Leaving on a Jet Plane, Part 2

[wighty]

Leaving for Taiwan in a few days! 
Ah, I'm looking forward to it, but at the same time, dreading it.  Although dread is too strong of a word.  The experience could be a total toss-up at this point, but I really think it will go well!  Honestly, what I'm not looking forward to is the part where I go to training camp with a bunch of kids my age I don

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[azurecross]

Good luck

Oh, and you have heavy American accent, just to let you know :p

[wighty]

Thanks! And >=O
No, but seriously. I don't know if it's a regional thing or whatever but 95% of the people I meet say I speak Mandarin without an accent or only a small trace of one, but there's always one or two people who say I have a heavy accent. I guess you're one, and then I have a different friend who says the same thing. The rest of the people I know don't hear a difference.

And no, it's not only the people who would feel bad about saying I have an accent. =P

[azurecross]

Probably the other ppl has accent too?

I mean, I spoke Chinese in Taiwan just like I spoke at home. And personally, I don't think I changed during these years. But when I went back last year, everyone told me I have some accent :/

Oh well, let's see how Taiwanese say about it :p

[wighty]

I actually meant the people in Taiwan that I worked with last year. But actually! Maybe you're right. What they said was, "You speak Mandarin very well" or "Your accent is very light", so it could be that they were just being polite.

Alternatively, it could be that I speak Mandarin better when I go somewhere where everyone is constantly speaking it.

Anyway, how's life going for you?

[drownedcities]

Have fun in Taiwan! :)

[wighty]

I will, thanks!