User Comments - RJ
RJ
Posted on: The Tea Scam
June 16, 2012 at 10:48 PMSo Bodawei, if I could afford to visit, what scam could I look forward to in Oz? Overpriced boxing Roo matches? Ive never been scammed in China, big city or small. I have purchased some knock-offs, but quite intentionally. I still have the Rolex I bought in 2004. it still runs, and from 2 ft away it looks as real as any genuine Rolex. I am quite proud of that watch and the fact that I managed to buy it for 150 RMB. It is my statement against materialism. I used to buy a supply of Mont Blanc pens to hand out as "gifts" in the US. I gave one to my boss and it promptly left a huge ink stain on his new shirt. Now that was worth every penny of my 10 RMB investment. Thank you China. If you don't walk around with "naive foreigner" stamped on your forehead, you should be just fine.
Posted on: Hiring and Employment
May 27, 2012 at 2:31 AMGāo xìng Greg. I have to admit, it sounded like that to me too. Its probably us. :-)
Posted on: Cell Phone Connectivity Issues
May 23, 2012 at 2:40 AMThey are called cell phones because they are connected through a network consisting of many adjacent hexagonal regions of area (cells), within which all phones within a cell connect directly to a single base station through a "cellular tower". As you travel from cell to cell your signal is picked up by the closest tower owned by your provider.
Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
May 22, 2012 at 3:21 AMIf I understand your question properly, this would be 25,000,000,000,000,000
25 quadrillion - see here for Chinese notations that large:
http://minutillo.com/steve/chinese/ridiculously-large-numbers/
there would be several ways to say this. One way would be 2.5 jing.
2.5 京 (两点五京） or maybe 两亿五千万亿 would work. Even in English numbers like this are usually expressed in scientific notation - 2.5 E16
Posted on: Chinese Cartoon Characters
May 21, 2012 at 2:03 AMHe does at that. We need some video samples. Some of these look pretty interesting. I love xi yang yang, but that song gets stuck in your head.
Posted on: The Different Differences of Different and Difference
May 19, 2012 at 5:26 PMMuch better than last week. Amber was an icon from a much friendlier time. I just thought her "passing" at least deserved a mention. Then again, maybe we are just getting old Jess, like the dinosaurs. :-)
Posted on: The Snail Maiden
May 17, 2012 at 12:53 PMHehe, don't sweat it Mark. I have never seen you misspell a Chinese character. And you're right about the "right". I'm sure they would consider snailamony a forbidden and slippery slope. Mark's character website:
http://huamake.com/home.htm?thePage=huamakefaqnew
Posted on: Changing Subway Lines
May 14, 2012 at 1:22 AMtry here
http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/
Posted on: The Stable 稳 (wen)
May 13, 2012 at 2:16 PMpselby
the dialog page does show the idiomatic english translation. The literal translation is also helpful and is provided only by the roll-over. Could it be that you dont know how to turn it on? Click small grey cogwheel in the upper right corner of text box to set for display of english translation. Hope that helps.
Posted on: Carpooling
June 17, 2012 at 4:54 PMHey Rich,
good to see a familiar face in the back room. Love the Library, (and its back where it belongs in the main banner). If I had a wish, it would be that I could set the default page to which Library opens. "Latest" would work best for me, but I understand why it was made "Courses". Anyway its only one more click. Not a problem. Good luck with the job.