Tag Archives: chinglish

Century Park

By dinglesp | October 7, 2008

 
I decided to make a trip over to Century Park during Golden Week, I don’t normally go over to the wilderness (Pudong) unless I’m catching a flight or err… arriving on a flight so I figured I’d better go and see what all the fuss was about. Actually, when I say “decided to make a [...]

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Bangkok

By dinglesp | August 28, 2008

So I arrived in Bangkok last night to give a seminar today, nothing too exciting to report so far, here’s some rambled garbage:

Bit of good old Chinglish at the airport, apparently the Chinese says “Various Snacks”

Hotel staff wearing 1950’s UFOs / World War 1 German helmets
Actually, I know how this is going to pan [...]

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Benign Girl

By dinglesp | July 19, 2008

Malignant boy coming soon!!

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A Question

By dinglesp | July 2, 2008

Any westerner who has just arrived in Shanghai will know that it’s virtually impossible to find a knife and fork in local restaurants, so why is it that Chinese airlines never carry chopsticks for both domestic and international flights, they always hand out plastic knives and forks?
Anyway, I almost forgot about chopsticks completely when I [...]

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Boring Wenzhou

By dinglesp | June 30, 2008

If you ever think about making a trip to Wenzhou forget about it the rules in the hotels are nothing short of draconian!

Hmm, I really need to figure out how to upload images properly…. In the meantime, click on the image to see it larger

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