Chinese conservative? Sometimes, something is out of expectation to most. A Chengdu lady with bra only on the top, joked as lady laughing Budda because of her outstanding stomach, strolled on the populous Chengdu street. This set of photo quickly stirred Chinese Internet community once again. Some think lady insane, while some believe lady market herself to catch more eyes in an extreme way to most Chinese. Read More…
Lady laughing Budda? A bra lady on the populous Chengdu street Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Sleepers in expo park Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Snoozing in expo park? public napping?
Yeah, it is expo phenomena.
Habitual napping around noon is a daily routine to some Chinese. Actually you could find snoozers easily around the city or even country. But when they come to expo park, it will become a ‘magnificent show’ to other cultures. you may call it as sleeping China pavilion.
Plum rain is approaching as well, people are easy to get sleepy under this weather. Read More…
2010 Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
The upcoming three-day-long 2010 Dragon Boat Festival will start on June 14 to 16.
So what does mean to Shanghainese? Read More…
Have you seen this girl’s picture in your office? Friday, January 29th, 2010
When I went to Andy’s office today, I found the desktop of his computer was a girl’s picture which looked very familiar…
Mmmmm… that was weird! As I know, Andy is a very professional guy, why he uses a pretty girl’s picture as his computer desktop background and apparently the girl was not his current girlfriend because it was Michele Lee, a Hong Kong actress. Read More…
La Ba Jie - La Ba Festival Today (22 Jan 2009) Friday, January 22nd, 2010
I didn’t know today (22 Jan 2010) is La Ba Jie until I watched the morning news.
La Bameans the eighth day of the 12thmonth in Chinese Lunar Calendar. The whole month is regarded as the coldest time in the year and in Chinese we put La in front of some other word to indicate this special time, for example La Yue is putting La in front of the Yue (month) means the coldest month. Read More…
Next, Chinese New Year Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Probably in western countries, after the Christmas and New Year, everything is gradually back to normal, party is getting to the end. But in China, no, no, no….. Christmas and New Year is just the warm up for the biggest event of the year, Chinese New Year!
Every year, Penny, my friend who is working in an American non-profit organisation feels like to have two months off at work. Read More…
22 December, Dong Zhi (Winter solstice) Friday, December 18th, 2009
According the Chinese Lunar Calendar, 22 December this year is the winter solstice (in Chinese pronounced as Dong Zhi), which marks the start of the coldest time of the year.
I believe Chinese Lunar Calendar and recent weather forecast also proved it as Shanghai is going to minus 3 - 4 degrees this weekend! Read More…
KDS Guy and Liba Girl Monday, November 30th, 2009
If you live Shanghai long enough (and you are able to read Chinese), you must know what KDS and Liba mean!
Both KDS and Liba are two well known BBS online forums in Shanghai.
KDS stands for Kuan Dai Shan which in Chinese means Broadband Mountain. And Liba in Chinese means fence or hedge. Because most users of these two forums are Shanghainese, both KDS and Liba are labeled as Shanghai local forums. Read More…
Kenny G, never out of date in China Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Today when I was passing a middle school in Pudong, I heard the famous saxophone Going Home by Kenny G. Aha, it was not a music class. The music does what the name said, telling all the children it was the time to go home!
And then when I was shopping in the Lianhua Supermarket, after the ‘That’s the end of our service today’ announced by the sweet lady, Kenny G’s famous Going Home was with us again! Read More…
Meng (萌), a new Chinese word I learned today Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Today when I was having dinner with two of my friends, suddenly one of them said: ‘check it out, that girl, 6 o’clock, is very Meng’. And the other said: ‘ Wow, she is Meng!’
Okay, both of them were talking in Chinese and I know every word they said. But I couldn’t understand it!
Then I asked:’What? What is Meng?’ Read More…