夏天, now class

你好。 好久不见！我是二年级中文大学生。 我的是林老师了；今年我的老师是也林老师！ 夏天很好。 我去看很好电影，Repo! the Genetic Opera. 这个电影有意思，你看。


I read this article the other day about how cell phones are changing China. In China, everyone has cell phones, from the very old, to the homeless beggars on the street, from the littlest preschooler to the farthest rural areas... And everyone is texting. Big companies are taking advantage of this by sending ads and stuff through texts. Public demonstrations rally supporters via anonymous texts. Even the government is getting into the hype, sending their people messages to disperse public grievances. A whole new language is popping up, Mandarin texters bringing in some Cantonese characters and meanings, and using Cantonese to write secret messages. Even minority languages are being preserved through the texts. Overall, the texts are pretty much the same there as they are here. Important messages, friendly jabs, funny jokes, and even some witty puns- nothing is off limits to the Chinese! I was so shocked at the amount of people texting in China- although maybe thats because I don't have texting on my cell...