stepping outside our comforting sphere.

[tchow]

I have been using mainly western based sites such as Asia finest, absolute astronomy etc. to look for help. people has been great and offered lots of suggestions. I am a non Chinese educated Chinese, I kept up my Chinese by speaking Chinese as much as possible and read every issue of Îä‚bÊÀ½ç. I did attended Chinese school in Chinatown when I was 15 years old. I registered with a totally chinese site sina.cn ÐÂÀË and got confirmation a few days ago. an essay is being written with words in my computer in Chinese, will post it when ready. a second site Tianya ÌìÑÄ is being considered. has anyone used actual chinese sites. Any tips and cautions would be helpful. thanks!