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Xiao Kui -

For writing Chinese characters I love those Uniball Vision pens - they write so smoothly so your
hand doesnt tire out like it does with a ballpoint. Also the line is nice and bold so the
characters look good. When I was learning to write characters and practicing over and over I also
found that using different bright colors took some of the monotony out of it.


Quote:

I've already learned that xiao is small; what is kui?

This computer has no IME so I cant write the character, but kui2 means sunflower, i got the name
after my Chinese kindergartners who couldnt pronounce my name called me Kui-stina instead of
Christina, which as they got more familiar with me degenerated to Kui-Kui, and then got downright
disrespectful as 4 and 5 yr olds were calling me Xiao Kui Kui just to get on my nerves. I ended up
kind of liking it and adopting the name - if you cant beat them join em. More info than you asked
for.



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greensliver -

Hello Xiao Kui,

Loved the story of how you got your name. I find stories add so much to the fabric of memory - now
I'll never forget 'sunflower'. I often use mnemonics to remember new vocabulary.

I'll look for those uniball pens too. Don't know if I can get them here but the idea of livening
things up with color appeals to me too.

I'm nearing the 100 characters mark. Learning to write them, the pinyin and tones slows me down
but I do think it will be all worth it later.










gamerfu -

I practice my character writing on a dry erase board.












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