Here's a great vid (sorry, no embedding from this vid), and reminisce on memories of see people's washing hanging out their windows, and clearly seeing into their living rooms watching telly. Check it out.
Man, so much work has gone into this bento box! Check it out here (there's even a "Doraemon" rice ball, I still call it "Ding Dong" though.)
Ok, this is extra girlie, but it's so kawaii! And most Asians would know what a "totoro" is? :)
... or in Japanese, they are called "rekijo". Interesting fad, and computer gaming plays a role as well in peaking girls interest in history. Check the video at:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8433280.stm
(Source: BBC News)
As someone, female, who can parallel park (unlike some people), I found this news slightly annoying. A shopping centre in China has built a women-only carpark, painted pink and purple, and wait for it.... spaces which are three feet wider. Stop with the stereotypes...
Some cool collection of photos of HK past and present, side by side. Check it out. (Via One inch punch)
According to The Irish Times article, 40% of applications made by Chinese students applying to studying here in uni are rejected. Even if they were accepted by the colleges they applied for. I wonder what the reasoning behind this is, it definitely can't be budget reasons as foreign students pay through the roof to study here.
(Source: The Irish Times)
Chinese dramas are as addictive as any soaps in the West, but the depiction of "Snail House" was too close to home, so much so, that it's banned. It's a
[...] show featuring shady communist officials, their mistresses and dodgy financial dealings [...]
(Source: Irish Independent)
I knew it, even Cantonese is featured in it.
Yet much more exotic vowels exist, for example that carry tones: pitch that rises, falls, dips, stays low or high, and so on. Mandarin, the biggest language in the Chinese family, has four tones, so that what sounds just like “ma” in English has four distinct sounds, and meanings. That is relatively simple compared with other Chinese varieties. Cantonese has six tones, and Min Chinese dialects seven or eight. One tone can also affect neighbouring tones’ pronunciation through a series of complex rules.
Just got pinged to forward a message to all...
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Got this from a friend of mine, it's the cheapest Michelin one-star restaurant and it's in Hong Kong.
Tim Ho Wan, which means Add Good Luck, can seat only 20 people in its steamy dining room where battered bamboo baskets of dim sum sell for as little as $1.42.
Oh, in Chinese it's 添好運. It's address is: 2-8 Kwong Wah St., Mongkok. 2332- 2896.
Mmmm, would love to try it, but the queues are an hour long at times, probably not somewhere you want to go to if you are really hungry.
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