User Comments - chanelle77
chanelle77
Posted on: Does it Have Bones?
March 30, 2009 at 3:47 AMNext time we get free soup in a Cantonese restaurant I will ask 有没有凤爪? (you3mei2you3 feng4zhao3?). Or NOT trust the waitress when you ask what kind of soup it is. "Oh no it is just beef" ;-) I never saw cows with little claws...
Posted on: Grass 草
March 24, 2009 at 10:04 AMBoth poems were very touching: loved them. Thank you!
Posted on: Hong Kong Visa Run
March 24, 2009 at 4:21 AMA nickname for the visa you get as "the wife" (taitai) when you move to china as a married couple. It is much more difficult to get a visa if you are not married so a lot of people get married just before they are expatriated to China.
Posted on: Hong Kong Visa Run
March 24, 2009 at 4:13 AMI married my husband for a "taitai" visa ;-).
Posted on: Dog Meat and Animal Rights
March 23, 2009 at 12:19 AMExactly Helandou: my remark was a "joke / sarcasm", hence the ";-)" and "wanted to".
Posted on: How Long?
March 22, 2009 at 3:50 AMHi Licha, I am not sure if you are aware of the firefox plugin? If not so, maybe you can have a look at it: I find it helpful. Maybe it is useful for you?
Posted on: Dog Meat and Animal Rights
March 20, 2009 at 12:09 AMWhy eat meat if one can have Clofu? ;-)
Posted on: Dog Meat and Animal Rights
March 19, 2009 at 9:20 AM@ Mark. It is good to hear you disagree with me: I advocate freedom of speech, but I also like to see that people have the freedom / choice to decide if they want to look at it or not: do not force it on them (I am talking about the activists here). Also I did not ask to remove / change anything.
So: we both do not believe in censorship: Just as you did, I voiced my opinion, which I think I am entitled to when such a controversial topic is publicly raised here.
I “delivered” 9 puppies by hand (three died in my hands) a few weeks ago so maybe I am a bit (over)sensitive to this :-). For me it (nature) is a small miracle: watching them grow up from little blind “rats” into happy playful little puppies in just a few weeks. It’s just amazing and cannot understand how they (or other dogs / animals) can be eaten.
As a vegetarian eating pig, cows, dogs even cats: it is all the same to me and I choose not to eat them. I believe the world is slightly better without me eating meat (and treating animals well in general), but if someone else chooses / beliefs something different I am not judging anyone and even willing to cook it (sometimes).
Posted on: Dog Meat and Animal Rights
March 18, 2009 at 3:33 AMMaybe I should have been a bit more subtle but as a vegetarian and animal lover, the “funny” introduction hit a nerve somehow.
I agree with the “frank discussions” part, however I disagree with the “shocking photo’s”. When I lived in Amsterdam, animal activists displayed horrific pictures of abused animals in order to raise money or motivate people to stop eating meat or whatever. That pissed me of so much that I wanted to return in a fur coat ;-).
I think this is not appropriate for a public place (for instance think about small children) and there are better ways to motivate people.
Personally I believe in a more “loving” or positive approach. Teach people how to treat animals differently and offer alternatives etc.
Besides that, I think the display of a picture of caged dogs will draw the attention from the real argument.
I lived for over a year in China and still seeing animals on markets or reading about the deported cats (in Nanjing) makes me sick to my stomache: I do not think I will ever get insensitive to it. To end positive: thx for the other great 1118 lesson.
Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Festival -- 清明
March 31, 2009 at 1:07 AMMaybe this is also interesting? The lesson about Tomb Sweeping Day.