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bingge
Posted on: Chinese New Year Plans
February 7, 2008 at 2:12 PMA big thank you to the entire Cpod staff. Thanks for all the hard work you put in this year and for making it so much fun to learn chinese with you. Thank you!! Happy New Year! 新年快乐！
Posted on: #35
January 30, 2008 at 5:48 PMhey, cpodsucks, what's up with the moniker?
Posted on: #35
January 30, 2008 at 12:57 PMuh huh, uh hum...I, like, totally knew the name of this movie before even listening to the clip. The intro, like, totally gave it away :)
Posted on: The First Tone
January 23, 2008 at 4:08 AMoh, hey, look at that - the words for magician are both first tone! 巫师 wu1shi1 - 对不对? (dui bu dui)
Posted on: The First Tone
January 23, 2008 at 4:02 AMWow, you guys are magicians - you made a lesson about the first tone interesting!! :)
Posted on: #33
January 16, 2008 at 6:12 PMI would like to be a bug on the wall during Cpod staff meetings :) haha. You guys are very entertaining.
Posted on: Bumming a Smoke
January 14, 2008 at 3:50 AMSpeaking of smoking cigars (this has nothing to do with learning chinese), does anyone remember this? Ken, apparantly you never had an Uncle Donald? hehe :)
Posted on: Trip to the Chinese Doctor and a Special Guest
January 4, 2008 at 11:56 PMI find it interesting that the Chinese don't know what to do with American superlatives and compliments. In my mind they are way more complimentary than Americans - only you have to take the compliments with a huge grain of salt :) I was speaking with our CFO today, who knows how to say 你好 (even though those, along with 发票, are the only words he speaks) and the business associates in China exclaim over how good his language skills are. He says the Chinese (people on the streets, his interpreters, etc) are always complimenting his looks, too. He just kind of laughs about it - but it is a little uncomfortable because he knows they're only "pai ma pi"-ing him and he isn't used to those types of compliments :-) When complimented by another American, we can sometimes just laugh and make a semi-sarcastic remark about ourselves or change the subject, etc. A lot of times we (women) even try not to respond in like kind because then the person is offended ("you're only complimenting me because I complimented you, you don't really mean it"). How do you guys respond to Chinese compliments? What kind of response is expected or most well received? What kind of responses do you warn against? Guess I'll go search for lessons on "giving and receiving a compliment" once I've finished my post. Regarding nepotism - that reminds me of a book on my "to-read" list - In Praise of Nepotism - looks like an interesting read!
Posted on: Before Noon, After Noon
January 2, 2008 at 11:57 PMoh yikes, did I really dare post that :)
Posted on: Franklicious Comes to Shanghai
February 16, 2008 at 2:09 AMFrank - just checked out your pics. They are absolutely, unbelievably, awesome!