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| hkboy Groupie Hong Kong Joined 5525 days ago 65 posts - 86 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese, Mandarin | Message 9 of 40 22 March 2011 at 6:37am | IP Logged | ||
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I went inside and they have a payment system with the octopus card. I didn't know how to use it and I asked one of the guys in Cantonese and he understood and came over and helped me.
I waited about 3 minutes and finally I was called. I told him I wanted it all taken off. Well, first I apoligized for my poor Cantonese and then I proceeded to tell him what I wanted. He seemed to me a bit puzzled but then I asked him in Cantonese if he understood and he said he did. I actually wanted all my hair cut off but he left just a bit. I decided to just leave it at that and call it all a succsess. My lesson from it all: I need to learn how to say: It's not short enough. Take some more off. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mekalika Diglot Senior Member United States sarahnguyen.com/ Joined 6918 days ago 30 posts - 33 votes Studies: Vietnamese, English*, German | Message 10 of 40 27 April 2011 at 9:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hey! Thanks for the recommendation of books from Greenwood Press - I hadn't known about them before, and it seems like they have great audio.
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| hkboy Groupie Hong Kong Joined 5525 days ago 65 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese, Mandarin | Message 11 of 40 28 April 2011 at 1:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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Glad you found them. They are all quite good. Only 1 (Intermediate Cantonese) has a slight problem with the audio. Are you studying Cantonese?
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6431 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 12 of 40 28 April 2011 at 2:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Woah! Hey hkboy! I'm assuming you're hkboy from ChinesePod. I'm Simonpettersson! Awesome!
I'm a bit envious of your living in the Kong. It's an amazing city and I miss living there (though I only lived there for about a month and a half). And Cantonese is the awesomest language on the planet. The thing stopping me from moving back is that I don't want to work there, what with the high pressure and stress that seems to plague the companies over there. But I might have a solution for that. Here's hoping I'll be joining you in Hong Kong in a year or two, hkboy! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hkboy Groupie Hong Kong Joined 5525 days ago 65 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese, Mandarin | Message 13 of 40 28 April 2011 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, Simon.
You know they still dance and sing songs about you over at cpod. Thanks for giving me a shout. Last I heard you were in Southern China. Looks like I'll be here for awhile so hurry up and come on over.
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| hkboy Groupie Hong Kong Joined 5525 days ago 65 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese, Mandarin | Message 14 of 40 01 May 2011 at 7:35am | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't been updating this with specifics but since I started this log I have not missed a day of doing some kind of learning. Most of the time it's listening to the Greenwood Press books. Right now I'm going through Current Cantonese Colloquialisms. It's listed as Advanced but really is a good intermediate book.
I did find out that I'm going to be a father this September. When we go to check-ups together, I'm of course ignored and all is conducted in Cantonese (which I'm happy about). This is giving me even further determination to improve. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6431 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 15 of 40 01 May 2011 at 10:50am | IP Logged | ||
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Congratulations!
Yeah, I'm back in Sweden now. Much as I love CPod and. Keep studying both Mandarin and Canto, I don't really feel CPod is giving me much at this level. I learn what I learn from native sources now. But do say hi to them from me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hkboy Groupie Hong Kong Joined 5525 days ago 65 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese, Mandarin | Message 16 of 40 04 May 2011 at 3:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks again Simon. How are you studying Cantonese now? Good luck in Sweden and I'm sure you will be back in HK some day.
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