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Thursday, February 23rd


Today I translated my favorite chinese song into english. Here is the pinyin (romanized chinese) followed by my translation.

The song is called "Hope"

kan tian kong piao de yun hai you meng
kan sheng min hui jia lu lu chang man man
kan yin tian de sui yue yue zou yue yuan
yuan fang de hui yi de ni de wei xiao

tian hei lu mang mang xin zhong de pang huang
mei you yu de fang xiang
xi wang de chi bang yi tian zhong zhan kai
fei xiang tian shang

kan tian kong fei de niao hai you meng
kan qing fend xiang dai lu chui san dan wu
kan dong tian bei de xue yue zou yue yuan
zuo tian de ceng jing de wo de wei xiao

tian hei lu mang mang xin zhong de pang hua
mei you yu de fang xiang
xin wang de chi bang yi tian zhong zhan kai
fei xiang tian shang

fen kai de gan shang xiang fei de pang tuang
you tian pao chu xiang xiang
xin zhong yi ge meng xiang yu hou cai hong
hua zai tian kong


I day dream while watching the fluttering clouds
And behold life as I slowly journey down the long road towards home.
Over the years I have watched the overcast skies move further and further away,
And even though I was far away, I could still remember your smile.

The dark horizon was so vast that the center of my heart hesitated
Hesitation about whether to stay or to return.
Hope spread her wings throughout the only sky
And flew up into the heavens.

I day dream while watching the fluttering birds
Listening to the quiet wind as it chases away the lazy fog.
Over the years I have watched the overcast skies move further and further away,
My smile has already been forgotten as tomorrow comes.

My bloom has withered and is inconsolable, but I am hesitating against flying away,
When I look up at the sky I imagine running as far away as possible
My only dream is to see the final rainbow
As it paints the empty sky.
Kormiku on 02.23.06 @ 07:42 PM China [link] [4 Comments]

Wednesday, February 15th

Dont know characters


Because I dont know characters very well:

Zuo tian shi qing ren jie.
Yin wei wo de nv peng you bu zai jar,
suo yi wo mei you qing ren wen wo.
Wo xiang he ta yi qi wen.
Zuo tian wan shang wo mang dao ta,
Hai you wo zhi dao ta fei chang xi huan wo.

Ke neng xia ge nian wo bu xi huan ta,
Ke shi mei wen ti yin wei tai duo le nv ren.

he he he

Ron
Kormiku on 02.15.06 @ 06:28 PM China [link] [3 Comments]

Monday, February 13th

Hmm


I noticed today that I am becoming a more aggressive person. A taxi driver tried to rip me off more than he already was and my mouth nearly caused it to turn into a fist fight.

I am beginning to be able to pick up jokes in chinese.

Yesterday I met some people with my two friends mike and andy. They asked for our names. Andy and mike promptly told them their real name but I gave a nickname that I thought up, "Mao Mao". For the rest of the night these people were calling me Mao Mao which is a common name for a chinese dog. It might be the equivelant of being called, "Fido".

My chinese is improving exponentially lately. I am now able to work on creating an accent. MY chinese now has the northern china accent instead of 'stupid foreigner accent'. I also fake my way through lots of conversations now by pretending to know what people are talking about and giving answers that I think they are looking for. PEople think that i have a fluency that is much higher than I actually have. In reality, I am guessing my way through everything... just like I did in school.

My english writing is getting worse every day because I hardly practice it anymore. My english sentance structure is also becoming worse and worse. Now I find it hard to create complex sentances because I've had to tone down my english so much since Ive come here. The only english speakers I talk to are non-fluent or non-native speakers, so I make my speech worse for their benefit. :]

Bah.

Ron
Kormiku on 02.13.06 @ 12:58 PM China [link] [1 Comment]

Friday, February 10th

Taboo?


I am an asshole.

I talk to chinese people and tell them everything that they want to hear, just to get their reactions. I am trying to learn the culture first hand, so I am saying everything that puts these people into uncomfortable situations.

This is the best way to learn a culture at the expense of ruining some people.

An example:

I recently learned the word for mad cow disease, and ocassionaly I tell people that I have it then start tweaking out. It is funny to me to see their reactions, and I promptly tell them that I dont really have it.

I also learned the word for homosexual, and I try to figure out whether or not it is taboo. There are no good books on chinese taboos so I am trying to figure them out first hand.

When I go to restaurants I sometimes order DRAGON meat to see peoples reactions.

I tell people that I am japanese and see how they react. When someone is being nice to you and smiling, and they ask where you are from and you answer with, "Tokyo, Japan", their smile fades very fast.


Recently, I have been asking people how much they make at their jobs. The highest that I have been told is 700 yuan or about 90 US dollars a month. That person was a doctor.

Ron
Kormiku on 02.10.06 @ 08:16 PM China [link] [1 Comment]

Thursday, February 2nd

Ba Ji Chuan


The style of kungfu that I am learning is called Ba Ji Chuan.

It translates as, eight elemental fists.

This style is immensely powerful for in-fighting.

A typical Ba Ji fight would go like this: The ba ji fighter will sense danger as a punch is coming at him. He will use the hit to get close to his opponent and then use four different forces to tear his opponent's limbs off while also snapping the spinal cord. Fight is over within 2 seconds.

Ron
Kormiku on 02.02.06 @ 10:31 AM China [link] [2 Comments]