Yesterday, I watched a group of 3 week Beijing veterans navigate directions and finding food and a maze. It gave me the confidence to make myself speak Chinese all morning. I really do have more than I have been willing to try.
Conversations so far 1. about how my flatmate and I slept- well
2. what we will do today shuo hanyu 3. how to get more drinking water for the flat.
I had a long chat with my family- BC, gram, Terry and Cameron.
My IM with Erik is in pinyin! he is correcting me,and I am arguing with him. Cool!
The last of my home food is some very horded macadamias. I still have chocolate for serious bribes and my lemondrops, but they don't really count. Along with my tea stash.
My tutor and I really did talk in Hanyu for 2 straight hours, then we went to lunch together. rice noodles and chicken and mushrooms. Excellent. $1.18 or 8 yuan. Almost doesn't count. The orange I have been nibbling on this afternoon is a variety I have never had before- navel thick rind, individual kernals very firm, and more sour than American oranges.
My homework is to read the fairytale I bought at Wangfujing on Saturday and retell it simply. Then we are going to work on ordering from a non picture menu in a restaurant. I hope to be able to get my dinners much more easily, soon.
Also hope to do KTV and wonder if there is DDR here.
I needed music today- This mac has quite a stash, so I am listening on random. Found an Oasis song from a kid remix- "Champagne Supernova in the Sky" It sounds like it is an older song than most rock songs my kids listen to.
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