Another relaxed day! Today I slept. For a looong time =). That was really good. Afterwards I studied (without really getting very far, to be painfully honest. I hope next week will be more productive than this week). At night we went for dinner with a big group of people and had hotpot, a kind of meal they make on your table in front of you. It was really good, and, again the food was made in an extremely clean way, it wasn't touched at all. I'm quite impressed. The food was good, although it was juust a bit too spicy for me! Afterwards we went to a lake (the area is called Hou hai) full of little bars where people were using pedalos and just being together. It was extremely nice and romantic, you couldn't see any modern apartments or other signs of the lake being in a city. I even felt kind of lonely seeing all those cute little pairs =S. I couldn't take any good pictures because of the light (and because I'm using my little camera which is easy but not very good), but I hope you see something of what I saw in these pictures. Anyway, I'm going to bed- tomorrow is another busy day- so good night. I hope you appreciate the shortness of this post! I'm sure you do =).
Soof! Really like your blog posts; they make me want to move to a distant place somewhere on Earth too, and just wander around and see another way of life... I was just curious: how many characters are you comfortable with by now? And any chance to say 'Sophia' in Chinese or is your name just not that universal? ;-) Keep it up! You can do it! - The physics guy.
All this sounds like too much fun. So you are enjoying yourself in China. You are twelve hours ahead so now I am going to sleep and you will be having lunch soon. Well hope you have a great day. Marcela (the one from Argentina)
Well, there's maybe 50 that by trying really hard I know the chinese names of, and maybe 100 that I would recognize the meaning (really it's like learning two different languages). And for my name, they try to transcribe it. Like Amsterdam becomes Ā mǔ sī tè dām. You could also translate the meaning, in which case my name is 智慧, zhìhuì. In fact, you can come up with whatever Chinese name you feel like having (Big Bad Wolf, for example...) which is pretty cool. Any suggestions? =P
So happy to follow some of your steps even now from Ghana (where I work a couple of days). What a chance to grasp some of what China and Chinese is ... yes, I am jealous. Love
Hey! Apparently you needed that sleep.. :p Let's hope your chinese improves without decreasing the fun you're having!
ReplyDeleteSoof! Really like your blog posts; they make me want to move to a distant place somewhere on Earth too, and just wander around and see another way of life...
ReplyDeleteI was just curious: how many characters are you comfortable with by now? And any chance to say 'Sophia' in Chinese or is your name just not that universal? ;-)
Keep it up! You can do it!
- The physics guy.
All this sounds like too much fun. So you are enjoying yourself in China. You are twelve hours ahead so now I am going to sleep and you will be having lunch soon. Well hope you have a great day. Marcela (the one from Argentina)
ReplyDeleteWell, there's maybe 50 that by trying really hard I know the chinese names of, and maybe 100 that I would recognize the meaning (really it's like learning two different languages). And for my name, they try to transcribe it. Like Amsterdam becomes Ā mǔ sī tè dām. You could also translate the meaning, in which case my name is 智慧, zhìhuì. In fact, you can come up with whatever Chinese name you feel like having (Big Bad Wolf, for example...) which is pretty cool. Any suggestions? =P
ReplyDeleteJajaja gracias! Si la differencia es enorme, para hablar con la abuela me tengo que despertar muy temprano o ir a dormir muy tarde! Un beso grande!
ReplyDeleteWonder why? =P
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ReplyDeletePanda bear!! That was a good one Jordy! :)
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So happy to follow some of your steps even now from Ghana (where I work a couple of days). What a chance to grasp some of what China and Chinese is ... yes, I am jealous. Love
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