translation
-yeah, right
Ormosia was born in South Country; come spring time it sends out a few branches
Of which willing lords collect many. These things make us think of each other the most.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
20 sentance
好名字
我的Peter
我姓郭
谢谢
是啊
你呢
再见
这是谁阿
你谁阿
这个是大事
去那里阿
有一点想家
爸爸，妈妈，还有哥哥
没有啊
我有骗子
回家
去那里
对不起
为什么
不小了
Why do Chinese vampires hop? I went to the library today to find out the answer to this question. Well... actually I went for a different reason, and ended up finding the answer by accident! The answer is: when corpses in China are buried, their legs are tied together with cloth, therefore, when they rise from the grave, they can't walk. They have to hop. It also hails back to the time when people would bring dead relatives back to the village they were born in to be buried. They would tie the cadavers to tall poles, stand them upright, and continue along the way. The way they walked and the way they held the poles, it looked like the cadavers were bobbing up and down, or "hopping".
我的Peter
我姓郭
谢谢
是啊
你呢
再见
这是谁阿
你谁阿
这个是大事
去那里阿
有一点想家
爸爸，妈妈，还有哥哥
没有啊
我有骗子
回家
去那里
对不起
为什么
不小了
Why do Chinese vampires hop? I went to the library today to find out the answer to this question. Well... actually I went for a different reason, and ended up finding the answer by accident! The answer is: when corpses in China are buried, their legs are tied together with cloth, therefore, when they rise from the grave, they can't walk. They have to hop. It also hails back to the time when people would bring dead relatives back to the village they were born in to be buried. They would tie the cadavers to tall poles, stand them upright, and continue along the way. The way they walked and the way they held the poles, it looked like the cadavers were bobbing up and down, or "hopping".
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
夏天, now class
你好。 好久不见！我是二年级中文大学生。 我的是林老师了；今年我的老师是也林老师！ 夏天很好。 我去看很好电影，Repo! the Genetic Opera. 这个电影有意思，你看。
I read this article the other day about how cell phones are changing China. In China, everyone has cell phones, from the very old, to the homeless beggars on the street, from the littlest preschooler to the farthest rural areas... And everyone is texting. Big companies are taking advantage of this by sending ads and stuff through texts. Public demonstrations rally supporters via anonymous texts. Even the government is getting into the hype, sending their people messages to disperse public grievances. A whole new language is popping up, Mandarin texters bringing in some Cantonese characters and meanings, and using Cantonese to write secret messages. Even minority languages are being preserved through the texts. Overall, the texts are pretty much the same there as they are here. Important messages, friendly jabs, funny jokes, and even some witty puns- nothing is off limits to the Chinese! I was so shocked at the amount of people texting in China- although maybe thats because I don't have texting on my cell...
I read this article the other day about how cell phones are changing China. In China, everyone has cell phones, from the very old, to the homeless beggars on the street, from the littlest preschooler to the farthest rural areas... And everyone is texting. Big companies are taking advantage of this by sending ads and stuff through texts. Public demonstrations rally supporters via anonymous texts. Even the government is getting into the hype, sending their people messages to disperse public grievances. A whole new language is popping up, Mandarin texters bringing in some Cantonese characters and meanings, and using Cantonese to write secret messages. Even minority languages are being preserved through the texts. Overall, the texts are pretty much the same there as they are here. Important messages, friendly jabs, funny jokes, and even some witty puns- nothing is off limits to the Chinese! I was so shocked at the amount of people texting in China- although maybe thats because I don't have texting on my cell...
