The start of a beautiful friendship...

Had my first Chinese lesson yesterday. The teacher is a doll and reminds me of a good friend. She was quite impressed upon discovering that I can already write characters, and stated several times that she wouldn't mind progressing beyond the syllabus should we advance fast enough.

The class itself is only four people, which is awesome for obvious reasons. (Although, major bummer here: if only one more person had signed up for my Burmese class, it wouldn't have been cancelled.) The mix seems pretty good, although I once again am a good 2-3 decades younger than any of the other students. There's a retired air force pilot, a woman whose family is moving to China (possibly for missionary reasons; she didn't seem too thrilled about it, at any rate), and an older lady. Good stuff.

We managed pinyin in its entirety, which is sweet because I was really able to shore up my previously questionable understanding of pronunciation. Ah, the beauties of a small class size. So, I have high hopes for my progress.

That will be all.

PS: firesign10, I'll do your meme tomorrow when I'm not exhausted.

Ack! metal_dog5, I totally missed you on AIM. Gomen!