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Different generation of restauranteurs

Being following Sweet Mandarin on Twitter for a bit now. It's really interesting how Lisa Tse is promoting Chinese cooking and the restaurant (also of same name). She just had a twitter event of teaching people to cook today via...

Meet ups in Ireland

Paul Chiu has been trying to prod me to get meet ups going, but it has not been going according to plan. There are sites that communicates when met ups are available like meetup.com (subscription needed) and upcoming.org (free). I...

Manhua Exhibition in London

To me, "Manga" in Chinese is Manhua (ok, in Cantonese, or maybe it's the same pinyin for Mandarin!). And there is an exhibition held in London right now! I found out via this interesting article from the Beeb. Location: London...

Anti-Racist Week - 5th to 11th Nov

Ireland's Anti-Racist Week will from 5th November to 11th November. In Limerick, there will be a few seminars taking place for both employers and employees. An information booklet "Newcomer’s guide to Limerick" will be launched by the mayor on Wednesday,...

Different way to learn Mandarin

Give a show of hands of those born overseas who can speak Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka etc). *Raises hand Okay, I can speak Cantonese, and understand Hakka. But I have no clue of Mandarin. Mandarin is getting so important to...

Launch Party in Manchester

Folks from Sweet Mandarin have asked me to forward on their invite to their book Launch party in Manchester. Would you be able to let your members on the site know about the launch - we would love to extend...

More and more people learning Mandarin

It's great that Mandarin is becoming more and more popular amongst non-Chinese according to the BBC article. I have even mentioned it in past blog entries. But I think it is gaining popularity for oversea Asians as well. I wonder...

Chinese students and racial discriminations

Came across this news article on Chinese students facing racial discrimination here in Ireland. And the article last paragraph shows how important it is for Ireland to take Chinese students and China's relation seriously. “China is going to be very...

Immigrants in Ireland

I have notice a massive influx of Immigrants from our EU Eastern European countries. You still hear locals giving out crap that they are taking away our jobs. But how come I still see "wanted help" posters in many businesses...

Mandarin coming into British schools

From the Beeb online: French for example is declining as an international language, but Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic are all languages of the future. Which is good, but I think English will still be the primary language. I only wished...

Chinese Garda coming

Just readin the Indo (need registration to read - free) that more than 200 non-Irish recruits passed the aptitude test to join the Garda. And half of them were Chinese! I was doing a search on more news about this...

Chinese Nannies all the rage in NY

That is what this article said. I blogged about multi-lingual nannies, but the wealthy elite are hiring Chinese nannies and are taking it to the next level! ...many Americans believe China will overtake the US both economically and politically by...

Holiday celebrations around the world

Saw this article on how other cultures celebrate Christmas. Nice little insight. :) Although in that titbit, he mention the Chinese pronunciation, and it's in Mandarin It is Dun Che Lao Ren (dwyn-chuh-lau-oh-run) or "Old Man Christmas" In Cantonese, it...

Mandarin to be more proper

Saw this article about Shanghainese to brush up on their Mandarin and then seeing this article about TV hosts not to use HK or Taiwanese accents when speaking Mandarin. Interestingly enough... Only just over half China's 1.3 billion people can...

BoI targets migrant workers

This is fantastic news! Bank of Ireland are providing Chinese (Mandarin) as well as Polish and Russian staff and literature for migrant workers. Wish they have someone who speaks Cantonese as well. (Discuss at the IBC messageboard)...

This year, Japanese....

...if you are wondering, yesterday was Japanese exams for Leaving cert students. Wonder when the Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) will make it here, since there are Chinese courses in UK, AS GCE in Chinese and Advanced GCE in Chinese. Would...

Learning a language

Boingboing's link to "Learning Mandarin is hard for native English speakers" rings true for Cantonese as well. A little inflexion and wrong intonation can cause a smile or a stern look... or just amusing laughter. I am probably very lucky...

Cantonese Classes at Asian Institute?

My BF was interested, but looks like the Asian Institute here in Dublin is not interested. They (the person) does not reply to emails, return calls or even bother ansering any of them. What's the story? Linguaphone is the way...

How do I feel as an IBC...

An interesting comment was posted recently. So I will give it a go answering story-style. But here is the comment first: What are the things about you that are Irish? Do you feel that you could go to London, or...

Mandarin getting more important

I have a realisation that I should take up Mandarin course now. Especially because when I visit HK in the future, people will start talking in Mandarin, which I do not understand! The transition of teaching in Mandarin as apposed...

Why are there not many Asians in Florida?

Was in Florida last week. Really nice, but what I wanted to write about here is that I did not see many local Asian people in the area of Florida I was at (Port St. John, by the way). Come...

International Chinese Meetup Day in Dublin soon

Look at what I found while searching (trying to) for Chinese sites in Ireland - http://chinese.meetup.com. It is an international Chinese Langauge meetup, and there is one soon in Dublin. Unfortunately, it is all Mandarin. I want to learn Mandarin,...

Chinese Culture - Enough influence?

Now that we are in the 21st century, do overseas Chinese have enough influence from Chinese culture?...