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My Review of the Year 2010 January
It's almost a wonder (I'm greatly exaggerating here) that I came back unharmed from the
Esperanto-meeting (JES) in Poland , where especially the way back was an adventure. I wrote two slightly polemic entries about alleged anglicisms in the German language (namely Oh mein Gott
and nicht wirklich ). February
In February I wrote – as every other blog and news website – about the
death of the Bo language , then I wrote in German about the arguably best vocabulary learning software ANKI which I still use to study Chinese and Thai vocabulary with. As every year since 1986, it was my birthday
on February 10; the same entry also tells about the purchase of my beloved netbook computer. March
Seems I visited Altenburg for a few days, with Lisa (my former girlfriend). In
this entry, though, I first wrote of my decision of going to Kunming, China, where I currently am (so it worked, whoo!). Later on I visited the Leipzig Book Fair with Lisa, where I didn't only saw the German comedian Michael Mittermeier, but also my arch enemy Bastian Sick. Bah. But I did something to improve my Chinese, too: I went to attend a Chinese course (see lesson 1
and the rest of it ), where I got the information about the scholarship from the Confucius Institute, which I immediately applied for — successfully (that's why I'm here now). April
It was
my LiveJournal's 8 th birthday , yay! And I'm already looking forward to next April 1 for more interesting statistics, as I'm writing more regularly now. This is a private entry
dedicated to myself telling my future me how to complete my studies at the University of Leipzig in summer 2012. Then the 9 ^th KEKSO meeting (Esperanto-meeting for beginners) took place in Hamburg. One day later, the university started again. ^May
I posted my
schedule for the 12 th semester [sic!]
, which includes two language courses: one in Türçe ^{, one in} Quechua . Then, unbelievable as it might sound, Lisa and I – while talking in Esperanto on the tram – for the first time ever met an Esperanto speaker by chance, that was really really mojose ! Short time later, during the WGT, someone else noticed and asked us if we were speaking Esperanto . We were also in the Wildpark together. Later, the 47 th StuTS took place in Mainz , a conference of students of Linguistics and related subjects. It was pretty cool, as usual. ^June
At the beginning of June I finally got the affirmative answer that I could go to
Kunming for a year to study Chinese, two and a half months before really going there (see August below). In this entry I then showed how Bastian Sick 's research methods are based on pure imagination and that his suggestions are better not to be trusted. This entry
then talks about three things: 1) how I recognized someone speaking Chechen on the tram; 2) the summer party at the MPI and 3) the color party at Sabine's and Ulrike's place. July
I bought the
ticket for my flight to Kunming. Later was the last day of my 12 th semester. I started my holidays with visiting Leo, Alina, Cosima and Liesa in the Rhein-Main area
of Germany — a really cool and fun four days. As the days until my departure to China got few and few, I had more and more parties, as the Mahjongg evening with Tina at Nicole's house (a fellow student of Chinese studies), that was really awesome, I hope I can get a chance to play Mahjongg again! The same entry briefly mentions the combined pool and Dr. Who party I had at my house, where I invited Tina, Helen and Tina's two friends from Finnland. ^Here 's a description of at least some of my preperations for China. At the end of July I then participated the 5 th SALO meeting (an Esperanto meeting for children of Herzberg am Harz and Góra, Poland), where I gave language courses and played kindergarten teacher, as I sometimes had the impression. ^August
I started that month proving that
zum Teufel is probably not an americanism. Ten days before my departure
I wrote about more preparations; this might be interesting to someone else going to China as well. But I was bored one day and started to learn Slovio (a Slavic-based planned language project) and forgot about it the next day again. Quite fun, though. I had some problems with my Chinese visa , though. Then, after almost one year, just in time before going to Kunming, I finished my German-Chinese vocabulary deck in ANKI, so read more about ANKI here! Then I arrived in China , the adventure began. Read more about my first five days in China here. One day later we all had to take an examination at the hospital , scary... September
My first impression of
Chinese education can be read here. By the way, I need to say that I started writing (almost) everything in German, sorry for the non-germanophone readers of mine. About our new Japanese roommate Takumi I wrote here. And I posted my schedule of the first term
, which I haven't updated in a while, though. So it's quite outdated. The four of our room then went to eat our first Hot Pot , I went to the Minority Village in Kunming with two Hongkong girls and my Japanese roommate. Later we had "real" (i.e. better) Hot Pot with the Thais . Speaking of Thai, I began to learn Thai in September, too! We had an international food party and I visited some temples with my friend Haiyan. Also pretty amazing was our experience with KTV (the Chinese karaoke ), and I was invited to a Chinese family dinner of a friend. October
We climbed the
West Mountains here in Kunming. They also began switching off our energy at 12:30 every night and we started with calligraphy lessons... which I later was too lazy to go to again. But I bought a new camera for ¥ 1,860 and wrote something interesting about my financial situation here in China (both in the same entry). Other than that, October was quite uneventful.
November
The Thais and I went to the big
zoo in Kunming and watched the pandas, tigers and peacocks, that was really cool. Later that month, our roommate Takumi left again. This entry
tells about out mid-term exams, our internet problem and a presentation I gave about Germany in front of 200 Chinese students, how our roommate Li Rui changed to another room and some more things. Some of these things already happened in December, though, not sure. ;) December
Our teachers made us go to the
sports meet at Chenggong and there's also a brief description of how I spent Christmas in China with Chinese, Cantonese, Dai, Australian, Singhalese, Yi and Thai friends. The results of my final exams
of the first semester here in China I only wrote today. Today is the last day of 2010 and I'm probably going to spend it with Tik and Co., though it doesn't seem that anyone has prepared or planned anything... I'll see. ~ The End ~

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Tag 128: Abschlussprüfungen

Es ist der letzte Tag im Jahr, aber noch nicht aller Unterrichtstage Abend. Ja, auch heute, an Silvester, We had lessons. Some people (such as Tik) even had to write one final exam - which tests are way more difficult than ours, as Tik, Mhuey and the other Thais here study properly Sinology, as I have done so at home in Leipzig or . still do. Amila and I are here, so to speak, only of "fun", that is for refreshing and improving our Chinese skills, so the tests for us is not important. Maybe this is the reason why our teachers have designed the tests so incredibly easy. We recall that time at the Mid Term Exams I had an average of 77% in total income. Not bad ... and now? Oral Chinese (汉语 口语, Hànyǔ Kǒuyǔ ): Since we had a written part that was surprisingly difficult. Not really hard, but not as easy as expected. Then an oral part: everyone should repeat phrases individually. Sounds easy, is it for most, since I am a failure. Most sets I've also at the 3rd Time and using not get along, even if they were not sooooooo long. My comprehension is just still my weak point. Then was read a text for me no problem. And a short talk about about my favorite book (I have
of The Time Traveler's Wife tells
), was also quite easy. The result: 34/40 points verbally, in writing 55/60, 89% together. reading course (报刊 阅读, Bàokān Yuedu ): We knew before, everything that turn comes, even the reading text, we knew before. Accordingly, I have in examining also
94%
achieved. Intensive Reading Course (汉语 精读, Hànyǔ Jingdu ): The examination papers were

identical with those from the mock exam, which I am still good could remember, although we did not get them back. I wrote cheerfully to myself and thought there should jump out at least 90%. I was almost finished, there came to the teacher, puts my complete controlled trial exam on the table with the words, I should not make the same mistakes again (even if it not many). I was stunned, but then have compared simple and really spread out some errors. A few I had missed, so my end result was "only" 96.5% . Listening (汉语 听力, Hànyǔ Tīnglì ): I've imagined the worst. Auch, weil mein Hörverständnis immer noch mein Hauptproblem ist, auch wenn ich sehr viel besser geworden bin. Die Prüfung lief hauptsächlich so ab, dass die Lehrerin Sätze und Dialoge vorlas und wir Fragen dazu beantworten mussten, meist zum Ankreuzen: A, B, C oder D. Die Prüfung ging so, war anspruchsvoll (die einzige wirklich anspruchsvolle), und lustigerweise hab ich zusammen mit einem Laoten die höchste Punktzahl:
76 %
— immerhin! Insgesamt ergibt sich damit ein Durchschnitt von 88,9 % , der sich doch sehen lassen kann (wenn den irgendeiner sehen wöllte). Schade, dass die Magister-Abschlussprüfung in Deutschland nicht so einfach werden wird. The results of the HSK exam
Incidentally, we have not yet received, and the day would come by mail.

