Author: Elizabeth Tai
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Weekend Tales #5 My ambition is to have an unextraordinary life
No fancy corporate titles, giant mansions or flashy paychecks for me. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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3 Body Problem is a bit of a problem
The Netflix drama’s depiction of China is, well, problematic. Or is it? Chinese viewers weigh in. (If you’ve not watched the drama, please note that this issue is slightly spoilery.) 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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Comprehensible input and creating my own Mandarin-learning curriculum
Adventures in learning Mandarin. As a heritage speaker, I have to learn Mandarin differently. It has been a frustrating and fun journey so far. Fortunately, lots of content from language learning experts, and I found one that is the clearest one yet!
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Sweeping tombs, eating food and waving at the dead
It’s Cheng Beng and I, forever the family travel operator, is shepherding the family to Penang island. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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Have you enjoyed some Chinese propaganda lately? I did.
I watched a Chinese legal drama called Draw the Line and I’d like to reassure you that I’m still not a member of the Communist Party of China. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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Creating a Mandarin-learning routine for myself
Not easy when your brain rebels at the thought of routines and quickly forgets them. But I’m going to focus on one tiny thing at the time and adjust as I go along. This post is part 1 of a series of logs of the process.
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I speak four languages. That’s just being Malaysian.
And also the result of an accident in geography and school choices. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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Chinese New Year auntie uncle time
Verily I tell you, 90% of my relatives will not survive cancel culture in the West. 📧Subscribe to read the post.
Elizabeth Tai 