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RJ

Posted on: In Praise of Praise!
December 9, 2013 at 5:18 PM

you have poppies? splains a lot.

Posted on: Party Dues
December 9, 2013 at 10:23 AM

Being locked up for 16 years by the same people you were trying to be loyal to doesn't sound like a good system.

Posted on: On a Wok-About
December 9, 2013 at 8:39 AM

As far as Im concerned its all male. I have never met a female Jr. and it just doesn't make sense to me. You can call a young man "junior" if you don't know his name but depending on how its delivered it can be a little pejorative. You can also use it to imply someone sucks up to, and or imitates someone else constantly. Say our boss was baba and I could refer to one of our team mates as "baba junior over there", kind of like I did with dundee imitating Arsnell. Definitely not a compliment. Now I understand why baba missed my meaning.

Posted on: On a Wok-About
December 8, 2013 at 11:33 PM

Its easy to get lost in the outback. You don't have Juniors? I learn something new every day.

Posted on: On a Wok-About
December 8, 2013 at 10:24 PM

I was calling Paul Hogan's character "Rodney Ansell Jr" since he was based on Rodney Ansell (an Australian). Paul Hogan's character in the movie was crocodile Dundee in case I have lost you again. Who the hell is George?

Posted on: On a Wok-About
December 7, 2013 at 9:45 PM

Crocodile who? Successful? Is that the guy who was killed by a fish? Oh I remember, the guy with the big knife. Rodney Ansell Jr. I liked Rodney better.

Posted on: Party Dues
December 5, 2013 at 9:06 PM

Ah here:

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/school-life-in-china#sthash.d0djLFHr.dpbs

Posted on: Party Dues
December 5, 2013 at 9:03 PM

oh well, maybe you can get a 红领巾. I thought there once was a lesson on this but I cant find it.

Posted on: Restaurants with Entertainment
November 30, 2013 at 11:55 PM

Freddie had a girlfriend. hehe. There may have been a little extracurricular activity. Maybe thats why he had a 4 octave range.

Posted on: Party Dues
November 30, 2013 at 11:26 PM

from what I was told by our engineers (none of them party members) was that in college you must take on extra curricular party "coursework" and write papers and attend meetings etc until you are finally brought in. Apparently there is much less pressure to participate while in college these days. I was told only about 2% join. These guys went to the best schools requiring very high Gaokao scores so maybe they dont need the party on their resumes to find a job. Good English is more important when working for a large international company with offices in China. State run factories or those that were state run in the past tend to have mostly party members in high management positions however. I asked once, and that is what I was told.