User Comments - mandarinkoala

Posted on: Asking for a Raise

I agree. Well, CPod?

Posted on: Asking for a Raise

Lost on everybody, I'd say. Yet Chinese humour is so different.

Posted on: Meeting the Girlfriend's Parents

I never had any problems when meeting my chinese in-laws for the first time. Mind you my chinese wasn't as good then, but they enjoyed my attempts to speak to them, and that the "baby" of the family liked me. Her sisters and their hubbies also like me. So different to Western ways!

Posted on: Flying a Kite

Does anybody know a good kite shop in Beijing? Great weather for it.

Posted on: Visiting the Hospital with a Fever

Useful lesson indeed.

Can anyone tell me why when you go visit a Doctor, he insists in clearing his lung by spitting in the office? At least in Shanghai they do.

Posted on: No Spring, No Wedding?

I found Spring failed to come in 2002 China until June. I was wearing 3 layers until then!

Posted on: No Spring, No Wedding?

I agree with this. Spring certainly hasn't arrived in Beijing, and probably won't until June!

Posted on: Foot Therapy

I've only just accessed this lesson, and found it to be quite accurate. While my doctor in Oz scoffed at this method treating illnesses, after many foot massages, and almost as many years in China, I find they do work extremely well. Well don CPod on a non-exaggerated and informative/interesting lesson. It has helped me.

Posted on: Buying a Shirt

& a Shanghai woman (our Landlord) told me that Shanghai people speak Mandarin better than anywhere else!

Posted on: A Cell Phone Ad on TV

Jenny, are they REAL iPhones? I got offered one, with my wife, at 600 RMB. In Yanatai phone market.