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Posted on: Mosquitos and Olympics
June 14, 2008 at 1:26 PM北京有很多蚊子!
The mosquitos in Beijing are smaller, faster, and more resilient. I once squashed one to the wall, only to see it unwrap itself, and fly off.
They also are smarter. The apartment I was staying in, had nets over all the windows, yet still mosquitos would get in. They would fly in through the foyer, fly into the elevator, get off on the 9th floor, follow us to the apartment, and hide out until we're asleep.
After the 2 week stay, our room had many mosquito stains on the walls.
As for blood types, my girlfriend and I are both B+, yet she was getting slaughtered by them, while I only had the occasional bite.
Here in Toronto, mosquitos are much rarer, but still exist, especially a short drive north from Toronto.
Reason those lanters fell out of style is because they killed all bugs indiscriminately, including many beneficial ones and ones vital to the food chains
Posted on: I Can/Can't Afford it (...得起 & ...不起）
June 11, 2008 at 8:08 AMhmm... can 你怎么养的起我如果你养不起你足迹? be used to say "how can you support me if you can't support yourself?"
Posted on: I don't want it!
May 19, 2008 at 11:40 AMActually amber, you're right, it was a failed joke... 死也不要 is translated somewhat like "I'd rather die" (in death still don't want) as in the extreme of not wanting something, and might only be used in a perhaps poetic context...
Posted on: I don't want it!
May 18, 2008 at 11:46 AMCan also use 死也不要 sǐ yě bù yào instead of 真的不要 zhēn de bù yào ;)
Posted on: Pearl Tea
May 15, 2008 at 12:00 PMThere is tons of bubble tea places in Toronto and surrounding areas, particularly Markham and Richmond Hill, around highway 7.
Posted on: Hold the MSG
December 10, 2007 at 8:10 AMWhy is the public RSS feed empty? http://chinesepod.com/lessons/feed/ <-= when I add that into RSS, it comes up empty.
Posted on: So Tall!
November 29, 2007 at 4:10 PMThanks clay, I replaced the old link I had with the one you provided, but it comes up empty. I don't remember "your feed" link from the lessons column requiring an account upgrade before, so I'm pretty sure it's been changed.
Posted on: So Tall!
November 28, 2007 at 7:30 PMIt seems you guys have moved the RSS feed to subscription only. It is unfortunate, but hardly the thing that will make me spend what little money I have on a membership. At least you haven't made the comments or the lessons themselves subscription only...
Posted on: Getting Reimbursed
September 27, 2007 at 10:31 PMWhen I was in Beijing, many restaurants I went to offered free drinks like orange juice etc. instead of fapiao. By the way, does anyone know where, outside of China, (specifically in Toronto, Canada) that I can find naipianr? they're those crunchy dried milk tablets, and I'm running out of the ones I brought back with me.
Posted on: Mosquitos and Olympics
June 15, 2008 at 9:59 AMLet's keep our comments off the great radar of you-know-what to prevent the site from being "delisted" from the web.
Or at least properly obfuscate them so they don't appear to be critical of policy makers.