Intermediate Listening 14- maxing out my social muscles in two straight days of socializing in Berlin

Intermediate Listening 14- maxing out my social muscles in two straight days of socializing in Berlin

Author: Poetic Cantonese December 14, 2022 Duration: 13:14

Hopped on a plane to Berlin to attend a yestheory meetup, which last for three days, followed by the premiere of Project Iceman on the forth day. I've built a pretty good momentum of meeting new friends during my trip, so meeting hundreds of people feel natural to me! And I did quite enjoy it. But two straight days of networking proved to be too draining for me. I ended up avoiding the crowd on the third day, but making myself re-join them on the forth day was so worth it. I'll tell you more in the next episode. 


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Podcast Episodes
Cantonese Beginners' 2- Day 139- "picking up" the bride [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:04
Join my podcast club to get notes for this episode, meet global learners, ask questions and practice speaking. Find out more on https://www.patreon.com/poeticcantonese In Hong Kong, it's typical to have an morning activi…
Cantonese Beginners' 2- Day 138- Attending a friend's wedding [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:27
Let's learn some traditional, typical dishes for wedding dinners. Also a few phrases you can say to the groom and the bride. Join my podcast club to get notes for this episode, meet global learners, ask questions and pra…
Cantonese Beginners' 2- Day 131- classic dim sum 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:43
Join my podcast club to get notes for this episode, meet global learners, ask questions and practice speaking. Find out more on https://www.patreon.com/poeticcantonese You probably know a lot of dim sum names. So let's r…
Cantonese Beginners' 2- Day 129- modern dessert- part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:58
Join my podcast club to get notes for this episode, meet global learners, ask questions and practice speaking. Find out more on https://www.patreon.com/poeticcantonese We learned some classic Cantonese style dessert. Let…
Cantonese Beginners' 2- Day 121- Can I try this t-shirt on? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:48
Join my podcast club to get notes for this episode, meet global learners, ask questions and practice speaking. Find out more on https://www.patreon.com/poeticcantonese Last episode, you learned measure words associated w…
Students' Speech 7- My friend: our wedding's translator [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:09
Well done with the speech! Speech is about a minute long but work has been put in! I introduced a few vocabulary before playing the speech, and gave some feedback at the end. Enjoy!
Students' Speech 6- Visiting my Grandpa in New Territories [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:35
We have been doing speeches, so I would like to praise my students by showcasing their wonderful speeches! We worked on the speech for weeks and many edits. After the speech, I also gave a bit of additional feedback, bec…