Name: Benson Hoi
Currently resident in: London, GB (for 7 years)
Profession: student currently, will most likely work in the financial industry
Birthday: 21 August 1986
Birth Place: Macao, South East China
Language skills: Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish (proficiency in this order)
Language that I am trying to learn: Arabic, Russian, Sanskrit, Pali, etc
Computer skills: php, Perl, Java, C++, Shell, VB, Haskell, Prolog, MatLab, etc
Blood Type: O
Star Sign: Leo
Degree: Joint Maths and Computing at Uni of London
Passion: language-learning, spirituality, investment banking, Mathematics (mainly Pure and Algebra), personal development, NLP, popular psychology, economics.. (yeah, quite a lot)
Regards,
Benson
8 responses so far ↓
1 alecia wu // Jun 19, 2007 at 7:20 am
benson,
i just came across your podcast and enjoyed the dim sum one. i’m an american born chinese with parents who immigrated from hong kong. i understand alot but my pronounciation is not very good. i’m going to start listening to this since it is good. keep it up.
regards,
alecia
2 Kate // Jun 27, 2007 at 4:27 am
Benson,
I stumbled across your website when searching for Cantonese lessons online. I am not Chinese, but am trying to learn the Cantonese language in hopes of one day putting it to good use in China. I am taking private lessons, but I am such a slow learner! your site is really helping me out!!! I enjoy it a lot, and am happy to have found it!
Thanks
Kate
3 Chris // Jul 17, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Benson,
Your Cantonese lessons are very useful to me. I am still at quite a low level but with your help, I hope to improve so I can live in Hong Kong. Thank you
Chris
4 samichi // Sep 2, 2007 at 5:15 pm
hello
i am a british born with a dad from HK and mum from UK. i cant speak chinese:( i need help with the tones. mandarin is easier cos it only has 4 tones. maybe you can make a recording of each tone? thank you. i am enjoying your lessons. they are very understandable, i have learnt quite a lot from u:)
bye.
5 samichi // Sep 3, 2007 at 7:46 pm
helo again benson,
how do i download podcasts from this website? please reply by email.
6 Simon // Oct 16, 2007 at 9:19 am
Hi Benson,
thanks for the podcasts! They’re great.
I’m a student in Sydney, Australia (studying maths too!). I’m an Aussie boy, but my girlfriend is from Hong Kong. I’m attempting to learn Cantonese, with the hope of being able to talk to her Father (who doesn’t speak English). So please keep it up!
Simon.
7 GerriLynn // Dec 12, 2007 at 6:06 am
Benson,
I stumbled across your podcast on itunes and it’s helping soo much. My fiance is chinese and his family speaks very little english. You’ve given me the gift of communication with my soon-to-be extended family. The scripts along with the podcasts are tremendously helpful. A thousand thank you’s.
Best Wishes
8 sue // Mar 4, 2008 at 3:47 am
Hi Benson, I’m listening to your Cantonese podcasts through iTunes. I’m trying to re-learn and improve my skills. I’m an American-born Chinese and I’m losing a lot of the language since I don’t talk to my grandmother much. I hope you put out more lessons.
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