2 months of study

They say winter is coming, but I haven't seen signs of it yet!

Progress

After two months of study, I do know more Chinese than I did before I started (of course..). It's not much, but what should I expect? Every week I find my self saying a new Chinese phrase, and now and then new words suddenly stick to my mind. I try to speak simple Chinese to my Taiwanese friends, and they give me constructive feedback, making me improve little by little.

When I walk to bus or subway, I often meet a security guard on my way. Occasionally we have a little conversation together, and every time we get to know eachother a little bit more. We only speak Chinese.

I've studied more than 200 characters, and I often recognize them on streetsigns, brochures and more. Because the characters can form a different meaning when put in pairs, it's not always easy to understand them even though I recognize them individually. But it's getting better ;) When we went to a concert last friday, I was able to locate the position in the lyrics, and that's for sure something I couldn't do last summer!

Pictures from last week

This is in a shop for calligraphy equipment.
The pencils were made with different kind of hair, like hair from inside the cows ear (!).

We usually use this board for writing Chinese characters,
but this day we were told to draw  what's on our mind, and then use it as subject for conversation.

Our teacher explaining some grammar, I think I understand... some of it... :p

Todays trip to Yangminshan. Because of bad weather in the mountain,
we didn't do much more than eating breakfast and taking the public transportation together.
Nice people though!

Bus heading for the mountain :)