my blog list
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Conscious Growth Club Year 10 Is Open
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Conscious Growth Club Year 10 is now open for enrollment. CGC is our
private, growth-oriented community for people who want more honesty,
courage, support,...
2 hours ago
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Ultimate Osaka Shopping Guide: Top Malls, Boutiques & Hidden Gems in the
City
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Osaka shopping is one of the most exciting retail experiences in Japan,
blending futuristic malls, traditional arcades, luxury boutiques, and
quirky hidd...
8 hours ago
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Netizen Voices on New Supply-Chain and Jurisdictional Regulations: “How Is
This Not a Shakedown?”
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Two collections of regulations released by the State Council in recent
weeks have stoked concern among multinationals and business executives
operating in ...
14 hours ago
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GPT-5.5 prompting guide
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*GPT-5.5 prompting guide*
Now that GPT-5.5 is available in the API, OpenAI have released a wealth of
useful tips on how best to prompt the new model.
Her...
15 hours ago
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Beijing News: New E-Bike Management Rules Take Effect May 1
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[image: Beijing News: New E-Bike Management Rules Take Effect May 1]
An updated set of rules related to e-bikes/non-motor vehicles are set to
take effect o...
15 hours ago
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Foolin'
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Kin and I have a nice little collection of vinyl -- mostly jazz, but music
from other genres too, including a few beloved albums from our teens and
twent...
23 hours ago
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VoiceMap GPS Walking Tour – Kowloon Tong: Art Deco and Hidden Heritage in
Hong Kong
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Before it gets perhaps a little too hot in Hong Kong you might like to take
my VoiceMap GPS walking tour that takes you through Hong Kong’s little
visited ...
1 day ago
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What’s new in Firefox mobile: Less clutter, more control and a free
built-in VPN
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Mobile browsing hasn’t kept up with how people actually use their phones.
Right now, even basic tasks can feel harder than they should. Finding what
you ...
3 days ago
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Assessment at a crossroads - don't catch, change behaviour
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Assessment within institutions is at a crossroads, squeezed between human
nature and AI. In an educational system that has to cope with the
massification...
4 days ago
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More Tokyo people and places
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Old Tokyo buildings and businesses are a constant theme of my work. Faded
backdrops that say so much about the city’s past, as well as the countless
storie...
4 days ago
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What Is Second Language Acquisition — And Why Most People Get It Wrong
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TL;DR Second language acquisition happens through exposure, not
memorization. Every time you read or listen to a language you mostly
understand, your bra...
1 week ago
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Code is inert. Val Town makes it ert
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Whether or not you read the code, it's gotta be ert
2 weeks ago
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French Harder!
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An air crash, the politics of language and the dangers of unresolved
tension Let’s say you’re the CEO of a national air carrier. It’s a big job
that comes ...
2 weeks ago
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Sounds Too Dystopian? It's the Reality in Japan!
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A few weeks ago, I read a nonfiction book titled People Who Can No Longer
Read (本を読めなくなった人たち), authored by Toyoshi Inada. It documents how reading
has b...
3 weeks ago
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How I’m learning Mandarin in 2026: My Daily Routine in Taipei
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Way back in 2012, I announced one of the most followed and discussed
projects on this blog, of finally taking on Mandarin. It was an intensive 3
months, ...
5 weeks ago
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Telephone Interpreting Resources — Low-English Alphabet for Chinese Speakers
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I have been taking a lot of telephone interpreting jobs lately. One thing I
have had difficulty with is spelling English names, addresses, etc. for
Chinese...
3 months ago
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春有百花秋有月， 夏有涼風冬有雪； 若無閒事掛心頭， 便是人間好時節。 In S...
7 months ago
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ELT and AI for Good
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Cambridge publishes a series of short academic titles called ‘Elements’.
There are dozens of them and, for a few weeks only after publication, they
can be ...
9 months ago
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Harley Medic Partners with BloodTestsOnline.co.uk
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Harley Medic is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with
BloodTestsOnline.co.uk, the UK’s premier home blood testing platform. This
collaborat...