Sun .. these were the "real" tests. Now a test in their own right that may answer a frequently asked question: How many characters you kannst'n there now?

This is (despite

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Anki
) to say relatively heavy, but the internet there is a website (in English):
www.clavisinica.com / character-test-applet.html

There you can ask more checking levels and other settings, the program uses a variety of characters for the debate and The meaning. You simply click the only or press the numbers on the keyboard. Afterwards, the program makes a projection and shares an estimate on how many characters you know about. If one does this several times and is the average, the result is possibly even representative. I have set: advanced skill level ,
72 characters to test and


simplified character style, then I can go through the 5 × and formed the average. The result tadaaaa ... I know about
2115
Chinese characters. If you, the you sometimes have learned Chinese or learn the also want to know, then makes it just too time this test here and post the result as a comment. :) Oh yes: if you can a little Chinese, it is easy to "cheat", characters say to one that is often how they are pronounced about
and also sometimes to what a subject it might be. As you watch a rare characters, and can by using the specified five debates the look out, according to the phonetic component most likely, and based on the meanings of the 5 that comes closest to the radical. I have not done, and if I did not really know the characters, have I did not fall, but only 1, 1 pressed, even if it was nonsense.
Sun I think I will still prepare an entry. And although the annual, mandatory Jahreszusammenfaselung. This takes time ... ;)
I hope now everybody in a happy new year 2011 (or 2554)! ^ ^

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Tag 125: Flöhliche übelall Weihnacht ...

Hey, everybody! Later still,
Merry Christmas! • Merry Christmas! • Feliĉan Kristnaskon!
圣诞节 快 了! • สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส!


So now Christmas is over ... and as expected, was felt in China from Christmas is not too much. No snow, no Christmas music, Christmas trees, and then only as Ladendeko, few people wish a Merry Christmas and giving gifts is apparently only rarely.
Even though I really like Christmas, I do not think it bad that here in China for Christmas everything seems to be a trendy export. What is currently fashionable is Sprühschnee from the can. Iiikse! My Christmas I've spent as follows:


Christmas Eve:


We actually had more Unterricht, und sogar Jahresendklausur im Fach
Jingdu , was aber einfach war. Der Unterricht danach fiel aus, dafür gab es überraschenderweise schon unser Stipendiengeld zum Abholen, 1400 ¥ (ca. 160 €) für den Monat Januar (Dezember hatten wir schon letzten Monat als Doppelauszahlung zusammen mit dem November bekommen). Das Februargeld gibt's aber erst im März, da – wie schon mal geschrieben – vom 7. Januar bis 23. Februar Ferien sind. Ich freu mich schon. ^^ Trotz unweihnachtlicher Stimmung habe ich mich auf den Weg gemacht, doch für jemanden ein Geschenk zu besorgen. Nämlich für ติ๊ก (Tik). Fündig wurde ich in der Qinghua-Buchhandlung and near the "Foreigner Street" with a tiny German-book (so containing words and phrases) and a Rubik's cube. The weather was very friendly way:
17 ° C and pattering sunshine! Sweet I omitted because Tik Tak at the day with a toothache in bed tormented ... chocolate's place was therefore ibuprofen
© 400 for the pain.

was the evening party at Apple & Oiling, announced the two Hong Kong women. I was the only German and the only male guest, but does nothing. It was very tasty spaghetti carbonara was really as at home, and even made! This little party with strawberries Vienna (sic) on a spit. Of the girls was one of the Dai minority (傣族, Dai-to ) and said actually Dai Lü (which is related to Thai, Lao and Zhuang). Everyone should bring a small gift to celebrate for about 20 ¥, I found a flashlight (which I think is very practical from 0:30 here), which got Apple. I'm on the other hand me a kind note booklet / diary / homework book erwichtelt. Maybe I can use one day. Have been so very lucky, because the rest of the gifts was almost exclusively aus Mädelszeugs. ;) Sehr lang ging die Feier allerdings nicht, denn die Wohnheimregel besagt, ab 22:00 sollen bitte alle fremden Besucher wieder aus dem Haus sein, und die kamen alle von Auswärts. Blöd, das. 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag:


Nachmittags ging's weiter mit Weihnachten: Guy (aus Tralien), seine thailändische Freundin Tip – deren echter Name übrigens linguistisch gesehen total cool ist: ตรีอักษร / Triakson [trīːʔàksɔ̌ːn] , was aus dem Pali kommt und "Drei Konsonanten" bedeutet! :D –, Guys chinesischer 陆春华 buddy alias "Eric" from which a Chinese girlfriend, Amila, Tik and I found ourselves at a guy. He lives in a nifty apartment with kitchen, giant TV, balcony, washing machine, bedroom, bathroom, sofa and all the trimmings. It was cooked Thai food, in this case rice, some vegetables and shrimp, which were very tasty (and consumption because without exoskeleton), after warm banana in coconut sauce, also delicious. Meanwhile, we have watched several films:
"No Country for Old Men" , "Attornment" and the beginning of "The Bridge Over River Kwai" . The latter was shot in Sri Lanka by the way, what is the "Thai" Prisoners at once saw (if you know some Thai and Sinhalese). ;) All in all, nice evening. Guy has lent me two small Phrase: one (only stupid back now that the Laotians all to Laos) for Laotian and dialects, and for some minority languages in China. Since Kunming-hua, the local dialect in there ... I have to have a look at times.
second Christmas Day:
I thought I could do to sleep longer and hang out the rest of the day in bed, but it was different: about noon my cell phone rang: it is Tik, me and Amila asks them when towing several boxes and bags from the apartment of a friend leaving the country ("Phi Dream", the one with the chinchillas) to help. No problem ... we thought. The bags and boxes and folding tables, but were so hard sauischst that have been encountered some problems, Huck it to the estimated kilometers from the residence. Oh man we were done!
the rest of the day I spent fertigzuübersetzen the subtitles of "The Linguists" , which are namely, by Helen and Marek on the JES (Esperanto-week meeting in Burg, Germany on New Year's Eve) shown. Degree or so completed!

was left on 25 yes again around the month and I was quite amazed by my calculations - I 'm in my 4th Month in China just silly 887.4 yen (about 102 €) spent! So this is really worth a round of applause, right? Otherwise it was always so 1200-1600 ¥. Another thing: I carry myself with the thought of buying myself a SmartPhone, I said that? However, no iPhone (I like Apple, not much to proprietary), but one with Android operating system ... It is hard for me to distinguish myself from 4 types:
HTC
Desire, Desire HD HTC, HTC
Wildfire
and Samsung i9000 S Galaxy. They are all great and all possible, but also all costs' nen lot of money (even in China, good original software and hardware is not much cheaper than at home), maybe I'll take the four cheapest or second cheapest of these. Who has such a thing or so knows, can I give you recommendations.

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Tag 117: Meine Adresse in Kunming

[de] know For all of my German friends who want to leave me like to a card, letter or even send a packet, but still not where I live (because I told you not to report), Here at last the answer. The postcard is from my parents (after 1 ½ months) that is received. Since it worked, here is my address for all: [s]

For all English-speaking friends who would like to send me a card, a letter or even a parcel, but still don't know where I live (because I didn't tell you yet, duh), here's the answer. My parents' postcard finally arrived (after 1 ½ months). Because it worked, here's my address for everyone now:
[eo]
Por miaj esperantaj geamikoj, kiuj ŝatus sendi al mi karton, leteron aŭ eĉ pakedon, sed ankoraŭ ne scias, kie mi loĝas (ĉar mi ja ankoraŭ ne diris al vi), ĉi tie troviĝas la respondo. La bildkarto de miaj gepatroj finfine alvenis (post 1 ½ monatoj). Ĉar ĝi funkciis, jen mia adreso por vi ĉiuj:
[zh]
China and Taiwan to my friends, if you want to send I have a postcard, a letter or small package, but do not know where I live (because I did not tell you thing), here are answers. My parents travel a half months after the postcard finally arrived. Because it can send, I will tell you my address:

André Müller (

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安德烈 )
Yunnan University of Nationalities International Education School Yi'eryi 134 650 031 Kunming Street China







Thanks!

