Category: Blog
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Looking for a New Apartment
So, as I wrote a few posts ago about a problem in my current apartment (mould), I was thinking that it might be time to move to another place. It’s not just the mould, but the price, too. When I first moved in the apartment cost 6200RMB per month, it’s now 6600RMB per month and,…
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Finished HSK 4 上 Book
Last week I finally finished the HSK 4 上 textbook, both the course book and the workbook, meaning I’ve gone through each of the unit, written out the characters, and completed the practice tests in the workbook. Sadly, the practice tests showed my deficiency in the language as I scored lower and lower on each…
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Three Health Resources for the Busy Body
Either it’s age or it’s the fact that I work with a bunch of people who take their health rather seriously, but I’ve started to read up on health and lifestyle as of late and I’ve come across a few resources that I think other people might be interested in. I understand that life moves…
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Three Keys to Learning A Language: Interest, Relevance, Ease
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that I’m currently studying Mandarin Chinese on my own in my spare time. My current language effort got me thinking about all the other times I’ve tried to learn a language and how I’ve usually fallen short of my goals. It’s not that I didn’t learn anything in…
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#TravelPhilosophisms
So throughout my trip to Taiwan and all around the island, I had some thoughts strike me that I thought I’d put out there for others to ponder. I thought I was clever by using the combination of the words “travel and “philosophy” but I think it probably just confused most people. In any event,…