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大家好！My name is Carol, or 冯时雨, and I am the course TA!

My hometown is Beijing, China, but unfortunately, I couldn’t go back and visit this past summer. It’s still been a very eventful 4 months, though, despite the circumstances! For most of it, I’d lived with one of my best friends as my roommate near campus, which was a lot of fun, and in August, I moved back to White Rock, BC, where my family lives. Sadly, my schedule was mostly taken over by summer term courses, but I still got to spend plenty of time with friends and family, particularly outdoors a lot more compared to past summers. Attached below is a collage of a rundown, with some of my favourite views and of course, favourite eats. (I’m always looking for new restaurants to try, by the way; if you can give me some recommendations, that’d be lovely!)

I look forward to reading all of your posts later and also getting to know all of you over the course of this term! 王老师 has put a lot of work into this course behind the scenes; I hope you’ll enjoy what we’ll be exploring together!

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Hi everyone,
My name is Ashley (朱加倩) and I'm a second year psych major. I'm born and raised in Richmond so I'm pretty familiar around Vancouver!
This summer I went on an island getaway with my friend to Nanaimo where we tried new things like ziplining in an adventure park. I've included a little clip below.
Although I haven't done much prep for this course, I'm really excited for a new learning experience ~~

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They call me Stephane, or 金小龙. I would like to state for the record that I did not choose my Chinese name. Though it may not seem like it, what with my extremely white name and looks, I'm half on my mom's side and I've been told that I've got a very strong 北京口音。
I work as a tutor and lab assistant, I appreciate extremely complicated strategy games, fermentation and writing unfinished manuscripts, and I haven't done much prep for this course at all. I'm sure things will turn out fine. Just fine.

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I am pretty sure this will load! The file was too big to put as a video so I put a direct link :)

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大家好，

Welcome to our CHIN241! I am the instructor of this course, Wang laoshi 王老师. I will walk with you throughout this online semester, and I believe we will have a great learning journey together!

Please add one photo or upload a short video clip (no editing is needed.) to--
(1) introduce yourself, such as your name in English and Chinese, major, hometown, etc.
(2) Share your summer life with us.
(3) Tell us what you have done to get yourself ready for this online semester!
(4) leave your comments on your new friends' posts. Let's start making friends from now on! 👏

I am so looking forward to "seeing" all of you in our class this Thursday, Sep. 10th @11am.

Languages: English (or a few Chinese words.)

Tip 1: you can download "PADLET" on your phone or tablet.
Tip 2: login in and like ❤️  this site so you will be notified when there is a new post coming up.

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Hi, my name is Helena 徐雪莹. I'm a first year science student from Toronto, Ontario planning to major in either mathematics, statistics or computer science. I'm really nervous about starting the year online but I'm hoping that everything will turn out OK. In my free time I like reading, playing piano and ice skating. I don't have any pets but I like birds, so here's a picture of a bird I took.

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Hello,
My name is Jack (周日荣). I have been in vancouver since I was 8 years old, and I am a third year math student.
This summer, I biked to a lot of places such as Deep Cove and Lynn Canyon. I also picked up golf and spike ball.
I have not done much to prepare for this online semester but I hope to get better at Chinese. This is my cat. :D

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Hello! My name is Jenny (陈奕芊) and I’m a first-year science student, born and raised in Burnaby. While I don’t have a major yet, I’m currently interested in microbiology and immunology. Admittedly, I have done limited preparation for the upcoming online semester, but I’m excited to meet everyone! This summer, I barely left my home, so my quarantine hobbies include singing, drawing, watching TV shows, and going on TikTok. In the photo, I’m the one on the right! Props to you if you can guess where this is (hint: it’s in Richmond).

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My name is Grace(何宁静) I’m a first year at UBC in the arts faculty. I was born in Guangzhou but moved to Canada when I was in third grade. I was stuck inside this summer, but I did hang out with my friends when I had the time. I didn’t do all that much to prepare for online schooling since I had no idea what to expect. This is me with my brother.

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Hi everyone, my name is Michael (何雨轩), I'm a fourth year computer science student. I was born in Wuhan and moved to Canada when I was two. In my free time I enjoy watching movies, playing games, and lifting weights. The summer has been a bit depressing with the covid situation going on, but I managed to have some socially responsible hangouts with friends every few weeks or so. I've also developed a really bad sleep schedule, as I go to the gym around midnight to avoid other people...