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Thanks!
Dankon! André - Andrew Vortarulo (运动会, ) in Chenggong.

谢谢		-
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Chenggong (呈贡) is a district of Kunming in the far south. Our university - the Yunnan Nationalities University (云南 民族 大学, yúnnán Minzu Daxue ), only once in memory - there is another campus that is really very very nice because he rebuilt and is still quite clean. Life there is very comfortable, but also boring, because of the distance to the city center. Karina (a Brazilian I know of here) and Guy (pronounced: [ɡi ː] , the Austral-Swiss Thai fluently speaks the envy * * study) there. And yesterday there was just a big sports event as it seems at every university in China once a year to be. For the students really a great event with much fanfare. Anyone who grew up in East Germany, can imagine the importance of which about. With several school buses 's went off in any event, at 7:00 am
(ie half an hour after us in the dormitory of the current terms)
. Amila, the Nangis ( Nangi is the Sinhalese word for "little sister" to the 3 Srilankanerinnen meant the age of Amila and I) and I, Lina were from Norway and some 30 Thai we, the other buses housed more Thais and other nations. After about an hour we arrived in Chenggong, got out and shivered first: Chenggong is so far removed from urban micro-climate that the wind is so strong and the temperature is low (allegedly -2 ° C) was that we all are almost totgefroren , namely we had for about half an hour waiting for our teacher ... They came then and we got red polo shirts with the symbol and the International Education School (国际 教育 学院,
Guoji Jiàoyù Xueyuan ) back to back. Not bad!
Then we came to a large sports field with a grandstand full of Chinese. Not only do we foreign students, and other (Chinese) from other institutions such as philosophy, foreign language school and further. All were representative in uniform, in three achievement with a flag and the Institute names were then presented by the respondent and are then marched to the sports ground in jubilation and applause of the audience - including us. Even our countries were presented, for example, 德国 ( Déguó
, Germany). Then it was time to Wait ... on the sports field.
were held for a few speeches, then the national anthem was played (a very nice way, think like me) and some people with flags running around, then went and ourselves from the square and watched from the grandstand area (but at ground level) the spectacle. There was dancing a lot and performed feats of acrobats, acrobatics, swing bands (äscha as before!) And finally a belly-free group of minority dancers. was frozen majority of us, to all the Thais decided to look into the distance. Since we were in the same bus, we joined of them went away, and gathered in a sort of hall to wait for the teacher and the bus, then came an hour later. Frozen half we went (residential) home, at about 12:00 or 12:30. From the Sports Day, I really had the impression that this is really typical Chinese. This is what one is against it or has it once on TV (we were just not as many thousands of people there). In our favorite eating road, 圆 西路 (
Yuánxīlù
), gave it to then licked 混沌 (hundun) and 饺子 (jiǎozi)
to bursting. I'm getting really fat at the delicious food. Hab I mentioned that I take my impassable in recent years 58 kg now about 63 or 64 kg weigh? Well ... Incidentally, I now have not only this Uni-shirt, but also a new sweater, blue and warm, from NIKE (höhöhö) that I help with Tik in the 121-road (一二 一 大街, Yi 'Eryi Dajie -acquired). At first, he still cost 95 yen, or about € 10.70, which for a simple sweater is quite expensive. Foreigners holding price. Tik knows more haggling with (although in Thailand is not usual) and we have complained so long about the expensive price and then wanted to go already (or "Go!" in Thai is some fun in "Let's go!" ป๊ะ [páʔ] in the high range) and got a prompt then still the sweater "nachgeworfen", for only 60 ¥ ( about 6.75 €). Another, more attractive (grüne!) Cardigan we have received but not so - that's according to Tik but somewhere else for 50 yen instead of 95 ¥. Let's see ...

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Tag 110: Der Tag Heizstrahler

There are currently not so much new to tell. The university life is as usual, sometimes boring, sometimes interesting, but more boring. The weather here is variable: sometimes the sun shines, sometimes it rains, sometimes is it very cold (4 ° C), sometimes very warm (19 ° C). Above all, the evening temperatures drop greatly, warm is it more from lunchtime to early evening, and it's really very pleasant. Incredibly, that is December ... I could swear it was April. Or October. So it feels.

But south of the Yangtze River (长江, Chángjiāng
) there are no heaters in China, not anywhere. Therefore, it is always cold, whether outside or inside. Noon's is even colder inside than outside. Therefore, Amila and I are considering to buy us a heating source in the form of a radiant heater: 49 yuan (5.57 €) cost a good piece. In Dorm room connected went out after about 5 minutes the light: no, no power failure, it was not 0:30 clock
(where this is automatically cut off the current, every night) , no, the Watts were just too (power?) much. The device consumes only 700 W actually, but that seems to be too much. The trick came with the departure by a fellow student: (No, not Takumi ) Mr. Inaba , our Japanese fellow student, has gone to a few days ago for about a month back to Japan, most of his stuff he has here to live with friends. We have also placed some things in the cupboards, and we also got up liquid, given tasty Japanese sauce (とん かつ リース,
Tonkatsu-Riisu
), oil, a folding table and several extension cords and power strip or borrowed. The latter use, we were able to tap the external power source from the bathroom, the more power (it also feeds the boiler for the shower, m-hm!) And also works at night, when everything in the room is dark. Whether this is completely legal, we do not know. We do not care ... we do not freeze to death, yes! And yes, it really is very nice and warm with the new part. this Thursday and Friday is the way, no classes - sports festival in China (as in all communist countries?) a very great and wonderful thing. We are being carted to the school bus after all Chenggong (呈贡) and must "participate". I hope it is only meant to watch. I do not think I will again make (a Chinese version of Mr. Herzig) high and long jump. ;) The week is then exam time - somewhat earlier than at the end of the semester because the Laotians (50% of our class) all go home earlier. Our last test is the way on 24 be December. What do I do for Christmas, I do not even ...

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101: Rückblick

Finally an entry! I've written anything for so long, was The main reason that we had here for over a week no internet in the dorm, and also that I was sick and busy with a lecture, not to mention the HSK test all ...
* * lufthol
... but first things first:

tests:
We had written some checks in all of our 4 subjects. Sometimes they were the oral exams and some of them were really ridiculous (to tell than 5 minutes, what 'NEM any topic), but sometimes really difficult. The results gave's Percentage: 精读 (Reading Course): 91%, 口语 (Oral): 85%, 听力 (Listening): 66% and 阅读 (newspaper reading): 64%. In the last two I was the next best thing, if I remember correctly, the first two even the best. I seem not to be so bad, summed up the results for these four "intermediate examinations" under 77%. Not bad. End of December in the week before Christmas, we write the final exams for this semester. Let's see how the. And then there was
still the HSK test, HSK 汉语 水平 考试 stands for (H
ànyǔ
S huǐpíng K ǎoshì , such as: Chinese level test) and is a large, well-known method to determine the level of Chinese knowledge. As a result, one has a score and a stage, between 3 and 12 or something like that. The test is really hard, so that one need hardly dream of it, to have everything right. Half is all right. The test took place in the neighboring Yunnan University, and included a hearing test (with headphones), which was less severe than expected, a reading text part that was quasi unschaffbar, the time was too short: a few texts I had not read it, but I just thought: Oh, it's apparently about the doctor fish! What I know about the doctor fish ... and then the answers have answered according to my knowledge of the world. Hopefully it'll bring me some points, it is all multiple choice. The grammar section was to be expected against sauschwer, while the Gap part was just bearable. All in all difficult, but not as heavy as the exercises in Tiks exercise book (I was there for part 2 / 15 points). Let's see when will the results ... Goodbye Internet ...
The main reason why I wrote about 2 weeks is nothing but the sudden and unexpected loss of our beloved Internet access throughout our dorm. Nothing doing, even the teachers Yang did not help. We some of them have used the wireless Internet in our cafe, or on campus ... there it is but especially in the evening icecold, so I had probably caught a bad cold. After
on 7 Internet-less day with a dozen students to Laoshi Yang went to complain, has recommended to us an alternative that was a bit expensive: register to use software, in the 6th Stock will be to unlock dial. Complicated, but now it's done. We will refuse but to pay for any of 40 yuan per month for what we deserve from Uni-page and what some pay for anyway (yes I scholarship). Well at least it works, even if it's very lahm ist. Vortrag



