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Posted on: Addressing People
August 3, 2008 at 2:14 PM

rjberki,

Well, "Boss Hog" would be 猪老板, yes, but Amber mentioned in the podcast that some bosses are surnamed 朱, which I guess is what was going through my mind when I typed 朱老板.

Sorry for the confusion! I wasn't really thinking...

Posted on: Addressing People
August 3, 2008 at 8:33 AM

Suburbanite,

Hmmm, good point. Where is the BSR now? I don't even know. I feel so left out!

Enjoyed the 朱老板 thing. Heh.

Posted on: Jazz and China from a Different Perspective
August 2, 2008 at 9:07 AM

BTW, I had an interesting talk with Anthony when he visited ChinesePod. Here's a picture of his PDA, which I found fascinating:

Posted on: Jazz and China from a Different Perspective
August 2, 2008 at 8:32 AM

Amber's super-Canadian moment from this podcast:

Oh, that's true, hey? (13:25)

:)

Posted on: Tool Delivery
July 31, 2008 at 1:22 AM

This was a fun lesson to do.

A new classic...?  :)

Posted on: Microsoft
July 29, 2008 at 2:18 AM

garfaldo,

Yes, you're right. One easy way to check is that if you do a Google search for 軟體, the first three results end in .tw.

Posted on: Microsoft
July 28, 2008 at 6:12 AM

a1pi2,

Sorry we missed you! Some of us around here tend to take late lunches (leaving around 12:30 or 1pm).

Posted on: Microsoft
July 28, 2008 at 2:43 AM

I know two people that have worked for Microsoft in Beijing. This dialogue is more practical than you might think!

Posted on: Taxi Destination
July 28, 2008 at 1:56 AM

anayelena,

Yes, you could say that.  The characters are 让我看一下.

Posted on: Taxi Small Talk
July 24, 2008 at 5:34 AM

joannah,

Even better than Mr. T??

Yeah, SpanishPod's JP Villanueva is a man of many talents.