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Posted on: Going to the Pharmacy
April 20, 2008 at 9:31 AMahh.. yes.. that would be a shame.. although.. I went to a Chinese herbalist supermarket last week and they had about 3 or 4 times as many staff as in a normal chemist the same size.. So may be not as quickly as you might think.
Posted on: Fruit Salad
April 20, 2008 at 8:41 AMKen sounds a lot healthier and happier in the lesson that was released today: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/going-to-the-pharmacy/discussion You can really hear it in his voice and mannerisms. You can tell he is still sick but not as badly as this day's lesson. If it's the same day of recording then I would be surprised..
Posted on: Going to the Pharmacy
April 20, 2008 at 8:39 AMWhat part is sad, rj? I missed the pointer to the reference there..
Posted on: Fruit Salad
April 20, 2008 at 8:00 AMOn the topic of pinyin and the PDF transcript: Has the idea of using Zhuyin in the PDFs ever come up?
Posted on: Going to the Pharmacy
April 20, 2008 at 7:11 AMI have heard, though I may have misunderstood, that not covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze in China is very common. If people covered their mouth, wouldn't that make wearing masks obsolete?
Posted on: Going to the Pharmacy
April 20, 2008 at 4:58 AMYou sound a lot better than you did in yesterday's Newbie lesson Ken. I hope it is true that you are feeling better.. you even sound happier and healthier. :) 流 - flowing like a river.. lol.. Ken.. you are so funny sometimes. :) And gross too! :) It's good to hear you don't lose your humour when your humours have been lost. :) Ha! Did you see what I did there? :) lol.. I also am in a happy mood now because I earlier had a headache this morning and now I don't! :) Yay! :)
Posted on: Fruit Salad
April 20, 2008 at 4:32 AMYou can send the answer to the limerick puzzle by clicking on her name, then click "Send Message" next to her profile. I think she also has one at praxis.com but I forget what it is now..
Posted on: Roommates and What Chinese Think of Foreigners
April 20, 2008 at 4:29 AMHe is just the black sheep of the family.. we like to keep him in the basement but sometimes he gets out. :p
Posted on: Beijing/Shanghai and Being a Good Guest
April 19, 2008 at 9:10 PMxuchen said: "and at the end when I did the sneak off to the bathroom to pay trick they had already done it!!! " Haha!! I nearly fell off my seat there.. that is so funny. :) I love Chinese people, they are so nice and cute. xuchen said: "At they end we all shared our "thank you"s and "hao chi"s but I can't help but feel a little dumb.." Haha.. I also feel like this at the end of going to dinner with chunmei, she orders everything however we take it in turns to pay (I make sure I have the money out VERY early..). I sometimes feel like she is bored with me having to put up with this annoying westerner who is trying to learn mandarin.. lol.. but she keeps calling me and replying to my text messages so it can't be all that bad.. :)
Posted on: Going to the Pharmacy
April 20, 2008 at 9:33 AMSorry.. I meant to include the fact that I live in Sydney and the store was in the middle of the city.. so having that many staff would not make a lot of economical sense considering that the rent in those locations is excessively high.