Chinese Class

I am part of a kindergarten class. Don't get me wrong. I am not a retard like Billy Madison who went back to kindergarten just to run his dad's company. Together with other international students who had no prior knowledge whatsoever in Chinese language or Putonghua, we are schooled like small kids.

Started from tomes up to the pronunciation and further to writing Chinese characters. I feel stupid because now I am illiterate. I do not even know how to write my Chinese name. I am so f*cked to say the least! I see children, real children, walking around speaking and writing and reading while I am trying to figure out how people can understand the words that are coming out of my mouth.

I am now studying and learning. Now I can write my name and a few characters and can order food and be understood by people around me... Well a little bit. I need to practice some more but I will get there. It took me 1 month to learn essential Thai with work as my main purpose. Now, I am in China, a full time student so I guess I can learn faster and better than before.

My classes are sometimes interesting and at times a bore. Some are easy while some are hard. It is not as easy as I imagined. As the days go by, the characters get complicated and harder to write. Plus, they are getting more and more that I cannot remember all of them.

I belong to a class with a lot of Vietnamese, A few Mongolians, 3 Africans, an Indonesian and a crazy South Korean. I am the only Filipino in my university.

I need a lot of help with my Chinese... I want to learn and fast... More on the speaking aspect rather than writing...

It is getting hard each day but we will see what progress I make.