And the thread comes a bit more alive
@hmm_yeh: Languages are hard, but I'm sure you'll be improving fast in Japanese. Yeah, writing Chinese can be a pain, but it's fun, too, when you know some basics and can recognize them in different combos.
Meteor Garden's a great series for learning Mandarin cuz it can be really addictive. I still quote things from it sometimes. Lame, I know. You might learn "Wo xi huan ni" (I like/love you), the line Dao Ming Si waited the entire series to hear Shan Cai say to him

Or the "dui bu qi" (I'm sorry) he has so much trouble saying to her. MG was my first idol drama; I used to not like modern things till I found out about idol series.
Ever watch MG2?
@boniface: 风 (played by Zhao Wen Zhuo) had the long, reddish overly blowdried hair, 云 (played by Peter He/Ho) had the curly blue hair. Both characters were a bit fake-looking, but the story's cool and I think they did a good job with the characters. Apparently it hooked lots of people, anyway. I liked the series overall, though some parts got weird towards the end.
Ever seen the Feng Yun comics? The artist/author does some of the best comic artwork ever. I really 佩服/admire him.
I find subs are helpful if they're in the language you're trying to learn/improve and you have basic knowledge of it. Then you can hear the language spoken and follow along with the words. Practice reading and listening skills at once
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is the serial adaptation of the novel; since the movie's also based on the novel, yes, they have things in common. I thought the movie stunk, though, but the series is really great. The plot is much more coherent, and as a plus, the people are better looking and have much more natural chemistry with each other. Ending was kinda "huh?" but wasn't as odd as the ending to the movie, I think.
There is a "cave-sex" scene in the series

but it's actually almost funny. I think Shui Ling's infinitely better at being a feisty beauty than Zhang Zi Yi could ever hope to be, and Peter He/Ho is an endearing Xiao Hu. There's also a kinda infamous upsidedown kiss scene in the series, too.
@Hayashi_kun: everyone's free to watch and love what they want to

Welcome to the thread! I've seen a few Singapore series, though only ancient ones, and I liked them. I plan on checking out modern Singapore series at some point, but at the moment they're a mystery to me. You should try checking out some Chinese-language series from other places if you don't like Singaporean ones. They can be excellent!
@pwner4once: 你好! Yeah, the switching of languages does feel odd. I have to concentrate when going from one to the other, probably because I don't do much reading of Chinese every day. "早熟"? 我没听说过, 但是那没有什么奇怪的

我没看过太多中国电影, 因为我比较喜欢看连续剧. 不过,最近我看了一个中国horror movie,"疑神疑鬼". 我觉得很不错, 很有意思! 除了它,我看过F4的电影...ummm...Jet Li's老电影,象"Shaolin Temple", "东方不败". I know I've seen others but I'm drawing a blank right now.
如果你是13岁来美国,你的中文和英文都很好吧
