User Comments - matt_c
matt_c
Posted on: Seeing off an Old Friend 渭城曲
January 27, 2009 at 11:48 AMNice work again Pete, again I must say that this show is an education in that cultural aspect of Chinese that I've been lacking all these years. :)
@Kesirui Really nice Pic!
Posted on: Making Dumplings
January 27, 2009 at 11:42 AM@tvan Hehe, I think qingdaossadventuresdotcom has spent a long time here in China, I also find myself, from time to time, using Chinese verbs and then adding an English tenses (eg. fang + 'ed') to them in English conversation.
I just ate yummy spicy dumplings for dinner , and drank the dumling water, with a generous helping of vinegar. Yum!
What's everyone eating tonight?
I'd better get back to our family Mahjongg game. 886
Posted on: Making Dumplings
January 27, 2009 at 4:44 AM@qingdaossadventuresdotcom I also heard that Marco Polo may have learnt about the pizza base in China, but I also heard from a Sicilin friend of mine that a pizza was usually used to throw all the left over food from the week on to. It may have been a Chinese inspired 饼 that was the base for this wonderful creation.
It's now lunch time so I'd better go back home for a feast.
Posted on: Gong Xi Fa Cai!
January 27, 2009 at 4:09 AM@vann0000 Thanks for the nice wallpapers :)
Posted on: Gong Xi Fa Cai!
January 26, 2009 at 12:48 PM@Everyone Again, Happy Niu Year!!! Best in Health and Happiness.
1. Happy Niu Year is actually a pun that the general populace of P.R.C has also cottoned on to.
2. Gong Hei Fat Choi as the title for various downloads (when it should be Gong Xi Fa Cai) is an intriguing phenomenon, it could even be a manifestation of the 'net' as an intelligent, conscious entity showing a temporary preference for Cantonese in wishing netizens Happy Niu Year... or not. I'm in Anhui, Lingbi, with inconsistent net access, thus upon my return to Shanghai will look further into this matter.
3. a)Yep, it's Australia Day today too. It should also be mentioned that Australia Day is also known as Invasion Day to quite a few people - a matter of some sensitivity and one upon which I have conflicting thoughts (both sides of the story speak their own unique truths - an issue for other forums).
3. b) @rjberki Thanks mate! :D My family and my mates usually celebrate with a big Barbie (BBQ party) involving lots of eating, swimming in backyard pools and the 'sensible' enjoyment of the various beers and wines that Australia has to offer (but a whole day of sensible enjoyment of such beverages usually leaves us quite weary by the evening). Although, I must say that in recent years, I myself, have spent this day in China. I might add that in recent years I and my close friends have spent the afternoon (despite the two hour time difference and with assistance of apps such as skype, irc etc.) discussing the future of our country with regards to important social issues relating to my previous point (3. a).
3.c) We also normally crank up the radio with Triple J's Hottest 100 broadcast (the top 100 songs played on radio in Australia as voted on by Australians). Although in recent years I've been less than pleased with what I've heard (a sign of age?).
4. We (my wife's family and I) played Mahjongg until 230am last night - love it!!!
All the best for the Year of the Ox!
Posted on: Gong Xi Fa Cai!
January 25, 2009 at 10:26 AMHAPPY NIU YEAR!!!!! HAPPY 牛 (niu2) Year!!!
Posted on: Chinese New Year News
January 25, 2009 at 10:22 AM@Obitoddkenobi @sunix @everyone!!! Thanks so much for your support and enthusiasm throughout this last Lunar Year, I'd like to also thank y'all for your (Poddies and staff) wonderful and heart warming welcoming of me to this awesome ChinesePod team. Hope to be even more 牛 niu2 this coming year (again please excuse the pun). Woohoo. I'm currently in Ling2bi4, An1Hui1, celebrating CNY with my wife's family so I'd better sign out - there's mahjongg to be played after dinner (it's almost 630pm- dinner time). Wish you all ( current and former cPodder/ies ) the best in health, fortune, and happiness for the coming year and beyond.
Posted on: Slang-ular Momentum
January 25, 2009 at 10:10 AMGotta love the old 88 :) What about 3K (thankyou)? I must admit I prefer writing things in full, but if you gotta 吹牛 (excuse the new year pun) then I guess you gotta huh! :) Happy Niu Year Poddies! :)
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 2: Pregnancy House Ar-rest
January 23, 2009 at 2:44 AM谁觉得在中国怀孕很麻烦？
Posted on: 麻将风波
January 28, 2009 at 4:15 AMBeing a fan of Mahjongg (but I don't like gambling), making this lesson with the team was great fun.
Back here in Lingbi it's been four straight days of family, beer, great food, sweets, sunflower seeds (lots of sunflower seeds) and... MAHJONGG MADNESS.
btw the lesson picture is from CNY with my wife's family back in 06.
@alexyzye Regarding the rules of mahjongg, there are many regional varieties however there are some standard rules across the board. I'll post some links later today - the connection is dropping out.