昨天晚上我和中国朋友一起吃饭。 我们聊天的时候我和她说 ‘中国人等等等‘ 和 ‘外国人等等等‘。 在中国， 用这个说法是很正常的， 但是今天我沉思了。。。我不是中国人， 所以我用 ‘外国人’ 和 ‘中国人‘ 有点儿奇怪。
在美国， 如果他外表不同或者说不同的语言就叫他“外国人”是无礼的 ， 可是中国没有移民历史， 所以在中国用这样的用法没问题。
我朋友告诉我他感冒了。 我说 “你应该今晚喝白酒。 我们中国人习惯了， 但是你们外国人可能没有这个习惯.‘
呵呵！
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Sorry to post English here!
Sorry to post an English post here! I'll work on writing about my trip in Chinese in a few days - no time now!
On the sleeper bus to YingJiang there are a few absolutely horrible beds where you are literally squished between two people. Of course, i had one of these beds. It was totally impossible to sleep without touching the other people and i commented to my bed-partner about how this kind of situation could NEVER exist in America. The bed to my left was seperated from mine by a small arm-rest divider doohickey, but the bed to my right was flush up against my tiny one. I was one of the first people to arrive and the bus was not filling up quickly, so I thought I might luck out and get two beds. But this is China, and more so Yunnan, and they would never let that bus out of the city without filling up the beds, so we eventually wound up going to another bus depot to pick up passengers.
My main worry was who I would be sleeping with. A fat person? A smoker? (yes - people still smoke on the buses in China and no, I'm not going to write something negative about China here, I'm just making an observation) Incredibly, a beautiful, young, Chinese girl got on the bus and headed straight for the bed. We started talking and she even recognized me from YingJiang TV! (I made a travelogue show that was broadcast on the local TV network last time I was here) And then another cute, young girl got into the bed on my left. And no, I'm not going to write anything about sleeping with two young, cute, Chinese girls, but I was so glad I wasn't trapped between any of the other bus riders.
We chatted, studied Chinese and English together, listened to my IPOD together, and eventually I fell asleep in a semi-cuddle position with her (trust me - there was no other way. her head an my head were inches apart and our arms kept touching. my bed was literally as wide as my butt!) I can never sleep on those buses, anyway. Every few hours they stop for a pee-stop, once for a police checkpoint, and once for dinner. Oy vey.
Anyway, now I'm here in YingJiang. More later. Thanks for reading my blog and making it the most viewed blog about YingJiang overnight bus trips in the history of the internet.
On the sleeper bus to YingJiang there are a few absolutely horrible beds where you are literally squished between two people. Of course, i had one of these beds. It was totally impossible to sleep without touching the other people and i commented to my bed-partner about how this kind of situation could NEVER exist in America. The bed to my left was seperated from mine by a small arm-rest divider doohickey, but the bed to my right was flush up against my tiny one. I was one of the first people to arrive and the bus was not filling up quickly, so I thought I might luck out and get two beds. But this is China, and more so Yunnan, and they would never let that bus out of the city without filling up the beds, so we eventually wound up going to another bus depot to pick up passengers.
My main worry was who I would be sleeping with. A fat person? A smoker? (yes - people still smoke on the buses in China and no, I'm not going to write something negative about China here, I'm just making an observation) Incredibly, a beautiful, young, Chinese girl got on the bus and headed straight for the bed. We started talking and she even recognized me from YingJiang TV! (I made a travelogue show that was broadcast on the local TV network last time I was here) And then another cute, young girl got into the bed on my left. And no, I'm not going to write anything about sleeping with two young, cute, Chinese girls, but I was so glad I wasn't trapped between any of the other bus riders.
We chatted, studied Chinese and English together, listened to my IPOD together, and eventually I fell asleep in a semi-cuddle position with her (trust me - there was no other way. her head an my head were inches apart and our arms kept touching. my bed was literally as wide as my butt!) I can never sleep on those buses, anyway. Every few hours they stop for a pee-stop, once for a police checkpoint, and once for dinner. Oy vey.
Anyway, now I'm here in YingJiang. More later. Thanks for reading my blog and making it the most viewed blog about YingJiang overnight bus trips in the history of the internet.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
我的新的 “云南十八怪“！ （对我来说。。。）
1. 汽车没有单车快
2. 姑娘喜欢说：“你很帅！“
3. 不要吃饭 – 应该“甩“
4. 姑娘可爱又厉害，为什么不给她们 a try (揣)
5. 没有人皮肤很白
6. 没有烤串 – 都是 fry
7. 夏天冬天都不来
8. 姑娘拉客手拍拍
9. 离开云南不要 cry
10. 行为不好叫“槽奈“
11. 觉得奇说“哇赛！“
12. 跟男的女的都可以做爱
13. 所有的毒品可以卖
14. 路上有大麻，why not get high?
