Why I went to China
Everyone always asks me why I went to China so I thought I would answer it here in my blog.
1) I always wanted to live in another country (not just visit). I felt that living in China would be much more challenging and exciting because the culture is so different than Canada and English is not a primary language used there. I was always jealous to hear when other people have lived in sooo many places and all I knew was Toronto. I really wanted to see how other parts of the world lived.
2) I wanted to learn Mandarin. Funny thing is my parents forced me to go to Saturday Chinese school when I was young and I hated every minute of it. I hardly retained any of the lessons I learnt. When I finally got them to agree to not send me anymore, they told me I would "regret it one day" and I responded "I will NEVER regret it". Oh well, I guess they were right. In Toronto, I see a trend that lots of the new Chinese immigrants now speak Mandarin instead of Cantonese. Although Cantonese still seems to be the dominant Chinese dialect here, I think it will change in the future. Plus China is becoming a major player in Business so Mandarin will definately be useful to know.
3) I had to get out of my job. I was miserable and the truth was, I needed a break. After the first week in Beijing, I was walking home after class and I began thinking of work and said to myself "this is probably the best decision I have ever made. I will never regret this". Today I am 100% sure that I made the right choice. Life is soo short and the time in Beijing have been some of the best times in my life.
I know my post about the dorms was a bit negative so to end of this post, I thought I would post a picture I took from my room one morning. I couldn't believe my eyes but immediately I knew it was going to be a good day. BEIJING DOES HAVE BLUE SKIES!
1) I always wanted to live in another country (not just visit). I felt that living in China would be much more challenging and exciting because the culture is so different than Canada and English is not a primary language used there. I was always jealous to hear when other people have lived in sooo many places and all I knew was Toronto. I really wanted to see how other parts of the world lived.
2) I wanted to learn Mandarin. Funny thing is my parents forced me to go to Saturday Chinese school when I was young and I hated every minute of it. I hardly retained any of the lessons I learnt. When I finally got them to agree to not send me anymore, they told me I would "regret it one day" and I responded "I will NEVER regret it". Oh well, I guess they were right. In Toronto, I see a trend that lots of the new Chinese immigrants now speak Mandarin instead of Cantonese. Although Cantonese still seems to be the dominant Chinese dialect here, I think it will change in the future. Plus China is becoming a major player in Business so Mandarin will definately be useful to know.
3) I had to get out of my job. I was miserable and the truth was, I needed a break. After the first week in Beijing, I was walking home after class and I began thinking of work and said to myself "this is probably the best decision I have ever made. I will never regret this". Today I am 100% sure that I made the right choice. Life is soo short and the time in Beijing have been some of the best times in my life.
I know my post about the dorms was a bit negative so to end of this post, I thought I would post a picture I took from my room one morning. I couldn't believe my eyes but immediately I knew it was going to be a good day. BEIJING DOES HAVE BLUE SKIES!
posted by Jeff at
1:32 a.m.
1 Comments:
That's good! You're enjoying Chinese life.
I think challenging something makes us mature and strong. And, if you don't act anything, you can't get anything and regret. But if you act somthing, you may regret but it's beteer than doing nothing. I'm keeping in my mind that I have to move at once if coming up with something!
It's interesting to see other cultures so find new things in China!!
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erika, at 9:16 p.m.
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