I haven't really been preparing to take any courses online, but I know it will be a lot of work and am prepared to put in the time needed.

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Hi guys! My name is Vivian (侯嘉儿), and I'm a second year Chemical Biology student. I was born in Panama, an unknown country for most people, located in Central America. Despite having parents that speak both Mandarin and Cantonese fluently, I was never thought either while growing up :(
Anyways, this summer I did some volunteers and tried to be productive as much as I could by working out, cooking, and watching movies, k-dramas, and anime. I've binge=watched so many!
I also tried to teach myself Chinese but that was unsuccessful hahaha so I hope I can learn lots this term and I'm looking forward to CHIN 241 with 王老师！

ps. This is a picture of my family and me skiing in Whister last January. I'm the one sitting in the snow :)

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Hi everyone!! My name is Jen (尤紫嘉 you2zi3jia1); I am a second-year student and I plan on double majoring in English Literature and Asian Studies, focussing on China. I was born and raised here in Vancouver, so if you need any recommendations for places to eat, please feel free to ask me!

My summer has been pretty uneventful, due to Covid but I did have a lot of fun. I spent most of my time talking with my family and redecorating my mom’s bedroom. I quite enjoy fine arts, such as baking, cooking, creative writing, and painting, so I painted a mural in her bedroom (I’m still working on it though, so it’s nowhere near done 😅).

I don’t think there is much that I could do to prepare for this class but I’ve been trying to speak as much Chinese and as little English as possible when interacting with my parents. So far, it’s working!

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Hey guys,

I go by Elaine (although my friends insist on calling me Eel). My Chinese name is 朱翠琳. I’m currently in my second year of university and am planning to major in English and minor in History. I was born in Guangdong, China, but I immigrated here when I was ~4. To be honest, I’m a disgrace to my family because of my horrible Chinese (both Cantonese and Mandarin) skills 😩 that’s why I’m taking this course—to regain my honour 😤.

I didn’t do much during the summer because I was busy studying. Tip: don’t take 4 courses during the summer. I had around a week’s worth of rest after summer term 2 ended, during which I just lazed around and slept. I did take a day to go canoeing at Deer Lake, though. It was pretty fun; the gripping fear of capsizing only added to the thrill lol.

I didn’t do much to prepare because I didn’t know what to expect since this is my first Chinese course. Does watching a few Chinese variety shows and listening to Chinese songs count? My favorite Chinese artists are 周深，华晨宇，蔡徐坤，王一博，李克勤，and a few others. Favorite variety show is Running man China.

Nice to meet you all!

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Hi everyone!

My name is Micaela (雷颖瑜) and I’m a second year sociology major. I was born and raised in Vancouver (not including that odd year where my family immigrated to Hong Kong).

I had initially planned a trip to LA with a couple of my friends for the summer but due to the covid situation we decided to cancel it. After the peak of quarantine, we ended up rescheduling the trip for one to Chiliwack instead. Our Airbnb was in the middle of no where and there wasn’t a real kitchen but we made the most of it and still ended up having a great time.

I haven’t done much to prepare for this course but I did tune into a few Chinese dramas that my mom has been binging if that counts haha.

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大家好!
My name is Shirley (丁雪玲）and I am a third year majoring in Global Health and Nutrition. I was born and raised in Vancouver. Usually in the summer I work as a kayak instructor but unfortunately due to COVID-19 I wasn’t able to do that this year. Instead, I took a couple interesting classes (FNH 370 and HIST 379). If anyone’s interested in talking about nutrition or Chinese culture or how those two mix, I’m all about that so hit me up!
I’m pretty nervous about learning Mandarin online this year, but Im sure we’ll be able to support each other within this online community. 大家加油💪

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Hey everyone! My name is Shih-wei Wang （王詩薇). I'm a second year UBC student who just transferred into Arts from LFS. I'm hoping to major in English and minor in Asian Languages and Culture! I was born in Taiwan, but I immigrated to Canada with my family when I was 7 years old. I play the guitar and the piano in my free time! I went to Victoria this summer with my boyfriend, and we saw lots of pretty sites like the Craigdarroch Castle, the Legislative Assembly of BC and the gorgeous inner harbour at night. I'm pretty nervous for class this semester because I haven't studied Chinese at all during the summer hehe, but I hope the Chinese dramas I watch occasionally counts ^o^. I'm excited to be learning with you guys this semester!

