Wenshan, China
Pits and troughs with the Chinese learning seems to have been the theme for the last couple of weeks. I decided recently to make a more concerted effort to study hard to make a bit of progress with this wretched language before I leave China in the not-too-distant future. Theoretically, I have two lessons a week but that rarely happens due to Yolanda's constant last- minute meetings (real, not excuses) so I'm trying to take more opp...