Horrible time for New Year 2010
Now a one-line cruel joke for people in my neck of the woods: “Don’t provoke your husband or your friend.”
Reunions with school fellows (2)
Continued from the first part…
Reunions with school fellows (1)
We all attended a secondary accounting school in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, which had later changed its name and then been upgraded to be part of the University of Jiamusi. In other words, the school has long ceased to exist and only our shared memory makes the school still alive.
My English; seeking a language exchange partner
It’s really frustrating when I find myself struggling to speak good English, especially when I think about this: I started to learn English as a junior high school student in 1990. It’s 19 years now! Anything can happen in 19 years! But today, I still stammer or talk in a confusing way and nobody can…
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CCTV tower fire and others
This year’s Spring Festival ended with a fatal building fire in Beijing. This time, the fire show starred no any organization – it’s the China Central Television (CCTV). Like China Football Association (CFA), CCTV has become a main target of publicly felt resentment that should have been directed at the boss behind them. It’s very…
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WordPress upgrading
I finally upgraded my three blogs* to the latest WordPress software (2.7.X) that now supports one-click upgrading of core software files. To be fair, upgrading WordPress has always been easy enough, but now it’s even easier.
China is a country in change for the better
I wrote a post about how native English speakers should understand the Chinese when they say their “feelings” are hurt. I’m not sure if my idea has sunk in well for people who have read it.
What does it mean when the Chinese say to you that you hurt their feelings?
it means that they will no longer care about how you will feel about what they are going to do – it’s almost an unqualified grave threat or warning in some cases.
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