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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese, French, Spanish
  • 76, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • semi-retired
  • University grad in Math & Music
  • From Toronto
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

learning Mandarin

PHILOSOPHY

"We never understand ... but we feel certain things. A story that we think we understand has just been badly told" (Bertolt Brecht)

Interests

music (primarily classical), almost all things Chinese - food, language (Mandarin), culture, history, novels of Par Lagerkvist

  • culture
  • dining
  • music
  • history
  • language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Possession (A.S.Byatt); The Road Home (我的父亲母亲); Howards End (E.M.Forster); Pär Lagerkvist (especially the last five novels and Aftonland)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

climbed TaiShan (泰山)

Teach, Learn, Share

love to learn; love to teach; especially interested in language exchange

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China

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