Happy Birthday Bazza! 生日快乐！
obitoddkenobi
February 10, 2008 at 06:58 AM posted in General Discussion
wei1xiao4
February 16, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Bazza, 生日快乐! You are so young! Don't be afraid to do what you love. I bet there is a part for you in Frank's movie. You can be Frank's sidekick. It will be like "Superbad" only in Chinese. Ha! 欣赏生活! Enjoy life!
auntie68
February 16, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Happy Birthday! You are so young, cf, this Auntie! Heh heh. Seriously, thank you for everything you do for us here on CPOD... Many happy returns!
RJ
February 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM
evelyne is right on Bazza - I just heard an old joke that reminded me of your situation. The guy gets married and he says "Well, now I cant leave". A year later he has his first child and he says, "shit! I could have left!" Anyway, now is the time my friend.
RJ
daizi
February 11, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Bazza:
对不起，我祝迟了你生日快乐、长寿！
Duìbuqǐ，wǒ zhù chí le nǐ shēngrìkuàilè, chángshòu!
Sorry to be late in wishing you Happy Birthday and Long Life!
rich
February 11, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Hmm... I bet before Bazza a tree could fall in the CPod forest and no one would hear it. (And the Jenny Zhu fan club was a lot smaller, or even non-existant, before Bazza started it. :P)
frank
February 11, 2008 at 09:21 PM
The Mighty Bazzaaaaaaaa! Happy belated birthday to you, sir! I always think of you as the first among us. What ever did ChinesePod do before you got here? :-)
evelyne
February 11, 2008 at 05:09 PM
Hi! you must be joking!
you're all so young! and for you it's not too late, sure!
.. what should I say? that I am 62, started learning chinese at 60 and went twice to China from France.
But I must confess that I hesitate this year and i would like to be at least 10 years younger to be able to find a new job in China and live there! I dare not anymore.
so, do all you want NOW and go to China
excuter
February 11, 2008 at 02:59 PM
Happy Birthday (even though I´m a bit late as some other´s around here, at least I´m not the only one...) ^_^
bazza
February 11, 2008 at 01:17 PM
Just had a idea on how to remember all the family titles, just make a list of everyone in your own family by name then work out the correct title for each one of them.
bazza
February 11, 2008 at 01:04 PM
It's probably not that hard to work out in Chinese.
It doesn't work on this one though, as it only goes 3 deep.
http://www.mandarintools.com/family.html
I think it will be mother's younger sister's daughter's son. ;)
rich
February 11, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Happy be-lated Birthday Bazza, and congrats on your new second cousin (or is that second cousin once removed? whatever... hate to even think what the Chinese is for it). Cool we share the same birthmonth... yet I will always be older than you. Ack... the 28th is right around the corner too. :(
RJ
February 11, 2008 at 09:25 AM
Ok Cal, while Im at it Ill start one for me too. Anybody wants to donate send you fives tens and twentys and mark them Bazza, Cal, or RJ and Ill let you know how were doing. At least you live in Chicago Calkins, its a straight shot from there. I really dont mind the 13 hour flight from China to Chicago, its the waiting around for a cramped shuttle to Cleveland with the usual delay that hurts. Its takes nearly as long to get from Chicago to Cleveland as it does to get from Chicago to China. How long are you planning to stay in Taiwan again? To do Photography?
sparechange
February 11, 2008 at 02:45 AM
Happy birthday, bazza!
Gotta love those CPod age groups. I was so depressed when I had to move up a notch on my last birthday.... ;-)
calkins
February 11, 2008 at 02:31 AMHey Bazza, Happy Birthday...a day late I believe! You should definitely move to Shanghai if you really feel it in your heart. I'm, ahem, 6 years your senior (shhhhh, don't tell anyone) and am moving to Taiwan this year. Not floating my own boat here, just saying that it's never too late to do something that you really want to do...especially when you aren't married and don't have children. I think it's good to stir the pot ever 5 or so years! You can always find a job, find ways to make money etc., AND you just might find that extra special lady:) RJBerki, you can start up a collection for me too!
RJ
February 11, 2008 at 02:12 AM
Maybe if we take up a collection. Everyone pays a dollar and Bazza moves to SH. Cpod can adopt him. If I were in your shoes I would already be spending my second year in SH. Sometimes you have to force yourself into a challenge. I have never regretted one of these types of challenges although many were painful at first.
tvan
February 11, 2008 at 01:27 AM
Bazza, 祝你生日快乐！ And don't forget, you're still not too old to move to Shanghai. :)
bazza
February 11, 2008 at 01:04 AM
My cousin give birth to a baby boy today (well yesterday now) so he'll have the same birthday as me. How cool is that? :)
RJ
February 10, 2008 at 10:44 PM
31 is a good age. Old enough to know better but still young enough to do it anyway. By the time you are aert's age you too will be fluent in Chinese, and wise in the ways of the world, if you stick with it. Happy Birthday.
RJ
henning
February 10, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Bazza,
ever looked at aert's bio?
http://chinesepod.com/connections/userdetail/aert
Based on his brilliant posts that guy is still far from getting old
BTW: We are in the same CPod age group now.
henning
February 10, 2008 at 07:23 AM
Happy Birthday!
And do never forget: You are the elder among our CPod tribe (in CPod user time, that is). Great honor, great responsibility.
Never stop posting here, just because you achieve fluency. We would be all lost.
Julesong
February 16, 2008 at 06:07 PMBelated, I my birthday wishes are. :) But Happy Birthday, all the same!