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Tuesday 2: COOpon or CUEpon?
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Just wondering how you say the word COUPON? Would be interesting to see if there are any differences by region too, so leave a comment to say where you’re from or where you grew up. [poll id=”7″]
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Adibos and Blood Nation
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Anyone want a bag? I guess the English translation is secondary here, as evidenced by it’s bottom layer placement:
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Jet Li’s English
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I cringe every time Jet Li opens his mouth in these American films. I’m embarrassed for him, but at the same time, it makes me chuckle. His first line in The Forbidden Kingdom after a long fight scene: No, Fool! Why do I write this now? Because I’m watching Kiss of the Dragon on TV…
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Sneak Peek: The Forbidden Kingdom
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Just got back from a sneak preview of The Forbidden Kingdom that opens this Friday, along with Expelled. Don’t worry, no spoilers here because I don’t really like to write. I’m just embarrassed every time Jet Li speaks in English. I think filmmakers make the effort to minimize his lines. But boy, he does move…
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Protesting Violence using Violence?
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Update: By the way, read about what China is saying about the torch relay here and here. The Olympic flame landed in SFO today around 3:40am. There have been so many protests already. Being Chinese American, I am proud of China’s rise in power and prominence, but at the same time, I am dismayed at…
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Ken Lee
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A clip from Bulgarian Idol. I probably sound like this when I karaoke in Chinese. High five to Kurt and Karyn for this one. Tulibu dibu douchoo…
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English Camp
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It’s actually a cultural exchange program, but I guess they call it an English Camp. This was taken on Thursday, July 13, 2006 at the Confucius Temple. Can you tell the American students from the Chinese students?
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CenSEARCHip
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CenSEARCHip – A neat project at the Indiana School of Informatics compares Google US and CN for the same search. From the about page: When you click the "Web Search" button, each side of the display will first show you an estimate of how many English-language results the search engine has for that national version.…
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Ambush From Ten Sides
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This must be the 2nd or 3rd time renting House of Flying Daggers and I finally got to watch it. …
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Hong Kong style bbq and stuff
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After work, I went to get some duck and chicken at this super popular take out place. It’s so popular that I had to wait for half an hour in a line that ran out the door. It was not a happy camper because I was tired, hungry, and cold…AND there was this European couple…
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Too fancy for the sunset
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I saw this car on 19th Avenue. Too bad the guy didn’t know how to drive it cuz when the light turned green, it stalled a little and the car made a metal grinding noise. Ouch.
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News in China
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek Died. I visited her family’s house in Shanghai as a destination on the tour path set up by the government. Check out this article from a Chinese site. It says, “Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Australian Prime Minister John Winston Howard meet press after their talks in Canberra…” Is the ‘R’…
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Ok, scratch that last post.
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Ok, scratch that last post. I have internet connection. Haha. Anyways, Stephen got us down in 5 hours today. Wowee. I met up with some friends for dinner. There were 3 of us Asians, 2 who spoke Japanese, and a white guy who also speaks Japanese. We ate at some restaurant that served mostly Japanese…
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It was brought to my
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It was brought to my attention that Hello Kitty and Dilbert should get together cuz neither of them have mouths. Too bad Dear Daniel might get upset. Did you know that Hello Kitty is a 3rd grader?