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nate_ch
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 8: Trimming the Fat at the Office
February 17, 2009 at 5:12 AMJenny, John,
Great lesson, but I have to ask, how realistic is this in common chinese offices. My impression was that many offices are bloated with older 50-somethings that drink tea and talk politics all day, especially with the large utilities and govornment offices. Has this been a common occurance, that senior employees are squeezed out on performance grounds?
I agree with Henning, Wang should get a second chance, or at least play the political card (get some higher up buddies to support him and maybe rub off Zhou!)
Thanks
Nate
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 8: Trimming the Fat at the Office
February 17, 2009 at 4:49 AMXP home edition
Firefox 3.06 w/ trad plig in no text or translations, just a bunch of garbles
Google chrome works just fine, thanks!
Posted on: New Year's Cash
February 3, 2009 at 11:12 AMBeing a forigner with a Taiwanese wife & family here in Taiwan, I found a few Aunts gave me a Hong bao. Its really kind of silly though, because we just end up gifting the money back to neices and nephews. And as Jenny mentioned about Shanghai, Hong Bao entitlement is strong among Taiwanese children as well! I often heard "Gong Xi Fa Cai, Hong Bao Na Lai!?" more than I got a "Xie Xie"
Good luck with the post Guo Nian hangover!
Cheers
Nate
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 1: Officially Pregnant
December 25, 2008 at 2:05 PM
What a convenient lesson, We just found out that we are expecting our second baby!
I have never heard anything about the radiation threat here in Taiwan, even with our first baby. Perhaps my chinese isn't quite there yet. I just know that compared to the States she describes all the baby and maternity clothes as 土! (tu3 ; dorky)
The biggest cultural issues I encountered was the role of my inlaws. We were living in the U.S. we our first baby was born. My mother in law flew over for the birth and stayed for a month to cook chicken soup and all manner of gingery dishes. It was nice. This was also the case with several other Taiwanese girls we know in the US. Now that we are in Taiwan, the inlaws have an Ai-Yi cooking for my wife and making sure that she rests during her first months of pregnancey. Seems a bit over protective to me, but I can't complain about the cooking!
Thanks John and Jenny for making sure that my kids don't surpass me in Chinese! .. .... yet anyway!
Posted on: Buying a House
June 1, 2009 at 4:32 AMWhat ever happened to bringing the new wife back home with you. At least in Taiwan thats traditional. The son will get married and then bring his wife to move in with him and his parents. Talk about 辛苦生活!