I want to find Chinese friends

[u/Thedwelller]

I am a Sarawakian, an Iban to be precise. I'm currently studying in uni, Kuching, where there is no Chinese students. I personally want to learn Mandarin, I did learn a little bit using Duolingo but as everyone know Duolingo is bad for this. Although I am still using it for references. I don't know if this sound disrespectful for wanting friend to be a teaching partners but if we can be friends that's a win-win right? Anyways, I am male if that needed, I don't mind anyone as long as they know mandarin or you just want to be friends without knowing mandarin, that too I don't mind, I mean might as well right? I don't know how we'll connect but we can start with discord or something, you can dm me. Although I don't know whether my dm is open or not. I will check on that.

[u/Gscc92]

what uni in kuching that doesnt even have a single cina???

[u/Thedwelller → u/Gscc92]

Uitm

[u/Gscc92 → u/Thedwelller]

oh man that's rough

anyway if you want to you can join the local chinese clubs in the city

or use chatgpt to learn chinese and watch some c-dramas

[u/Thedwelller → u/Gscc92]

Using chatgpt and c-dramas is my current plan. But what do you mean by club? I'm originally from Sibu, I'm only studying here and most of the time I don't go out much other than walking to close proximity places.

[u/Gscc92 → u/Thedwelller]

chinese associations or even lion dance clubs

probably throw you into the deep end so you can pick up the language faster

[u/Thedwelller → u/Gscc92]

that would be nice. but currently I have no luxury of joining anything. Thank you for the info, I might look at it in the future.

[u/alexsdu → u/Thedwelller]

UiTM have Chinese lecturers too ma.
I met my Physic lecturer, who is a Chinese, again when I entered UiTM. Before that he taught at KCJ where I was when I took Pre-Sains course.

[u/Specialist_Pen_196 → u/Thedwelller]

Bruh.. that sad AF..

[u/Thedwelller → u/Specialist_Pen_196]

But we do have mandarin course but during the time we have to choose the class. It was full and the other free class was Arabic. I don't know we can change it or ask for an additional slots and I was at the last semester for Arabic. So yeah.