# Moments by Ramon **@Annsrochelle** ## Quick Navigation - [Find Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/partners.md): Discover language exchange partners worldwide - [Language Exchange](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/partners/exchange.md): Practice with native speakers worldwide - [Moments](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments.md): Share your language learning journey - [Topics](https://www.hellotalk.com/topics.md): Explore trending topics and discussions - [Chat & Messaging](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/features/chat.md): Text, voice, and video conversations - [Voice Rooms](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/features/voiceroom.md): Join live audio conversations - [Live Streaming](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/features/live-streaming.md): Interactive classes and language sessions - [Certified Teachers](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/features/certified-teachers.md): Learn from professional language instructors - [Immersive Learning](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/features/immersive-learning.md): Learn everywhere with instant translations - [Translation Tools](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/features/translation.md): Instant translation between any languages - [AI-Powered Apps](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/aiapps.md): Access specialized learning tools - [Language AI Apps](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/aiapps.md): Discover our AI-powered language learning applications - [All Features](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/features.md): Explore all learning features and tools - [Download](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/download.md): Get HelloTalk on iOS and Android Showing 6 of 47 moments --- ## 1. 8/26/2025 Hi everyone! I don’t smoke (and don’t plan to), but I’ve always been really curious about cigarettes especially Chinese brands. I thought it might be interesting to explore the topic just for fun. If there are any smoking enthusiasts here, I’d love to hear how you got into it, what your favorite kind is, and maybe ask a few curious questions. Feel free to DM me 😊 **Language**: English *12 likes · 6 comments · 783 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/OmO3HNNTpOJNHD.md) --- ## 2. 8/14/2025 The Little League World Series started today ! Rooting for Mexico and Southwest America ! 😁 Japan and Chinese Tapei are usually the strongest in this tournament every year 😥😥 **Language**: English *27 likes · 2 comments · 2420 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/xuuPpVq5SHMjHD.md) --- ## 3. 8/12/2025 Man this bullying incident is really picking up some steam 😥😥 **Language**: English *13 likes · 5 comments · 1750 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/LJtTI3q0tKEjHD.md) --- ## 4. 8/9/2025 Good night grass wonder **Language**: English *24 likes · 5 comments · 1274 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/EPZ0SNvVSaWjHD.md) --- ## 5. 8/7/2025 After a long stretch of slow reading, I finally finished Frog by Mo Yan. It’s a difficult book to recommend, not because it isn’t good, but because it demands a very specific kind of patience. The pace is deliberately slow, even sluggish at times, and the prose can feel dense. But if you’re willing to sit with it, Frog slowly unfolds into a deeply affecting and morally complex story. At the center is Gugu, a rural midwife whose early career is marked by skill, compassion, and a kind of local heroism. She helps deliver thousands of babies, offering modern medical care in a countryside still tethered to tradition. But after her fiancé defects to Taiwan, her loyalty to the Party is called into question and in her effort to prove herself, Gugu becomes a strict enforcer of the one child policy. The transition is devastating. The same hands that once saved lives now become agents of control and destruction. Gugu even refers to herself later in life as “a destroyer of fetuses.” She is a character trapped between roles, healer and executioner, sinner and morality. Her arc is haunting, and the guilt she carries in old age punctuated by the imagined cries of lost children is one of the most emotionally disturbing elements of the novel. And yet, I found myself deeply moved by her, I really really loved Gugu. Not in admiration of her actions, but in awe of how fully she gives herself over to what she believes is necessary. Gugu is fearless, merciless, even hated but never uncertain. Her descent into this hardened new self is astonishing, not because it’s justifiable, but because it feels terrifyingly human. She embodies the quiet tragedy of someone who goes too far and can never come back. If anyone wants to discuss this book with me, please send me a message 😊 these are some of favorite passages. **Language**: English *23 likes · 1 comments · 1466 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/RKNvV5LRZ3SjHD.md) --- ## 6. 8/6/2025 I once read that a publishing editor can tell whether a book is worth publishing just from the first sentence. That stuck with me because honestly, it feels like something you could apply to a lot of things in life hahah 🤣 **Language**: English *18 likes · 1187 views* [View this moment](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/SKuau2yNNNSjHD.md) --- [View all moments on HelloTalk](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/Annsrochelle/moments.md) [Back to Ramon's profile](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/Annsrochelle.md) --- ## Language Exchange Partners - [English Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/partners/exchange/english.md): Connect with native English speakers - [Spanish Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/partners/exchange/spanish.md): Connect with native Spanish speakers - [French Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/partners/exchange/french.md): Connect with native French speakers - [Japanese Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/partners/exchange/japanese.md): Connect with native Japanese speakers - [German Exchange Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/en/partners/exchange/german.md): Connect with native German speakers - 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