User Comments - mayor_bombolini

Posted on: Instant Noodles

chiongzibide,

Agree the dialogue is a little fast, but this is conversation speed in China. 

Some of the teaching tools I've used in the past babied me.  There is no babying on this lesson. 

I'm coming to realize that listening ability is probably the most important ability. 

Sorry I don't have an answer for your question.

regards, Bill M.

Posted on: China Fruit and Pre-Marital Sex

ontone, agree: what's the business model?

Auntie,

Missed your comment earlier in the thread.  Love that neighborhood.  Also used to love to go for long early morning walks over in the Botanical Gardens....used to live on Dalvey in somebody's basement.  Most interesting was seeing Israli Embassy Guards walking the street in 90+F degree, 90+ humidity weather in long rain coats.  Never saw an Uzi but these boys had a certain demeanor.  Funny I never ran into them over at the Top Ten (it can't still exist,can it?). 

Posted on: China Fruit and Pre-Marital Sex

I'm here to say you can eat Durian and drink whiskey afterwards (I would not take them together however).

Singaporean's have this concept of "heaty" foods (I hope I got the Singalish right).

Durian and whisky are both considered "heaty".

I believe the Chinese have a similar concept.  Is the concept from China?  Anybody have the related vocab or point me to the lesson?

Thanks

Posted on: Dealing with Praise

jill348.

Also try:

你过奖了.  ni3guo4jiang3le: you are flattering me.

Another one is bu4gan3dan1 不敢当: I don't deserve this or you flatter me.

You can copy the characters in the search section to get examples.

Posted on: Fortunate Cookies

Changye,

Very funny response.  Your a good teacher and a fast learner. 

I had to check if TIME Magazine is still in print.  It's gone way down hill with the growth of the internet.

Posted on: Missing Luggage

I agree with Jenny.  Bags do have a soul or least minds of their own.  I had a big bright green bag, named The Green Monster, that was never lost in many years of travel.

I now have a small bag for short trips that has been lost 3 times in the last 12 months.  It likes to roam but always comes home.  I try not to check it in anymore.

How do I say my luggage has a mind of it's own? 

My guess:

我的行李有自己的脑子。 wode xingli you ziji de naozi.

Would this be understood?

Posted on: Fortunate Cookies

Changye,

The English is Ok on the fortune.  We have a game we play where we add the words "in bed" to the end of the fortune.  This game is for adults only.  Oftentimes the fortune becomes very funny when the 2 words are added. 

In recent years, I think the writers of the fortunes caught on to the game.  Some add 2 dashes for the words "in bed" at the end.  There is a lot of double entendre in the fortunes these days.

Flexible nature "--" could be taken to have more than one meaning. 

Best regards, Bill M.

Posted on: Who is that?

shanyisheng says

Posted on: Dealing with Praise

gorkembinnur,

Agree.  You are correct.  It should read "bu yong shuo le".

Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hong Kong

Best method I've found for eating chicken feet and other "bone-in" type foods is:

Put the whole bit in your mouth and start chewing around the edges.  Work the bones free with your teeth and tongue while still chewing on the flesh, skin and cartilage.  Spit the bones out.  If you need to, put your chop sticks to your mouth to pull the bone out. 

This also works for small shrimp/prawns with shell.