I am sick today, so I will keep the post brief.
1) I attended a lecture given by two French-language authors, one from Haiti and one from Madagascar. The Alliance Francaise (the French Cultural Center) paid for the two authors to come and give free speeches in China with funds from the French government. The two men occasionally bump into colonialism in their works and had harsh words for the French government. When will the American Cultural Center follow suit and send Noam Chomsky to Beijing so I can see him before he passes away?
The author from Madagascar said that the authoritarian regime on that island country receives military supplies from China. I haven't been able to confirm this, but given the government's involvement with Sudan, Burma, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, I wouldn't be surprised.
2) This is how I feel occasionally as an expat in China. If anyone knows what the knight is doing in the frame at the end, please let me know.
3) I am learning how to whistle so I can properly pronounce "fish" and "go" in Chinese. Tips would be appreciated.
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re: item 3
ReplyDeletetry this: Freeze frame your lips/mouth right before you start saying the word "Urine" (in english) Then instead of using your tongue to make the "yuh" sound like the begining of "Urine", use your throat/diaphragm to make the sounds that "fish" and "go" in Chinese require
This method is incredibly effective. Yang Laoshi has given it her stamp of approval.
ReplyDeleteThanks : )
PS I understand that this blog already has had its fair share of scatological references, but isn't there another word other than 'urine' that could work here?