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pretzellogic
Posted on: Working at the United Nations
May 10, 2010 at 1:14 AMTotally cool! I always forget how to say "United Nations" in Mandarin.
Posted on: Mother's Day
May 6, 2010 at 2:01 AMCertainly Mother's day is big back in the US, but in China, I haven't seen much telling us that mom's day is on the way. You also end up missing the Father's day drumbeat while in China as well.
Posted on: Massage and Renting an Apartment
May 4, 2010 at 1:32 AMshanghai_rocks, these aren't an exhaustive set of apartment lessons, but a great start:
Posted on: Delegating Tasks
April 26, 2010 at 4:00 AMGrace suggested this lesson for study, but I don't see how i'm supposed to add this and the other lessons she recommended to my dashboard for study. I suspect that that's included somewhere on the site, but I am hoping for something more clear to be posted on the dashboard itself about importing lessons for study to the dashboard.
I know there is an extensive set of questions and answers on tech issues associated with the dashboard, but if there's a quick answer to my question/statement above, i'd appreciate it.
Posted on: 网络红人
April 20, 2010 at 1:21 AMIf it weren't for ChinaSMACK, I would have never known of Brother Sharp.
Posted on: Kinds of Nuts
April 14, 2010 at 4:14 PMI've never heard of the "Hawaii nut". In Hawaii, macadamia nuts are the rage, or at least they were in the past.
Posted on: The Glory of Labor
April 12, 2010 at 2:20 PMJust curious why in Joachim's question above about why this is wrong:
for "Chinese learners" you would more likely say: 学中文的人 (Xué Zhōngwén de rén) rather than 中文学生们 (Zhōngwén xuésheng men)"
Posted on: Las Vegas
April 6, 2010 at 10:47 AMI was on a business trip to Vegas, and the only time I could run was early in the morning. I was up at 3:30am local time, but I was still on east coast US time. I ended up running at 4:30am, and the temperature in Vegas was still 95 degrees fahrenheit.
Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Day
April 2, 2010 at 10:11 AMTime to dig the tomb sweeping lesson up. Do people take the entire week off in China for this day?
Posted on: Blown Fuse
May 12, 2010 at 2:38 AMIf you're an electrician (and I am not), a fuse and a circuit breaker are 2 different things. Are they used synonymously in China? I ask because the name of the lesson is "Blown Fuse" yet the lesson discusses a circuit breaker. I remember an electrician giving me the lecture about a fuse being safer than a circuit breaker as I was replacing my 50 amp fuse box with a 100 amp circuit breaker panel.