village and The Asian Games?
• Should Chinese People Abandon Characters?
• Is There Hygiene In China?
• What You Want To Ask From Me?

September 2010

• The downside of Guangzhou Asian Games
• Can I Have All The Festivals?
• Why I Love China?
• What To Do If Rats Take Over Your Home?
• My favourite dishes in China
• Not the average expat home in China

August 2010

• Why The Shop Assistant Keeps Telling Me The Dress Is Too Small?
• Why Am I Leaving The Best Country In The World?
• Will I Be A White Guangzhounese?

July 2010

• 5 Tips To Learn Chinese
• My home is in Guangzhou now
• Would They Help A Penniless Dying Person?

June 2010

• 5 Reasons To Hate China
• Chinese food I enjoyed during my 5 week trip in China
• Are They Looking At Me?
• Moving to China: Was I afraid?
• Sara Jaaksola in China: The reason why I decided to live in China