acemusic415
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hey did you accept my request on MSN? If you haven't, do it asap so we can talk more

LOL yeah, I want Federer to win today...he's been in impressive form, really hope he meets Djokovic in the finals

Sydney won't let me change because they're way too bureaucratic! They're like, you can only change now after a semester. I was a bit beat up about it earlier but then I realised I can do something awesome like psychology...something i've really been interested in!

Btw, how does your timetable look like? I haven't seen one for Combined Law yet, I fear it's going to be 5 days a week lol

I see you changed to International Studies/Law. Damn USyd won't let me change from Arts/Law to Commerce/Law. Oh well, I seem pretty keen on doing a Psychology major It'd be a pretty awesome combo with law haha

Also, on a side note...how good did Djokovic play today? I'm so pumped for Federer v Nadal tomorrow :P

Have you got your application back yet?

Should I just wait for them to reply because they haven't done so. Should I call if they don't respond soon cos I have to reorganize my timetable if they allow me to do intermediate korean

oh well it will be around 2-3 days? If not then maybe 4. I hope it'll be the former. I got mine in around 3 days from when I sent it.

yeah I have done the placement questionnaire. They placed me into Intermediate Chinese - non background speakers. As for you, Mandarin shouldn't be too hard to pick up, although your accent will be a bit rusty.

I can't practice mandarin at home because I have to speak english to my parents for convenience

I speak cantonese at home to my parents but even then it's not so great, because I don't have much family here (to practise my chinese). My parents convince me to learn mando, so I am, but I'm not sure where my level is at. That being said, have you done the interview for the placement?

wow more Korean. Man I can't even construct a single sentence in Korean. Can only read some characters in Korean, can't write
I've forgotten how to actually write but I still type Chinese through the keyboard.

And do you speak chinese or english at home?

I guess you'd probs need to be slightly more all-rounded. Try beginners at first, and then if you find it too easy in the first week, change to intermediate. As for me I'm going straight to intermediate because I can read, write, construct sentences and have working knowledge of around 400 characters. But the only thing is that I don't actually speak Chinese at home, I speak English at home, but I speak Mandarin outside of school. I know a very few phrases in Cantonese though

and wow, learning korean too aye? I reckon learn Chinese first, then Korean will be a piece of cake for you.