Vor einiger Zeit bei der English Corner am 翠湖 (
Cuìhú , Green Lake) sprach mich mal ein Lehrer von der Businessschule der Yunnan Normal University (das ist die Schule, wo auch Haiyan und Yijiao studieren) an, ob ich nicht dort mal einen Vortrag halten wollen würde, auf Englisch über Deutschland. Ich hatte damals zugestimmt und mich dann ein paar mal mit ihm abgesprochen — schließlich hab ich (v.a. draußen und im Café) einen Vortrag zusammengeschustert mit Bildern aus dem Netz und von mir selbst, 50 Folien, und am 91. Tag (24. November) war's dann soweit: ich bin mit dem Taxi dorthingefahren, wurde von Lehrer Wang uns zwei seiner Freunde zum Essen eingeladen und dann in den Vortragssaal gebracht, der voll war mit etwa... ja, 200 Studenten, in Worten: zweihundert! Aber alles lief prima, ich war auch kaum nervös, es hing ja nichts davon ab und ich kannte mich im Thema aus. Die Studenten fanden's toll, obwohl sie glaube ich nicht alles verstanden haben (Erstsemestler, deren Englisch nicht so sonderlich gut ist). Statt am Ende mir Fragen zu stellen zum Thema Germany , haben mir die meisten gesagt, dass mein Vortrag toll war und dass ich doch wiederkommen soll. Und natürlich wollten sie alle meine QQ- und Telefonnummern haben, hinterher. Nach meinem Vortrag wollten the bravest girls all took photos with me, really funny! =) There is also a few familiar faces were there, who listened to: Haiyan, who came for an examination but unfortunately, very late, Yijiao, which is now on semester abroad in Thailand, Qinghua, which I had invited and MINF, a friend of Haiyan I also met once (rather embarrassingly recognized) had. Mr. Wang Qinghua me and then moved again to our respective universities, behind. Nice! Theoretically, I paid my taxi money and I get about 150 yuan possibly as a reward ... but that did not happen.
Li Rui Li Rui
(aka Thilina Thushara), one of my two Sinhala roommate had a problem with Amila, the other Sinhalese ... I really do not know what happened, we accused each other lies, and Li Rui then claimed to be able to no longer live together with Amila and is then pulled out easily. Now he lives in the 2nd Floor in room number 222 and we get to see him any more. The two do not talk anymore ... hm. So now I live alone with Amila here, which is frankly more enjoyable. More space, more rest, even though I had nothing against Li Rui.
Whether we get a new roommate, I do not know yet ... maybe. We'll see! New teacher


Our teacher in the "Intensive Reading Course" (精读,
Jingdu ) had short-term (again) to Beijing, because her daughter is seriously ill. Now she has to her granddaughter (if I understand correctly) take care and look after something for her daughter. Therefore, we now have a new teacher: Ms Cheng (程), which is also a bit older and somehow - I can not help it - something European looks. Her teaching is soooooo bad: the coronation of the Chinese teaching technique: she talks and talks and solve the tasks in the book itself asks us nothing (but makes dictation, which I think is good), it is dead boring in the course. In addition, she talks too fast. All in all, it is nice. become net is the way our once so hated reading course with their drill instructor military technology. In our worst failed test, they changed their teaching techniques strongly: we go slowly through the lessons, talking through each set to read only one out for yourself and then discuss together the reasons for the answers and she says even the vocabulary. We are very pleased, even though we had not said anything. She has no less than himself. :)
flu

At the same time as my talk, I began to Germany to get sick, apparently a Cold. Cough and fever and general malaise. My fever was pretty strong, I have two days spent in bed and took ibuprofen, which helped initially, the fever has not somehow fight completely. After two days I've really got a bit scared, what could be worse, especially since my head is really hot was. The rescue came in the form of a cold washcloth, the Tik
[our neighbor Thailand, where the left image] worried on my forehead applied (the water is evaporated almost immediately), keep topping. And really, it helped! After she was gone, I fell asleep, woke up after a good night again , and was free from fever: a look at the clock told me then, since Tiks washcloth action is only slightly more than an hour passed and it was 1:30 at night. A few days later I was well again and only had a little cough, but then I had also bought the tablets for a cold, however. The Chinese love the yes, eating tablets when they are sick. That is always the first question, if one is ill, whether he had swallowed medicine ... I've already spoken to think again. The love of money is
The third month was (with day 92) and I have to re-calculate my monthly expenses that appear to be less and less:
1219.6 yuan (140.82 €) in last month. Wow! Nearly 200 yuan less than the fellowship gives me. Today I spent 10 yuan by the way for a new notebook / diary, the old is full. I have had the old book until day 100 and day started with day one hundred and first Does not look too bad ... who my attention Flickr photos see Staring,'s faces in the photos next time lying around somewhere!

Linda
Who is Linda? My niece, my sister's daughter that is small, the end of the month will be a year old. The course is at home in Leipzig, and I see them only every now and if I use skype with my parents or my sister - But she is cool and can now run it! Is this normal with just a year? She also begins to speak, slow, yet it is still in the Brabbelphase and I find it sad that I can not document their progress (hmpf I have been well until I have children myself!). According to witness reports of my sister, she says "Mama" to her, and her father to dinner. And if the neighbor's dog barks, says Linda [baʔ baʔ], I've even listened to, great! =)
I should talk a picture of Linda reintun ... Mhueys birthday



Mhuey, our neighbor and Tik Thai housemate had yesterday its 22nd Birthday. Two Thais from the 2nd Stock you have given a large Winnie the Pooh plush bear, after they have alarmed her with a slice of melon (you know: Mhuey's Afraid of melons, hihi!). Tik and I bought a cake yesterday (see right: Mhuey with cake), which was plastered then we all (Amila, I and the 5 Thai girls). Am I wrong, or Mhuey looks really not that much out of Asia? Maybe I see very simply not ...
Holiday

No, there are no holidays, but I can sometimes tell when the holidays are here, next year: 8 January to 23 February, these are the holidays around the Spring Festival (春节,
Chūnjié ), which this year on the 3rd February falls. By the way, you will be interested in the weather here: yes, it has become cold and relatively cold. At night, in the morning and evening here's estimated 10 ° C and without heating (south of the Yangtze's not), the bitter cold, really, the day the sun and it will be up to 20 ° C seems like today. Tomorrow is the 2nd Advent and this photo I have just made out:

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Tag 85: Sayonara!

Yesterday was, unfortunately, a somewhat sad day
Takumi (拓 民) has passed away ... Although early and by plane at 8:15 gene Tokyo. With Stopover in Beijing. His resignation, we have recognized four evenings with plenty of dining and partying. But it was really well planned that he will stay only two or three months, or more precisely 73 days. Here are the different steps in the last days Takumis in Kunming: farewell party I


The first goodbye party for Takumi and his girlfriend (who was just visiting or a few days with him on our trip) was Mr. Inaba-san held, our Japanese fellow who lives in one of the nicer dorm room bed alone. Using Hoa, the Vietnamese, he has conjured up an entire Japanese Supper, Korokke (コロッケ, croquettes),
Soba (荞麦, buckwheat noodle soup), Kushiage (串 揚げ, shish kebab) and natto (纳豆, fermented soy beans) - and yes, the latter can I actually eat (the Japanese are always happy that almost all Westerners can find the abnormal and completely inedible, and neither eat nor smell, I find it not very tasty, but not as bad as it is). Despite many people (including Qinghua Haiyan and her friend were there, as well as DJ and (uninvited of course) and Yang Laoshi, our mädelsbegrabschender, macho "Gefängsniwärter"), we can not eat all the food. Farewell Party II
The next evening, we (Amila, Li Rui, I, Takumi and his girlfriend) went to the hot pot meal in our regular fire pottery. So entirely without Thais we were a bit confused, but nevertheless we have eaten sauviel again. Unfortunately, I somehow failed to make pictures there.
Farewell Party III


again a day later, as the Thais and the two "Hong Kong Girls" (Apple & Oiling) is not in the celebrations were involved, we have a common to Korean Begängnis our confidence, uh ... [which verb to use here?] ... committed us to fully hit their bellies again. 37 yuan per person, just under 4 euros. Wow, that was soooooo delicious!
was then not yet final, no, most of us decided not to go to a bar near our university, and some of Dali beer to destroy. Strangely, I also have some drunk, although I do not like beer. Yeah, peer pressure ... I'll not do it again. Although I was not even close to drunk, but my stomach does not seem as good beer. Note to myself: beer Umtrünke avoid!
Farewell Party IV

On the eve before Takumis departure, the inhabitants of our room, ergo, we, again in a Japanese restaurant called Ajisen Ramen (味 千 ラーメン, something like: "noodle soup of the 1000 tastes" ) driven, Takumi invited us. And again the great food was the word:
Katsudon (カツ 丼, pork strips with rice), Miso soup (味噌 汁, soybean soup), tofu (豆腐, soy cheese [one knows ja]), again Korokke ( see above), much Ramen (ラーメン, Japanese noodle soup) and of course Sushi (寿司, raw fish with rice), by the latter I could not help me a photo. Everything was extremely tasty, I could have fooled me (I could not) , and we have breakfast and to fed. In the end, everyone has another ice cream (アイスクリーム, aisukurīmu ) ordered and then we all rolled home ... ... and off!

