I'm driving myself crazy. There are so many things to learn and I feel that I don't have enough time. And I don't know if my brain is capable of absorbing all these words. There are just too many! I am still on panic mode. Obviously.
I turned on the TV in the hopes that my ears will get more used to listening Chinese. I think the TV will be on most of the time from now until April 23. I don't think I talk to people often enough. I should make it a point to talk to as many people as I could every time I'm out of the house. I will talk strictly in Chinese to everyone except my students. I'll try to think in Chinese from the moment I wake up until I go to bed. Wait, I'm writing now so it's ok to think in English. But as soon as I finish this enty, I should switch on my Chinese mind.
I can't stop thinking of those Koreans in the HSK office. They've been studying for a year. As in studying in a classroom. With teachers. One whole year of nothing else but studying. And I only have less than a month. What was I thinking? Was I even thinking?
This is crazy. I'm crazy. Why am I voluntarily subjecting myself into this? Aaaaargh!
Because crazy actually requires serious deliberate effort, and whilst living on overdrive might be a quickfire way to burn yourself out, if you actually pull it off, you'll feel pretty damn proud of yourself?
ReplyDeleteI hope that you pass - then I don't have to worry about the December bet!!!
ReplyDeleteUmm, yes Nick, I suppose you have a point there. And I do hope I pull it off so I can feel really good about myself. Hehe.
ReplyDeleteJason, even if you win the December bet, the most that I could drink is probably three bottles so you have nothing to be afraid of. What brand of beer do you usually drink in ShiJiaZhuan? Here, we usually have DaoChengPiJiu. Snow tastes a little weird. I haven't tried QingDao yet. Worry about the bet next year when we take the Advanced test. I have yet to come up with something interesting for that...
We usually drink SanJiu or Tiger beer in the winter time. Winter is also XiaoDao BaiJiu time... summer time is one kuai ZhaPi; you know the stuff in the green and blue plastic "kegs" that is at all the outdoor "restuarants" right? Most of the time that stuff doesn't have a name.
ReplyDeleteCome on now...小刀白酒? You don't know? You've never seen the "999" green bottle beer? You've never seen the brown beer bottle with the Tiger on it?
ReplyDeleteWell, then again, I hang out in some pretty sleazy places...
I really have no idea what you're talking about. I'll pay more attention the next time I eat out.
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