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Best 10 Books On China1 comment

ramanan50 wrote 2 days ago: Planning your first business trip to China? Here’s a guide. Dan Harris Because I write the Chi … more →

Tags: China, Altavista, BBC, bloglines, books on China, Business Travel, buzz yahoo, China CEO, del.icio.us

"Do you have a foreigner face, or...?"

wooffs wrote 1 week ago: This job search is not looking good. Three interviews and two phone calls later, I haven’t com … more →

Tags: Unemployment

"Chinese Lessons" by John Pomfret

yakinikuman wrote 1 week ago: The author spent time as a university exchange student in Nanjing in the late 1970’s, shortly … more →

Tags: Non-Fiction, China, cultural revolution, Pomfret

My Daunting Chinese Lessons

satire wrote 3 weeks ago: She possessed a stare that could make even the bravest delinquent cower in fear. Every misplaced str … more →

Tags: Chinese language, chinese, Chinese, MM Lee, billingualism

decades too late

benjaminchew110478 wrote 1 month ago: I was born a few decades too late to take advantage of the current trends in Singaporean education. … more →

Tags: Personal Musings, Walking On Water, Benjamin Chew, Singapore, Personal Commentary, education in Singapore, Education Minister Ng Eng Hen, Millenial Generation, nanyang academy of fine arts

我在香港出生,但我在加拿大长大。 But wait, there's more--1 comment

wooffs wrote 3 months ago: If I thought answering the question “where are you from?” was somewhat bothersome during … more →

Tags: SH Living

Maybe I'm just a snooty Hong Konger

wooffs wrote 3 months ago: After an afternoon of wandering along Shanghai’s famous shopping street (南京西路) and in and out … more →

Tags: SH Living

Chinese Classes3 comments

judys424 wrote 4 months ago: After years of hearing about the Chinese Program in LSGH,  today we come full circle with the Butcho … more →

Tags: Busy Boy, La Salle Green Hills, LSGH, Chinese language

Building a Foundation!1 comment

shualaw wrote 8 months ago: Building a foundation! Until I finally realized just how important foundations were for buildings I  … more →

Tags: building a foundation, Chinese, Learning, pinyin, tones, Grammar, Mandarin, Putonghua, hanyu

Nanjing (南京)2 comments

daradoodle wrote 8 months ago: Sun sets on Nanjing After spending two amazing weeks in Taiwan, my batteries were recharged and I wa … more →

Tags: Travels, Dr. Sun Yatsen, Hot Pot, John Pomfret, Linggu Pagoda (灵谷塔), Linggu Temple (灵谷寺), Ming Xiaolong Tomb (明孝陵), Nanda, Nanjing

Lao Shi's Couch

Elisabeth Crisp wrote 1 year ago: I’m writing from Lao Shi’s couch. It isn’t really a couch. It’s a futon on a … more →

Tags: Goals, Writers Write, Writers, writing

wow, what a lot of events!

Barbara wrote 1 year ago: This year, St. Peter Reads has a bumper crop of events tied to our community reading. Those marked * … more →

Tags: Events, John Pomfret, China

have you read it yet?

Barbara wrote 1 year ago: This fall, St. Peter is reading John Pomfret’s Chinese Lessons. Copies of the book are availab … more →

Tags: books in common, John Pomfret

Tengo er shi yi sui le años4 comments

Rebekah Rae wrote 1 year ago: Remember that entry a while ago about Bekah ayi, and Bekah lao shi? Here’s a new development: Sarah … more →

Tags: Barbecue, cha cha slide, Chicken Dance, Chinese, Chinese Fireworks, dancing, Electric Slide, English, flag

The Perks of Being A Wallflower

Rebekah Rae wrote 1 year ago: There is a little girl named Olivia who is in the heart wing of the hospital right now. On my first … more →

Tags: Beijing, summer palace, ~Grandma's Kitchen, SOHO, THe perks of being a wallflower

Chinese Class

chunzhu wrote 1 year ago: I will now begin having a separate page for my own special free Chinese class. Ok, so the purpose of … more →

Tags: Random, Learning Chinese, Chinese Characters

Notice14 comments

Dark Damian wrote 3 years ago: My boss called me into a meeting today, just me and him. I was expecting it, so it came as no surpri … more →

Tags: Work

A Brief Programming Note3 comments

Dark Damian wrote 3 years ago: The Chinese Lessons will be discontinued due to outside circumstances that I cannot yet delve into. … more →

Tags: Work

The Five Unwritten Rules for Company Lunches13 comments

Dark Damian wrote 3 years ago: Today, my team went out to lunch to say goodbye to a couple of team members who are returning to the … more →

Tags: Work


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