9 months ago
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Chinese Characters: Learn Chinese Characters Visually - 好 hǎo | Learning2060
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The following image shows how this character has evolve from the oracle
bones 甲骨文:
Source：
https://www.vividict.com/Public/index/page/details/details.ht...
11 months ago
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Amorim trả giá khi MU để mất ‘báu vật’ từ thời Sir Alex
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Trong bức tranh đầy u ám của Manchester United mùa giải 2024/25, HLV Ruben
Amorim đang đối mặt với một loạt thách thức để cứu vãn đội bóng. Nhưng giữa
nh...
1 year ago
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Hướng Dẫn Các Bước Cài Đặt App 1.1.1.1 Truy Cập Nhanh Chóng
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Cài đặt app 1.1.1.1 không những được sử dụng rộng rãi trên các thiết bị di
động iOS và Android, mà chúng cũng được update và cài đặt thường xuyên trên
máy ...
1 year ago
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manipulate with a carrot and stick 飴と鞭
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I started planning to lose weight the day before yesterday. This time I’ve
already started using the Asuken app to track my progress, and today, I’m
planni...
2 years ago
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และยังเป็นเว็บเดีย...
3 years ago
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Beberapa Jenis Hewan Yang Hidup Di Dalam Tanah
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Beberapa Jenis Hewan Yang Hidup Di Dalam Tanah Beberapa Jenis Hewan Yang
Hidup Di Dalam Tanah – Hewan yang tinggalnya di dalam tanah adalah hewan
cacing,...
3 years ago
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Chinese Blog Greatest Hits: Volume 2
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There’s an old Chinese idiom that goes “Time flies like an arrow” (光阴似箭
guāngyīnsìjiàn). I can totally relate to that one at the moment. It doesn’t
seem ...
3 years ago
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I Know Your Name 我知道你的名字
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Long time no post! I’m delighted to announce that a song I wrote with the
inimitable Galen Crew (Instagram | Weibo) came out yesterday! What an epic
decisi...
4 years ago
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Free Cellphone Wallpapers
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A selection of my images are now available as FREE cellphone wallpapers
that you can download for personal use* on your phone. To download, simply
visit ...
4 years ago
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Sterling & Stone Bestseller Fat Vampire TV Adaptation Sold to NBC/Universal
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Sterling & Stone couldn’t be happier to announce that the TV adaptation of
our Best-selling novel Fat Vampire by Johnny B Truant has been sold to
NBC/Uni...
4 years ago
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Best Cell Phone Plans 71
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*Verizon Shared Data 5 GB:* Verizon’s Shared Data 5 GB plan starts at $65
and gives you 5 GB of high-speed data and unlimited data at slower speeds.
You...
4 years ago
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Selling China’s Anti-Poverty Model
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China’s leadership is now actively promoting a grand narrative of its
anti-poverty victory, which party-state media have called an “earthly
miracle." The n...
5 years ago
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How To Turn a YouTube Video into a Permanent Learning Tool [i.e. a Series
of Awesome Multimedia SRS MCD/MXD Cards]
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Pick a YouTube video on a topic that interests you intensely, that really
grabs you (whether or not you fully or even partially understand it). What
matter...
5 years ago
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The Dao of Pandemic
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A nice piece in the SCMP by Lijia Zhang ...
6 years ago
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Life with Coronavirus in Chengdu: a Q&A
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Learn what life is like in the Sichuan capital under coronavirus.
Substantial quarantine measures change daily life, work, and social
relationships in Ch...
6 years ago
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Young Woman Commits Suicide After Photoshoot Scam
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October 26th, Xiao Wei (a 20 years old girl from Guiyang) left the world
disappointed. Her family is devastated and knowing the reason just made
things w...
6 years ago
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Upgrading Apple for 5G
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Jonny Evans, the resident Appleholic at Computerworld, made a case today
that Apple would be the primary driver for 5G in North America, despite the
fact t...