That same evening, a little later Takumi got a few parting gifts, especially from its largest Fans, the Thai women: -Stitch merchandise, such as slippers, gloves, various stuffed animals and earmuffs. From me there was such a practical as gas-powered storm lighter (as a German one thinks so practical, right?). Also from the Giver's antennae were some little things ... no wonder that Takumi had to pay the next morning at the airport for 8 kilograms too much or about 270 yuan.
Oh yes, the airport ... we wanted to support our friend or all the airport, not just the three cell mates, no, Tik, Mhuey, Nics, Bow, and even Auay Poon (pronounced [pun]) wanted to join him early to the airport. No problem for us - although between 0:30 and 6:30 no electricity and therefore no light is there - we got along and Tik (the bespectacled girl next to Takumi) was awake and ready. Your roommate and Poon and Auay and the others slept, however, all still there and so was the only Tik Thai escort. to call a taxi was difficult, and it was raining. Since we were five, Tik and I are hinterhergedüst alone in a second taxi. Well ... and then stop to say goodbye at the airport. Pretty sad ... : - /


Who's with me now behind our dorm, eat in the restaurant? Who pulls the dirty jokes now? Who is now at last and the last to go to bed? Who uses Now that a lot of funny Japanese reduplicated onomatopoeia? Who poset (pronounced [p ʰ ɔu̯st]) now cool for your photos? ... well if we get a new roommate? Hmm ... we'll see.


拓民 さん に, さようなら!

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Hatenai Sora (subsp)

HATENAI SORA [PV subsp]

chiks Well it took us a bit but finally karaoke bring the boys' new single "Hatenai Sora," as others always say the letter is beautiful and the video or say enjoy it.

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Tag 77: Leo, Panda and Co.

I may animals, right? And our Thai. And so it happened that we are gone off a few days ago on Saturday, the Yunnan Wild Animals Park (云南 野生 动物园, yúnnán Yěshēng Dongwuyuan ) in the north-east of Kunming to visit. This is not the zoo here in the vicinity of the university, but another, just over 40 minutes by bus from our university. There I was with five Thais, namely Tik (ติ๊ก [tics]), Bow (โบว์ [bo ː]), outside (เอึ้ อย [ʔɯ ː aj]), Mhuey (ห มวย [muǎj]) and their friend Noom (หนุ่ม [num] ), who came for a week from Thailand to visit Mhuey. Noom's funny, he speaks but a few word and phrases, no Chinese (I was a bit reminiscent of Leo, hihi!) , so I had to really talk with him, Thai, or Mhuey Tik and have it translated for me in Chinese. The zoo is really huge, it is equal to a park in the forest, half in the mountains, so it overcomes some meters already. The average height of 1890 meters above sea level makes Kunming there really noticeable when I japps for 'Ner stairs after air. Maybe I should just eat less Baozi. At the entrance there was already some walled enclosure and areas with bears, monkeys, toucans, raccoons and what one knows so forth of our zoos. There was also a small enclosure with lions. Then we have uns entschieden, mit einem Elektrobus weiterzufahren, da der Zoo wirklich wirklich groß ist, also kamen zu den 30 Yuan Eintritt (ermäßigt)
nochmal 30 Yuan für den Zoobus hinzu, was sich aber gelohnt hat, der Rest des Zoos war nämlich wie ein Safaripark, mit Straußen, Hirschen, Yaks und ähnlichem Getier am Wegesrand, zum Streicheln nahe. Es gab einige Zwischenhalte an Terrarien mit Krokodilen, Schlangen und Waranen. Doch was sind die Hauptattraktionen in ebenjenem Zoo? Natürlich zwei Pandas!

Das Pandagehege ist tatsächlich auch das Ziel des Elektrobusses (clevere Marketingstrategie!), und wir haben eine ganze Weile bei den fetten Pandas spent sitting comfortably on their fat butts and bamboo consumed. Amazingly, the two seem to know exactly what is a camera, because every time (!) When a picture was taken in front of a panda, he has stopped chewing and looked with a slight smile at the camera. They looked so soft, cozy animals. :)

A little further on there was still white lions and white tigers seen, which had a fairly large area for himself, I must say, as bad as I thought, the farm really is not there. Maybe it looks different in the other zoo, but have no pandas. At some point I guck me certainly still on. Then we arrived at a large walk-in area: a kind of peacock farm, with tens, no hundreds, perhaps thousands of peacocks. Or is it Pfäue?
Sooooo many! Infinite number to the horizon through the trees on the roads, some on the roof of souvenir shops ... an unusual sight. Unfortunately, they could not touch.
Far more pictures from the zoo (and many more), there's way in to see November-folder of my Flickr page ! About six hours from noon to night we spent there in the zoo had a lot of fun in Thai and Chinese. With 'NEM BusTaxi we went back home directly been drove to the front door. And so what was it? Dinner together even with Amila, namely fire pot, once again in the same place, with the yin-yang shaped pot (one side hot and the other not). From there we are then rolled almost home ...





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Hatenai

Well girls aki and the new single guys "Hatenai Sora, which is the theme song of the new drama by Nino, here we let the two versions, the regular edition and limited edition hope you enjoy it.

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Tracklist 01. Sora Hatenai
02. Ano hi no Merry Christmas

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Tracklist 01. Sora Hatenai
02. STORY
03. Maboroshi
04. Ano hi no
Merry Christmas 05. Hatenai Sora (original karaoke)
06. STORY (original karaoke)
07. Maboroshi (original karaoke)

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day 72: The love of money [Report]

72 days in the Chinese exile, and I enjoy it still. 72 days, that is 2 months and 11 days, or just over 10 weeks. I wrote at the time not only blog, but also constantly wear a small little notebook around with me in which I write all sorts of things into it and draw or write me inside and let stand. And I calculate every night - in typical German precision and conscientiousness Sion - how much money I've spent on that day. Yesterday, for example, the 15.1 yuan (that's € 1.59), for which I am a big portion 宫爆鸡丁 炒饭 (
gōngbàoīdīng chǎofàn = fried rice with chicken, vegetables and peanuts), a basket Baozi ( Baozi , we remember) and got a medium cup 菠萝 奶昔 ( Boluo nǎixí = pineapple milk shake). In Germany, the same probably about 8 times would have cost in any event at least 10 €.

