G.J. Lee Ukelele. Again.
Mar. 29th, 2026 11:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
disappointed_lesbianWhile searching for a new Mandarin video to study, I came upon G.J. Lee Ukelele's channel again. I clicked on the video and was pleasantly surprised at how much I could understand. Huge contrast with my experience last time I'd listened to his videos.
He speaks clearly, his voice is pleasant, and, added bonus, his videos include subtitles that I can use to correct any errors MS azure speech-to-text spits out, so I decided to study the video. It also helps that he doesn't speak at lightning speed.
I'm very happy to be studying this particular content. I'm getting tired of my main podcaster, the guy who talks like he's always smiling and doesn't pronounce -ung the way I'm used to hearing it; I'm getting annoyed with a content creator who doesn't clearly enunciate; and I just finished an episode intro of another podcast, one which is way too niche and full of unfamiliar and not-very-useful vocab. I'm not even going to continue studying beyond the intro.
Besides escaping those annoyances, it's time I accelerate my aural comprehension with content that's for native speakers. I've been enjoying studying some fairy tales and focusing on a podcast for intermediate learners, but these are training wheels I must soon cast off; the speech is not natural enough to prepare me to listen to people talking in real life.
I hate finding insects in my greens. Bizarre little brutes. Insects shouldn't exist. I feel like microscopic organisms should be enough. What's truly disturbing is when they are still alive after having been stored in the fridge for weeks.
Things are going fairly well for me; there just isn't enough time to do everything I want to do. Mandarin is taking over my days.
I don't want to go to bed. I want to keep making flashcards for my new video.
He speaks clearly, his voice is pleasant, and, added bonus, his videos include subtitles that I can use to correct any errors MS azure speech-to-text spits out, so I decided to study the video. It also helps that he doesn't speak at lightning speed.
I'm very happy to be studying this particular content. I'm getting tired of my main podcaster, the guy who talks like he's always smiling and doesn't pronounce -ung the way I'm used to hearing it; I'm getting annoyed with a content creator who doesn't clearly enunciate; and I just finished an episode intro of another podcast, one which is way too niche and full of unfamiliar and not-very-useful vocab. I'm not even going to continue studying beyond the intro.
Besides escaping those annoyances, it's time I accelerate my aural comprehension with content that's for native speakers. I've been enjoying studying some fairy tales and focusing on a podcast for intermediate learners, but these are training wheels I must soon cast off; the speech is not natural enough to prepare me to listen to people talking in real life.
I hate finding insects in my greens. Bizarre little brutes. Insects shouldn't exist. I feel like microscopic organisms should be enough. What's truly disturbing is when they are still alive after having been stored in the fridge for weeks.
Things are going fairly well for me; there just isn't enough time to do everything I want to do. Mandarin is taking over my days.
I don't want to go to bed. I want to keep making flashcards for my new video.
