Message-ID: <19991001185352.5783.rocketmail@web1105.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 11:53:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Wolfye Subject: Stiffanie To: ranma@ML.usagi.org Reply-To: ranma@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk --------------- Stiffanie: > Well, my parents are both Chinese, my grandparents > came from China, and > practically every branch in my family tree > originated in China. So I > guess that means I'm full-blooded. Coolness! > I speak "Fukien" rather well, which is the standard > "Chinese" language > in the Phils. Very few people here speak Mandarin. Really? That's interesting. The few Mandarin ppl I've met in my lifetime all think that there are more of them, but I think that depends on where you go. I only know about 10 of them (Gomen Don!). Say, what is Fukien like? > But I can speak > Mandarin just fine, just more fluent with Fukien. > I'm very fond of > watching the Chinese TVB series from HongKong. We > have rental tapes in > the Phils. which rent tapes of these series, but > they're re-dubbed in > Mandarin with Chinese subtitles, instead of the > original Cantonese > language. I keep myself "in shape" watching series. > It's good practice > for my Mandarin. Wow! I need to keep in shape too, but I hardly see my family anymore. :( > Well Manila is just swarming with Chinese. Most of > my friends are > Chinese, since I studied in a Chinese high school. > And Chinatown is > just less than an hour away without traffic. Wow! Maybe someday I should go visit there. My roommate said she used to live near a volcano, although I don't remember the name of it. > Glad to make your acquaintance, too! Yay!!! Another Chinese friend on the net! Wolfye ==== Celestial Spirit Wolf - wolfye13@yahoo.com Creator and maintainer of Wolfye Productions "Divine Wielder of the Right Chopstick"[EGO] "Co-Founder and Technical Maintainer of CLoWN" The Celestial Domain can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/3035/