Hi, my name is Niel, otherwise known as Confused Laowai. I blog about my exciting, yet often confusing adventure learning Chinese.
Learning Chinese through Watching TV
I’ve recently stepped my Chinese TV series watching, one partly because for my Mandarin homework we are working through book based on the TV series 香樟树. It is a bit old and extremely dramatic. People dying, raping, leaving each other and extremely bitchy family members. Not the best series, but if it helps with the homework, so it’s great. So, I’ve been thinking recently what’s the best way to watch movies/tv in terms of subtitles. [...]
Laowai Chinese Music
I’ve been on a mission lately to find some Chinese tunes to listen to. There of course are plentiful, but I actually want to find some bands or artists I can relate to. Also, the tunes must me interesting in themselves. I’m not a big of fan of pop tunes, so I usually look for interesting bands. However, I recently found a more satisfying group of Chinese Music, those made by Laowai just like myself. [...]
How long does it take to learn Chinese?
I follow quite a lot of language learning blogs, either people on their own missions or people who are just interested in language learning. One of these guys is Benny from Fluent in 3 Months, whom travels to various countries and immerses himself in them to learn the languages. His dedication is admirable, and I wouldn’t mind doing what he does. Pretty awesome. His next goal is conversational Hungarian in 3 months. He chose Hungarian, [...]
Holiday Time
[Note: I'm going to try and mix my Mandarin and English a bit more. Ultimately I want to start blogging in Chinese. So, expect some random sentences and words mixed in between posts from now on. If I make errors please correct me!] So, I’m currently on my University holiday. 最近我和我的兄弟去了伊维萨 (Ibiza)，这个地方有很多的夜总会，虽然太贵了，但是很好玩儿。Also, visited my older brother in London. However, I’m back in my hometown (家乡), and still have 3 weeks left before University starts again. [...]
