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Posted on: Swimming Cap
July 24, 2013 at 2:57 AM

Sounds like you are completely bald. If you are merely "no hair on the top, and short hair on the sides/back" like me, then you get yelled at sometimes by the swimming pool police :-)

Posted on: So (adjective) that...
July 22, 2013 at 8:30 AM

I'll have to put this "yo mama" joke in the catalogue. I never noticed it before! :-)

Posted on: Going for Younger Guys
July 10, 2013 at 7:12 AM

Now I understand. Thanks xkcd!

http://xkcd.com/314/

Posted on: Something about Drinking
July 7, 2013 at 11:48 PM

my anecdotes suggest that telling people you're muslim will work well. Not drinking alcohol because you're muslim is a reasonable excuse for most Chinese business situations. You'd better be consistent with it though.

Posted on: The Wonders of WeChat
July 3, 2013 at 5:05 AM

The player I know says that with WeChat, you don't even need the digits anymore!! I am so old school....

Posted on: Foreign Father Loses His Cool
July 2, 2013 at 12:45 AM

Amusingly, your post reminded me of a quote a mutual fund portfolio manager gave our class once:

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored" - Aldous Huxley

Then I went to his wikipedia page and found Huxley had made other statements that were apparently well known.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley

Posted on: This is outrageous!
June 24, 2013 at 1:49 AM

interestingly though, MDGB has 公务舱 gōngwùcāng for business class.

Posted on: This is outrageous!
June 24, 2013 at 1:42 AM

I think business class is 商务舱 shāng4wū4cáng, (somebody correct me if I'm wrong ) from this lesson:

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/booking-a-plane-ticket#sthash.jD6ZSLb6.dpbs

Posted on: A Chinese Bachelor Party
June 20, 2013 at 7:32 AM

no, but, "your friend" can click on the tag "marriage" then click on the tag "sex". Many of the lessons that come up have general for maturity.

Posted on: The Seven Year Itch 5 - Beyond the Itch
June 20, 2013 at 4:33 AM

oooh, it must be really juicy then! too bad I didn't download it; I wonder if its racier than the "Bachelor Party" :-)