Panic!
xiao_liang
January 12, 2012, 11:04 PM posted in General DiscussionRight! Off to China again tomorrow. Work's been too crazy, no time to study. Chinese is awful. Going for new year with all my girlfriend's family. Planning on asking her to marry me. Don't even know how to say it in Chinese.
OH MY GOD PANIC!
toianw
呵呵 - All the best, mate. Have a fantastic trip!
jennyzhu
祝你好运!!!!!
xiao_liang
Thank you both ! :-)
hamshank
January 13, 2012, 02:05 AMOnce you get down on one knee with a ring in your hand I am sure you won't have to say much! :)
Good luck.
xiao_liang
Thanks!
pretzellogic
January 13, 2012, 02:54 AMPosting in public that you're going to ask your girlfriend to marry you. I guess she doesn't have a cpod subscription. Xiao_liang, best of luck to you. Enjoy the flight.
chris
hehe, I had exactly the same thought! Good luck xiaoliang!
xiao_liang
Haha! She doesn't, so I'm safe there :-)
zhenlijiang
January 13, 2012, 07:45 AMAs always it's nice to get these little (and major!) updates on your life XiaoLiang （＾v＾）
祝你好运 ，一路平安！
xiao_liang
Hehe!
First I've got to get her dad alone and try and struggle my way through the whole "er, your daughter, can I marry her?" conversation. No English. Oh boy.
toianw
BTW, do let us know if you manage to pull off any of the lines from the dialogue. It's quality stuff if I remember correctly. (Not sure how effective it would be with dad though:-)
watch.tv.more
January 13, 2012, 10:27 AMGood luck ! Are you Chinese-British or white-British ? By the way, is there a term for Chinese-British people ? In the states there is "ABC" for American Born Chinese people . I've always thought it's interesting that Chinese-Americans call themselves "ABC" , because "American born Chinese" sounds to me like they're not American, but rather Chinese people who were born in another country (America) . I also think that may be why every Chinese person I've met here in China knows what "ABC" means
xiao_liang
I'm white British. But British born Chinese call themselves BBC!
bicycle-repairman
Canadian-chinese are "CBC". The CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (the canadian BBC). What about Australia, anyone?
watch.tv.more
hahah, there is a TV channel called "ABC" and it stands for "American broadcasting company"
ABC
CBC
BBC
....coincidence or conspiracy ? probably just a coincidence
watch.tv.more
cool, what part of China is your (hopefully) soon-to-be fiance from ?
xiao_liang
She's from 广州 guang Zhou :-)
pretzellogic
January 13, 2012, 01:43 PMBTW, it probably doesn't need to be said, but you should come back and tell us when the wedding date is. Let us know if the wedding is in the UK or China, so the appropriate cpodders can crash the wedding :-)
xiao_liang
Well, she is Chinese and we've been going out for a few years, so naturally she's planned most of it already :-p I think she's planning one in England, one in china. Sheesh! And you'd be very welcome, chinesepod massive! Although I'm not sure I could persuade anyone to come to 广州 from 上海!
xiao_liang
January 12, 2012, 11:09 PMOh bless you Chinesepod!
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/will-you-marry-me/dialogue
Something to study on the flight eh?