I have failed as a 1st generation Chinese-American. I can't speak Mandarin. Though my dad can't speak a word of it, my mother speaks fluently. I know I look the part which must be confusing to mainland Chinese people but the truth is, back when i was 7 and my mom was the principle of a chinese school, the classes conflicted with my tap dance lessons on saturday mornings and I regretfully chose tap over the chinese classes. As a result, my vocabulary/phrasebook is limited to "hello", "i am an american", "i don't know", "that is too expensive", "don't slouch", "where is the bathroom", and "poop". I have had to endure countless looks of disappointment each time someone speaks to me in Mandarin and I have to reply back apologetically in terrible broken Chinese. If only i could have tapped my way through China.....
I am what you call a banana, or is it twinkie? I am a banana twinkie.
Other than that, trip has been going well, starting to feel extremely exhausted as i have spent the last 5 nights at a different hotel in various armpits of China.
Am finally back in Hong Kong today and you have no idea how nice it to be in a business center with hi-speed internet and privacy.
alright, the peking duck is sitting heavy in the tummy and am feeling very sleepy......
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heard on the high seas
∆ ducktails - wishes
∆ small black - despicable dogs
∆ atlas sound - the screens
∆ toro y moi - blessa
∆ sparks - sherlock holmes
∆ ola podrida - donkey
∆ simon joyner - one for the catholic girls
∆ sonny and the sunsets - too young too burn
∆ tallest man on earth - i won't be found (daytrotter session)
∆ laura gibson - come by storm
∆ washed out - feel it all around
∆ rainbow bridge - big wave rider
∆ bill callahan - too many birds
∆ sleeping states - gardens of the north
∆ lotus plaza - whiteout
∆ gizzly bear - two weeks
∆ bowerbirds - house of diamonds
∆ yim yames - all things must pass
∆ dinosaur jr - crumble
∆ cass mccombs - harmonia
∆ sharon van etten - damn right
∆ bon iver - beach baby
∆ girls - solitude
∆ arthur russell - a little lost
∆ the antlers - when you sleep (MBV cover)
∆ small black - despicable dogs
∆ atlas sound - the screens
∆ toro y moi - blessa
∆ sparks - sherlock holmes
∆ ola podrida - donkey
∆ simon joyner - one for the catholic girls
∆ sonny and the sunsets - too young too burn
∆ tallest man on earth - i won't be found (daytrotter session)
∆ laura gibson - come by storm
∆ washed out - feel it all around
∆ rainbow bridge - big wave rider
∆ bill callahan - too many birds
∆ sleeping states - gardens of the north
∆ lotus plaza - whiteout
∆ gizzly bear - two weeks
∆ bowerbirds - house of diamonds
∆ yim yames - all things must pass
∆ dinosaur jr - crumble
∆ cass mccombs - harmonia
∆ sharon van etten - damn right
∆ bon iver - beach baby
∆ girls - solitude
∆ arthur russell - a little lost
∆ the antlers - when you sleep (MBV cover)
1 comment:
I didn't fare much better. I probably only have, at most, the comprehension of a 5-year-old. I think you know the most important words, though.
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