Tag: Chinese
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February finished, music didn’t
Hard to believe that it’s the end of February 2021 already and we’re now into the Year of the Ox according to the Chinese zodiac. I wrote at the beginning of the month that I wanted to finish up with the tracks I’d made for Jamuary 2021 but, here we are at the end of…
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An update on learning Chinese (End of December 2020)
With only a few days left in December I think it’s fair to say that I’ve failed in my goal to finish the HSK 5 books by the end of this month. It would be a stellar achievement to be able to flip through the books and say that I know the necessary characters, words…
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Back to work with contract #4
It might seem odd to most people to number their contracts but it’s a fact of life for a lot of expats, particularly those in the ESL field. We’re not given multi-year or endless contractual terms, we’re typically only given annual contracts. As such, every year there is a chance for the company to review…
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Finished HSK 4 Books
I should be honest, I haven’t completely finished the HSK 4 books (both shang 上 and xia 下) but I’m pretty close. There are one or two more things I need to do in order to actually have finished the books. The first is that I have to go through both books and re-do the…
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Chinese changes
It’s nearing the end of the month again so that means I should probably post in an effort to keep some sort of continuity going on my blog. I’m coming up to eight years of blogging this April for which I hope to do a little write up on what I’ve learned so far. But…