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Email: confusedlaowai (at) gmail (dot) com

Twitter: @confusedlaowai

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  • Kevin McGeary

    Dear Confused Laowai,

    I love your blog. It’s really helpful.

    My name’s Kevin McGeary 林凯文 I have been in China since May 2007 working as an English teacher. When I got here I couldn’t speak any Mandarin.

    My first year here I didn;t really like my job, so I went hell for leather learning Chinese. Within a year I was conversant, and could keep a diary and plan lessons in Chinese. By September 2008, I was writing a （now defunct）blog.

    By January 2009 I was writing songs in Chinese and continue to do so, I’ve never made a professional recording of my stuff, but that’s because I don’t have the money/contacts. It’s not for want of enthusiasm.

    Also, I find your determination inspiring :-)

    林凯文

    ps in your Chinese name it’s tian (1st tone) li (4th)

  • http://twindie.net NielDLR

    Hey Kevin,

    what a welcome contact. Always great to meet new Mandarin leaners,
    especially those in China!
    Your story sounds fascinating and I would love to read more. Is the
    defunct blog still online? You should start blogging again!

    Saw you posted on my other posts on the laowai music. Will be checking
    those tunes out for sure!

    Keep reading and learning,
    Niel (Confused Laowai/田力)

  • Kevin Mcgeary

    Yes, the problem is finding major blogging sites that aren’t blocked in China. I’ll probably end up on sina like everybody else

  • http://twindie.net NielDLR

    Sina would be great! Let me know if you have one up again.

  • Mcgeary

    My blog is in English and Chinese at http://blog.sina.com.cn/kmcgeary I’ll add you to the blogroll

  • http://twindie.net NielDLR

    Awesome. Adding you to my blogroll as well.

  • http://www.littlechinaworld.com/english/ Mark

    Hi Confused Laowai,

    I want to add your website and RSS feed to my English Blog Roll at http://www.littlechinaworld.com/english but having some problems with the RSS feed. Do you have an alternative to your Feedburner Feed? I am also wondering if Feedburner feeds are having problems showing in China due to being operated by Google.

    Thanks, mark@littlechinaworld.com

  • http://niel.delarouviere.com NielDLR

    Hey Mark,

    thanks for wanting to add me to your blogroll!
    Here is an alternative feed:
    http://www.confusedlaowai.com/?feed=rss2

    If it still doesn’t work, let me know so I can organize something.

  • http://twitter.com/Selly06 Sarah ‘Shaz’ Heintze

    Hi there! Thanks for your comment on my HSK blog post and thanks for leaving your website. I just had another laugh when I spotted the “I have a drinking problem” post you posted recently, that was fabulously hilarious post even if the technical side is totally alien to me. The listening part is pretty tough, I agree with that. I feel somewhat safer when I can see the characters of the text that’s being read out (at least) but that of course defeats the purpose of it all as my teacher would say :-) – thankfully they read really slowly during the exam but for me it’s the voice (even if it’s accent free for the most part), it’s unfamiliar and strange so I have to try double as hard…oh I’d be lost in China…haha! ~Selly

  • http://twitter.com/Dai_GuoYi Matthew Day

    iPhone App
    I recently bought an iPhone and I recall there was an app out there that lets you use the camera to recognize Chinese characters. I know there’s Pleco and the add-on, but that is more than I want to spend. I recall there was another app but it was either much cheaper or even free! I don’t remember where I came across it or how I originally found it. Do you or anyone happen to know what it is?

    Thanks

  • http://niel.delarouviere.com NielDLR

    Hi Matthew,

    there is an app for that, that’s currently free. It’s called Intelligent Eye by Tencent. Check it out here: http://labs.qq.com/product.php?id=5