User Comments - Tal
Tal
Posted on: Fun at the Beach
June 14, 2010 at 2:12 AMSo you're clearly going to the cheapskate beaches, where they're all proles and don't care about being 晒黑的. (Just kidding!) Anyway in this dialogue the 小妹 wants the sunscreen to avoid getting a tan, right?
Posted on: Fun at the Beach
June 14, 2010 at 1:45 AMChinese people aren't interested in 'getting a tan' like westerners, they want to be whiter not darker! (Have you seen all the advertising for face-creams that supposedly make skin whiter?) I guess in China a dark skin is the sign of a 农民 , someone who spends a lot of time working outside and therefore not someone with money and status. Down here in Guangdong ladies walk around with umbrellas up at the slightest sign of sun, and the western penchant for sunbathing is a concept that always creates that look of faintly amused bafflement when I try to explain it to students.
Freckles are not considered attractive or cute in China. That's another western idea they don't get.
Posted on: Love Tangle 8: The Good Husband
June 10, 2010 at 2:38 PMEvery little bit helps mate! ;)
Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
June 10, 2010 at 12:43 PMshenyajin
太谢谢你的贡献，我很欣赏! 我还记得你很会交叉眼睛，所以我不知道西安人都有这个本事，你说呢？
Posted on: Love Tangle 8: The Good Husband
June 10, 2010 at 1:39 AMCheers mike, good to see you around again doing your lists! ;)
Posted on: Love Tangle 8: The Good Husband
June 10, 2010 at 1:39 AMAmen to that. This is an excellent and engaging series. I too find a story that spans many lessons well worthwhile, especially at this level.
Posted on: Seeing off a Monk, Returning to Japan -- 送僧归日本
June 8, 2010 at 11:05 AMI had a feeling you'd enjoy it. 
Posted on: Sina's Microblogs
June 7, 2010 at 12:14 PMMate, don't even get me started! It's a subject that deeply saddens me to think about actually. In short, yes it does seem harder and harder every year to cope with not only the short attention span but also the ever decreasing boredom threshold of students. Even the brighter ones don't really think they're learning these days unless there's a PPT involved. It's the plug-in drug syndrome I reckon.
Posted on: Fun at the Beach
June 17, 2010 at 4:00 AMYou guys that live in the big cities shouldn't (imo) be so quick to conclude that Chinese people generally have taken to something because you see a few kids aping western pop and movie stars. On the rare occasions when the subject of tattoos and (body) piercings have come up, every Chinese person I know (without exception) instantly gets a look of revulsion on their face. I know it's easy to think Shanghai is (representative of) China, but actually it's not. I think I might need to use the key vocab from a 'tatoo lessson' about once every 2 or 3 years.