by Jonny | Sep 12, 2011 | Updates
Yesterday we went to two restaurants not 2 hours from each other. It was kind of ridiculous, but my mother is kind of like that. I ate too much at the first restaurant, so when we went to the second one, I still ate, but now I feel like a pig. I also didn't realise we were going to another restaurant since I wasn't too clear on what they (My cousin and my mother) were saying in Chinese. (I actually had no idea what they were talking about…)
The food was good however I now feel I need to do twice as much exercise today, since I ate way too much. Here are some pictures of the food:
The food was pretty decent. Though I did not take any pictures of the second restaurant since I had no clue where we were going, so I just left my camera at home. But the first restaurant had some interesting decor and interior design. It was like a road, but inside a small nice warehouse. I have pictures of them, but I need to resize them, since they are around 4 – 5 mb's each in size!
by Jonny | Sep 3, 2011 | Updates
I went bowling today which was pretty fun. I beat my cousin, although he seemed quite depressed at life. I sure don’t blame him on that, but I still try and get on. Either way I tried to have fun and enjoyed meeting my cousins again.
That’s me on the very right.
I bought just for the girls some perfume which I purchased duty-free on my flight back from Hong Kong. They appreciated it very much. In my opinion it was very costly (The perfume) however I don’t often get people nice things. As you can see the perfume collection… below:
The following picture is a picture that was taken when I went on a trip with most of my Taiwanese relatives. They are likely the best thing that has happened to me in Taiwan. I don’t know why, but meeting them has made me feel I am not alone in this country anymore. Now if I could speak there language…
My friends from university/school
These are my good friends. Likely these people are my only friends which I can really talk to about things personal to me. Especially the Korean guy sitting next to me. We talk about life and how crappy things can be sometimes and discuss that life doesn’t always have to suck. He helps me out with life just by talking. It seems to be a cool remedy for the bullshit that I go through sometimes. I am really glad I have these friends.
If you are reading, what do you think of my sexy new glasses. I kind of like them, even if they make me look like more of an idiot! 🙂
by personal | Jun 15, 2011 | Opinion
If you have been reading my blog well, I am currently learning Chinese and boy is it hard.
It seems I am the least articulate person learning Chinese in the class when in comparison to everyone else. I try to revise and study. I have got used to some of the words, but the characters can become very confusing.
Currently I have learned ba-pa-ma-pha… but I'm not very good at memorizing these symbols or characters. The one thing I have learned is counting. I can say my whole mobile phone number in Mandarin. However because there are 4 different tones in Mandarin, one slip up of the tone can either mean you are talking gibberish (i.e. it doesn't make sense) or it means something else. I'm pretty sure in my head on the tones, but it memorizing the symbols that gets me. I am also depressed at the fact that it seems everyone can remember the symbols, while I can't. I usually get laughed at, at the way I say the words or when I get uneasy and don't know what to say at-all.
Don't get me wrong, learning the language is fun, but when it feels like you are lower than everyone else, then it makes you feel bad, especially when you come in 5 days a week. It is basically your life for a year like this if it continues this way.
Today I just bought 2 books, which are pretty decent in explaining things. I bought an illustrated Chinese dictionary, which comes with a CD and it obviously has English and pying (sp?) and the ba-pa-ma-pha 'techniques' as well.
I am hoping to do a lot of revision today with these books and hopefully I will learn something from it. 🙂
by personal | May 31, 2011 | Opinion
I don't know but I feel a little homesick. I had friends in the UK whereas here I hardly have any. Though I didn't have that many friends in the UK, I have almost none in this country which are around the same age as me. I think I need people my age to talk to. When I went out with my cousin who took me to a barbecue (He is around my age, a year younger) I talked to his friends and him, it felt like home. Once I get into University, I'm hoping I can make friends and go out a lot more with other people and generally socialize a lot more.
It kind of hit home as my friends who I used to work with posted on Facebook saying they missed me along with the rest of the guys. I miss them too. I miss their charm, the fun we had, their character and just the way things were. It was like working with brothers and sisters, we all got a long and sometimes there would be disagreements, but it would be sorted. We would support each other if anything went down and it was generally great talking to those people. I miss that. I don't have that here. I don't really talk much to my family. If my sister was here with me it probably would be different. Though I hardly talked to her when in the UK, though it would be different as she would only have me to talk to. But she would probably feel extremely homesick considering she has a lot more friends than me.
But whatever the case I miss my real friends back at home or my work friends. We had really good times and they were really good people too. I just wish I could have at least hugged them before I left. Anyway's time to move on in life and make new friends. 😮
by Jonny | Sep 13, 2010 | Updates
Well well. I’m pretty ill at the moment. I have a sore threat which is inhibiting my speech. I literally cannot talk properly even if I try, one thing I can do is whisper. However while working and talking to customers, you tend to not whisper and actually talk to them in a professional manner. However I guess I didn’t today, which is why I am annoyed right now. The headache which I have gained trying repeatedly to explain stuff to customers at the expense of my throat being in total pain, just to squeeze that word out which I find so hard to do with this sore throat of mine. Hopefully my throat will get better soon, as I cannot live without my on-board communication tool!
