These two photos are taken from Uniquely Chengdu, a Chinese restaurant right off of campus and across the Duck Store on 13th St. The characters in the 2nd picture spell out Cheng Du ming xiao chi, which translate to Cheng Du famous’s xiao chi (a type of food). This shows that Chinese language is left branching, with the modifie, in this case the word ming -famous, placed on the left.

    Everything we covered in class have intrigued me so far. I like how the course introduces different subjects and topics about east asian cultures that I have never thought of. The one aspect that intrigued me the most was about the tonal of Asian languages, where one word can have different meanings depending on the tone of it. My learning strategy is do the readings and quizzes before class in order to have a general knowledge about the lectures, then take notes during the lectures to memorize it. I feel like I’m learning a lot and engaging with the materials the most when I’m in class listening to lectures. There has been a time when the lecture was not clear, and what I did was asking my friends about it.