Living In The Middle Kingdom http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com Living in Canton, China | Learning Cantonese | Photogarphy Thu, 17 May 2012 17:27:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Checking The Mailbox http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/checking-the-mailbox/ http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/checking-the-mailbox/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 03:34:48 +0000 阿楓 LITMK http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/?p=745   I liked the lighting in this alley, so I shot this innocent photo of a couple checking their mail. The man didn’t like it very much, so he confronted me and asked me why I was taking his photo. I told him because he was interesting. He didn’t appreciate that very much and . . . → Read More: Checking The Mailbox]]> http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/checking-the-mailbox/feed/ 5 Back in the 學 Back in the Heisig http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/back-in-the-%e5%ad%b8-back-in-the-heisig/ http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/back-in-the-%e5%ad%b8-back-in-the-heisig/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 13:43:21 +0000 阿楓 LITMK http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/?p=699 I’ve haven’t been doing any real study in the last several months in Cantonese or Chinese characters (or blogging for that matter). I use Heisig’s book – Remembering Traditional Hanzi to learn how to write characters through mnemonics, and when combined with a flashcard system like Anki, I find it works really well. The only . . . → Read More: Back in the 學 Back in the Heisig]]> http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/back-in-the-%e5%ad%b8-back-in-the-heisig/feed/ 7 Spanked! http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/spanked/ http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/spanked/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 04:57:36 +0000 阿楓 LITMK http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/?p=691

At the shoe market, behind Canton Train Station.

Adam and I shortly after getting our arses handed to us by Mr. Public Security Uncle and looking quite downtrodden.

We were at the Canton train station [廣州火車站] and were taking photographs of the interesting people and things going on, when a police officer approached us . . . → Read More: Spanked!]]> http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/spanked/feed/ 6 聽我講！ http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/%e8%81%bd%e6%88%91%e8%ac%9b%ef%bc%81/ http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/%e8%81%bd%e6%88%91%e8%ac%9b%ef%bc%81/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:40:39 +0000 阿楓 LITMK http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/?p=679 A doodle I made of 聽 [tēng1 - to listen; to hear; to obey] and the man who you should be listening to!

It is composed of ear [耳] to the top left and king [王] to the bottom left. On the right is virtue [㥁] which is composed of straight or direct [直] on . . . → Read More: 聽我講！]]> http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/%e8%81%bd%e6%88%91%e8%ac%9b%ef%bc%81/feed/ 1 The Lady From Norway http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/the-lady-from-norway/ http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/the-lady-from-norway/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:49:29 +0000 阿楓 LITMK http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/?p=668 I was finally able to meet Cecilie! She’s just as funny in person as she is on her Youtube series. She signed her book for me and bought me a beer in the Honolulu Coffee shop in Central. While there, she showed me how to write ngong geui geui [戇居居]. She told me it . . . → Read More: The Lady From Norway]]> http://www.livinginthemiddlekingdom.com/the-lady-from-norway/feed/ 1