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Hi guys! I’m Kelly 谭可俐 and I’m a first year arts student. I’m from Vancouver but I was born in China. I don’t have a major yet, but I’m planning to major in international relations :)
Although I couldn’t do a lot this summer due to covid, I still made the best of it with my friends! We went on a lot of picnics and got lots of takeout to eat, and we even managed to plan a short trip to Harrison Hot Springs :p. Other than that, I’ve been out hiking, and just enjoying nature and the outdoors in general. During quarantine I’ve been baking, working out, and watching tv shows a lot just like everyone else haha.
Honestly I haven’t been doing a lot to prepare myself for online learning cause I really didn’t know what to expect! But I’m slowly learning these days :) I’m really excited to improve my mandarin skills and meet you all!
Here’s a picture of me and my friends in Harrison (I’m the girl on the very left)😗

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Hi Everyone,

My name is Rachel (鄭倩婷）and I am a third-year Commerce student. I was born and raised in Vancouver. This summer, I stayed at home most of the time doing some courses and worked part-time. In my free time, I often went out to bike with friends. Sometimes, I went to Richmond and did some shopping. One of my favorite places I went to was actually the farm! I did not prepare much for this online semester but I hope to meet new friends in this class!

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Hi everyone, my name is Josephine and my Chinese name is 宇涵. I am from Canada however, my family is originally from Taiwan. My summer was uneventful, mostly because of the pandemic. I mostly worked from home and studied the entire summer. I took a Chinese class during summer which I think prepared me for this class. I am excited to take this course :)

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Hello guys!

My name is Rhoda (王譜霖) and I am a third-year student majoring in Asian Studies from Hong Kong. Due to the pandemic, I ended up going back to my hometown Hong Kong instead of staying, and I might end up staying for a year since we are having class remotely for this semester and the upcoming one. (Having class at 2am was definitely not a good choice though haha)

I didn’t do much during the summer, mostly staying home watching K-dramas (shoutout to It’s okay not to be okay!!!). Other than that, I did take some days going out visiting nice cafes and restaurants. I really enjoy doing food photography and film photography!

I haven’t prepared much for this Chinese course, and seeing almost everyone knows how to type Chinese scares me a bit yesterday haha, I hope I can improve my Mandarin and also learn how to use pinyin.

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Hello everyone. My name is Joe (林橋思) and I am a third-year student studying Economics at UBC. During this summer I took some licensing courses for finance and worked on learning new things for my future career. Other than that I just played games and watched shows...But I am excited to get back into school again. I think this semester will be quite tough so I bought a whiteboard for my room so I can write out my homework and tasks out physically to keep me on schedule.
I really look forward to spending time with 王老師 and I am glad that I get to take Chinese with her again. Very happy to see my friends from Chinese class again as well. Look forward to this term and wish everyone good luck as we get through this term together!

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Hey! I'm Anna, or 燕宁, and I'm a second year in Global Resource Systems. I'm from near Washington, DC, but my grandma named me after her home city，北京, or 燕京, where I lived when I was little.
Because of covid I ended up staying in Vancouver this summer, where I worked full time at a hardware store, gave myself a concussion a flower box, moved in with friends and fixed up an old house, and got to see some amazingly beautiful places in this province.
I've been preparing for the semester by avoiding bright screens and practicing Chinese with customers. I think I'm not fully prepared by how late this is, but I'm really, really happy to be back in 王老师's class and excited to meet everyone this semester!

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我的名字是柴中新 (Tyler), and I’m super excited to meet all of you guys in class this year! This has been my first year in university and everyone I’ve met have been amazing! I was born in Baoding, China, but moved to the lower mainland when I was 3, so I don’t remember much about it! This summer has been pretty insane for me! Been doing lots of camping trips with my buds, going cliff jumping, and learning how to road and mountain bike. In fact! I just logged a 100km bike ride not too long ago! I hope to get to know all of you super well! Let’s make this year amazing!

Below is a picture of me and some of my favourite people in the world! (I’m the guy on the very left 👍🏻)

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Hi everyone! My name is Sharry (李仙蕊) and I am a third-year Psychology student from Toronto. Over the summer, I went back home to Toronto and I caught up with old friends as well as made some new friends through photography. I did not do much to prepare for the semester, but I excited to start learning again and can't wait to meet everyone.