Friday, April 24, 2009
peKINGese
我有一节MKTG课。 星期四，我和两个同学有说考试。 我的女同学也中文学！ 在我汉文课，我们有生词太多， 语法也有一点难。 现在我去吃饭！ 再见！
The Pekingese –quite possibly the most adorable cutest dog alive- originates from China, when a lion begged the Buddha to make him smaller in size so that he could be with his love, a marmoset (a monkey, if you didn’t know). Thus, a Pekingese was born. These dogs were revered in ancient China, often found in temples where they used their tiny bodies to hunt down small demons. They were also bred to be small, about 3-5 lbs in weight, so that they could hide in the imperial court member’s sleeves. Pekingese have lots of different fur colors, from white (considered the most beautiful), to tan, cream, red, brown, black, gray, and sable. Pekingese have changed little in the 2,000+ years they’ve been known to man. Despite their tiny, bowed legs and huge amount of fluffy fur, these dogs are incredibly fast, and can keep up with larger dogs when they want. These dogs really do look like lions, with the fur around their necks and the more closely shaved legs. Surprisingly, when you shave a Pekingese, they look a lot like another Chinese dog, the pug!
The Pekingese –quite possibly the most adorable cutest dog alive- originates from China, when a lion begged the Buddha to make him smaller in size so that he could be with his love, a marmoset (a monkey, if you didn’t know). Thus, a Pekingese was born. These dogs were revered in ancient China, often found in temples where they used their tiny bodies to hunt down small demons. They were also bred to be small, about 3-5 lbs in weight, so that they could hide in the imperial court member’s sleeves. Pekingese have lots of different fur colors, from white (considered the most beautiful), to tan, cream, red, brown, black, gray, and sable. Pekingese have changed little in the 2,000+ years they’ve been known to man. Despite their tiny, bowed legs and huge amount of fluffy fur, these dogs are incredibly fast, and can keep up with larger dogs when they want. These dogs really do look like lions, with the fur around their necks and the more closely shaved legs. Surprisingly, when you shave a Pekingese, they look a lot like another Chinese dog, the pug!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
shenme shenme shenme
我什么时候有空？ 下个星期。 我没有考试。 我是很高兴，因为我有空。 星期六我在图书馆工作。 星期七我练习围棋。 我帮我的朋友玩，可是他帮我练习说日文。 （但是我没说日文；我说中文!） 这个晚上我要考试，可是我要睡。。。睡。。。睡觉。。。。。。。。。。
http://www.silkqin.com/03qobj/wangpeng.htm
-looks like 王朋 is doing well after his book deal fell through... :D
围棋 (wéiqí) is an ancient Chinese board game, dating back more than 2,500 years ago. The object of the game is to have more territory at the end then your partner. This is done by making barricades with your game pieces and capturing your enemies stones. Wéiqí is a very popular game, especially in East Asia. Most people know it by its Japanese name of Go, or Igo. Wéiqí is also called baduk in Korean.
A wéiqí board consists of a 19x19 grid. The pieces, black and white, are played on the intersections of those lines. It is possible to “capture” your opponents pieces by completely surrounding them with your own. The captured pieces are taken off the board and set aside for the end game. The more of the board you control, the easier it is to obtain territory. When the game is reaching its finish, the empty spots in each players territories are counted and the number of captured stones is subtracted from that number. White receives an additional 5.5 points as appeasement since Black plays first. This rule is known as “komi.”
Wéiqí is a fun game anyone can play, amateur and professionally. Amateur ranking foes from 30 kyu to 1 kyu, 1 kyu being the highest ranking. The professional player ranking begins at 1 dan and goes to 9 dan. Anything above 9 dan are special titles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
Play go online here! http://www.361points.com/whatisgo/
http://www.kiseido.com/ff.htm
http://www.gokgs.com/applet.jsp
http://www.silkqin.com/03qobj/wangpeng.htm
-looks like 王朋 is doing well after his book deal fell through... :D
围棋 (wéiqí) is an ancient Chinese board game, dating back more than 2,500 years ago. The object of the game is to have more territory at the end then your partner. This is done by making barricades with your game pieces and capturing your enemies stones. Wéiqí is a very popular game, especially in East Asia. Most people know it by its Japanese name of Go, or Igo. Wéiqí is also called baduk in Korean.
