User Comments - cinnamonfern

Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey

Ha ha - pretzellogic - you are stereotyping. :P I like Xiao_liang's comment.

A true story: My friend from Ha'erbin told me that she had to learn how to do needlepoint in elementary school, and she teased the boys because they also had to do "such a woman's task". But then they teased her back because they were better at it than she was. :D

Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey

I know! I was in China for less than three weeks and I saw many women knitting, but I didn't see anyone playing hockey. ;) Of course, it was October and I didn't visit any ice rinks...but still. :D Haha.

But seriously, even here in Hong Kong I've seen kids playing ice hockey - and I almost died of shock. Of course, you can't tell if they're international or not under all that gear, but I'm guessing they weren't because there were at least four different teams.

Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey

Thanks pretzellogic! Interesting though...apparently there is just the one lesson on knitting and none on any other handcrafts from what I can find...and how many on sports? I sense a discrepancy here. :D hehe

Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey

Yes! Forget cricket and ice hockey, we need a lesson on embroidery, cross-stitch, knitting, and crocheting! Now, that's something I can relate to! ;)

I thought there must be a lesson on embroidery - but I just checked and there totally isn't! What is up with that?!? My friend spent a good hour the other day telling me about the famous embroidery that comes from different parts of China. I guess I get to make a lesson suggestion...

And I have successfully destroyed the universe by talking about embroidery on a page about ice hockey. :D Mwahaha!

Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey

Can the cricket matches (?) really last >24hrs? Some of my Indian friends get really excited about cricket, sometimes skipping work to watch the big match. My first exposure to it was at undergrad with all the Indian students playing in the yard in front of my dorm - it wasn't a big space, and full of large trees, and so they took over the yard, the parking lot, and all the sidewalks too - and I was always afraid I'd be hit by the ball at some point.

I think hockey has an advantage over cricket in that, even more than football/soccer, the rules are very simple to understand. The team in red tries to get the puck in the left net, the team in blue tries to get the puck in the right net, and you try to stop the other team by knocking them into the walls or onto the ice, all while on skates. How can you not love hockey?

And why not have a lesson on cricket? Maybe not right after the one on ice hockey though. :D

Posted on: Which is better: China or the USA?

The Chinese name of the restaurant I mentioned before is 川菜坊 (chuāncàifāng) - "Sichuan Cuisine Workshop"? A bit better descriptor, since they serve Sichuan food, not dimsum. :)

I like the Sea Bay name - a very clever way to turn the Chinese into something different in English that is also appealing. :)

Posted on: Which is better: China or the USA?

I guess I'm wondering if you're a tourist, or there on business, if you should add something to clarify that you don't live in China, that you're just visiting.

Posted on: Shut down by Pimples

Actually, thinking about it more, 降火 refers to "lowering internal heat", right? Is there an opposite term for 上火 and 降火? Too little internal heat, and to raise one's internal heat?

Posted on: Which is better: China or the USA?

Yay! Another Michigander! :D And I agree 100% about the chopsticks...not sure whether I miss Americanized Chinese food, but I might if I lived here long enough. :)

My favorite Chinese restaurant in MI is a Sichuan place in Lansing - ironically called "Hong Kong" in English. Wrap your mind around that one.

Posted on: Shut down by Pimples

Such an interesting lesson!  My Chinese friend thinks I suffer from the opposite problem - 降火- too low of internal heat.  This is because my hands and feet are always cold in the winter. The guys like to tease me because I always wear gloves inside in Hong Kong and I am from northern U.S. - but there's no internal heating here!  (We actually measured the temp of our hands and compared them and mine were 10C colder. I feel justified in my gloves.)

Anyway, my friend recommended I eat foods that are red or black - particularly red dates - 红枣 [hóngzǎo]. I also have very good skin and love hotpot and spicy foods - is this all related?  Haha.  ;)