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Posted on: 定做的噩梦
December 25, 2007 at 2:33 AM

Merry Christmas all !! I am into it already ...been to Church, visited friends, had my first red wine for the day! will be into Christmas lunch soon ...I hope your day starts as well as mine....again to all at Chinesepod and Podders MERRY CHRISTMAS from Panda 2

Posted on: A Present from Santa Claus
December 25, 2007 at 2:28 AM

To all you PODDER'S ? out there MERRY CHRISTMAS To the Chinese pod team best wishes thanks for all your good work through the year. .... Great stuff keep up the good work, have a happy new year all !!! Play hard and safe, and I hope we all have a great Xmas! and a great new year ... Must be China's year 2008??? If only the quality of all things out of China were as good as you produce!!!

Posted on: Getting Stuff Made & Meeting People
December 23, 2007 at 11:41 AM

Well a lot to comment on this week, on shopping the rule is the same as at home ...you get what you pay for ..Know your prices when shopping around. the markets can be a rip off if you get JUNK, most things are fake and as with ALL Chinese products check the quality. Shanghai is NOT China so anybody can find a place to settle in! My advise is to make Chinese friends do Chinese things, and for time out meet up with westerners at a bar once a week to get some English conversation..Small cities are great you are forced to become Chinese to survive. It is hard but worth while. Christmas is not big in China most large cities with hotel chains will promote Christmas dinner and party, but in smaller towns forget it!! When working in a coastal city we had to arrange our own Christmas through local foreign contacts Chinese new year is celebrated in my family circle, even though we are not Chinese, it is a nice way to enjoy the traditions and a good reason to enjoy the food. Being with several youth groups in my home town it is also a way to promote understanding of other beliefs.

Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 10, 2007 at 3:46 AM

These masks are used all over Japan, they appeared in China after SARS. I have many memories of them during the SARS outbreak, and how we were confined to our home town during the period NO travel allowed. USA and Japan would not let you in for months afterwards!!! SARS did stop the Chinese "HACK" not so mutch spitting in public now !! There were some great health promotions during that period!! some great billboards ...many good photos!!

Posted on: Using ChinesePod
December 10, 2007 at 3:37 AM

Thats what you call QUICK service, fixed in under five minutes...great stuff !!! Keep up the good work.

Posted on: Winter Fun
November 29, 2007 at 1:20 AM

guys you have put the kiss photo into the so tall lesson? overnight tinkering with system?? I like this lesson, looking forward to HARBIN & snow & baijiu !!!

Posted on: Eileen's Big News
November 17, 2007 at 3:41 AM

Henning you are correct ! "Isn't the question "Why do tje Chinese have no problem with nudity?" the wrong one? Shouldn't it be "Why do North Americans have a problem with nudity?" be more to the point?" Not only North Americans but all British countries. It is not a problem in Asian countries, Japan is realy into common bath houses. In China and Japan as stated it in the norm to walk around naked in the change room . (no strutting ) Mixed nudity is not a problem in China, once you become part of the community in areas away from the main cities. In the past with large family brothers and sisters mixed freely due to the limited rooms for privacy, communal bath houses and the like made it acceptable to be naked but always modest. "Unisex toilets" and showers are also very normal, and doors are left open, and yes all sort of discussions take place while on the toilet! The bodily functions are taken for granted. It is a part of life. The current generation of "single child" is changing the relaxed nature of this subject as they do not get the " exposure to others as much " and the community bath houses are becomming less common in new area's Regarding theft of Bikes I have lost 3 so far, even the big locks will not stop them.

Posted on: Nakedness and Thieves
November 17, 2007 at 3:41 AM

Henning you are correct ! "Isn't the question "Why do tje Chinese have no problem with nudity?" the wrong one? Shouldn't it be "Why do North Americans have a problem with nudity?" be more to the point?" Not only North Americans but all British countries. It is not a problem in Asian countries, Japan is realy into common bath houses. In China and Japan as stated it in the norm to walk around naked in the change room . (no strutting ) Mixed nudity is not a problem in China, once you become part of the community in areas away from the main cities. In the past with large family brothers and sisters mixed freely due to the limited rooms for privacy, communal bath houses and the like made it acceptable to be naked but always modest. "Unisex toilets" and showers are also very normal, and doors are left open, and yes all sort of discussions take place while on the toilet! The bodily functions are taken for granted. It is a part of life. The current generation of "single child" is changing the relaxed nature of this subject as they do not get the " exposure to others as much " and the community bath houses are becomming less common in new area's Regarding theft of Bikes I have lost 3 so far, even the big locks will not stop them.

Posted on: Pricey Beer
October 19, 2007 at 3:04 AM

My favourite subject (almost) Why would you drink anything but local beer in Northern China ?? The home of great beers… Not the girly import!!

Posted on: Table Manners and Tipping
October 13, 2007 at 8:37 AM

Henning You are right fish head is great, it makes a great soup, one of the best soups in China is Fish head soup from Northern China, lots of meat and chili !!! Amber eat the fish head "cheeks" you cn leave the eyeballs to the locals !!! They love them !!