Currently, the yuan falls quite rapidly. While at my arrival 1 € corresponded still 8.6 ¥, now there are 9.5 yen. For simplicity, I always expect a conversion rate of 1:10, there is one very close to it. I think in a few weeks, the price actually are correct. In the picture above there are 183.7 Yuan, that is only slightly more than 19 €. So much money I'm just in my pocket and that might even extend for several days. Almost everything here is much cheaper than here at home in Germany. All, of course the food , which is almost always super tasty and delicious. In the Mensa you get for the equivalent of about 50 cents a legally acceptable (unfortunately mostly already cold) food that you can also customize your own. Always with rice. Away you get such a delicious basket of Baozi for 40 cents, a full plate with fried rice and vegetables and meat for about 50 to 70 cents, depending on where one is (s) t. At McDonald's

(麦当劳,
Máidāngláo
) you get a menu with Big Mac, fries and 'precious drink for just under 2.50 Euronen. And you can eat 6 to 8 people and paid a total fire pot at the end of something together for more than 10 € all. In short, a meal is seldom has more than one €. What is the candy and snacks with
? Answer: the same way. A packet of biscuits cost about 30 cents, the famous Oreo cookies (the black with cream) but expensive 60 cents
(see picture left) . There are also delicious local things, such as sunflower seeds, which cost almost nothing, or this slightly spicy chips left in the picture for 20 cents. I estimate that in Germany would probably cost around 80 cents, so four times. There are also expensive cookies, for example, 80 Cent, but they are also very tasty. I buy me out of avarice only every couple of weeks. Nuts's here, incidentally, for example, cashew nuts and peanuts, But their prices are comparable with the German. are fruit 's too, and it strikes me as cheap, since I never buy fruit in Germany, I'm just no comparison. I like to cough up cantaloupe and honeydew melon for a quarter you have to cut more than 50 cents. Will you have time to consider whether this is right or not. Two liters of orange juice (more than 15% fruit juice which unfortunately never) costs 70 cents.
have books
I also bought some, and their prices are well below the German. The green little handy dictionary German-Chinese, Chinese-German that we use costs in Germany, for example, almost here € 3. In Germany 10, I think. I bought two minority language dictionaries, one Chinese- Jingpho for 3 € and one Chinese-Hmong

for 2 €. The book Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (2 nd Edition) by Lyle Campbell, you get on Amazon (Germany) for 23,99 €, costs in the book shop around the corner 39 ¥ (ie, 4 €) and is still in English, only the cover and the preface is in Chinese. The linguistics book that has borrowed with Huang Jin-ASJP for my research costs, also less than 3 €. I will for sure before I go home, nor my needs cover of dictionaries and linguistics books! Qinghua bookstore down the street has quite a linguistics department in English and German, all dirt cheap and there really is to find the most important of optimality theory of Chomsky and historical linguistics phonetics (Ladefoged) and applied translation studies. And all the books cost € 3-5. A dream! also commodities are very cheap, and electronics partly also, unfortunately, because of course the quality is not so hot. I recently got a pack of Fine Liner (10 + 10 refills) for under 2 € bought in Germany, a pen costs so much; at approximately the same quality. On the street you can be a plastic film

professionally make all kinds of displays, even under a €. Slippers or flip-flops: a €; Map: 50 Cent, the temple entrance fee: 60 cents, a bus ride: 10 cents (!!!); a night karaoke at 8 persons 2 to 3 € per person, using one machine: 30 or . 40 cents, one can remove camera: 17 € 3-month warranty and so on ... My new camera that I recently purchased with the help Haiyan cost, but in 1860 Yuan, or about 190 euros, a reasonable price and as in Germany. Incidentally, it is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX68
(black), Japanese product with German lens, am totally happy with it. The pictures are beautiful. Even computers and stuff here already cost more then the same as at home. Software like Windows 7 and Office 2010, or games you get here, but they are all pirated and therefore cost (almost) nüscht. Of these, I'd rather leave the fingers, Amila had so recently problems. There Expensive things here but chocolate is very expensive, costs more than in Germany or as much. Similarly, shampoo and other personal care products (why?). What is also very expensive, is Pizza Hut (必胜客, Bìshèngkè ): a small pizza costs € there around 7! Which Chinese can afford that?

Daily expenses:
How much are you so in about, per day or week? Unfortunately, I do not know how much they usually consumed in Germany to life. My scholarship pays my tuition fees and living expenses here in the dorm. I also get 1,400 yuan a month, so about 150 €. I know that this would in Germany (where I also do not Büren living and tuition to pay) do not reach back and front. How much do I have so far spent here?
Excluding Camera (1860 Yuan), the application for HSK (250 yuan), the extension of the visa (400 yuan) and the medical examination (326 yuan), which I do not want to count as real were my expenses over the past 72 days just spent 3227.8 yuan - that's per week and per day 44.8 313.8 Yuan Yuan. So about 5 € per day and per week just around 35 €, per month or almost exactly the 1400 yuan that I get from Konfuzius-Institut/Hanban. Kalkuloren very well, all! When I peeled the top expenditure for the camera and then
Co.
with Anticipated yet, I am the way, to almost double, that is 84.2 yuan per day (589.5 Yuan per week, about 2600 yuan per month). That would be something more.
A larger issue, I still plan for the near future: the acquisition of a Chinese mobile phones. I'm not sure if I should get a cheap for 40 €, or a real (unadulterated) SmartPhone ...

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Day 65: Karaoke


Yesterday I was eating delicious, and that dog ... un.

Okay, stupid pun. hundun (混沌) is a Chinese dish: minced meat in a crust in soup or sauce. Very tasty. I could not resist the pun, however. Now to the topic:
Karaoke


Yes, we were there again, this time it was the idea of some Chinese, who were friends with the parallel class [sic] . Was not bad, this time we are in a different karaoke (KTV
Haoledi ") left, which looked similar but noble, and from within. But me and some Chinese, two Laotinnen (Nam & Peggy) were my Sinhala roommate Thilina that but really all in his Chinese name 李瑞 (Lǐ RUI) call what I will do from now on also, and Takumi, and the Vietnamese (Hoa), the geklortten with us on the Xishan climbed. It was really funny, and the Chinese came in for a surprise out that I can sing Chinese songs. ^ ^ The drop, however, was a bit strange, and strangely enough have a lot of songs (including many Japanese) does not work, another had no subtitles. Was not quite as enthusiastic. the evening (oh yeah, we were there in the afternoon!) But I am drawn back to the two Laotinnen gene Uni, as there is a kind of Thai-Lao-Chinese cultural event / party was announced on the 4th Floor of the cafeteria building (Incidentally, there's no ground floor in China, so that corresponds to our 3rd floor) . I did not expect such a huge number (> 200?) People expected, and even with a theater-like structure and a stage show, but Chinese, Thai and Lao people have all sorts of dances, skits and songs performed, including moderation. Was actually pretty cool, the whole thing. Among the dancers was Mhuey (aka Ampawan), with which I have also done after a photo, but unfortunately the camera to someone else. Maybe I'll add it later here. ... and why? Yes, because my camera again

is broken! Bitch, miserable. This is now the third time, every time directly or after a visit to KTV. Why? Thank God I'm still under warranty. After the 2nd Time I was back at the same Reperateur, the thing which has also adopted the same. He was convinced it was the (really have become thick) battery, for screwed and taken out to let the lens control with external power. He sold me for 85 yuan a new battery for about 4 hours and the part went well. Now I know it's not the battery. My plan: I will let the camera soon be repaired for the last time, then buy me a new one. Let's see ... The weather here in Kunming is currently being goofy, because of 四季 如 春 (
Si Ji Chun ru
, 4 seasons like spring), there are 9 ° C out there and there is virtually nowhere a heater (not in our rooms, even in the classroom), we freeze our asses off all. Me too. I decided to spend the day in large part on the bed.

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III Day 55: Climbing the Xishan

Wandering is the miller's joy!

... but also the Sandanuwans, the Hadas, the Inabas, the Udomsins, the Trinh and the Lis. 3 days ago - so at day 53 - we have our plan to climb the Xishan, into action and have went with 7 people. The Xishan , 西山 to German "West Mountain" or "Western Hills" (Chinese has so usually no plural) is a Bermassiv in the west of Kunming. I was with Haiyan been there close to

temple visit. The Xishan itself is located 2511 m above sea level, that is 614 m above the average height of Kunming. This affects the mountain not too high. The whole mountain is - how should it be any different in China - for tourism commercialized and there are small restaurants, paved roads and highways, and smaller temples, markets with kitsch, and even a cable car that leads upstairs.

