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Posted in Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Nov 9th, 2007
NOTE: Sorry for the slow load, but I’m including quite a few pictures today. The rest are here… Also, I finally got the picture of the lobby which I’ve added to the previous post.
Today, I went teapot shopping. As some of you know, I really like Chinese tea and Yixing teapots (teapot is 茶壶, or […]
Posted in Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Nov 6th, 2007
Well, nobody has complained about the load time for the blog, even with all the pictures I’ve added in, so I’ve added a few more in this post. I figure this is because a) everyone has broadband and doesn’t notice, b) nobody is reading the blog, so they don’t notice or c) those that […]
Posted in Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Nov 2nd, 2007
Link to the other pix of today…
As I sit at the desk in my hostel room, or rather cubby hole (which is nice and cozy as compared to too small), and try to collect my thoughts about Hangzhou, I realize that many thoughts simply cannot be conveyed. As communication takes place, the sender encodes their […]
Posted in Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Oct 31st, 2007
Well, it’s been a couple of days since I posted. I’m starting my first night in Hangzhou, but I want to go back a couple of days to talk about touring Shanghai… First, though, here is the link to the rest of the pictures from this day.
My friend and colleague, Zhang Wenjin, was afraid her […]
Posted in Current Events, Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Oct 28th, 2007
When I first got to Chengdu (Sichuan province) last Wednesday (2007-10-24), I ate that evening in a local restaurant down the street and the customers were all fixated on the TV screen. There was a rocket, obviously getting ready for takeoff. I tried to find out what was going on, with questions like 那是什么 (nǎ […]
Posted in Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Oct 8th, 2007
Well, as you can see, I had a very busy and productive day! I met a lot of nice people, had Peking Duck (picture below), etc. I’ll put these into different headlines below, so you don’t have to read the parts you aren’t interested in…
Cell phone problems resolved
Well, I found out my cell phone has […]
Posted in Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Oct 6th, 2007
Yesterday, I went to the Forbidden City (故宫, or Gùgōng). I’ve uploaded some pictures here.
You may be wondering about the title of the post. Well, I had read all about the various hustlers that operate around Tiananmen Square, including ones that pose as students that want to learn English, then try to get you to […]
Posted in Places in China, Learning 汉语 on Oct 5th, 2007
Well, I really enjoyed my first day here. Because this is a Golden Week (when everyone in China is off work and going to tourist spots), I decided to spend a couple of days going to non-tourist areas. I walked approximately 10 miles today.
The first journey was to Xidan, a shopping area that is not […]
Posted in Chinese Idioms, Learning 汉语 on Jul 31st, 2007
塞翁失马, 焉知祸福 sài wēng shī mǎ, yān zhī huò fú
I find myself thinking about this idiom a lot. As with all Chinese proverbs, there’s a story behind these few words that is then condensed down:
Once upon a time, an old man’s horse ran away. His friends and neighbors lamented his misfortune, but […]
Posted in Learning 汉语, China Trip on Jul 9th, 2007
I’m sure I’ll use this for a few other things, but I have never been much of a diary writer. I am so psyched about going to China this October, though, that I think I’ll overcome my writer’s inertia. I probably should have started this a year ago, when I first thought of taking a […]
