User Comments - urbandweller

urbandweller

Posted on: Seeing Somebody to the Door

January 12, 2009 at 7:11 PM

Thanks for another culturally rich lesson….but I think the whole concept of seeing someone to the door goes beyond China.

The reason I say that is because my Filipino friends are the same way. They are my age but always insist on walking me to my car and then watching as I drive away. Then there was this one time at the airport….I went with them to drop off a friend who was moving out of the country. I thought we would just walk to the door and then leave within a few minutes after saying goodbye…

Nope! We had to stay and wait with our friend the whole time for like 2 hours! Then, they insisted on standing there, waving and smiling for 5 minutes until our friend was literally out of sight! When i inquired later about it, they said it was just "the right thing to do"

It really says something about the love and respect asian cultures have for their friends and family. I thought it was so sweet, quite endearing and it brought tears to my eyes…I will never forget it.

Posted on: The Final Show

January 10, 2009 at 5:36 AM

Amber,

This comes as a real surpise...I am really saddened by the loss of your talent from Chinesepod...you brought such fun and insight to learning about this wonderful culture. Your podcasts were a big reason why i signed up to for this site!

But i am always inspired by people that completely change their lives to pursue a new dream. So i wish you only the best of luck on your future endeavours. You are talented and beautiful so you WILL go far. Every time you shoot for the stars you will definitely be landing among them.

Welcome to the States my friend! I plan on being in the Big Apple someday too so i will look you up.

加油AMBER! 加油！

-Adam (urbandweller)

Posted on: All the Things You Can Hit: 打 (dǎ)

January 5, 2009 at 4:33 AM

dunderklumpen

thats funny...i also like to try and decipher the small talk of Connie and Jenny in the lessons!

Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises

January 4, 2009 at 1:31 AM

NO EYES LEFT BEHIND!! 哈哈哈哈哈哈！

good one JP!

Posted on: How do you take your coffee?

January 2, 2009 at 4:42 PM

anybody know how to say "Tall Expresso Truffle "(extra hot) in Chinese...just got one of these bad boys at the local Bucks this morning....mmmmmmmm good!