20160520 標題 我發現標題應該是簡單和短。用中文時，我常常不用四個字，可是iTalki需要五個字，怎麼辦? 為了遵守這個規則，我決定了在標題上加贈日期。:P I've found that the best titles are short and pithy. When using Chinese though, I rarely find it necessary to use 4 characters, but iTalki requires 5 for a title! What is one to do? I've resorted to just adding the dates to my "pithy" titles in order to satisfy their rule.

20160519 隨機心思 最近我終於舉行了我的最初語言交換。因為我沒有經驗講國語所以我的期望不太高。月月的學習中文字和生詞沒有幫我甚麼。我認為我花太多時間學習怎麼寫中文字。所以我在研究一個新的計策，寫似乎講。你講那時候，你不可以參考甚麼，你沒有語法書，也沒有辭典。你只可以依賴你的腦。雖然我會犯很多錯誤，因為有錯誤我可以增長。 我需要寫多一點。 我需要寫快一點。 20160519 Random Thoughts Recently I had my first few language exchange sessions. Considering I have no (real) experience speaking Mandarin, it went about as well as I could expect. Months of studying characters and words proved quite useless. I think I spent way too much time learning to write characters. Therefore, I've devised a new strategy: write as I speak. When you speak, you have nothing to consult. No grammar books, no dictionaries, nothing, nada, zip, zilch, buckus. You have only your own wits to rely on. So although I expect to make an obscene number of errors, it is through those errors that I will grow. I need to write more. I need to write faster. *PS...Sorry for the atrocious Chinese :P