Monthly Archives: December 2006
Chinese Character Riddle
Hey, so my Chinese learning book (still level one, sigh) has a riddle in part of the homework. I have my suspicions of the answer, but am not sure. As such, I figured I'd post it here and see what you guys have to say (hover over for pinyin): 人有"他"大 天没"他"大 请问"他"是谁? 你也认识"他" My first …
Tenacious Me!
Alright, this is got NOTHING to do with China, but it has everything to do with Jack Black – and surely China needs to appreciate JB a bit more. As do the rest of you! I've been a fan of JB since seeing High Fidelity a few years ago, but I didn't KNOW JB until …
Road To Wedlock Part I: I Swear I’m Not Married
Alright, I've started a new category here at Adventures of the Humanaught. The Road to Wedlock category will chronicle my journey towards marriage, in hopes that it might help any other poor saps looking for information on this rather complicated process. This category should cover the gambit from first kisses to "我愿意s"… So, I just …
How Do You Wrap “It’s The Thought That Counts”?
I've been asked a few times by the folks back home if China celebrates Christmas. Aside from the rather odd phrasing of the question (how does a country celebrate anything?) I'd have to say no. Not in any direct sense at least. I mean, you see some decorations scattered here and there. The towering Holiday …
Commie Copies Clutter Canada
I never said I wasn't a sucker for illiterations. So, with wedding looming, it's a bit ridiculous to think that the topic of babies and such hasn't been breached with Maggie, rather 'by' Maggie. Chinese get married to have babies, ah, a baby. Just ask any mother in law. Actually, you won't need to, as …
Impossible Potential
Well, the ChELB is abuzz with positiveness, and I feel like a dick for not adding to it. It's no secret that a lot of my conversations (online and off) are rather negative to this, my host country. After reading two excellent posts (Positive Solutions' "10 Reasons Why Living In China Is Great" and The …
Little Forest – Little Honour (少林-少光)
Last Spring Festival I tossed around several travel ideas before finally settling on our trip to Haerbin. Top of the list prior to that was making our way through Shandong towards Xi'An – stopping in Songshan to visit the famous Shaolin Temple. You know the Shaolin monks, right? They're the guys that can do all …
Joining the Economixer
Alright, when it comes to economics (and a rather large handful of other things), I'm a complete idiot. Aside from some high school accounting classes, basic current awareness classes in college and a general understanding of the world, I've really not the first clue of the differences between Hong Kong and the place where I …
Linktastic III
Well, here it is, LINKtastic III. My semi-frequent solution to not having time to post. Sinocidal.com: I've been looking to post about this site since they announced its creation a couple weeks back, but wanted to see it for myself first. Sadly, due to what seems to be angering the Olympic Powers with a now-taken-down …
