User Comments - clay
clay
Posted on: 橄榄球在中国
January 22, 2008 at 1:40 AMI was really surprised when I saw ads for the NFL on the trains here in Shanghai. Almost every time im on it, you get the latest highlights on the little screens that they have. Of course I enjoy it, but its seems so out of place. Im curious to know what are cities are being hit by NFL marketing. Beijing, HK, Taipei, Singapore??
Posted on: Too Picky
January 22, 2008 at 1:30 AMrenny, Its the oil thats gets me. if there was baked Chinese food, i would be all about it.
Posted on: The 又...又 (Yòu...Yòu) Episode
January 22, 2008 at 1:20 AMHey all, glad you are diggin the qing wen's. we definitely have fun when we are in the studio. you got to try to laugh it up when your are talking about grammar and sentence patterns, otherwise we would put you to sleep. arkho, i suppose my self deprecation is there to counter ambers lauding. ha difhdih, thanks for the suggestion. we will explore that for sure.
Posted on: Football (Soccer)
January 21, 2008 at 9:51 AMPhil, they do have the same name in fact. However, due to a large marketing push by the NFL, most will think of American football when they hear 橄榄球 (gǎnlǎnqiú). We have a lesson coming out tomorrow about the NFL in China actually.
Posted on: 白酒和黄酒
January 21, 2008 at 6:03 AMAll is well now. Sorry about the inconvenience. -clay
Posted on: Turbulence
January 17, 2008 at 2:27 AMtvan the amount of Russian made planes still flying the friendly skies of China are pretty rare. If you happen to get on a prop plane, you may encounter one, but outside of the military, they are nearly non-existant. Funny you mention this, as I was just on a Russian prop plane days ago while island hopping in the Philippines. Scariest flight ever...hands down. I will have to post a pic of something that you would most likely NEVER see on an airplane anywhere else.
Posted on: No Kidding
January 17, 2008 at 2:21 AMThis lesson came about with me telling Pasden about my on court experiance playing some basketball here in Shanghai. After a guy went up and I stuff the ball back down on him, he called foul on me . I was trying to call him out with what i thought was the equivalent of "BS", but I ended up getting a chuckle, as I was basically saying No S#!& I thought there was some need in clarification of proper Feihua usage.
Posted on: Lesson
January 17, 2008 at 1:56 AMaszabo, are you saying Commanders-in-chief's are not handsome? Kidding, you are right. Thanks for pointing that out.
Posted on: Hawaii
January 17, 2008 at 1:51 AMHenning, did you happen to check out Chinatown in Honolulu? Its pretty good. Streets in Chinese and everything. But yeah, Japanese reigns supreme there.
Posted on: The 又...又 (Yòu...Yòu) Episode
January 22, 2008 at 1:50 AMobitoddkenobi, close, but you would use the 一边。。。一边。。。 (meanining; doing A and B at the same time) 我喜欢一边学一边笑。(wǒ xǐhuān yībiān xué yībiān xiào) wow, sounds like another QW episode possibilty!