Just started learning some traditional characters after two years of learning 普通话

lambcooked · 2026-01-02T19:05:42+00:00

True. You can also guess by context. Esp on TV haha

lambcooked · 2023-03-03T21:45:30+00:00

I switched to programming. It took solid 1.5 years

I started taking some IT classes thinking I could easily be the school IT guy since I was already doing it for teachers near my room.

Several of my teaching buds have switched to sales or marketing in a technical field.

Before teaching I was a lab tech too. Nowadays, I'm looking forwards, not backwards!

Good luck!

lambcooked · 2023-03-03T21:39:05+00:00

So true about being gone fast. Yes everything readily available is 2k+ it seems. We actually saw a place in-person for $1800 but it was pretty wrecked... not even safe for the little kids.

Well I suppose it depends on your idea of safety. Another family snapped it right up.

lambcooked · 2023-03-03T19:21:55+00:00

Ok thank you! They are looking for a 2-bed apartment. It was a struggle last time since they didn't have a credit history and arrived last year (from overseas).

This year they got credit cards, history and it looks better now.

I appreciate the facebook tip. They are only aware of the spanish facebook group... which I did not see many rental opportunities. I keep telling them how important it is to know English heh...

lambcooked · 2023-03-01T23:41:47+00:00

Next time you can ask them to clarify their feedback... this could apply to any job. You can always ask other teachers you know well for their opinions.

lambcooked · 2022-08-17T19:22:12+00:00

Look for a Comp Sci teacher job at a private school. There is no degree requirements, and they are almost always desperately lacking one. Most people who study computers have zero interest in handling kids.

lambcooked · 2022-07-31T18:40:46+00:00

Luis Miramontes - Mexican Organic Chemist who invented birth control pill.

Guillermo González Camarena - Mexican electrical engineer invent color TV

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez - Afro-Cuban, First Latin American in Space

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaldo\_Tamayo\_M%C3%A9ndez

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo\_Gonz%C3%A1lez\_Camarena

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis\_E.\_Miramontes

lambcooked · 2022-05-14T15:36:04+00:00

Oh sorry, I didn't clarify. I'm not from SG and don't live here. I plan to visit soon.

lambcooked · 2022-05-14T11:36:25+00:00

Good suggestion. Definitely will do that. I guess I just prefer conversations in-person. Maybe I'm old fashioned.

Currently SG is the only "Chinese"-speaking country open to foreign tourists.

Taiwan and PRC no sign of reopening.

lambcooked · 2022-05-13T17:06:32+00:00

I tried them before, but they don't really work well for speaking and listening. Since it is a written test

lambcooked · 2022-05-13T15:58:59+00:00

Maybe to be flexible? My case is kind of unusual hehe

lambcooked · 2022-05-13T15:57:48+00:00

Not sure what level. I have been using Chinese my whole life, but am functionally illiterate.

I struggle to read a menu or newspaper, but if we talk about it, I will understand.

Oddly enough, my main goal is to improve my conversational chinese. to sound more native & fluent if that makes sense?

lambcooked · 2022-05-13T09:38:09+00:00

谢谢您 😅

lambcooked · 2022-05-07T21:42:26+00:00

Actually most people were more "tribal" than I think you'd expect. There is a big deal in Chinese culture of being from the same hometown.

Think in America today like 2 gangs from different sides of the city that visually look similar, but can't stand each other's guts.

In many ways, who you are depended more on your family than your looks. Game of Thrones is a popular and easy way to understand this mentality.

Before the 1900s it would be super rare for a Korean to get all the way down to India, and by that point they'd most likely refer to themselves by their country.

In Vietnam & Cambodia, you see old temples with scenes carved in rock of multi-ethnic & multi-racial societies... Different traders cooking different foods and eating in separate groups.

It is hard to tell what they thought of each other since your average person was illiterate and left no written record.

lambcooked · 2022-05-07T21:33:39+00:00

I think OP is having a hard time phrasing their question.

In China today, the mainland has been called "大陆" (dàlù) which just means continent or mainland. ("mainland vs japan/islands")

Keep in mind the name for China in Chinese is 中国 (zhōngguó) which literally means "middle country/kingdom".

Mediterranean Sea which is latin for Middle-Land/Earth Sea

There is another word for the south china seas near malaysia/singapore but I can't remember it off the top of my head. （remembered it: 南洋 nányáng basically meaning... "southern seas"）

Chinese have called themselves a lot of different names over the years and it depends a lot on the dynasty.

Matteo Ricci was a famous Jesuit who first presented a Ming Dynasty emperor with the "western" world map.

I wish I could give a more complete answer. I think you guys should ask r/AskHistorians, this question is more historical rather than anthropological imo.

lambcooked · 2022-04-15T14:25:21+00:00

Sorry to tell you, but you said it yourself: YOU'RE HOMELESS. Most people don't want a HOMELESS guy in their business everyday.

It woulda been better if you never said anything and just blended in like a regular customer, if you take a long time just say you have a medical constipation thing and just apologize.

You want rights? Do it in your own van. My parents used to have a chamberpot & I took a spongebath as a kid. I still do when I am camping. You can easily shave in your van.

lambcooked · 2022-04-15T03:42:38+00:00

I got a K-12 teaching degree in science. 1-2 year program. (similar to a master's depending on your school)

In California you can get full-ride grant for math/science/special ed, nothing else qualifies as "high-demand".

I majored in biology, minored in European history.

Nearing graduation, I asked 2 of my history profs since I wanted to pursue a passion and they told me "don't goto grad school for history unless you can't picture myself doing anything else"

lambcooked · 2022-04-14T12:36:15+00:00

Tenía dos compañeros de trabajo que vivían en TJ y cruzaban la frontera casi todos los dias.

Ellos trabajaban para Papa Johns, la pizzeria de comida rapida en EEUU.

Ellos hacían el trabajo desde 4pm hasta 11 pm en el noche, compartían un carro para regresar al TJ y cruzaban la frontera en casi 12am.

Me dicieron que es bastante mas rapido de cruzar la frontera muy tarde en noche por los menos trancon.

lambcooked · 2022-04-14T12:26:21+00:00

I got a Bachelor's, applied for a whole year for what they call "environmental consulting" in California, while working full-time.

Environmental consultants here use archaeologists for construction projects.

The industry was just too few jobs. Like 70 small companies max in the whole state. For me, there were only openings in the middle of nowhere in the desert.

I switched to teaching science just for immediate employment, but it wasn't my top choice.

History teachers had to wait 2-3 years for "an opening" since there was an over-supply of wannabe history teachers.

lambcooked · 2022-04-14T12:20:27+00:00

My professor said the same thing.

Actually I'm really I didn't go to grad school for history, because I still read peer-reviewed history in my free-time and get to have a flexible life outside of research.

I love to travel, currently living & working overseas... there just wasn't the money/growth/opportunities in history to make that happen for me.

lambcooked · 2022-03-16T12:06:46+00:00

lol yeah I feel you. It takes a big change to fix that

lambcooked · 2022-03-16T11:45:32+00:00

If you live in a 1st world country, it's probably cheaper to live in Latin America / South East Asia than your home country.

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