My husband’s brother-in-law,Joseph,an American real estate agent,came to China for a short visit to our city.To show hospitality at the welcoming dinner party,Mr.Sun,the host,entertained Joseph with Chinese wine,saying,”According to our custom,a brother-in-law coming to his wife’s native country for the first time must drink three cups of wine.”Joseph declined the offer by saying,”Thank you,but I can’t drink even one drop.” “Then our dinner won’t be over without your drinking at least one cup,”insisted Mr. Sun. To this,Joseph responded,”The Korean War is over,Don’t attack the Americans any more.”
June 25, 2007
Marriage Arranged by an Unborn Baby
The other day a Chinese told me that to go with the traditional custom,one’s marriage has to be decided by his or her parents and that accordingly,her mother’s marriage was arranged by her grandparents,but her sister has broken the tradition. “How?”I asked. “Her marriage was arranged by her unborn baby.” “What do you mean?”I was puzzled. “She had to get married because of her premarital pregnancy,”She explained in embarrassment.
Time Is Money
As the taxi came to a screeching halt at a traffic light,I asked the driver,”Do you agree that ‘Time is money’?” “Well,it’s a very common saying.Who will care so much about that?”the driver answered . “Look,the digits in the meter are still running when the car has stopped,”I pointed at the meter. “Oh.yes.You’ve got a point here,In this case,time is money for both of us,”added the driver.
June 19, 2007
What should I say
Last week I wrote a post <Gwf of China has cancelled banning WordPress today>,maybe I was happy to early,for all blogs in wordpress are still banned,only http://wordpress.com is allright.I really don’t know what to say.
June 15, 2007
Just a test
There seems something wrong with my blog these days ,every time I publish a post it goes error then yesterday I gave an email to the admin of wordpress,thanks for the help he support.This is a test to see if it is right to publish post.
