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this is where I work, right now its a construction site
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There are thirteen nationalities on this project, of course I have to represent Laos!
I will be working, living, and experiencing China for the next 3 years (2009-2012). It should all be very interesting and exciting...follow me in this adventure!
Its been nine months (already) in China and have yet to find a chinese teacher, well I'm not looking that hard. Until I find the right teacher my friends, colleagues, and strangers are my "teachers". My first attempt to speak usually ends up with someone laughing at me because 90% of the time my tone is completely off and it takes me at least three times to say it right and ten times to remember the words...so I have a lot to learn. A few things that I've picked up so far and its so hard!
zhi (yong) zhongwen zenma shou? = how do you say this in chinese?
wo xiang zhongguo ren dan shi wo bu shi zhongguo ren, wo shi lao ou ren = I look chinese but I am not chinese but a Lao person
hao ji le = perfect / tei bang le = perfect
xiao shi bo li = be careful glass
ai zhe = next to something / ji hu = almost
zou la = let's go
bang zhu = help
zhe shi ni de = this is yours
wo zai zhongguo gongsi gongzhou san nian = I am working in china for three years
zhag qi lai = stand up
mai dan/fu zhang = pay (separately)
berger = interesting (Tianjin dialect)
la = spicy or re = temperature hot