Category Video

Oh why, why, why: Singing in Mandarin

December 4, 2015 · by · in Chinese class, CLD, Duibuqi, Learning Chinese, Mandarin, Singing, Taipei, Video · 19 Comments

Dear Taipei, When you’re learning a language, sometimes you have to throw all your dignity out the window and do a terrible tone-deaf cover in front of your whole class. (Video below…) The other day when our teacher said that in lieu of our usual weekly speech we would instead have to perform something in […]

Week 2: Ni HOW DO I LEARN THIS LANGUAGE?!

March 14, 2015 · by · in Advice, CLD, Future, Inspiration, Learning Chinese, NTU, Reflections, Video · 2 Comments

Dear Taipei, Truth or dare? (Please pick dare, lest you RUIN my blog post). Oh, dare? Good choice. Watch the below video. All 5 minutes 42 seconds of it. MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL YOU WANT TO RIP YOUR BRAIN OUT. I promise you that is the PG version of what torture you will want to inflict […]