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RJ
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 5: Wang Tries to Excel at the Office
November 17, 2008 at 4:07 PMSebire, Interesting. All the same issues I have :-). I actually wrote my masters thesis using LaTeX. At that time (1992) word was not yet even an option I dont think. I had to remember all those LaTeX commands, but at the time it was state of the art. Most people were still using typewriters. Not many people even knew what LateX was.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 5: Wang Tries to Excel at the Office
November 17, 2008 at 2:55 PMI too live in excel but I have to agree with Sebire, "word is crap". I have always hated it. Maybe because I never took the time to learn it well, but I have never gotten along with it.
Posted on: Moving House and Chinese Wineries
November 15, 2008 at 10:04 PMbbbdw,
yes to me it looks like burlap bags full of plastic bottles. Recycling plastic bottles is common. They are very light, hence the huge loads.
Posted on: 练书法
November 15, 2008 at 7:02 PMthe pinyin:
Xiao3shi2hou wo3 ba4ba ma1ma song4 wo3 qu4 xue2xiao4 xue2xi2 shu1fa3 hai2rang4 wo3 hui2jia1 yi3hou4 duo1 lian4xi2. ke3shi4 ta1men yi1dian3er ye3bu4 zhi1dao wo3 bu4 xiang3 xie3zi. Wo3 zhi1 xiang3 chu1qu wan2er, zhi1 xiang3 kan4 dong4hua4pian4er. Shi2 sui4de shi2hou, wo3de ba4ba ma1ma jue2ding4 rang4 wo3 qu4 can1jia1 shu1fa3 bi3sai4. Rang4 wo3 yi1zhi2 zai4 jia1li3 lian4xi2. Ke3shi4 zhe4 duo1 wu2liao2 a! yi1 ge xia4wu3 wo3 dou1 zai4 xie3 yi1 ge cheng2yu3. Ai1! Wo3 duo1 xiang3 chu1qu wan2 a! Ke3shi4 wo3de ma1ma shuo1: “bu4xing2, zhe4ge zi4 bu4hao3. Bu4xing2, na4ge zi4 bu4hao3.” Wo3 zhen1shi4 qi4si3le. Zhong1yu2 wo3 ba3 bi3 reng1 zai4 le di4shang. Zhe4ge shi2hou. Mo4shui3 ping2 dao3 zai4 le di4shang. Yi1xia4zi, qiang2 shang4, di4shang, zhi3shang4, wo3de yi1fu shang4, dou1 shi4 mo4zhi1. Wo3 hai4pa4 ji2le. Wo3 pa4 wo3de ma1ma ma4 wo3. Ke3shi4 ma1ma zhi1 shuo1le san1 ge4 zi4: “ji4xu4 xie3”.
Posted on: Moving House and Chinese Wineries
November 15, 2008 at 5:23 PMThe first time I went to china I arrived at night and I remember the first interesting thing I saw was a guy with an entire full grown (dead) pig affixed to his bicycle. Since then I have seen many huge mountainous loads resembling bababardwan's picture with the plastic bottles but I swear some stacked even higher. The most amazing I think was a two wheel bike with a full size stove mounted on one side of the back wheel and a full size refrigerator on the other. Perfect balance I guess but it had to be very heavy. I have no trouble believing these guys can move you with just a couple loads. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention.
Posted on: Moving House and Chinese Wineries
November 15, 2008 at 4:19 PMIt is amazing what they can and do get on the back of a bicycle. As long as it is balanced there seems to be no limit to the size or weight of the load.
As for "Moving house" - this sounds so strange to my american ears. We simply say I am moving, today is moving day, or I am going to move tommorrow. The house stays where it is. :-)
Posted on: Asking for Leave
November 15, 2008 at 1:50 AMI find it very odd that adult college students have to get permission for a day off. College is obviously much different in China.
Posted on: Asking for Leave
November 14, 2008 at 9:15 PMIt is true that the US is behind the rest of the world in vacation days. Although when I ask for leave or vacation I dont have to give a reason. I would find that quite unacceptable.
Posted on: Leaving Luggage with the Hotel
November 18, 2008 at 9:28 AMbbbdw,
whew, its a good thing I stopped working out. My God, can anybody find that attractive? I agree there is either a whole lot of steroids or a little bit of photoshop going on there. Eat your heart out Arnold.