User Comments - artkho
artkho
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September 20, 2007 at 2:47 AMI know the movie! It's Alvin and the Chipmunks. ;-)
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September 19, 2007 at 11:00 PMBlame it on the typhoon.
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September 19, 2007 at 8:40 PMThis is last week's movie. I don't hear Amber.
Posted on: You Can and Will Use 会 (huì)!
September 19, 2007 at 2:15 AMAmber, 我不相信你只有会说两个台语词。我想你会认识这句台语话： “你恨水！” Art P.S. I know you'll get it, so gotcha for fibbing about your Taiwanese vocabulary. :-)
Posted on: Beauty Pageant Registration
September 17, 2007 at 2:12 AMI posted this in a previous lesson, but for those unfamiliar with this video, http://www.danwei.org/danwei_tv/sexy_beijing_chinese_peoples_e.php, it is funny and interesting.
Posted on: Beauty Pageant Registration
September 17, 2007 at 2:07 AMMy colleagues in Tianjin all use English names. It makes it easier for their non-Chinese colleagues to remember. I was surprised to learn that a number of Tianjin colleagues don't call each other by Chinese names and don't even know each other's Chinese names. Each time I work with Tianjin colleagues I've never worked with before, I always ask them to write down their Chinese names. Then I give them my Chinese name. The ensuing interaction is always fun because they tell me the meaning of their Chinese names.
Posted on: Personal Questions and Bargaining
September 14, 2007 at 8:53 PMLunetta, You may get rich by finding some Chinese in your hometown and let them bid for your phone number! ;-)
Posted on: Personal Questions and Bargaining
September 14, 2007 at 1:15 PMWhen I was in a Xian tourist trap last year, I piggybacked on the bargaining prowess of some folks in my tour group. They speak fluent Mandarin. After they told me the price of an item they got, I went up to the sales lady and told her that I want the same price for the item I was holding. Since another tour group just got into the store and she didn't want them to hear the price I mentioned, she looked at me and said "小声一点!". This was one of my very few shopping experiences in China.
Posted on: Personal Questions and Bargaining
September 14, 2007 at 4:33 AMI told a Chinese colleague of mine that he should set his wedding date to May 18th of next year. I suppose phone numbers with the permutations of 514 and 415 can be bought cheaply!
Posted on: Traveling and Chopsticks
September 21, 2007 at 5:37 AMSo Dear Amber is going to have a weekly segment on love advice? This could be the start of something big and Chinesepod may get more hits as Amber (aka Dr. Love) doles out more advice on cross-cultural love. ;-)