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Posted on: Where Children Come From
March 10, 2008, 11:09 PM

My little brother wanted to dump my sister in a dumpster for being a girl. (He really, really wanted a kid brother.)

Posted on: Making Comparisons Using 比 bǐ
February 25, 2008, 12:38 PM

Hey, this is extremely funny. Yesterday I was looking this 比 construction up in my grammar book and now there's a podcast about it! What a coincidence.

Posted on: Long Distance and Cultural Mysteries
February 24, 2008, 11:37 PM

@wolson: Check you wallet. Sounds like some way to get close to you to get stuff. In Rome they used to do that shit all the time as well. Only they used little kids with newspapers to distract you. @architpol: What's wrong with using bikes? It's really convenient and good for your health. Besides, as far as I know it's hard to get a permit in Shanghai and license plates are not cheap either. Here in the Netherlands there are millions and millions of bikes at well. Doesn't make us backwards or anything. It's just convenient.

Posted on: New York City
December 20, 2007, 11:35 PM

Nice. Anyway, somewhere around 5 minutes you bring up some kind of saying with 'money and eyes'. We sort of have a similar proverb in Dutch: "Je komt ogen en oren tekort." --> "You're short of eyes and ears." (And it has the same meaning as the Chinese phrase.) 88

Posted on: Yang Jie's Diary: Date with a Nerd
October 19, 2007, 12:39 PM

Haha, Bryan, I know... But I think the good guys should win.

Posted on: Yang Jie's Diary: Date with a Nerd
October 17, 2007, 07:58 PM

Hmm Yang Jie is such a ..... Maybe it would be nice to have the story go like this: Wang Wei goes to the library with her. Yang Jie starts to like him, but Wang Wei gets involved with Li Yan. Then Yang Jie gets really jealous and sad. The good girl wins and the arrogant girl loses. The End.

Posted on: Wang Wei's Diary: Food and Girls
October 05, 2007, 06:16 PM

Hehe, I love reading the comments here. Haha! Oh, and I agree with the comments here. We don't write diaries. It's not 'manly/masculine' to write a diary...