Shortly after 9 clock in the morning it started, one of the party Amila (Sri Lanka) were Takumi (Japan), Mr. Inaba (Japan), Latthana (Laos), Hoa (Vietnam), myself ( Esperantujo
Germany) and later still Haiyan (China added). Theoretically, two Koreans and a few Thais have mitgesollt latter
could (or wanted to - because we're not sure) unfortunately. By bus we went to the nearest bus stop (高 峣, Gaoyao ), from there we took the streets and roads high on the march. Really roads (albeit not pass through tight), no walks and forest trails. Nevertheless, in the forest. Along the way gave it to me-not, what did my fellow students (including Chinese) yet. Especially Takumi was extremely surprised. The climbing was at least for me very quickly the air out - that perhaps an effect of high altitude? The view was quite nice, we were already halfway up the foot of the Xishan lying Dian Lake (滇池, Dianchi
) see, the sixth largest lake in China. And you could see something from Kunming. What obstructed the view, unfortunately, and this can be seen in the photo also good, the weird hazy air over the city. Uncanny is in relation to German cities such as Leipzig (Altenburg or ☺) to see: a haze above the entire city and will probably also be the reason why late night pink colored the sky easily appears. Kunming is in itself but a very clean city, as compared with Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Tianjin, it is said to me at least accessible. But if you do not grad is on the highway, which Kunming is actually breathable air, I have no complaints about it.
On our trip up there was about half way up suddenly something like a small village or a market where all sorts of bells and whistles has been offered for sale. Highwayman, I mean, women and men tried along the way are constantly in their small restaurants or snack bars to lure one we are then followed to ... close it was. 10 minutes later we arrived in a courtyard in the Old and Young table tennis (funny: 乒乓球, pīngpāngqiú
), pool and Mahjongg (麻将,
májiàng ; rules here) and playing cards. We ordered rice and meat and vegetables, and waiting for people to Mahjonggspielen been watching. This is where so as soon as I'm envious. At some point I will also play again, here. The food itself, as it then was, was really very delicious. You can China really not comfortable with tasty unit (there's that word?) Suggests . Unfortunately, I'm from there no picture, so here next serve a picture of a small temple in the caves needs: it is der 真武殿 ( Zhēnwǔdiàn ), was auch immer das bedeuten mag ("Tempel der wirklichen Kampfkunst?"). Irgendwann haben wir gemerkt, dass wir total viel Zeit vertrödelt haben und immer noch nicht an der Spitze waren. Also haben wir die Seilbahn genommen, was eigentlich ziemlich cool war. Es ging langsam voran, man konnte die Landschaft genießen, Fotos und blöde Witze machen. Es fühlte sich auch sehr sicher an. Haiyan neben mir war die Fahrt nicht so ganz geheuer. Die haben auch Fotos gemacht, die man sich dann für teure 15 Yuan (1,63 €) ausdrucken und laminieren lassen konnte. Ist ein hübsches Bild geworden. Leider sind wir nicht wirklich Once at the top, but near the top, well ... The descent was a bit difficult, and I went mainly to the knee, ouch.
Because we got back so late (after 20 clock) into the dorm and nausea were broken by the Long March
(or should I say Journey to the West ?), We had nothing to eat. But there was a surprise at the door: two boxes of rice and noodles for me and Takumi from Pornsupa and Suttida! They have also served for Amila. Thank you dear, Thais! =)

still a mess the way: my camera is broken again, same error: the lens is jammed. I still have warranty (Ie a free repair in the next 3 months), will therefore hinmüssen again. Does it then broken again, I'll buy me buy another. present here is the way a bad virus how it seems, has Thilina's first and hardest hit, he lay flat for several days and had every day for 'ne injection into the university hospital. Then Takumi was in it, it's always going to something bad. This was followed Suttida, Pornsupa and me. Today I was not in teaching, I was soft in the warm, recovering from bed. Now it's a little better.
here is the way the first question, when you say that you are sick or not feeling well, always 你 吃药 了 吗? (
Nǐ yào chi le ma?
) = Have you taken medicine?
A little news yet: I said goodbye to crying eyes from my German-Chinese Anki deck. There were just too many words per day, I had to get rid of one. Since my deck
Chinese for German 1 +2 come for the past two months, no more new words (ie, I'm by all), I do not again repeat the old and concentrate on my other three vocabulary deck (two Chinese, a Thai).

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Day 51: 好久不见 了



Note: Due is now fixed issues with LiveJournal this entry a little late. I have written him two days ago. Since then, is also essential, nothing happens ... long not heard of me, huh? Here's an update of my life in small bites:

KARAOKE!
Haha, for the second time, this time with the Thai people (4 in number). That was pretty funny, but unfortunately not as great as with the Chinese, as the Thais only one or two songs in Chinese and were even a few English songs. Most of the time I sang along with Takumi and Amila. Songs in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, English, even one in Russian and one in English (La Bamba
• ! ) I have found and sing! We were in it until the next morning, and are then walked home. Karaoke 's funny ... especially the videos for the songs. Sometimes it is the original video, but especially in western library's are often very different things: landscape photographs (some from Germany and Switzerland!), In a song by Elton John (gay) were I've seen scantily clad woman on a Auto stretched to see some videos from YouTube or imitation seemed to be so, while the Beatles a totally funny bad copy of the band members sang apparently playback. What is stupid is happening: my camera broke down: the lens was not pure, to be out, she stopped at about 3 × zoom.没 办法. (
  
  
A day later we have the Thai girls for dinner at the next room (the invitation of Tik and Muay) there was any, sharp objects, less sharp things, tasty things and nasty things. with probes to it (shrimp). Serve with rice. Was very tasty and very fond of them, we too have something to dinner (her) contribution, that cantaloupe. is the's in a fruit market around the corner for pretty cheap money. too hot pot we were before A few days ago to eat with the Thais, but a very similar event

I've already reported.
• 6 days ago I had a lot of time and wanted to library to project for
ASJP
compile some word lists. Prepared everything, laptop made clear lack of languages in Ethnologue fished together and on our side and a note and then went off: the Bibo to the holidays! Mess.

• have 5 days before me Huang Jin (黄金) taken from where I one day had reported before. He studies so, like me,

linguistics and lives in a neighboring dorm. He asked me if I can help him with the pronunciation of some IPA sounds, I'm doing exactly that. That was pretty funny and we have all along spoken Chinese, although he very good English (with British accent!) can. Now he can say Implosive, clicks, and ejectives (so less) and I know how to
palatal
• , aspirated and lip rounding says in Chinese. The mine has helped then a day later than their second Haiyan "German Lesson" was. Last Friday, Haiyan helped me with my camera problem. In a shop (more of a garage without a car) we have finally found someone who would repair my camera for 180 yuan, which could then Haiyan Handlen down to 170 yuan (U.S. $ = € 18.40). Half an hour later came the call, the camera is ready! Everything went great, the zoom went back and I've got 3 months warranty. But should I change my battery, as is gradually thick. I'll make soon. Later we were in a small fast food shop, learn German, as I said. Haiyan has a German book, but still has to struggle with the pronunciation. My suggestion to learn Esperanto, hit her in the wind: one does not need is boring and also too easy. Too bad. ;)



• way, I've recently seen a Chinese man with a baseball cap to look at the big a black swastika (

卐) on a red background was. What is clear is the swastika, a Buddhist symbol, but it is also

• a known (he) is Nazi symbols. In the two temples I've visited with Haiyan, was the sign to see every now and again, but to see it on a baseball cap is a bit weird. I've learned quite a bit lately Thai of Tik (aka Suttida), recently I got from their conjunctions, negation and asked for some aspects / tenses, so now I can actually have an enormous say. My vocabulary is estimated at about 100 ~ 200 words. Ditransitive rates are interesting, but I write about it once in a separate entry über die örtlichen Sprachen. Es war eine gute Wahl, Thai zu lernen, da die Thais und die Laoten (deren Sprachen fast identisch sind) zusammen sicherlich die größte Gruppe an Ausländern hier bildet und ich mein Thai an allenmöglichen Leuten ausprobieren kann.



Takumis Freundin und er selbst haben ein gemeinsames Lieblingsplüschtier: カピバラさん (

Kapibara-san
• ), ein Plüsch-Wasserschwein. Weil ich das immer so putzig und lustig fand, war in einem Paket für Takumi ein weiterer Kapibara-san drin — für mich! Zusammen mit einer kleinen Nachricht, ich solle ihr einen Namen geben, because she is a girl. I've decided to Kapibarina . ^ ^ A small drawback is that it does not squeaks when pressed on it. But you can not have it all. Today we had quite a problem (O-Ton Thilina:
! "Big Problem"
) with our toilet. It was clogged and there was no means of rinsing, which align with the mop, so we called the plumber (quasi the Chinese version of Mario & Luigi). After long repair measures then everything worked again. And not only that, now comes from the tap even hot water! What a luxury!