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Hi everyone, my name is Andrew (安卓) and I am a third-year Math student here at UBC. I was born in Vancouver and have lived here my entire life but both my parents are originally from Taiwan. I spent the majority of my summer either studying for my classes or going on hikes. I'm hoping that taking courses in the summer semester will have prepared me for the upcoming online semester, and I'm looking forward to learning Chinese with everyone.

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Hey everyone, my name is Tina and my Chinese name is 陈婷娜. I am a third-year BCom student specializing in Finance. I am originally from 深圳, but I grew up in Maple Ridge. I spent the summer at my laneway in Kerrisdale with my roommate, we didn't do much because of COVID-19, but we did order a lot of takeout. Hit me up if you need suggestions on where to eat because I know a lot of places. If I am honest, I haven't done much to prepare for this online semester since I took both terms of summer school online already, but I am a little nervous about how I will balance four courses.

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大家好！

我叫梁家傑。你可以叫我 “傑子” 還是，"Alger". 我在溫哥華出生和長大（ABC）。 我的家是廣州人。我現在是大五在 UBC 的 Visual Arts Program. 我在 UBC 的田徑隊做竞走 (race walk). 我已经知道这项运动很奇怪 - 你不用告诉我了！我骄傲地扭动我的屁股！！ 這個夏天，我去 hiking 和創造藝術 - 我喜歡講故事。如果你想看，這個是這是我做的 “兔兒神” 故事: http://flanellemag.com/tu-er-shen-the-leveret-spirit-for-flanelle-magazine/。

我這個星期很忙搬家去 Richmond。 我第一次獨自生活! 今年，我會努力讀書因爲我沒讀個中文五年了！我也會痛我的鄰居説中文！他們都是講中文。

下面的照片是一個中國人代表一個外國國家， 在中國！ 哈哈

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Hello everyone! My name is Alger （家傑）and I was bored and raised in Vancouver with 廣州 roots. I am currently a 5th year visual arts varsity student. I compete on the UBC track team in the race walking event； people think it's a silly event but I wiggle my hips with pride :) This summer, I did some hiking, and made some art. I like to tell stories with my work and this recent work is called "Tu Er Shen - The Leveret Spirit". It's based on a Qing Dynasty folktale by Yuan Mei. It's a very inspiring story that shares a queer historical Chinese lens you may not know exists. It is here if you would like to view it - http://flanellemag.com/tu-er-shen-the-leveret-spirit-for-flanelle-magazine/

I have been very busy this week packing and moving out to Richmond to live on my own for the first time. This year, I will study hard and also speak Chinese to all my Chinese Richmond neighbours!

The photo below is a Chinese boy competing for a non-Chinese country, in China. I got a lot of confused stares! Haha

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Hi everyone! Late joiner into this class here!

My name is Hugo; my Chinese name is 麥宗強. I was born and raised in Vancouver, and my major is currently in Integrated Sciences. In the picture below, you'll find me on the very left (clothing choice is a bit funny admittedly, but it was at a Korea spa when some of my friends and I visited Korea last summer!!)

This summer was definitely a weird one and a lot of my original plans were ruined, but I was fortunate enough to start a job as a dental assistant (somehow). Most of my time not spent at work was spent at home, so I tried to be as active as I could by exercising every day but that only worked on some days :)

To prepare for this semester, I've gone through all my class syllabi and input all class times and due dates into Google calendar, which looks like a complete mess right now.

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Hello everyone! My name is Daniel (李弘业) and this is my first year at UBC. I was born in Zhejiang, China, and I moved to Vancouver when I was around 5. I found myself spending the majority of this summer working at a warehouse, so I am quite excited to begin school again. With the semester being online, I'm really hoping I don't burn out too quickly :) It's nice to meet everyone here, and I'm looking forward to learning Chinese with everybody!

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Hi everyone!

My name is Micaela (雷颖瑜) and I’m a second year sociology major. I was born and raised in Vancouver (not including that odd year where my family immigrated to Hong Kong). 

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Hello all,
Not sure if anyone is going to see this but my name is Benjamin (邓锐斌) and I'm a first year International Economics student. In highschool I played many sports including rugby, hockey and football, but ever since I made the transition to university, it seems like I don't have much time at all to play apart of a team of any kind. During the past month I have mostly been going on motorcycle rides to Abbotsford and Squalish with a friend to pass time. Besides motorcycles, I'm also a huge car enthusiast. Just something about racing and sports that allows me to get away from the real world and that's why I enjoy it so much. I hope this year will eventually smooth out. Until then, enjoy the virtual learning!