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Diary of an almost Chinese class reject 21:25 Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006 I took a Chinese placement test yesterday. I thought it wasn't going to be extremely hard because it was just for first year Chinese, but man, I was very wrong. I felt so stupid because there were these phrases that you had to use to make sentences...I TOTALLY recognized all of them from Chinese school, but I never tried hard enough to actually learn how to use them!!! AGH. I have trouble remember a lot of words, since I don't write Chinese a lot, but I did well enough to pass into Chinese 2. :] I was satisfied, because that's the class I wanted anyways. Ten years of Chinese=2nd quarter of first year Chinese in college. Congratulations to me. o_O It's just hard because when we're younger we don't appreciate that kind of stuff and we slack off, plus mine was only once a week. The ratio of how many days I attended Chinese school and how many days I attended regular school up until the point that I quit is somewhere around 490 to 1885, not including sick days and days I just didn't go, so it was probably even less. heh heh... Sadness. Anyway, the essay question was, "Kuai le shi shen me?" What is happiness? I pulled all this stuff out of my butt, but words were very limited so it came out really bad. I threw in some.."Many people think that happiness is having lots of money. They buy many big houses, as well many cars, but they are not happy." Then something similar to a lightbulb lit up in my head. Kai xin! There's this phrase in Chinese that literally means "open heart" but the phrase is used to say "happy". This is something along the lines of what I said. "We say 'kai xin' because in order to really be happy, we have to use our open hearts." I felt awesome when I came up with that. Then after that was some more BS. It was supposed to be 300 characters, but I'd say I came up with about 90. :D It's just unfortunate that I couldn't write down what I really thought, though I wouldn't really know what to say. Happiness is a feeling you get when you feel great. Yeah? haha. I can say it in German too. Froehlichkeit ist wenn man sich toll fuehlt. hehehe, I'm not sure if that's correct. There was an oral portion of the test as well. This...destroyed any confidence I had in getting into Chinese 2. I couldn't understand what the lady was saying to me. First of all, she talked really soft and I kept having to lean in to hear. Second, I thought I had done something wrong because of her tone, so I got scared. As I walked back a much sadder person, I finally realized what she had asked me. Why did you decide to take this test? Sigh. So I could understand scary Chinese people better. I'm kind of sad, because I think I lost one of my three friends here at school. But I guess all you really need in life is one TRUE true true friend. I have a sister and I have a Friendest and I have some Freundinnen. That's more than one and that's more than cool ;P I've been venturing out to Westwood. It's fun to look at. I'm considering applying to help with inventory for Urban. I walk around town with my earphones on. It makes me feel happy. :] Buying textbooks is an itch. OH OH and I bought something online for the first time!! I'm so excited! I can't wait until it comes :DDD I got these in green! :]! ROOS!!! "Oh no! You're caught in a cycle of freakout!" -Rory <back<-->fwd> 5 most recent entries: I'm a thought criminal - Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 Moving away again! - Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 My reaction to Flavor of Love - Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006 Late night confusion! - Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 Bill and the couple drama across the quad - Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006 |
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