• Our new Newspaper reading teacher is terrible. She talks quickly criticized us constantly, has a very unfriendly way in itself and requires far too much or too fast a lot from reading us. It explains almost nothing, but is rather along the lines before "? If the proposition is clearly no one says anything, well, next sentence"

When I asked for some unexplained words, it was said afterwards that I was indeed intelligent, but lazy, because I do not think about yourself, what could match. But not always help the context. I do not like the woman. I was the "old" teachers prefer.

Finally: If a German and a Japanese two cantons senses in China into a Korean restaurant

and speak English ... Unfortunately, the joke has no punch line, but it happened today. And again it was very tasty as you can imagine on the photo. I'm still full. Overall, each of us have paid for full bellies hitting just 49 yuan, which works out at € 5.30. In Germany they would have well-paid three to four times that! I almost think that might be the best restaurant in Kunming ... to find out about where the
• Location tag this entry hinverweist. I should write more often! But I'm doing well, and my Chinese is improving slowly but surely. With some people I can talk quite fluently, while others I still barely understand.

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Day 40: Fun with the Thai girls

In the last week actually happened is not much that would be worthy of its own entry, but it was beautiful. We have a new course in newspaper reading teacher: Ms Jiang (姜), who speaks very good Mandarin, but much too fast. I understand very little, although I realize that it speaks very clearly. The effect that I understand some people better if they talk faster seems, so far only a few people to act (eg, Haiyan and her friend Qinghua). What else is new ... Takumi has recently slept 14 hours, how does he do? Furthermore, I was eating with Haiyan in the Box Bar
kebabs. Yes, they have the right Turkish Doner Kebab
German! However, he is not quite as in Germany, even if it costs the same ... very small, few vegetables, tastes of soft bread and meat are also slightly different. Find out more, including photo, later times in a separate entry on the Chinese food. ^ ^
I found out that one of our Lao people actually listened to the Miao minority and actually
Bai speaks Hmong - unfortunately we have 3 dialects of this language in ASJP, presumably his. But I think even out yet. Also, I've got a Chinese made, The studies here at the University of Khmer ... did not know that this here also. My parents have booked the flight: that is, becoming next year between May and June, I travel with them together by China. That's why I let longer trips away for the month because I will still see the whole place anyway. By the way, there's now a Turkish students in the same class, from İstanbul, I had him referred to the same restaurant Salar, perhaps even their languages are mutuelle intelligible. ;)

But I did a lot with the Thais, lately. The girls had even invited us to ever

fire pot dinner, now we have it like them done and they even invited - the same restaurant, because there's so delicious, cheap, and was also practically. We have four guys pay for us and the 5 Thai girls, which cost 109 yuan (11.86 €). Speaking of Thai ... Suttida (aka Tik
, the bespectacled girl in the photo) now bring me in Thai, that is, as a linguist I elizitiere just individual words and sentences and tinker me so my spelling and my grammar together themselves. The latter is quite as expected unkomplex and is somewhat similar to Chinese and Indonesian, listen out the 5 tones, so I've still problems. But I can say quite a bit, and my sentences - as I am assured - always grammatically. After the fire pot meal (火锅, huǒguō ), we are all still pulled in a bar, drank, sunflower kernels nibbled (# 1 snack food in China!) and later even played drinking games. Was very funny, but no one was badly drunk. Oho! Funny, I think, incidentally, that every Thai has a (usually) one-syllable nickname, which is somehow more important and common than generally here in Germany or Europe. I have no nickname for example, the hot Thai girls for five (in IPA transcription): [tics], [muǎj] [Technology], [ʔɯ ː aj]
and
[bo ː] . Penultimate sounds like it had to be passed straight. Yesterday we were back on the road with the Thais. They have invited us to a fairly sharp food in the north of the city, but it is still tasty. After this we were by the Thai veterans (they are much longer here in Kunming than us) in another specialty been Wiehen inaugurated 鸡蛋 粑粑 ( parishioner baba ), a type pancake puff mixture with Bananenmus and egg inside of it in hot oil and rolled on top with icing, served in convenient Portionen. Obwohl wir randvoll waren, mussten die Babas auch noch rein. Fotos davon finden sich wie immer auf meiner Flickr-Seite. Später ging's dann noch mit dem Bus in den 翠湖公园 ( Cuìhú Gōngyuán , "Green Lake Park"), wo wir uns die dortigen Stände und die Landschaft angeguckt haben. War schon sehr lustig. Da die Thais übrigens kaum bzw. nur wenig Englisch können, reden wir mit ihnen auch Chinesisch. Auch heute Abend und morgen stehen ganz im Zeichen Thailands: heute soll's zum KTV (Karaoke!) gehen, morgen wollen die Thais was thailändisches Kochen und uns einladen. Gut dass zwei der Mädels auch kein scharfes Essen mögen. PS: If you feel rushed can, in the following few days another 90 MB large video download, the a Japanese classmate (Mr. Inaba) has put online, simply click on the image, it's really worth seeing :

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days 32: family dinner

A funny story about how they can possibly happen only in China ... at least it comes me typical Chinese ...
Here the background: A month I live already in Kunming . When I was still barely a week was here and had big problems, I have tried to buy from a stall and a meat skewer was not quite manage. Two girls have be easily mixed and helped me, even if their English is not itself was so good. I then successfully not only my chicken kebab, but also the QQ number from the girl (remember, QQ is the
Chinese Instant Messenger), which, incidentally, was 17 and the nearby secondary school (= high school ) decreased. Her name is
巨 菲
(Ju Fei) and we then have always wanted to QQ chatting, the other day to the Mid-Autumn Festival had their relatives there and there was her father, something could speak English, invited me promptly, with the family to play badminton and eat! before yesterday's was come: meeting place of the input from Lotus Flower Pond Park, and Fei and her father were there on time, we had to wait but uncle, aunt and cousin of Fei. Meanwhile, we have had much to tell. When the others then came off we went by car to the east of Kunming to an old sports facility. There were even more relatives and we have actually played badminton. It turned out that the small but active 7-year-old cousin of Fei, Yiting (怡婷), was pretty good play badminton. I'm pretty quick fix and have all what bestiiiiiiimmt at high altitude Kunming (1900 m above sea level) is located. ;) In the break I got a lot of talk with Fei, usually it has answered in English, although I now get along quite well with Chinese and I usually even spoken Chinese. Actually, her English is not bad, she speaks slowly, but their pronunciation and grammar is zimelich well. Your listening skills is not as good, which strikes me as very well known. And with Yiting we had a lot of fun.

Later's then went off with the cars in a different area (the road was 昆 前 路,
Kūnqiánlù
), where we met with everyone for dinner. It was a small open shops where you could sit outside (like 90% of Essstätten), and there were many dishes of which we take what could - quite in the manner of Chinese restaurants in Germany - and there was also rice. Unfortunately, I have the older people not as well understood, Fei's has mostly repeated in "ordinary" Mandarin, the father of her was very keen to speak to me in English (which was not too bad). The relatives have all of me still more shoveled food into my bowl until I was really full to the brim, when his dish can be easy and no longer eats, does not buy and refill. So that's that! =)
Then I went back again the parents directly in front of residence. That was an experience! A cultural fault but I seem to have committed: I did not previously know if I was invited to the People

home or wherever. As one should bring to Germany in such cases, a gift, I've bought in a supermarket a box filled with small cakes and then passed at the end of the dinner. It was also accepted with thanks ... Fei was in the car then somewhat angry with their parents because the cake did not propose to me from among themselves, but they have given the small Yiting.
The father's told me then explained: the people who invited me and it was the older people who actually give the young something normally not vice versa. Because I was invited, they could not accept my gift in some way (but not refuse). I've also not 100% understood strength. Can someone explain to me again? PS: I think I will continue in the "Location" line in my comments do not specify the place where I wrote the entry (as that will always be only a student's dormitory) but the place is that of the entry!


PPS: The Internet does present problems here ... it is slow as, Google does not now and then since yesterday and what not are going well, QQ and MSN. How should I for now with the Thai Girls from the next room talking, Hömma?