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jennyzhu
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 2: Welcome to the Team
August 13, 2008 at 6:59 AMI read an interesting survey about 'sneaky' behaviours in the office in China. Top 5 are:
1) chatting, QQ, MSN
2) online shopping
3) downloading movies and TV
4) job hunting
5) trading stocks
Right now though, it's all about the Olympics. I check online report incessantly. Too bad most of the online TV coverage is IE based.
Posted on: The Panda's Secret Wish
August 13, 2008 at 4:10 AMinland,
熊猫眼/panda eyes refers to dark circles under eyes. Bags under eyes is 眼袋/yan3 dai4.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 2: Welcome to the Team
August 12, 2008 at 7:51 AMGlad you guys like this lesson. I used to think office politics is characteristically Chinese, but after watching the Office, I figure it's universal.
Posted on: Taking a Shower
August 11, 2008 at 8:48 AMA side note about shower, which many of you might already know: Chinese take showers at night lest we contaminate the scared clean bed (a quote from my mom).
Posted on: Olympic Excitement
August 9, 2008 at 1:59 PMDashan, cross talk perforamer, media personality and the most famous contemporary Canadian in China was in the Canadian delegation during the Opening Ceremony.
I think besides team China and president Hu jintao, Vladimir Putin and Kobe Bryant got the loudest cheer. A great epitome of China's past and present.
Posted on: Olympic Excitement
August 8, 2008 at 4:38 AMI'm almost not used to watching world class events in my time zone. 大家加油!!
Posted on: Rock, Scissors, Cloth
August 7, 2008 at 3:14 AMsfrrr,
What language is Lam Sam Po? Sounds a bit like Cantonese.
Jordan,
Wow, warlords were addicted to 石头，剪刀，布！Nowadays, it's hard to think anyone beyond the age of 10 doing it.
Posted on: 中国鬼节
August 6, 2008 at 4:22 PM上海基本上已经没有过鬼节的现象了。可能因为是移民城市，每个团体有自己的习俗，比较分散，所以很难保持下来。
Posted on: Sales Call
August 5, 2008 at 2:28 AMIt seems that the property management in my building sold the residents' phone numbers to nearby real estate agents. People in the building always get calls from them asking if we want to lease or sell our apartments.
Posted on: The Panda's Secret Wish
August 13, 2008 at 6:03 PMxuanzang,
That's a brilliant illustration of the difference in our humor. I always associate Mr. Bean with visa renewal since immigration offices in both Singapore and Australia showed it in their waiting room.