no choice, u want to learn mandarin, u must speak every day.

i still remember 4 yrs back, i totally noob in mandarin coz im from english ed, still remember all my coursemates laugh at me when i start to speak...

then when i know my gf, she only speaks mandarin while i only speak cantonese normally, so i learn to speak mandarin since she seems like dun want pick up in cantonese, but lucky me, becoz of that i master it now...lol

i master it only in not more than 6 months coz i speak everyday. dun feel embarassed if u converse wrongly. then now i can converse very well even though not expert. even my fren now also think im from chinese ed background..lol