Next time, let me know. I can give you a warm welcome as a native Beijing guy. I grow up in Hutong.

2/6/2013 8:17:20 PM

YOU SUNK MY BATTRESHIP!

2/6/2013 8:17:34 PM

i was going through recommended parts lists for a Toshiba steam turbine the other day. the list was put together by the folks in Japan. they even mix up L and R in writing. had me loling.

2/6/2013 8:20:59 PM

shoot what can you tell me about this?

2/6/2013 8:23:00 PM

What's that? Bat?
Chinese ppl are crazy.

2/6/2013 8:35:45 PM

its a picture from hong kong

2/6/2013 8:45:20 PM

I once saw a chinese graduate student open up a can of Purina, put it in a bowl, and put that shit in the microwave, then proceed to eat it.

Holding back a gag reflex, I asked why she was eating dogfood.

She said "Ina China, we eata dog."



She thought Dogfood was made out of dog.

2/6/2013 8:47:30 PM

Hong Kong has belonged to mainland China now. Though they don't like being ruled by communist party.

2/6/2013 8:53:55 PM

Quote :

"i was going through recommended parts lists for a Toshiba steam turbine the other day. the list was put together by the folks in Japan. they even mix up L and R in writing. had me lrolring."

FTFY

2/6/2013 8:58:53 PM

This is the Hutong I lived b4 I came to US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxFbb1xmmtc

2/6/2013 9:36:48 PM

Maybe we rode past your house.

2/6/2013 10:05:12 PM

Do you still remember what's the name of the Hutong?
My house in the hutong worths nearly $1M already.
Do you like Beijing?

[Edited on February 6, 2013 at 10:10 PM. Reason : add another note]

2/6/2013 10:08:42 PM

Serves those tokay geckos right, mean little fuckers. I wonder how they taste...

2/7/2013 12:23:41 AM

Quote :

"i was going through recommended parts lists for a Toshiba steam turbine the other day. the list was put together by the folks in Japan. they even mix up L and R in writing. had me loling."

I just posted about why this is so; technically, they only "mix up L and R in writing" (and even then only for the outside world, using R and not L when writing Japanese words with English letters) while in speech they use a sound that's somewhere in-between because it's the only sound like that in their language (and it just so happens to be in ours too, but we just call it the "lazy t or d" in words like "butter" and "ladder"): http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=634623&page=2#15704051

More on-topic, I don't intend to ever go to Beijing and hope that shoot doesn't get sent back there because of problems with his paperwork: http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=634504

2/7/2013 1:26:11 AM

Quote :

"This is the Hutong I lived b4 I came to US. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxFbb1xmmtc"

I really like the artwork carved into the roofs of the buildings. Old houses in America had similar decorations, but carpenters are too expensive today and all houses look the same.





I like the idea of hidden courtyard gardens in the middle of a busy city.


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[Edited on February 7, 2013 at 1:58 AM. Reason : .]

2/7/2013 1:52:36 AM

i've been to golden dragon on hillsborough

2/7/2013 1:55:39 AM

Is this the same place? Beijing is so big!

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Xi+Si+Bei+Da+Jie+%26+Xi+Si+Bei+San+Tiao,+Xi+Cheng+Qu,+Beijing,+China,+100032&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.902929,74.003906&hnear=Xi+Si+Bei+Da+Jie+%26+Xi+Si+Bei+San+Tiao,+Xi+Cheng+Qu,+Beijing,+China&t=m&z=17

Quote :

" Xisi Bei Santiao This hutong has some well-preserved courtyard houses which are under protection from the municipality. No. 39 was the home of Cheng Yanqiu, famous Beijing opera singer. Courtyard homes in a variety of sizes can be seen around Xisi. On 19 Xisi Bei Santiao is a well-preserved one with three rooms. Larger courtyards, such as the one on 11 Xisi Bei Santiao, have dozens of rooms and a number of gardens. These old structures showcase ancient Beijing architecture, including mendun (gate piers), yingbi (screen walls) and stone carvings. "

[Edited on February 7, 2013 at 2:21 AM. Reason : .]

