Hi, my name is Niel, otherwise known as Confused Laowai. I blog about my exciting, yet often confusing adventure learning Chinese.
Chinese Rage Comics
If you spend as much time on the Internet as I do, you might have come across Rage Comics. It started on 4chan, became hugely popular on reddit and is now hitting mainstream via sites like 9gag. It features a homogenous group of “characters” and people create their own stories or “rages” using an online editor. Suffice to say it might just be the first continuous user-generated comic strip. The comics are usually humorous views and over-exaggerated [...]
A Chiptune Song I wrote while travelling in Shanghai
I don’t normally cross-post my creative projects, but this one is relevant to my China travels this year. While I’m not doing research, learning Chinese, browsing the web and a million other things, I compose music. Sometimes really strange music. Like 8-bit music or otherwise known as chiptunes. I use a Game Boy. You can see me using it in the about page. I started writing this song while chilling in the hostel at nights [...]
Confused Laowai blog turns two years old
I seemed to have missed the birthday post for last year. So without further ado, happy two years for me and this blog. 生日快乐 and all that jazz. Since the blog has started in December 2009, 88 posts have been published. Hooray. Not that much, but I prefer quality over quantity. :) This blog has become a turning point in my dedication to learning Chinese. It’s amazing to have a community that helps you figure [...]