A wéiqí board consists of a 19x19 grid. The pieces, black and white, are played on the intersections of those lines. It is possible to “capture” your opponents pieces by completely surrounding them with your own. The captured pieces are taken off the board and set aside for the end game. The more of the board you control, the easier it is to obtain territory. When the game is reaching its finish, the empty spots in each players territories are counted and the number of captured stones is subtracted from that number. White receives an additional 5.5 points as appeasement since Black plays first. This rule is known as “komi.”
Wéiqí is a fun game anyone can play, amateur and professionally. Amateur ranking foes from 30 kyu to 1 kyu, 1 kyu being the highest ranking. The professional player ranking begins at 1 dan and goes to 9 dan. Anything above 9 dan are special titles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
Play go online here! http://www.361points.com/whatisgo/
http://www.kiseido.com/ff.htm
http://www.gokgs.com/applet.jsp
Thursday, February 19, 2009
weekend... interesting?
你好！我的周末。。。有意思？
我作周末去Kawa Kon。 我在周末不图书馆工作，因为我很忙。 我哥哥和他的朋友也去Kawa Kon。 我看电影，好喝瓶Ramune。 Ramune是日本的汽水。 我星期五和星期六很忙，可是星期七不忙，所以我就回家。
Jade is an absolutely beautiful stone, and guess what! The earliest pieces of jade artwork were found in China, made during the stone age (imagine that!). Apparently, lots of people wore jade as decoration, but used it for witchcraft. Jade was later given around as gifts, and then during the Qin and Han dynasty, people began to think that jade would increase longevity, and started burying people with priceless jade figurines. Soon, lots of things were made from jade, bowls, dishes, bracelets, necklaces… Jade is wonderful because it doesn’t appear to wear down. It absorbs water and oil and still retains its lustrous color.
Jade: See how pretty it is?
http://www.dargate.com/237_auction/237_images/3405.jpg
On a stranger, more modern day Chinese "Cultural Aspect", see this link I found on Beijing Made Easy’s site:
http://www.beijingmadeeasy.com/beijing-fun/i-almost-became-a-male-prostitute
Amusing, no? :D
Thursday, February 5, 2009
听音乐， 一
我常常喜欢听音乐。我觉得BoA有意思。她是好唱歌手。BoA是韩国人，可是也常中文，日文，和美文。我也喜欢常常听CoCo Lee(李玟)。 我喜欢她的歌。你也可音听她！
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoTMrq-EATI&feature=channel_page
A Chinese cultural aspect that I find interesting is the subject of footbinding. This subject is very controversial. Most Westerners think of footbinding as a degrading, terrible and tradition. I will show you the truth of this ancient Chinese practice. Footbinding began around 970 A.D. The most common myth about how footbinding began is with Li Yu, who ordered his favorite concubine to dance "on her toes" in a giant, 12 foot lotus made of gold and precious jewels. The other maidens at court were astounded at her beauty and grace and soon began wrapping their own feet in strips of silk. Soon the custom was passed down out of the palace and evolved into footbinding. Eventually the wrappings began to be pulled tighter and tighter until the Golden Lotus (the name derived from the platform the concubine danced in) came to be stood for 3-inch long feet. The process of binding feet was very painful and ended in death for many unlucky girls. Still, the tradition carried on until the 1920's.
Even though binding their feet was painful, the girls still did it, mostly because it was how they were brought up, to obey their parents without question. Chinese girls lived in a very patriarchal society, and had no was of bettering themselves. Their mothers, who had bound feet, wrapped their daughters' out of love, because the smaller the feet, the better chance of getting a rich husband. Girls started to bind their feet when they were young, 5-7, when the bones were still pliable. A fortuneteller would arrive and divine the best date to do it on, almost always in late September when the cold of winter would be able to numb the girl's feet. After hand sewing tiny shoes for the Bound Foot Maiden and making an offering of rice cakes and red-bean paste dumplings, the process of foot binding began.
First the feet were soaked in a special concoction, passed down through the mother. The concoction would be hot water, and sometimes things like urine, animals blood, and roots. After the feet were soaked and scrubbed to get ride of dead skin, the toe nails were cut short and sprinkled liberally with an astringent, alum. They were then wrapped in such a way as to bring the four toes under neath the ball of the foot and to bring the toes close to the heel. The process of binding took two agonizing years, tightening the bindings until the desired length had been achieved.