2/7/2013 2:13:32 AM

Yes, this is where I lived for 18 years.
And the courtyard in your previous pic is very similar with my home style.

[Edited on February 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM. Reason : add another note]

2/7/2013 9:31:43 AM

I have never been to Beijing b4. I visited back when it was Beijing b1.8 though.

2/7/2013 9:49:25 AM

What is Beijing b1.8?

2/7/2013 9:52:28 AM

a previous version of beijing, prior to b4.

[Edited on February 7, 2013 at 9:53 AM. Reason : .]

2/7/2013 9:53:32 AM

I'm still running Beijing b1.8, when I tried to upgrade to b4 my graphics card was having trouble rendering all of the smog.

What kind of radeon do I need to run b4?

2/7/2013 10:02:58 AM

^, ^^ What r u talking about? I can't get it. You mean the foggy weather of Beijing or what?

2/7/2013 10:14:06 AM

that is smog, not fog

2/7/2013 10:18:19 AM

I went to Beijing

It was nice and not smoggy when I was there

2/7/2013 10:34:10 AM

http://beijingcream.com/

A very good website about Beijing.

2/7/2013 10:45:51 AM

http://www.beijingattractions.org/
Another good one.

3/6/2013 4:48:32 PM

^^ It would seem that in Beijing cash still rules everything around you.

3/6/2013 4:49:29 PM

True. China is developing capitalism, altho they say they r a socialism country.

3/6/2013 5:36:42 PM

http://www.china.org.cn/travel/beijingguide/node_7044538.htm

3/27/2013 11:36:17 AM

Quote :

"I once saw a chinese graduate student open up a can of Purina, put it in a bowl, and put that shit in the microwave, then proceed to eat it. Holding back a gag reflex, I asked why she was eating dogfood. She said "Ina China, we eata dog." She thought Dogfood was made out of dog. "

lmao, this is a true story?

3/27/2013 12:02:07 PM

People do eat dogs in China.

3/27/2013 12:10:05 PM

Quote :

"What r u talking about? I can't get it. You mean the foggy weather of Beijing or what?"

LOL. Is this what the government tells you? Just some fog, eh?

3/27/2013 12:50:30 PM

I know it's pollution. That's why I want to live in NC, away from giant cities.

3/27/2013 12:53:51 PM

I have been to Beijing and the attractions nearby

3/27/2013 1:03:33 PM

Which part of Great Wall is this?
You look nice in the pic.

3/27/2013 1:07:00 PM

No clue - it was 4 years ago. I don't remember being too far from Beijing (maybe 2 hours or so).

3/27/2013 1:15:52 PM

I was going to go to Beijing last spring...

it didn't happen...


that is all

3/27/2013 1:20:20 PM

You should plan on it.

3/27/2013 3:44:31 PM

I'm no longer interested in beijing or who's in beijing.

3/27/2013 4:21:38 PM

3/27/2013 4:44:57 PM

I spent a summer in China. I liked Beijing because the train/metro made it easy to get around and I met some really cool people. It was hella smoggy though, the life expectancy for that city must be taking a hit.

I liked Hangzhou much better, but that's where I was for 5.5 weeks or so for my program. I am dying to go back.

3/27/2013 4:47:29 PM

Hangzhou is a mid-size city. Totally different life style. But I like NC better than Beijing now.

3/27/2013 4:50:10 PM

I just liked how it catered to Westerners and had a large ex-pat community. The More Hanzhou magazine was a life saver for finding restaurants that weren't traditional Chinese. I got so sick of kai lan, eggplant, and rice after a while.

3/27/2013 4:51:58 PM

bayzhing

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

3/27/2013 4:56:56 PM

The Japanese restaurant at Solana mall is really good

3/27/2013 5:00:25 PM

^^^ That's traditional Chinese food.
^ Which one? ????

3/28/2013 12:14:49 PM

Dunno, some kind of fish... Big Fish? Goldfish?

It was kind of like a Kanki thing except all you can eat/drink and they had sea urchin

3/28/2013 2:24:19 PM

Nice.

3/28/2013 2:34:00 PM

shoot isnt really from China.

3/28/2013 2:43:15 PM