I felt like writing an e-mail to the math TA I had last semester, so I wrote this:
你好 Alan! 我现在学习汉语。汉语很有意思， 可是有点儿难。我星期一到五从十二点半到三点半上课。今年你去中国吗？我八月去土耳其。你的中国名字是什么？(and how do you pronounce it?) 你的头发还很长吗？^_~ ok, I guess you could try answering but I probably won't understand parts of it. haha.
Hope your summer's going well, Melike
-- translation (hopefully it's right): Hi Alan! I am studying Chinese right now. Chinese is interesting, but a little hard. I go to class Monday thru Friday, from 12:30 to 3:30. Are you going to China this summer? I'm going to Turkey in August. What is your Chinese name (and how do you pronounce it)? Is your hair still long? ^_~
etc. etc. Haha, I'm not too sure about the "chinese name" sentence, but I'm pretty certain that the rest are right. It's kind of depressing, because I wrote four or five sentences in Chinese but they only took up a little more than a line. Chinese text is so compact. posted by Melike at 03:19
Thursday, July 22, 2004
bye bye
I'm only going to write about the Hot Japanese Guy In My Chinese Class in my Turkish blog from now on, because I actually made contact with him. Sorry, non-Turkish speakers. Buahaha! The advantages of being bilingual. posted by Melike at 04:23
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
I think my Chinese teacher likes me too much. On the tests, he marks my mistakes but doesn't take off points, so I've been getting 100s on all of them. I guess I made a really good first impression. That's my tactic so that near the end of the semester, when I start slacking off, the teacher likes me so much that he doesn't notice (or care). Last night, Lawson, Kat (Lawson's girlfriend) and I went to eat cr�pes. We were sitting at a table outside, when this guy came up to us and said, "excuse me, which one of you girls isn't dating this guy?" I said, "Uh.. me.." and he asked me my name, and I told him I already had a boyfriend, so he apologized and left. Afterwards, the three of us had a discussion on what the best comeback could have been. We were satisfied with this one:
me and Kat: We're dating each other. Lawson: ... but I'm single!
So next time something like this happens, we're prepared for it. posted by Melike at 21:30
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
I was doing a listening comprehension activity in language lab yesterday, and one of the dialogues went something like this:
girl: Do you have a girlfriend right now? boy: No, but I want one. girl: How about that girl over there wearing a red skirt? boy: She's kind of ugly. Her eyes are too small, her mouth is too big, and she's wearing huge glasses. girl: But she's the top student in our Chinese class! boy: But I want a pretty one! posted by Melike at 11:06
on tea
Today our Chinese teacher said, "Tea is the best drink in the world. Better than Coke, better than Pepsi... Tea is very good for you. I drink tea all the time. I look good, right? I'm a living example!" posted by Melike at 02:57
Monday, July 19, 2004
haha!
This article is so funny. The last sentence is golden. posted by Melike at 03:56
Sunday, July 18, 2004
a cinderella story
I just saw A Cinderella Story last night, and I haven't been this affected by such a corny, romantic chick flick.. ever! I was smiling all night after seeing it. Damn. I felt just like the hopeless romantic I was back when I was in elementary and middle school. It's kind of embarrassing but I've always liked the feeling. :) Someone named Jayne from school had seen it the day before I did, and was ranting about how hot Chad Michael Murray was, and after seeing the movie I'll have to agree with her, though I guess his character in the movie added to the hotness of his person. I sound so boy-crazy this summer. The Hot Japanese Guy In My Chinese Class, random guys I see in my dreams, random hot actors... but I'm okay, really. posted by Melike at 16:02
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