我跟以前的老师聊天

Last night I decided to give my former teacher Beijing a call. Not long ago she decided to leave eChineseLearning to pursue a totally different career. So far it seems like it's working out for her.

The conversation lasted for about 1.5 hours, and I was happily able to speak Mandarin with her (a few words of English might slip in here and there, but it was 95% Mandarin). It's a great feeling to be able to pick up a phone and start a Mandarin conversation with someone from Mainland China.

For a guy that isn't good with academics and doesn't like the textbooks, being able to converse in Mandarin after a year of intense study is not too bad. Try it out.

In case you were wondering, I buy phone cards from ComFi to call overseas.

-Brian 陈金龙