Comments on: The Great Adventure of Lunch in Haikou

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:54:14 +0000

Good to hear!!!! This is such a well writen blog btw

By: Vivian

Vivian — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:37:15 +0000

The trick is the get the tones right and it’s very hard for non-native speakers. Also most people you’ve been talking to are not Mandarin speakers, so they have trouble understanding Mandarin, not you. In case of emergency tutoring, you can always check me on Skype: S20090828.

By: Sarah D

Sarah D — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:10:31 +0000

That is sooo funny!! Honestly, I think they are amussed by you as you are by them, maybe that’s the wrong word for your feelings of them but I’m sure they find you interesting Do you feel it was a different experience since you went alone oppose to going with Sharon?? I had a dream you called me last night.. it made me excited hehe I loveee you!!

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:35:43 +0000

Awesome! Thanks Vivian! Now if I could just get them to understand me when I try to speak…

By: Vivian

Vivian — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:40:47 +0000

In case you ever need to order soup to-go again and the phrases in your book doesn’t help:
(and you manage to either remember this or print it out)

soup = tang 汤
to-go = dai zou 带走
I want a bowl of soup, to go. = wo yao yi wan tang, dai zou. 我要一碗汤，带走。

By: Yeong

Yeong — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:41:15 +0000

poor jason! after going through all that, coudn’t get soup to go? may be they don’t have such a thing as ‘to go’.? how big or small is this town? hope sharon gets better soon!!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:39:52 +0000

Harris the magnificent,

Here’s what Google gave me:

I hope you put this wise enough to Google – I have a belief that education in the Santa Cruz … this is a vivid story – just eat a simple lunch, and still is such a great adventure with some difficulties. In addition, it is clear, Chinese and English do not translate well to each other

I’m glad you believe in the Santa Cruz education system! Your English could use some work though, I’m having doubts now about Maryland, I hope you don’t normally write so poorly, it’s very choppy.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:34:43 +0000

Thanks Holly! And yes, I was able to find her some soup . I got her a cup-of-noodles from the grocery store, a guaranteed way of getting soup to-go. Cup-of-noodles here isn’t like it is there, there are like a hundred different varieties and they’re all much nicer. So, she still enjoyed her soup!

By: 哈里斯的宏伟

哈里斯的宏伟 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:50:52 +0000

我希望你把这个足够的智慧谷歌-我有一个信念教育在圣克鲁斯…这是一个生动的故事-吃简单的午餐，现在仍然是这样一个伟大的冒险的一些困难。此外，很明显，中文和英文不很好的转化为彼此:-)。

By: Barry Demant

Barry Demant — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:35:08 +0000

Should have been a Seinfeld adventure. Too funny!