6 years ago
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6 Reasons to Visit China
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At first glance, China seems like home to bamboo forests, vibrant cities,
and centuries of ancient history, but…
The post 6 Reasons to Visit China first ...
6 years ago
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How to Get a China Travel Visa
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From the bustling city of Shanghai to the sprawling Great Wall in Beijing,
China is a country that should be added to your travel itinerary. But
before y...
6 years ago
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Learning from my own book
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The most popular piece I’ve written on this site over the past few was
about Teaching English Online. I wrote it while I was hanging out with a
bunch of di...
8 years ago
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Learn Chinese through Game of Thrones Quotes
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As we all know* “Games of Thrones”* (冰与火之歌: 权力游戏, Bīng yǔ huǒ zhī gē:
Quánlì yóuxì) season 7 finale is this Sunday. It is really exciting for all
of us (...
8 years ago
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See you over at Slow Boats and Caravan Trails
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After 11 years of blogging at Jottings from the Granite Studio, I'm moving
on to Slow Boats and Caravan Trails. Won't you join me?
The post See you over ...
8 years ago
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5 Reasons You Need Solitude
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We worry when we go out alone, whether to have a meal or just to chill,
what people will think about us. Is she lonely? He doesn’t have friends?
Did she go...
8 years ago
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A common LINE scam in Taiwan
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There’s a scam in Taiwan that goes something like this. You receive a LINE
message from a desperate friend asking to borrow money for a couple of
weeks. Us...
9 years ago
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Feature Articles (1)
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Feature Articles - various articles about Japanese language and culture
9 years ago
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Expressions used in Japanese Letters - How to...
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The difference between written language and conversational language in
Japanese is much greater than in English. Learn Japanese letter format.
9 years ago
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China’s First World War — Part Two: The Battle of Tsingtao
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For most expats in China, the name “Tsingtao†conjures up images of
beer, but for fans of military history it’s a name associated with the
most impo...
9 years ago
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More jobs: Job opening at HKU
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The University of Hong Kong is advertising an opening for an assistant
professor in the Department of Philosophy. The AOS/AOC are open. Applicants
working ...
9 years ago
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Intermediate Chinese - Chinese People in San Francisco
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In this intermediate lesson, I introduce briefly the history of Chinese
people in San Francisco, the largest Chinatown in North America and a
well-known...
9 years ago
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2 Pieces of the Berlin Wall in Singapore.
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The Berlin wall was demolished on 13 June 1990 and was totally taken apart
in 1992. Some time ago, there were 4 blocks of the Berlin Wall at the Bedok
Rese...
9 years ago
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Major bug fix
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Uploading There was a bug in the code that handles uploading audio. It
basically prevented users from being able to actually contribute. I’m not
sure how l...
9 years ago
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Making Everest Safe Makes it Unsafe.
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A couple of days ago I published a Bloomberg View column on ways to reduce
deaths – and crowds – on Mount Everest. The two are closely related: too
many pe...
9 years ago
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Five Line sticker creators who deserve more attention
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One of the greatest things about the Line instant messaging application is
its ever-growing library of stickers (or “stamps” in Japanese). Line allows
user...
10 years ago
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Can Interracial and Intercultural Relationships Be a Transcendental
Experience?
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Beyond all expectations, love happened to me in China -- and it was only
possible because I transcended my assumptions and biases about dating in
China.
...
10 years ago
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Stories and Legends: Yunnan's Torch Festivals
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I don't recall exactly when I first heard stories about The Torch Festival
in Yunnan, but I do remember going to the festival in Stone Forest County
in...
10 years ago
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No 182 Can I trust you?
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こんにちわ！ 本当にご無沙汰しております。
さて今日は本当に久しぶりのレッスンをあげてみました。
皆さんは人間関係で一番大切なのはなんだろうと思われますか？
愛、忍耐、妥協、理解、時間のシェア、などなど色々挙げられると思いますが、やはり一番は信頼関係なのであります。
信じられ...
