just a note about my chinese

now, i'm afraid that i may have given the impression that every chinese person i meet says, "man your chinese is great!" this is simply not the case. it's just that i only report the times that things go well. most times, i say something in chinese and the person starts talking wicked fast or they say "ting bu dong" i don't understand. this is what happens the majority of the times. but i just don't feel like writing about that for some reason. so the impression you get may be a bit biased. but here is my shot at "fair and balanced" reporting.