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Sunday, 01 November 2009
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SOOO TRUE:
"Many Vietnamese parents pressure their children to excel in school and to enter professional fields such as science, medicine, or engineering because the parents feel insecurity stemming from their chaotic past and view education as the only ticket to a better life. Vietnam's traditionally Confucianist society values education and learning, contributing to success among Vietnamese Americans. Many have worked their way up from menial labor to have their second-generation children attend universities and become successful.""
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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I'm most definitely not going to pick up of any other languages. Right now I want to focus on the ones I know and get close to fluent with them.
Vietnamese: I've forgotten much of Vietnamese from lack of maintenance but since taking it here, much of it is coming back. I forgot most of it because in 8th grade, we switched to using mostly English at home with the occasional Viet. Then college happened, and well, full on neglect of it. One interesting thing is that I'm learning Northern dialect, which is really different than what I know, which is Southern. It's expanding my regional diversity for sure. I think I'll learn a bunch once I'm in Vietnam and using it everyday for 12 days. What's pretty cool is that I can read and write super basic Vietnamese now! Woot woot!!! I'll be able to read the Vietnamese menus now!
Spanish: I took four years in high school, and I took Spanish 5 one summer in college. I use Spanish whenever I can but opportunities don't always present themselves. I listen to Spanish radio whenever I have time in the car and practice my Spanish listening and pronunciation. I def need to study it so I can remember everything.. and I need to go abroad to Mexico or something to use it a lot so I can get comfortable with it!! Next summer maybe? I smell an intensive language program!! I'd have to study beforehand so I can correctly place in a class though, otherwise I'd just be learning too ea stuff. I def can speak better than most people who have taken one year of it in college.
Chinese: I've been studying it here for about 2 months! Language programs here are WAAAY better than the US. Plus, people use Chinese here a lot so I get a bit practice... But everyone uses English more though!! I don't count it as a REAL language cuz I can't use it fluidly... but maybe one day!! I can understand bits and pieces of convos! My pronunciation isn't bad either.
Japanese. I did an intensive 1 month language program last year and learned SOOOOOOO MUCH!! I surprised myself on how quickly I learned and adapted to the language and place. I definitely am a long way from becoming fluent. After one year though, I found myself forgetting SO MUCH!! Even super basic stuff.. I restudied stuff a bit during summer and I'm trying to use it here with Japanese people I meet.. It's coming back a bit but not nearly as good as last year!! Hopefully I'll be able to return to Japan one day to further my studies.. I think I have the potential to absorb waaay more.. Give me 3 months there and I'll give you something to awe about.. too bad though I don't have enough money =[ nor time =[ -
OMG too much Chinese.. I had 2 hours of Chinese lecture.. Then went home to work on Chinese characters.. then met with my group for a 2 hr group project meeting about Chinese.. then met with James who was helping me with my Chinese oral exam questions... AHHHH! About 6 hours of Chinese today.. Too much!!
I might have to begin working on more of my homework though -_-.
Sunday, 25 October 2009
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GYEEEOD I HATE SMOKE!! The bitch upstairs needs to stop smoking!! The smoke keeps on drifting into my room! RAs here suck ass. I've already complained twice. BAHHHHHHHHH! If you smoke I don't care but don't smoke around me! I wana throw a stink bomb in there so he knows how it feels!!!!
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