answers to an email, but instructive for all
>>Do you guys know enough Chinese to order food in >>china-town?
yes and no. If the chef is a mandarin (or putonghua) speaker than we are an asset. However, I believe much of Chinatown is Cantonese. Ask around and if there's a good putonghua speaking restaurant and we'll make a date of it to introduce you to the wonders of yu xiang rou si and jia chang doufu.
>>Could you read me a fortune cookie or Confucian
>>Odes in Chinese?
probably not. I only know about a hundred characters and only about fifty of those do I know how to say and what they mean.
>>How does all the Chinese swill taste?
Chinese booze is terrible. They make a passable brandy and some of the worst red wine in the world. It tastes like cysco. The best red wine is usually described as inoffensive.
The Chinese favoritist booze is called baijiu,which literally means white wine. Really it's made from sorgum and it tastes like vodka that hates you. It smells like compost and makes you feel hungover before you feel drunk. You can pick some up at Ranch 99 if you want to cause people to hate and fear you.
>>Can you guys cook me Chinese food when you get back?
probably. I'm gonna buy a rice cooker and start practicing more.
>>Can you sent me Chinese girls to hang around my
>>apartment and take care of things?—of things!!!
Scarily, I believe the answer to this is yes.
>>Tell me something useful; it doesn’t even have to >>have anything to do with china or Chinese anything? >>Is tricky music a band?
There is Chinese band called I Like Tricky Music. It isn't bad.
>>Do you guys feel like giants now that you live in >>china?
yes
>> Freaks?
sometimes.
>>Do they have any pizza in China?
yes. It is not very good. Frequently ketchup is used as tomato sauce and as a dipping sauce for pizza.
>>How is the teaching going?
Not bad. My children are bratty but cute.
>>Do either of you think that you’ll do it again or not a chance?
Yes. I would love to teach an older crowd.
>>How long do you think it will be until you eat Chinese
>>food again once you get home?
I believe I will miss Chinese food immediately when I get home. American Chinese food is plenty awesome but it has only a slight resemblence to Chinese Chinese food. There is no Chinses barbeque back in the states, and Chinese (I suppose it's technically Xinjiang) barbeque is good enough to hurt.
>>How is your living quarters?
livable. dirty.
>>Does China sparkle at night?
Yes. Every building gets flashy lights. Frequently what we would assume is a bar or a disco turns out to be a bank.
>>Do you guys know what they do with those dried fish?
They just eat them, I think.
>>What are your plans when you come back?
School, for both of us.
yes and no. If the chef is a mandarin (or putonghua) speaker than we are an asset. However, I believe much of Chinatown is Cantonese. Ask around and if there's a good putonghua speaking restaurant and we'll make a date of it to introduce you to the wonders of yu xiang rou si and jia chang doufu.
>>Could you read me a fortune cookie or Confucian
>>Odes in Chinese?
probably not. I only know about a hundred characters and only about fifty of those do I know how to say and what they mean.
>>How does all the Chinese swill taste?
Chinese booze is terrible. They make a passable brandy and some of the worst red wine in the world. It tastes like cysco. The best red wine is usually described as inoffensive.
The Chinese favoritist booze is called baijiu,which literally means white wine. Really it's made from sorgum and it tastes like vodka that hates you. It smells like compost and makes you feel hungover before you feel drunk. You can pick some up at Ranch 99 if you want to cause people to hate and fear you.
>>Can you guys cook me Chinese food when you get back?
probably. I'm gonna buy a rice cooker and start practicing more.
>>Can you sent me Chinese girls to hang around my
>>apartment and take care of things?—of things!!!
Scarily, I believe the answer to this is yes.
>>Tell me something useful; it doesn’t even have to >>have anything to do with china or Chinese anything? >>Is tricky music a band?
There is Chinese band called I Like Tricky Music. It isn't bad.
>>Do you guys feel like giants now that you live in >>china?
yes
>> Freaks?
sometimes.
>>Do they have any pizza in China?
yes. It is not very good. Frequently ketchup is used as tomato sauce and as a dipping sauce for pizza.
>>How is the teaching going?
Not bad. My children are bratty but cute.
>>Do either of you think that you’ll do it again or not a chance?
Yes. I would love to teach an older crowd.
>>How long do you think it will be until you eat Chinese
>>food again once you get home?
I believe I will miss Chinese food immediately when I get home. American Chinese food is plenty awesome but it has only a slight resemblence to Chinese Chinese food. There is no Chinses barbeque back in the states, and Chinese (I suppose it's technically Xinjiang) barbeque is good enough to hurt.
>>How is your living quarters?
livable. dirty.
>>Does China sparkle at night?
Yes. Every building gets flashy lights. Frequently what we would assume is a bar or a disco turns out to be a bank.
>>Do you guys know what they do with those dried fish?
They just eat them, I think.
>>What are your plans when you come back?
School, for both of us.
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