Wednesday, October 29, 2014

又中又英? Chinese but also English? (Mia Chan)

I am reading a blog for a few months.
It includes various aspects, e.g. current affairs, language skills in both Chinese and English, daily life matters and sense of humor.


Firstly, I would like to introduce the blog owner to you.
Some clues for you:
He is an Indian-American,
BUT he can speak fluent Cantonese.




GUESS WHO?
He is Michael Chugani, in Chinese 褚簡寧.
His Chinese name is a transliteration in a natural way.
It is because though the surname is rare in Hong Kong, but with the first name 簡寧, it can neutralize the weirdness of a transliterated Chinese name.
He was born and raised in Hong Kong.
He can only speak Cantonese but cannot read Chinese.



After introducing the blog owner, let’s move on to the content of Chugani’s blog.

The blog is called “又中又英”.
It doesn't have an official English name, so I translated it into “Chinese but also English”.
The blog is worth learning because it contains so much information.
The most important thing is that IT IS BILINGUAL!!
You can learn Chinese and English at the same time while you read his blog posts.
The blog posts are mostly related to the current affairs especially in Hong Kong.
Chugani talks a lot of sarcasm towards Hong Kong Government.

Apart from the plain, “boring” text in the blog, Chugani is teaching English on YouTube with Chip Tsao.(陶傑)
Here is a video clip of their channel. (which I think is interesting.)
(Just 2 minutes, please watch it!)
p.s. the subtitles are sometimes wrong.

Chugani and Tsao used casual and humorous way to teach English.
They aimed at the weaknesses of Hong Kong people and tried to help improving it.
Moreover, they sometimes discuss about the cultural differences between Hong Kong people and  

I hope everyone enjoy this channel and learn from them :D

7 comments:

  1. I really enjoyed watching Tsao's video because I think he is talented and the things he said hit the nail on the head!

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  2. Chugani is one of my favorite journalist because of his Fluent Cantonese and English. Also, because of his beautiful criticisms. Reading his articles is really useful for improving English and knowing deeper about politic issues.

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  3. Michael Chugani 呀~~~ <3
    he s always the best.
    sarcastic remarks with cute tone.

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  4. the video clip is fascinating that i can't wait to know more about both Chugani and Tsao!

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  5. Thank you for your recommendation of such multimodal and riveting blog! :D It is really useful!

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  6. I have actually seen this blog before and it never occurred to me this is a bilingual blog haha and i remember seeing Michael Chugani on TV :D - Deena

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  7. Interesting Video clips. By Annie

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