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Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hunan
May 8, 2008 at 1:55 PMThanks for posting those pictures, Clay. Looking forward to future installments in this series.
Posted on: Not on purpose
April 25, 2008 at 10:59 PMI'm glad to see the dissection of bathroom/WC /toilet vocab in the comments, as I just suggested this as a possible QW last week. Glad to know that 洗手间 is most formal... but what would be the least formal? For instance, slang expressions similar to "can", "loo", or "pisser"?
Posted on: Ending Your Sentence with 吧 (ba)
April 8, 2008 at 10:42 PMRequest for a future 请问... breakdown the various vocabulary and expressions for the term "bathroom" (厕所, 浴室, 卫生,etc). Which is most formal ("restroom"), which is more like slang ("can" or "loo")??? Is one word used to entail a room with both a toilet and a shower or tub?
Posted on: Buying Batteries
April 5, 2008 at 11:39 PMHow would one ask for an electrical socket adapter and/or a voltage converter?
Posted on: Buying Batteries
March 11, 2008 at 1:35 AMSo glad to see this lesson, as I was wondering about this very topic as recently as yesterday. Thanks!
Posted on: Beijing/Shanghai and Being a Good Guest
March 4, 2008 at 12:14 AMThanks Amber, Arthur, and Jenny... another good one. I'd love it if you could follow up with more DA's exploring different cities/destinations in China.... Xi'an, Chengdu, Kunming, etc. etc. etc.
Posted on: The Non-Chinese Speaking Tourist and Toilets
January 12, 2008 at 4:55 PMTalk about breaking down barriers! I think this DA opened up a whole new level of intimacy within the community. Question... what are you supposed to do with the little scoop/bucket floating in the big 50 gallon drum of water? Splash it on your backside?
Posted on: The Non-Chinese Speaking Tourist and Toilets
January 11, 2008 at 10:21 PMBased on experiences traveling in other parts of SE Asia, I'd say that if you strategically plan your toilet stops you can in most cases avoid the squat toilets. Only once was I forced to cave in, and that was after something bad that I ate at a night market in Laos... its surprising how quickly the courage materializis in those "do or die" moments. But I have also heard about the "healthy colon" factor that Sebire mentioned...
Posted on: Mother's Birthday
January 9, 2008 at 10:28 PMOkay... it's starting to make more sense to me... Thanks again Amber!
Posted on: Olympic Excitement
August 8, 2008 at 11:52 PMAdam... It's broadcasting in its entirety on NBC at 6:30pm Pacific time in the U.S. (approx. 90 minutes from now) We'll be some of the last people on Earth to see it (except for perhaps Hawaiins).