China | Dominik Mayer – Products, Asia, Productivity
Update
Ubuntu 8.04 brought me Firefox 3 Beta 5 which is not yet supported by one of my crucial add-ons. Chinese Perapera-kun translates Chinese words by hovering over them. Very useful.
Now I have to get along with these:
- Chinaboard: Translates whole expressions
- Google Translate: Not very accurate but provides a rough overview
- dict.leo.org: German/Chinese and Pinyin
- Dict.cn: English/Chinese
Chinese Candy
Made of vegetables
Teamwork
The midterms are over and learning for them has improved my Chinese quite a bit. Inspired by a student of Sinology I had decided not to study any tones as memorizing doesn’t work, I can’t speak them anyway and most Chinese also understand me if I don’t use them. That doesn’t mean that I won’t try to learn them by speaking.
In the midterms we solved some exercises in teamwork and I would have never thought that one day a Chinese would copy from me in a Chinese exam. ;-)
Maybe More
According to Tongji it’s no problem to stay longer as long as TUM agrees. So the question is: Do I really want to stay longer? I don’t know. Fortunately I don’t have to decide right away.
More?
I asked my coordinator in Germany and she said I could stay longer. Let’s hope that I’ll get another admission from Tongji. If everything works out I would fly to Munich, write my exams and come back to Shanghai.
Wood, Water and Stones
Fake tree
Waiting for the worst food so far.
I’ve been gnawing on one of the wooden things in front without any effect before I finally gave up. The other dishes weren’t much better.
Funny thing to pump water. We thought we’d help them by using it but it actually cost one Yuan.
From Shanghai to Linan
The beginning of our two day study trip to Linan organized by the International School. Price: 50 Yuan (about 4,50 Euro).
Five buses in front of the International Students Building.
Large houses being built in the middle of nowhere. We’ve also seen developments with dozens of new, empty houses.
Oriental cherry?
News About the Chair
“It is a good chair, it was made in Japan and was used in German in 1997.”
Rainy Hongkou
In front of the Rainbow City Lifestyle Mall.
Feihong Road and an entrances to the metro station Linping Road.
Rainbow City Lifestyle Mall
Watch the video here.
The only thing I bought. Very useful. And only 32 Yuan (+ 2,90 Yuan for the bulb).
Wood and Food
We just said we want something without meat and something with. I always said yes when the man, seemed to be the owner, asked about tofu, corn, etc. as I eat all of them. I never intended to order all the things… A great deal too much food for two persons and not as cheap as it could have been. But very delicious.
For They Know Not What They Do
Ok, better than this.
Match your bedding to your dress. Or the other way round.
Better than living food.
Hongkou Night
Women Hospital
My barber’s. We think the sign says they will reopen on April 30th.
As usual: We know many characters but have no clue about their meaning in combination.
My street.
The house on the other side.
The 3 Kingdom Restaurant
The upper thing was also yellow, I have no idea why it’s green on the pictures.
Every table has its own fume hood and barbecue grill.
So many people are running around in the restaurants but no one takes care of your clothes. You always have to put them over your chair. I did it and then someone came and put this thing over my coat to “protect” it. Weird.
Free appetizers.
Gou rou, dog meat. No one wanted to order it and I only eat dogs when I can kill them myself. :-P
A waitress cooked the vegetables at another table, away from the meat.
The barbecue was changed very often. The waitresses came with a new one, put the meat on it and took the used one away.
Korean cutting the meat.
You eat the things wrapped in a lettuce leaf.
No idea why our Koren friend poured her tea in her rice.
Dessert
Air conditioning with jet engine
Cleaning
Just a Little Bit
My vegetarian food didn’t even comply with the Chinese definition as I could spot the meat easily. The waitress said it’s just “a little bit” but they finally cooked the dish again.
Mifan. I could eat tons. And I begin to understand why Chinese like it that much.
Waitresses standing around. As all Chinese restaurants this one also had personnel en masse.