Visit to a Chinese orphanage
My fans on Facebook already know that I visited a Chinese orphanage yesterday. This trip to a orphanage in the outskirts of Guangzhou was organized by BEAN Guangzhou and I was lucky to be the one of the nine people…
Becoming fluent in Chinese: April Goal Check-In
Happy Labor Day! It’s time for my monthly goal check-in. Listening I watched 18 episodes of Chinese TV and 15 episodes of American TV. Great! I finished 夫妻那些事 and will be looking for a new TV series to follow. I…
So are Chinese people polite or not?
Three weeks ago a new Finn arrived to Guangzhou and started his few months in China. He said that it’s nice here because people are so polite and helpful. But I’m guessing that at some point he will get to…
Learn Chinese pronunciation and pinyin with Pinyin Trainer
(This blog post includes affiliate links.) Recently I’ve been paying attention to my pronunciation as it’s not as good as it should be. I’ve decided to start from the beginning because I’m not even hearing the tones and pinyin correctly!…