Meeting, Monday 8/25/08
xiaohu
August 25, 2008, 07:54 PM posted in General DiscussionHey guys,
Let's meet at ABC cafe,
100 N Garfield Ave
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(626) 573-0718
Take the 10 FWY East, exit Garfield towards Monterey Park. It's at the corner of Garfield & Garvey. If you guys don't want to eat Hong Kong style American Food, 港式西餐, then there are 15 great places within walking distance.
See you there!
xiaohu
August 30, 2008, 05:29 AM安德森哥们儿，
你有没有机会去看看我的，“中国的娱乐”那个团体？
Did you have time to check out my "Chinese Entertainment" group? I posted a really funny video that has 4 different Chinese dialects in it. It's essentially a commercial for a new car but it's really funny and well done. I posted a lesson in the group but as of yet, no one's dared to give it a try.
Are you brave enough to try your hand at it?
http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/3101
You can look up all the new words with your dictionary, and I guarantee it will be worth the effort, because once you know what it says, it's absolutely hysterical!
小虎
Jess_Andersen
August 27, 2008, 01:51 AMHi Amber,
Our meetings are great,we went out for 川菜。we used our mandarin with the wait staff and had a good ol' time. I just haven't eaten spicy in a while.
we have moved our meetings from old chinatown( cantonese and dying out) to monterey park (mandarin and lively). I'm loving it , I've been holed up studying by myself for too long.
So just jump on a plane and come on out( bring Connie, she's travel sized).
Jess.
amber
August 27, 2008, 03:12 AMahhh the burning sensation makes sense now! 川菜 (Chuāncài)!
I wonder if you can get Yunnan food in LA. Found a great Yunnan restaurant here in Shanghai. They even have their own goat cheese!!!
Jess_Andersen
August 27, 2008, 03:16 AMOf course we can get that here ( 虎兄弟，can we get that here?)
Just come on out ( bring Connie).
xiaohu
August 27, 2008, 04:38 AM安德森，哥们儿！(We need to get you an official Chinese name)
Down the street from where I took you is another great restaurant that has Yunnan style cuisine, called 云南过桥园，which is very famous, it's also the place I first met my Chinese teacher. I don't know if you got a chance to read my story I posted on Ken's "Why are you learning Chinese?" post or not, but I wrote all about it there.
Their noodle dishes are awesome, especially 三鲜米线 and 小锅米线.
Anything you want that's Chinese you can get here in this area! When I took my friend to Monterey Park he was dumbfounded, not speaking, just sitting there staring strait ahead. I asked him what was up and he told me, "I can't believe this place, it's like I'm in another country! It's like I went to sleep and woke up in China!!!"
Amber, if you ever get a chance to come out this way, drop us a line, we'll go get some 云南菜，行不行？
Jess_Andersen
August 27, 2008, 04:53 AMThat's not gonna fly Orville, that there's a transliteration 。
amber
August 27, 2008, 01:40 AMhi misterjess,
有火烧的感觉 (Yǒu huǒshāo de gǎnjué) is how you would say 'burning sensation'. hmmm, must have been an interesting meet-up!
I like LA, so i'm living vicariously through your little LA group, OK? :) How did it go?
Jess_Andersen
August 27, 2008, 05:44 AMAmber,
欢迎欢迎。Thanks for joining our group.
虎兄弟,
hey mang, don't be tellin' me 'bout no gears now, I tell you 'bout some gears aahright'!
xiaohu
August 27, 2008, 06:13 AMAmber,
欢迎你！我非常高兴你是自己人了！我感觉挺光荣的！
安德森哥们儿，
Say wha? 说啥玩意儿你呀？ 全都是胡说呀！俺没听懂啦！;)
xiaohu
August 29, 2008, 09:18 PMMrjess,
Sorry, didn't mean to confuse you with my response, I thought it might be fun for you to translate this.
So, like I said we need to create a good Chinese name for you...don't worry Wilbur... aint gonna do no transliterations boy!
By the way, check out my group, if you like to translate, I think this will be alot of fun for you.
Jess_Andersen
August 30, 2008, 01:00 AM虎兄弟，
sorry, been super busy. I did work on translating it though, didn't get all the way there. Like I said, I've been busy.
I was told today that we have basically 60 days to get 10 units done. That means crown and base, doors, and kitchenettes. I don't know how I'm gonna do it, but I will.
I'm going to be relying on the groups monday nights to help preserve my sanity for the next little bit.
As for a proper Chinese name for me, the only things I ask are for two, and only two characters, and it has to pass the native speaker test.
thanks, Jess.
xiaohu
August 27, 2008, 05:19 AM??? Huh ???
Were you just talking to your friend the southern gent and forgot to switch gears when you posted that?
Jess_Andersen
August 27, 2008, 12:26 AM虎兄弟，
"burning sensation" 中文怎么说？