quote of the day
Everyone knows that literacy in Mandarin means hour after brutal hour of memorizing and practicing a script whose design clearly shows the influence of sadistic genius.
from Beijing sounds
Everyone knows that literacy in Mandarin means hour after brutal hour of memorizing and practicing a script whose design clearly shows the influence of sadistic genius.
from Beijing sounds
Tags: chinese, hanzi, learning, mandarin, thoughts
Posted in in china | 2 Comments »
1 year in china and a lot of mixed feelings. hard to measure how much we fit here, with so many dramatic ups and downs, like cosine waves or bipolar periods.
yesterday, for instance. a bulldozer on a construction site accidentally hit a small brick wall by the sidewalk. p. was passing by on his bike when it happened and got caught under it. he’s cool, just scratches, bruises, a smashed bike and a dirty coat. nothing some ligaments and a lot of love won’t cure. could have been so much worse…
it makes you think, right? more than a year in china, today we’re celebrating each other and taking it easy. that’s it.
Tags: china, in shanghai, p, thoughts
Posted in just life | 3 Comments »
“whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. boldness has genious, power and magic to it. begin it now.”
goethe
Tags: ideas, life, philosophy, thoughts
Posted in just life, links and ideas, photography | No Comments »