Han girls weren't the only ones to bind their feet. Some male actors and prostitutes bound their feet as well to be more appealing. Manchu women, who were forbidden to bind their feet but liked the look, would make special shoes that were either raised on platforms, or were made in such a way as to look like the small shoes. Although the girls were proud of their small feet, they also "cheated" to make their feet look smaller. The shoes' soles often contained a wooden support that raised the heel on an incline (like high heel shoes today). With this incline, they could make their shoes, and thus their feet, look smaller.
Eventually footbinding was outlawed (1911), due to the problems it raised and the disgust of other countries. People went around China forced girls (and women) to unbind their feet, even though this often caused even more pain, since the foot no longer had the support from the bindings. Even though people today may shudder at what the girls had to go through to obtain beauty, they should remember that the 1000 year old tradition is hardly different then the odd things people do to obtain the "perfect figure," whether it be tattoos, piercings, or body alterations, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoTMrq-EATI&feature=channel_page
A Chinese cultural aspect that I find interesting is the subject of footbinding. This subject is very controversial. Most Westerners think of footbinding as a degrading, terrible and tradition. I will show you the truth of this ancient Chinese practice. Footbinding began around 970 A.D. The most common myth about how footbinding began is with Li Yu, who ordered his favorite concubine to dance "on her toes" in a giant, 12 foot lotus made of gold and precious jewels. The other maidens at court were astounded at her beauty and grace and soon began wrapping their own feet in strips of silk. Soon the custom was passed down out of the palace and evolved into footbinding. Eventually the wrappings began to be pulled tighter and tighter until the Golden Lotus (the name derived from the platform the concubine danced in) came to be stood for 3-inch long feet. The process of binding feet was very painful and ended in death for many unlucky girls. Still, the tradition carried on until the 1920's.
Even though binding their feet was painful, the girls still did it, mostly because it was how they were brought up, to obey their parents without question. Chinese girls lived in a very patriarchal society, and had no was of bettering themselves. Their mothers, who had bound feet, wrapped their daughters' out of love, because the smaller the feet, the better chance of getting a rich husband. Girls started to bind their feet when they were young, 5-7, when the bones were still pliable. A fortuneteller would arrive and divine the best date to do it on, almost always in late September when the cold of winter would be able to numb the girl's feet. After hand sewing tiny shoes for the Bound Foot Maiden and making an offering of rice cakes and red-bean paste dumplings, the process of foot binding began.
First the feet were soaked in a special concoction, passed down through the mother. The concoction would be hot water, and sometimes things like urine, animals blood, and roots. After the feet were soaked and scrubbed to get ride of dead skin, the toe nails were cut short and sprinkled liberally with an astringent, alum. They were then wrapped in such a way as to bring the four toes under neath the ball of the foot and to bring the toes close to the heel. The process of binding took two agonizing years, tightening the bindings until the desired length had been achieved.
Han girls weren't the only ones to bind their feet. Some male actors and prostitutes bound their feet as well to be more appealing. Manchu women, who were forbidden to bind their feet but liked the look, would make special shoes that were either raised on platforms, or were made in such a way as to look like the small shoes. Although the girls were proud of their small feet, they also "cheated" to make their feet look smaller. The shoes' soles often contained a wooden support that raised the heel on an incline (like high heel shoes today). With this incline, they could make their shoes, and thus their feet, look smaller.
Eventually footbinding was outlawed (1911), due to the problems it raised and the disgust of other countries. People went around China forced girls (and women) to unbind their feet, even though this often caused even more pain, since the foot no longer had the support from the bindings. Even though people today may shudder at what the girls had to go through to obtain beauty, they should remember that the 1000 year old tradition is hardly different then the odd things people do to obtain the "perfect figure," whether it be tattoos, piercings, or body alterations, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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