January 2012
66 posts
My Chinese father-in-law left his bedroom door open. Our 4y/o sleeps in the same room and we heard him say, “公公关门！Grandpa, close the door!”
Our 4 y/o banged his head on my knee. I said “当心 Careful.” Then he said, “I’m OK. it’s not easy to hurt my head.” Oh ok.
Tonight’s New Year’s Eve and our 4y/o got into his footie pajamas. He asked my Chinese father-in-law, “看不到我的小脚吗？Can’t see my feet?”
December 2011
125 posts
Chinese retail revolution hits Europe - YouTube: -oh la la. Let’s buy French Chopsticks!Chinese retail re… http://t.co/opa92aBO #china
Christmas gifts 2011: A book for MX and a Venison roast and chicken feet (from a recent chicken slaughter!) from my sister!
Christmas gifts 2011: LEGO, St. Louis floor puzzle (from my sister), a slinky (he calls it a stinky) and a YOYO for 4 y/o. 他很开心！
China Stories is out! http://t.co/rW1n6FUH ▸ Top stories today via @sinoglot
“Street Vendor Life in China” from Bytes of China by Tricia Wang http://ow.ly/8d3iH Really a great read. Fascinating. h/t @ChinaStories
Chinese dumplings were the plan with our 4y/o’s cousins. After Christmas dinner there was no room and no time! The boy and I were sad.
Chinese calligraphy was the plan with our 4y/o’s cousins. Forgot the special paper! We improvised with discarded Christmas tissue paper.
Now this sounds like a great song! “Best Friend” (Chinese) Jason Chen. From the Album Gravity http://ow.ly/8bKn0 Anybody familiar with him?
“Chinese people know less about the US than Americans know about China.” http://ow.ly/8bayj -from “Closing of the Chinese Mind” -Really?
An old man said Merry Christmas 圣诞快乐 to my Chinese father-in-law. I told our 4y/o in Chinese to say the same, he said “Happy Birthday 生日快乐”
30,000 Chinese #Occupy Highway to Protest Polluting Coal Plants |: -At least they aren’t dumping on cop… http://t.co/qUHPfw6d #china
“Less than 1% of the 16 million babies born each year in China are ‘out of plan.’” http://ow.ly/8aJgI That’s still 160,000 babies.
We have Chinese character flash cards for our 4 y/o and I showed him 中 and he said Zhōng then he said, “中，上海的中. Zhōng like Shanghai Zhōng.”
Christmas eve dinner was chatting about our bilingual 4 y/o and how he switches from language to language, Chinese to English.
The Chinese stink at football. Here’s why.: -Agreed.The telling reasons why, at least in football, China … http://t.co/iRd4CwE8 #china
Obama went out and did some shopping boosting the Chinese economy but still, he’s doing what he can, ladies and gentlemen. -David Letterman
Business Chinese: 外国直接投资 wài guó zhí jiē tóu zī Foreign Direct Investment. Really trying to find a good sentence but alas, I cannot.
Some Movie Names with Crazy Chinese Translations - Study More Chinese: -You gotta love the classic wester… http://t.co/5golPZO1 #china
Just saw Newt Gingrich’s Chinese name. 纽特•金里奇 Niǔ tè • Jīn lǐ qí Last name literally translated is “Gold Inside Queer.”
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I just downloaded 4 FREE Kindle edition books on Amazon about China.: All in the Public Domain but still cool! http://bit.ly/soompk tcot
I just bought: ‘Some Chinese Ghosts’ by Lafcadio Hearn http://ow.ly/88wjY FOR FREE! Copyright 1887 in the public domain!
I’m totally messed up. I’ve been speaking Chinese to MY mother (she’s an uber newbie) and speaking English to my Chinese father-in-law. 啊呀
I told a Toys for Tots story to my Chinese father-in-law about all the toys stolen and our 4 y/o said, “这个人坏蛋! That guy is bad!” AGREED!
Listening to Chinese Radio Online http://ow.ly/87Cxb Awesome! My Chinese father-in-law is now up to date with what’s going on in China!
Great piece in Reuters about a small town in Zhejiang province, a lot of plywood, ingenuity and using the internet. http://ow.ly/87jMu
Hello Zhengzhou 你好郑州 by Li Zhi 李志 http://ow.ly/87jeP Some amazing folk music from the REAL CHINA: Henan Province!
My Chinese father-in-law fixed our 4 y/o’s @ikeausa chair. 谢谢你修好了我的椅子。 Xièxiè nǐ xiūhǎole wǒ de yǐzi. Thank you for repairing my chair.
Really interesting story about many Westerners in Shanghai for jobs. “Foreigners flock to China for job opportunities” http://ow.ly/86z5w
We had a new door put in with windows too and when the guys took a lunch break our 4 y/o asked me if the workers liked Chinese food or not.
#Infographic commercial explains all that is Shanghai: Here’s a neat little infographic commercial that t… http://t.co/Od31cAKD #china
“On average, 55￠of every $ spent on goods made in China goes for marketing services produced in the US” -Walter Williams http://ow.ly/85tqv
A window co. is at our house. 1 of them heard me talking to my Chinese father-in-law and asked, “What vocabulary are you speaking?” huh?
Really cool find: Chinese Cross Talk Comic Genius Guo Degang. http://ow.ly/857zp You can actually listen to the samples! COOL!
Crimes against business in China | East Asia Forum: “results of the first large scale victimisation surve… http://t.co/8kMHuGiT #china
My Chinese father-in-law taught our 4 y/o the basics of Chinese Calligraphy. The boy used a brush and wrote an A. He said,”it’s a fat A.”
Now that Kim Jong Il is dead, what will become of 1 of the internet’s best websites? “Kim Jong Il looking at things” http://ow.ly/83pp2
I just told my Chinese father-in-law the news that Kim Jong-il died. He said, “好消息 Good news.” I agree.
Chinese products sweeping Egypt: “Nowadays, Chinese products are everywhere. Chinese saleswomen even come… http://t.co/st0Ajh5B #china
My Chinese father-in-law pulled out the paper and brushes and did Chinese calligraphy for all of us to see. He wrote Merry Christmas 圣诞快乐
Useful Chinese: 花柳病 huāliǔbìng and 性传播疾病 xìngchuánbōjíbìng are both “Sexually Transmitted Disease” which is better to use or more spoken?
Portrait of a Chengdu Artist: He Duoling | Chengdu Living: Portrait of a Chengdu Artist: He Duoling | Che… http://t.co/eDpLykGv #china
HELP? I need 2 names in Chinese: Michael Bublé http://ping.fm/xPGLE (with 48 million views!) and Tim Tebow, the praying footballer!
