Ni Jiang Se Me? ... Ooops! Me no understand
I remembered R asking, "You sure you can do this?" and I said, "Yeah sure". I regret that saying yes.
Today, I sat 2 hours at a meeting not understanding 3/4 the things being discussed. My Mandarin & Hokkien sucks. 1/2 the time these Taiwanese are all speaking Mandarin + Hokkien at the meeting and I just sat and stare blankly. Once awhile, one kind idiot after many sentences, will say, "Oh, lets speak English so she can understand better". Next thing I hear is another long conversation in Mandarin. I can't imagine how I'm going to survive the next few days.
Food's not as good as I thought. I'm so tired after that lousy morning flight. Gonna unpack my stuff now. I hope this room is not ...... I don't want to hear the radio suddenly switching on itself in the middle of the night....
I remembered R asking, "You sure you can do this?" and I said, "Yeah sure". I regret that saying yes.
Today, I sat 2 hours at a meeting not understanding 3/4 the things being discussed. My Mandarin & Hokkien sucks. 1/2 the time these Taiwanese are all speaking Mandarin + Hokkien at the meeting and I just sat and stare blankly. Once awhile, one kind idiot after many sentences, will say, "Oh, lets speak English so she can understand better". Next thing I hear is another long conversation in Mandarin. I can't imagine how I'm going to survive the next few days.
Food's not as good as I thought. I'm so tired after that lousy morning flight. Gonna unpack my stuff now. I hope this room is not ...... I don't want to hear the radio suddenly switching on itself in the middle of the night....

