Sunday, May 25, 2014
Sunday Morning
Well, it's a lazy Sunday morning. I'm having my coffee, watching baseball, and doing some laundry. The real decision to be made is whether to start studying for the Chinese test I have tomorrow or take a nap ... zzzzzzzzzzzz ...
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Random thoughts
I have found that being out of work for an extended period of time can actually work your nerves a little bit. I find myself happily cleaning the bathrooms, mopping to floors and taking random walks along with hours of wasted time playing around on the computer. I'm sure that a couple of months after I start working again, I will be pining for the lost hours of freedom, but at the moment, I'm simply bored.
One way that I am going to relieve the tediousness is by taking what I think is an absurdly expensive intensive Chinese course at the Chinese Culture University Mandarin Learning Center. While the name of the place is certainly a mouthful, I have read some pretty good reviews about their courses. It's going to be a challenge because it's three hours a day, five days a week, and I think it's going to be one of those courses where missing one class will put you almost too far behind to catch back up. Anyway, I'm up for the challenge. The main reason I want to do this is because I've been spending a lot of time with Rebecca's family and while they are super friendly and try to include me as much as possible, their lack of English and my lack of Chinese means that I am often the odd guy out. I can't expect Rebecca to translate everything. So we'll see how it goes. Maybe I'll actually become proficient in Chinese. Of course I said that about Korean as well and after 14 years living in Korea, couldn't hold a conversation to save my life.
Not much else going on really. Just killing time until my job starts in late July. ...And so it goes.
One way that I am going to relieve the tediousness is by taking what I think is an absurdly expensive intensive Chinese course at the Chinese Culture University Mandarin Learning Center. While the name of the place is certainly a mouthful, I have read some pretty good reviews about their courses. It's going to be a challenge because it's three hours a day, five days a week, and I think it's going to be one of those courses where missing one class will put you almost too far behind to catch back up. Anyway, I'm up for the challenge. The main reason I want to do this is because I've been spending a lot of time with Rebecca's family and while they are super friendly and try to include me as much as possible, their lack of English and my lack of Chinese means that I am often the odd guy out. I can't expect Rebecca to translate everything. So we'll see how it goes. Maybe I'll actually become proficient in Chinese. Of course I said that about Korean as well and after 14 years living in Korea, couldn't hold a conversation to save my life.
Not much else going on really. Just killing time until my job starts in late July. ...And so it goes.
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