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guolan
Posted on: Shopping for the Husband
November 25, 2011 at 7:17 AMAlthough, in a way, simply throwing money in an envelope seems so much simpler than the American tradition of searching for a meaningful gift and wrapping it with wedding present wrapping paper. It's even simpler than the modern method of going on-line to an indicated registry, having the gift wrapped by the mailing company, and sending it to their home!
But, the very best part of the Chinese way is, the groom and bride don't have to spend days writing thank you notes. It's simply not expected.
Although, the negative part of this is, you ARE expected to remember how much you were given, and give back a similar amount when the giver gets married, or when their child gets married.
Posted on: Shopping for the Husband
November 23, 2011 at 11:39 PMI also liked the focus on the interjections in this lesson, thanks Dilu and John!
Posted on: Adopting a Chinese Child
November 22, 2011 at 3:10 PMThank you, that is a good reminder. I forget that not everybody has the child's best interest in mind. How can people be so cruel?
Posted on: Where are you from?
November 22, 2011 at 3:07 PMDon't be so sure...I was just asked today if I was Chinese! :) I'm a non-Asian, Caucasian gal. And, it wasn't the first time, although it is rare. One person refused to believe I was American, and insisted I must be Vietnamese!
Posted on: Teaching Japanese Go
November 22, 2011 at 2:50 PMHmm, I couldn't help but picture the speakers as women who were after said gentleman's money. I have absolutely no idea at all if that could be a proper interpretation, but it made me laugh.
Posted on: Market Research 2: Management Report
November 22, 2011 at 7:13 AMExpansion sentences 有这句话： 一枝独秀.
“一枝独秀”这句话有没有贬义？如果我说，“那女孩儿一枝独秀”，这是好的还是坏的？或者，可能两个意思都可以，需要看上下文？
Posted on: 评《乔布斯传》
November 19, 2011 at 12:40 PMI should temper my above comment by pointing out that I'm only comparing the response of a few individual Americans to the response of a few individual Chinese. I wasn't in the States, and I haven't followed it on-line, so I didn't have the opportunity to witness the outpouring you saw, which I'm sure was impressive.
Posted on: Adopting a Chinese Child
November 19, 2011 at 12:33 PMSorry, I went and looked it up, and it was ten years required marriage, not twenty, and it was Haiti, not Mongolia. Mongolia only requires five years.
http://www.holtinternational.org/adoption/criteria.php
Posted on: 评《乔布斯传》
November 19, 2011 at 11:21 AMJust the viewpoint from where I am, masterkrang...
I'm American, and I felt that my Chinese friends took his parting more to heart than I or most of the Americans I know did. I certainly have an admiration for him, but many of my Chinese friends adored him, admired him, loved him, and dreamed of being just like him. I must admit that they were moved by his death, and that they discussed his passing on the whole, far more than I or my American friends did.
Posted on: Shopping for the Husband
November 25, 2011 at 7:23 AMbolotinrodrigo,
Surely no matter what country you are from, not giving a gift to someone in your wife's family when they are getting married would look bad. I'm American - I'd feel terrible if my husband begrudged a wedding gift to someone in my extended family. It would just look weird for him to choose to not give a gift.