Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/29/2020 - 18:03

Giovanni Martini wrote:

The Beijinger has always been focused on bridging the gap between the capital's expat community and the city at large (unquote)

A bit disingenous, no? An awful lot of your stuff is agenda-driven insinuation of Western "values" into China. Sort of like hipster missionaries of globalist nihilism.

A bit disingenous, no?

Yes. TBJ is more concerned about hamberders, beer, booze, and long-form advertising.

Readers/commenters, not so much.

Clapping

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Wed, 09/23/2020 - 15:32

Giovanni Martini wrote:
Sikaote wrote:

How does one address this dude? The Dean? Your Deanship?? Deaner-ino???

Inquiring minds want to know (not really).

Dirol

Come lad, I taught you better. In proper etiquette, the only response to any individual calling itself "The Dean" is to back-hand bitch-slap it to its knees.

My bad.

Preved

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Tue, 09/22/2020 - 15:38

Giovanni Martini wrote:

C'mon guys. This is getting tiresome. People world over often mix the same ingredients. Were an Israeli in China to say, "That's Skakshuka!" I'd smack his mouth for bad manners. (YHWH's Chosen People and all notwithstanding.) A Chinese in Tel Aviv saying the contrary? Same-same. When you're on the other guy's turf, you defer to his tongue and customs.

My dear old grannie made jiao zi but called 'em piroje. In Central Europe it's her call. In China, China's.

My dear old grannie made jiao zi but called 'em piroje.

How amazing that different places stuff stuff inside flour pods.

Weird.

Acute

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 16:35

Giovanni Martini wrote:

"claim the burger spoils.' (unquote)

Just about every McD in Beijing has a transient or two whose diet consists of just that: claiming half-eaten burger spoils.

Seriously, a "Burger Cup" sends a mixed message. Is it the vessel from which one drinks the proverbial soup sandwich? Or the receptacle into which one vomits a too greasy meat-morsel? Or mayhap the holder of a burger/fries/beer puree-shake?

...a "Burger Cup" sends a mixed message

Burgers gotsta protect their jewels. Amrite?

Crazy

Allece's picture Allece Submitted by Guest on Fri, 09/18/2020 - 09:27

Thx for sharing.Great
I planned to go China, but suspended by the coronavirus, so can only learn Chinese at home and took the live online lesson by communicating with native-Chinese teachers from eChineseLearning.com
It seems good currently. Do you think this method of learning is realistic?

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Sun, 09/13/2020 - 16:00

Giovanni Martini wrote:

Dress up as Batman and go get burgers. Sounds like what I used to do when I was about age eight. Besides, you ever try washing beef grease out of a pair of tights? That's why people started all those nasty rumors about what REALLY went on with Robin in the bat cave. Bruce Wayne and his "ward" indeed!

How many comment-moderators do you reckon TBJ has for their volumunous comments??

Asking for a friend.

Pleasantry