just a little diary for myself:
having been to the US for almost two and a half months!

got some Chinese friends these days and just went out with them for dinner today

my classmate who also came from Taiwan to here via the exchange program mentioned that he doesn't want to hang out with Mandarin speakers, for he wanna practice more English instead of Mandarin.
Innocent!
Language is indeed something you will lose if you don't use it, including mother tongue.

My goal is to not only practice English but also practicing Mandarin so that I can keep these two language abilities at the same time. Plus Mandarin in China is actually quite different from Mandarin in Taiwan, so there is quite a lot of interesting things to learn from those Chinese friends.

Recently thinking that if I apply for the internship in the translation company after I go back to TW, I may also say that I can tell the differences b/t Chinese Mandarin and Taiwanese Mandarin
such thought makes me wanna know more abt the words and slangs Chinese ppl now usually use lol

besides just a murmur with sigh
many Taiwanese can't tell the wordings is from China or is from Taiwan. for shame
well maybe that's something that can become my strength tho