User Comments - bodawei
bodawei
Posted on: Getting to Know CPod Teacher Helen (and exciting content news)!
March 16, 2010 at 2:32 AMChinese characters 'live on' even if officially abandoned. Eg. If you are now middle-aged you learnt Chinese characters in school - so maybe 30 - 40% of the population learnt them in school, and some may remember them. ;-) (Even some young people know their characters - maybe taught by grandparents?)
Also, many place names (eg. metro stops, landmarks) are written in Chinese characters still. And the name of the capital only changed in the last decade, I don't remember the year exactly. So when any Government decides to 'abandon' something, the people decide when to implement the policy fully？
BTW, do you think that Japanese is to Korean (see above) as Chinese is to Korean?
Posted on: Asking for the WiFi password
March 16, 2010 at 2:16 AMI see from that link that other popular 'combinations' in the US are 1234567 and 12345678. Maybe people think that 123456 is too obvious. ;-)
Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?
March 16, 2010 at 2:09 AM在中国如果你定一份炒饭服务员一般给我勺子。
Posted on: Asking for the WiFi password
March 16, 2010 at 1:31 AMOne of the most common passwords in China is 0123456789. It's not real secure.
Posted on: The Customer Comes First
March 15, 2010 at 2:24 PMThe writing just gets better and better, ..越来越好。 It is a tasty amalgam of practicalities and piffle. Fantasy and fact. Very funny.
The premise is not very authentic (in my experience) but who cares? It's entertaining and there is plenty of meaty language to take away. Thanks guys.
Posted on: Hobbies: Music
March 15, 2010 at 1:23 PMWest Tigers beat Manly 26-22 in a Monday night thriller at the Sydney Football Stadium (Sydney Morning Herald).
Just explaining why our fellow poddie had to change his name again. :-)
Posted on: Hobbies: Music
March 15, 2010 at 1:17 PMNot the same, and it is my mistake, sorry. It is actually called University High School; it's in Parkville. I think Melbourne HS is on the other side of the creek.
Posted on: The Shanghai Literary Festival
March 14, 2010 at 1:43 PMYou always learn more in return on these boards - 对吗？
Posted on: The Shanghai Literary Festival
March 14, 2010 at 12:58 PM'But I think deep down there are also still many fundamental things that are the same'
I think I agree with you here too - we just need to be clear what we mean. There is some level of 'humanity' that we all share - two arms, two legs etc. Also, we all protect the ones we love etc.
It is what we call 'culture' (learned behaviour) is where the differences lie. In the case of China and Australia, big differences.
Posted on: The Customer Comes First
March 16, 2010 at 2:41 AMIn China it is the same except that mostly there is no deadline and no real need for the receipt - just make a loud noise.