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alexyzye
Posted on: Getting Satellite TV
April 18, 2011 at 3:16 PMI live in Australia and is installing satellite TV to receive Chinese & HK TV. Mainly for my kid to watch endless episodes of 喜羊羊与灰太狼. 希望不会看不到.
Posted on: How Did You Learn Chinese?
April 10, 2011 at 11:06 PMTwo ways I found to help greatly with my vocabulary: - Reading to my 3-year old. Great for getting used to usage of basic words. - Record down any interesting word I encounter in daily life immediately when I see it, on my phone. Then revise later.
Posted on: Help with the Baby
April 4, 2011 at 11:27 PMI agree with andrewgildea, a small kid needs daily love and attention from parents. Granted that some parents, like my wife and I, need to work due to economic reasons, parents must also realize that having a kid means making sacrifices in other areas such as career path. I've given up on pursuing exciting and lucrative jobs, said no to promotion opportunities, but instead settled on a stable job with sane hours and no long-distance travel, just so that I can pick up my kid from childcare and spent quality time every evening. Weekends is 100% family time.
I have a friend who indeed only sees his kids once a week. He pursues a very exciting and lucrative consulting career, flying to various countries all the time. I wonder what's the point of him having kids in the first place.
Posted on: Help with the Baby
April 4, 2011 at 11:24 AMSo what about grandfathers? An old man didn't help with child raising much (until recently), and couldn't hunt/fight as well as younger men. There is likely a evolutionary reason for why humans live so long, but I think its more complicated than just the grandmother hypothesis.
Posted on: Hide and Seek
March 16, 2011 at 10:10 PMCan I also use 躲 here to mean "to hide somewhere", e.g. 躲在这里? Furthermore, can I use 藏 to mean "to hide something", e.g. 把钱藏好? Thanks.
Posted on: Celebrating a Baby's First Month
March 1, 2011 at 10:06 PMIs the number of eggs based on 阴 (female, even number) and 阳 (male, odd number)? I guess giving just 1 egg would seem quite stingy, so its 3 for boy.
Posted on: Bringing Pets into China
February 8, 2011 at 10:04 PMIs 注射 the same meaning as 打针? I normally would phrase it like 打疫苗针.
Posted on: Inside the Baozi Business
February 7, 2011 at 10:18 PM我最喜欢吃的包子就是奶黄包。
Posted on: Dodging Hong Kong Sales Tax
January 26, 2011 at 9:59 PM我想问一问，卖个 iPad 仿真模型最便宜要多少钱呢?
Posted on: Buying High Quality DVDs
April 20, 2011 at 2:57 AMJust want to say something about that remark at the end about bittorrent. I only found out about ChinesePod after downloading some episodes from bittorrent some years ago. Have been a loyal subscriber since.