15. 喝云南咖啡 – 没问题 （最后三个字说广东话！）
16. 没有规定完扑克牌
17. 我差一怪，但是这个不奇怪！
2. 姑娘喜欢说：“你很帅！“
3. 不要吃饭 – 应该“甩“
4. 姑娘可爱又厉害，为什么不给她们 a try (揣)
5. 没有人皮肤很白
6. 没有烤串 – 都是 fry
7. 夏天冬天都不来
8. 姑娘拉客手拍拍
9. 离开云南不要 cry
10. 行为不好叫“槽奈“
11. 觉得奇说“哇赛！“
12. 跟男的女的都可以做爱
13. 所有的毒品可以卖
14. 路上有大麻，why not get high?
15. 喝云南咖啡 – 没问题 （最后三个字说广东话！）
16. 没有规定完扑克牌
17. 我差一怪，但是这个不奇怪！
Saturday, September 20, 2008
同志？
我的口语听力课 。。。我们的课本很老，有一个奇怪练习。 我们听着一个女人和警察对话。 这个女人迷路了所以警察告诉她怎么走。 最后她感谢警察的时候她叫他“同志“。 我不是中国人，但是我甚至知道“同志“的现代的意思是“同性恋“！！！
Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
English and Chinese Corners! 中文角。。英语角！
昨天我去了昆明的英语角 (在翠湖）。 昆明没有中文角，所以我的动机是开设一个中文角。 我九点来了，很多中国人想跟我用英语聊天， 但是我谢绝 - 我告诉他们我来这里为了说中文。 马上又一个小人群。 十分钟以后一个人来， 一点儿害羞的男孩。 他问我：'Hi, this is my first time here ... what should I do? Can I be in your group?' 在我的旁边一个姑娘说：‘对不起， 我们是中文角。 你应该去那边 - 那个队是英语角’ 我有点儿不好意思， 但是我们都觉得很搞笑.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
我的故事
我以前住在韩国。 那时候我的房子是在汉城。 当时我一个人住 – 我没有室友。 一天下班以后我跟三个同事去一个酒吧。 那时候我住在韩国一个星期，所以不太熟悉。 这个酒吧里我家很远， 所以我不知道怎么回家。 我可以坐地铁， 但是我们三点离开这酒吧 – 当时太晚了， 没有地铁。 我的朋友们喝醉了， 他们坐出租车离开了。 我一个人在路上。 我不会说韩国话， 我不知道要怎么告诉司机怎么走。 怎么办？
我找到一个出租车， 告诉他我家附近的地铁站的名字。 幸好¸ 这个司机明白我的口音！ 半个小时以后到了地铁站， 但是我不太知道怎走，因为我的小区有很多相似的公寓。 我走了一个小时的路。。终于找到了我的房子！ 但是， 我不敢肯定是我的楼。 我决定：应该试一试。 我乘电梯到14层，去我的房子：1408。 我很累，有点儿喝醉了， 我特别想睡觉！ 我把我的钥匙塞在钥匙孔里。 成功！钥匙转动了！
我一边脱衣服一边去我的房间。 我开门后发现在我的床上有一个女人。 我看着床， 看着房间， 突然明白了：这个不是我的房间， 这个不是我的床！ 我特别害怕， 不知道应该做什么。。。那时候这个女人起床看我， 然后她喊叫， 我逃跑， 拿着我的裤子， 跑到外面去了！
我找到一个出租车， 告诉他我家附近的地铁站的名字。 幸好¸ 这个司机明白我的口音！ 半个小时以后到了地铁站， 但是我不太知道怎走，因为我的小区有很多相似的公寓。 我走了一个小时的路。。终于找到了我的房子！ 但是， 我不敢肯定是我的楼。 我决定：应该试一试。 我乘电梯到14层，去我的房子：1408。 我很累，有点儿喝醉了， 我特别想睡觉！ 我把我的钥匙塞在钥匙孔里。 成功！钥匙转动了！
我一边脱衣服一边去我的房间。 我开门后发现在我的床上有一个女人。 我看着床， 看着房间， 突然明白了：这个不是我的房间， 这个不是我的床！ 我特别害怕， 不知道应该做什么。。。那时候这个女人起床看我， 然后她喊叫， 我逃跑， 拿着我的裤子， 跑到外面去了！
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