父亲节。。。Father's Day
bababardwan
September 02, 2012, 02:03 AM posted in General Discussion据我看...as far as I can see, there don't appear to be any lessons on Father's Day [we have a lesson for many other celebrations I reckon]..unless I've missed it. According to Jenny in the Mother's Day lesson:
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/mothers-day
"Mother's Day is quite big in coastal cities in China. For example, here in Shanghai, shops are all over it. Bakeries do Mother's Day cakes, department stores push for cosmetics, clothes and shoes, even car dealers have Mother's Day promo"
..so what's the story with Father's Day in China? Has that caught on to a similar degree, or not at all? If it's catching on, any chance of a lesson? Also, if it is celebrated, what date is that for China?
RJ
so why is mothers day celebrated on the same day as the US but not so for Fathers day? Im surprised you dont call it something different, like "mothering day". And tell me about this wattle day. Sounds horrible, and it falls on my birthday, which doesn't please me at all. My favorite non major holiday in the US would be ground hog day. Maybe because of the movie. They recently ran the movie here on cable - 3 days in a row. Clever. Well, sort of.
Oh, and happy Fathers day to you and baba, I got my cards back in June, but the day grows in significance the older we get I am finding.
bodawei
Hee hee, thanks for the Happy Father's day RJ - really, even my children didn't remember - but they both live in countries that have strange customs about Fathers Day.
As far as I know the major retailers organise these fathers, mothers, wattle day etc. so we shouldn't look for too much other logic. Originally it was Hallmark wasn't it? Or is that an urban myth (I think Baba or you caught me out on some outlandish comments about Christmas and Hallmark once, so I better exercise caution here.)
'My favorite non major holiday in the US would be ground hog day. Maybe because of the movie. They recently ran the movie here on cable - 3 days in a row. Clever. Well, sort of.'
Clever . Sort of. Exactly, well said.
Speaking of hell (no, I hated the ground hog movie, so we have found something to disagree on - I never really found out what a ground hog is but had to listen to the word around a million times - also I hate those time shift movies, they confuse my tiny brain) I highly recommend the novel 'Dammed' by Chuck Palahniuk. Granted it was recommended to my by a member of generation X, but I think it is really funny - a good laugh from beginning to end.
bababardwan
'My favorite non major holiday in the US would be ground hog day. Maybe because of the movie. They recently ran the movie here on cable - 3 days in a row. Clever. Well, sort of.'
haha, yeah I was going to quote that bit too. I loved that. I'm with RJ on this one. I loved that movie. What about the scene where he starts speaking French poetry? hehe. Reminds me of Jim Carey speaking Korean in "Yes Man" ...classic...so funny.
bodawei
It's time to comb through my DVD collection and re-check why I hated it - both you and RJ liking it has given me cause to doubt my judgement. I have visions of a guy doing a whiskey ad what's his name, and Andy McDowell is it, doing the same things over and over - except it is not just that they do them over and over, it is the same footage. My guess is that they shot the entire film in one day, after making a late start, and then spent about 18 months editing. And it's a love story, I am never good with those. I wanted Arnie to come charging through the set, blowing everything up, and saying 'there that's fixed your problem'. Forgive me, I had marguerittas last night with an American and the conversation turned to foreign policy and I am still recovering.
bababardwan
“both you and RJ liking it has given me cause to doubt my judgement”
特别是因为RJ喜欢的，呵呵
“doing the same things over and over”
对，好像这样的情况是很Polarising 。。。你要么很喜欢要么真讨厌我觉得
“except it is not just that they do them over and over, it is the same footage”
不过不是完全一样的。。。那些分至点是最重要的，还有最有意思。。。他由于很多的错，很多的缺点汲取教训所以能天天改善了。。。这个就是那部电影精华，我觉得
bodawei
哦，很有意思，谢谢介绍一下。我想把电影剪接一下，短的比长的好。 如果导演剪好都片一样的，就电影很小，很方便。 然后那， ：）
‘你要么很喜欢要么真讨厌我觉得’
我同意， 我很讨厌，但是我不明白他们的意思，好像电影是爱情故事的，很慢。。 我真说吧：快点说正题！
RJ
Same footage? Love story? Did you pay any attention to the movie? I guess maybe your lack of cultural exposure to the ground hog thing takes something away from it for you. Ground hogs are twice as big as Tasmanian devils and half as ugly. One pops his head out on GH day and if he sees his shadow the prediction is 6 more weeks of winter. Or is it the other way around? I can never keep it straight, mostly because it doesn't matter. Its a joke, and so is the movie. Its a comedy with something philosophical to say about life and love. Wouldn't you like 1000 chances to get things right? And its Bill Murray. Hes perfect for the role. Basically he polishes his pick up line to the point where it works 100% on a woman that wouldnt give him the time of day at the beginning. You can hate it, you have the right, but in the right mood with a couple of beers, I can swallow it.
bababardwan
哦，对了，差不多忘了，迟来的祝你生日快乐朋友 ：）
bodawei
'Did you pay any attention to the movie?'
No - I was too busy criticizing. ... :)
Bill Murray, yes I know, one of the good guys in Ghostbusters.
I didn't know it is (or was) your birthday RJ, but in any case - hope you had a good one. Maybe, like Facebook, there should be a ChinesePod 'It's ...X's.. birthday' feed.
RJ
Thanks guys but birthdays are just one more step in the green mile at this point. I saw a clock recently that instead of a 12 hour face it takes one avg lifetime to do the 360. How depressing watching that must be.. At least those bugs of yours don't know their days are numbered.
RJ
September 02, 2012, 04:18 AMMuch of the world (including China) celebrates Fathers day in June, but happy Wattle day.
RJ
Countries 2012 2013
USA, UK, India, Canada, China, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey June 17 June 16
Russia February 23 February 23
Italy & Spain March 19 March 19
Germany May 17 May 9
Australia & New Zealand September 2 September 1
Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland November 4 November 3
Thailand December 5 December 5
bababardwan
September 02, 2012, 02:04 AM哦，顺便， 对所有的爸爸们，祝你们父亲节快乐从澳大利亚