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南昌大学第十四届校园歌手大赛

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

我昨天晚上(2007年4月5日)在南昌大学北区逸夫馆报告厅看《南昌大学第十四届校园歌手大赛》。比赛由主办南昌大学学生会。我昨天下午不知道南大有比赛,然后朋友来就告诉我。我有一点空,所以我们一起去比赛。去大赛比我一个人在房间学习非常有意思,当然!我听过最多大赛的歌,但是我听不懂。我印象是都歌手好听。只有一个人唱一首英文歌:《I Believe I can Fly》(原文歌手:R. Kelly)。他感情唱歌唱得强烈,非常好!我现在不可以唱中文歌,以后。。。不知道。哈哈!慢慢来。。。

Inconvenient convenience store

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

The other day I took a walk on Zhong Shan Road (中山路 zhōngshānlù) which is part of the shopping centre of Nanchang. I’ve never gone shopping there, but I still enjoy the area with it’s crowds of shoppers and activity.
Zhong Shan Road is dotted with mostly middle-aged ladies trying to grab my attention with cries [...]

Preparing for winter

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

As the temperature continues to drop in Nanchang, my friends in Canada continually remind me that, while it’s much colder in Canada, they wouldn’t want to live with the cold of Nanchang.
My friend in Dawson Creek, BC recently told me about temperatures of -37°C (with windchill) and a good 5 feet (1.5 meters) of snow. [...]

Return of cassette technology

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

One of the classes I enjoy the least is our listening class (听力). If you recall, my class is an absolute beginner class. After enjoying more than a year in China, my experience makes the initial classes terribly boring for me. Indeed I was warned by my Nanchang teachers that the first couple months would [...]

Friendly orange encounter

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

“Hello,” said the little girl. I guessed her age to be less than 10-years old as I looked up from my dinner.
Sitting alone in a quiet corner of CBC Chicken I smiled as I replied: “hello.”
“What is your favourite colour,” she asked after a slight pause. Obviously curious about the bearded foreigner, she felt confident [...]

Where did my water go?

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

I arrived home from dinner yesterday to find no water in my house. The pipes are totally silent when the sink is turned on. I haven’t seen a single drop of water in about 24-hours.
It’s really normal for the water pressure to be non-existent for long periods of time. I have slowly learned that from [...]