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Written By: 孙智谦 on October 21, 2009 5 Comments
Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cantonese

 

The awesomeness that is Hong Kong: Reason enough to learn Cantonese.

 

A friend of mine just sent me a link to a New York Times article about how Cantonese is slowly dying out in New York’s Chinatown. I couldn’t help but get a little sad reading it. Sure, it’s a ridiculously difficult [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on December 4, 2008 3 Comments

 

 

I recently went on a long trip up to the northeast of the United States. My first stop was New York. I love New York…the excitement, the mass of people from all backgrounds, the public transportation! But driving and parking aren’t so fun. My first day there, I took my trusty [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on April 18, 2008 No Comment

 

A couple of months ago, I commented on the Magibon phenomenon and how her videos are both infuriatingly pointless and incredibly mesmerizing. I didn’t expect it, but that post for some reason put the site right near the top of Google’s search results when you search for her name. Apparently a lot of [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on April 2, 2008 7 Comments

 

I found the video below on blog.howma.com and had to post about it because of how awesome it is. Yeah, it’s pretty cool how well the guy in the video dances, but the real story is the old lady on the couch behind him…

 

If you had a guy in your living room [...]

Written By: 孙智谦 on March 28, 2008 No Comment

 

I never would’ve guessed it, but apparently Stephen Colbert and Korean pop star Rain have been battling for supremacy in the Korean pop scene for years. And based on the examples in the video below, I gotta say that Stephen Colbert has Rain beat hands down. He’s so much more manly and tough [...]

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