International Living, Marriage & Travel

I think the quickest way to learn a language is to be with those who only speak that language for a period. There are many Chinese dialects, and I only know Cantonese. There was once I went to work in another town, where everyone speaks Hokkien (another Chinese dialect), though they can speak Mandar...

@pwarbi Yes, I agree with you. Learning the basics from school is simply not enough at all. I was able to sit for exams and got good scores in high school, but I wasn't able to enjoy reading a whole English book without keep looking up the dictionary, and I wasn't able to communicate with others con...

Thank you for sharing about the Lent. I first heard about it from my ex-colleague as she is a Catholic. She talked about her challenge for the Lent in that year, that's how I knew about this. I am glad to learn more religious holidays since I started to learn Waldorf Education and I found out the go...

@Alexandoy I hope you are enjoying the trip in Japan with your wife. I am sure you will learn more while staying there. I haven't been Japan before, but I am always interested in learning Japanese, perhaps I watched some Japanese movies and read the Japanese comics when I was young. I still remember...

Actually I'm only an affiliate with the program "rocket language". I was promoting it here because I get a certain percentage from each sale. But, I plan on learning chinese or japanese soon. I'm not sure which one I should learn. I think chinese would be more beneficial for my career but...

As Chinese is my native language, hence I think it's easier to learn. But I have heard from many people, Chinese is one of the hardest languages to learn. If you would like to learn both languages eventually, perhaps learning Chinese first would be better for you. As Chinese seems to be used in more...

If English is not your native language, how did you start to learn English? My native language is Chinese and I am staying in Malaysia, English is a compulsory subject here. My parents did not really know English well, and I think I started to learn English when I went to kindergarten. It's an Engli...

I have always been living in city, and I have always been dreaming in living in village. I would prefer to stay near to the nature, have the peaceful and cozy environment, and slow pace as well. I am still living in city now, even bigger city from my childhood time, as the facility and environment i...

Start learning Chinese today for free at RocketLanguages.com . Enjoy this free trial offer to finally start learning that language that you've always wanted to learn. This is the first time I heard about this learning website. Thanks for sharing. Japanese is one language that I always wanted to lea...