10 years ago
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Looking Around
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via http://500px.com/photo/93565139
10 years ago
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Reuters Is The Latest News Organization To Get Blocked In China
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Reuters has joined Bloomberg, New York Times and Wall Street Journal in
being blocked in China. Reuters itself reported that its website was not
reachab...
11 years ago
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Reuters Is The Latest News Organization To Get Blocked In China
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Reuters has joined Bloomberg, New York Times and Wall Street Journal in
being blocked in China. Reuters itself reported that its website was not
reachab...
11 years ago
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Reuters Is The Latest News Organization To Get Blocked In China
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Reuters has joined Bloomberg, New York Times and Wall Street Journal in
being blocked in China. Reuters itself reported that its website was not
reachab...
11 years ago
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Experiment 2015: The French Connection
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I'm getting off to a late start, but I'm really excited for this year's
project, because it is once again a new experiment!
For 2015, I have decided I wan...
11 years ago
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We’ve moved
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Check us out that the new site
11 years ago
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A Hundred Days Around Glossika Swedish
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This post will serve more as a journal and eventual post that I will
publicize with my results. My main purpose is to have a place in the world
to keep tra...
11 years ago
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Help spread the word about LingQ!
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We know many of our members love LingQ and love to spread the word about
LingQ for which we are extremely grateful! Our refer a friend program
rewards yo...
11 years ago
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Word of the Day: Buji
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Today's word is "buji (safety; security; peace; quietness)". It is written
with a two kanji characters "bu" and "ji".
*Buji Oosaka eki ni tsuita. 無事大阪駅に着...
11 years ago
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Pascal Burel has been missing for nearly a week around Kita-dake, Japan's
second...
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Pascal Burel has been missing for nearly a week around Kita-dake, Japan's
second tallest mountain.
Frenchman missing five days in Yamanashi mountains
www....
12 years ago
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How to get MP3 audio recordings of your target language from Google
Translate
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*The following instructions are a manual process to add audio from Google
Translate, but you can also accomplish the same automatically for multiple
card...
12 years ago
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Postcards from the National People's Congress
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13 years ago
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南山政府关于我的文章 Nanshan District gvt. Article on me.
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http://www.szns.gov.cn/publish/main/1/7/11/20130228101503595161417/index.html
This is a translation of the article in the above link.
Irish expat performs ...
13 years ago
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Finding time in a busy life
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I must confess, I’m a pretty fickle person. I usually start work on
something, ignore it for a long time, and come back to it when it’s fresh
and exciting ...
13 years ago
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Southern california sunshine
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A shot at Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills. It is really strong sunshine.
13 years ago
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Exchanging Gifts In Mandarin
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Be sure you know the rules for giving and receiving gifts when visiting
China or Taiwan. Chinese customs are much different from those in the USA
or Euro...
13 years ago
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Chinese Conversation -Good news to an accountant- Learn Mandarin online
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Good news to an accountant A: Good morning, Mary? It’s John Kramer calling.
You remember you handled my tax forms for me? B: Of course, Mr. Kramer. How
are...
14 years ago
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Tools for building consistency
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It’s been about 2.75 years since I ran into AJATT and this phase of
learning Japanese. Unfortunately I don’t have that much to show for it, and
I am nowher...
14 years ago
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find me on YouTube!
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Hello, everyone! Sorry for not posting for such a long time. I’ve decided
to vlog instead. At first, I didn’t want to post my YouTube on here, as I
wanted ...
14 years ago
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An Ode to Road Rash
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Had an argument with the road… and the road won I’ll keep this brief
because I’m trying to keep the blood off my keyboard… There’s an unwritten
rule of the...
14 years ago
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Learning Mandarin: Pronunciation Debacles: x & q vs. sh & ch
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This one of many guest posts here at Discovering Mandarin. This post/lesson
is from my friend Megan (@megoizzy on twitter). I have actually been sat
here t...
16 years ago
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