Wednesday, July 13, 2011
One Step Closer
6:58 AM | 
Posted by
Eric |
My passport is here! I decided to make a post because it's sort of a milestone for me in this whole journey. It's one more major step completed.
There are little things completed too which seem funny, but mean something to me...a serious winter coat and boots to deal with Harbin in Jan/Feb, and a new bank account with free international ATM usage and fee reimbursement. Getting these little things done just proves to myself that I am serious this time and it's actually going to happen. Six more months to go.
PS. I'm also doing very well in my "Fluenz" Mandarin lessons. One lesson a day for almost two months now. I feel like I am learning quite a bit and can form pretty useful sentences. I definitely don't feel comfortable having a conversation or anything, but I do think I could get around a restaurant or tell a cab driver where to go. =)
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Hey man, that's great you are practicing Mandarin before you go, I am sure you will find people in China really excited that you are trying. I am sure it will open a lot of doors socially for you!
Good luck with the preparations and enjoy the times!
thank you. i'm finding that Mandarin isn't anywhere near as hard as i thought it would be to learn. of course it will take a while to really be able to have a real conversation, but atleast it's making sense to me. the sentence and word structure is pretty logical.
i'm having fun and can't wait to jump into a sink or swim situation when it comes to learning to communicate.
i've heard that the chinese really appreciate even just trying to speak the language there. so, hopefully i will have plenty of willing teachers to help me get it down even faster. =)