Comments on: You’ve been in Shanghai too long when … http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/ Learning on Your Terms Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:13:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Thomas http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15343 Thomas Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:59:34 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15343 never mind the hep - they are delicious! Some things are worth a risk, and 20 yangrou chuanr qualify...;-) never mind the hep - they are delicious! Some things are worth a risk, and 20 yangrou chuanr qualify…;-)

]]> By: iliana http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15342 iliana Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:54:18 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15342 Thank you, Ma Ding. Faaaascinating! I love the idea of grilled lamb kebabs, and now I'll take special care in choosing my vendor; hep sticks? Yum! Er.. :-) ../iliana Thank you, Ma Ding. Faaaascinating! I love the idea of grilled lamb kebabs, and now I’ll take special care in choosing my vendor; hep sticks? Yum! Er..

:-)

../iliana

]]> By: Ma Ding http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15341 Ma Ding Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:47:30 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15341 yang rou chuanr are little lamb kebobs sold on the street. only sometimes they aren't really lamb. arf ! arf ! woof ! woof ! In Beijing we called them hep sticks, or hepatitis-on-a-stick :) maybe that's because the "meat" has usually been sitting outside, unrefridgerated, for a day or two, and they are cooked over high-sulphur coal chunks. I've had the hepititis vaccination series, and I am still afraid of eathing them. yang rou chuanr are little lamb kebobs sold on the street.

only sometimes they aren’t really lamb. arf ! arf ! woof ! woof !

In Beijing we called them hep sticks, or hepatitis-on-a-stick :) maybe that’s because the “meat” has usually been sitting outside, unrefridgerated, for a day or two, and they are cooked over high-sulphur coal chunks.

I’ve had the hepititis vaccination series, and I am still afraid of eathing them.

]]> By: Ken Carroll http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15340 Ken Carroll Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:06:15 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15340 You know you've been living in Shanghai for too long when you can't think of anything to write in this thread. To me, everything seems 'normal' around here. It is, isn't it? There's nothing really odd about Matt's observations... Ken Carroll You know you’ve been living in Shanghai for too long when you can’t think of anything to write in this thread. To me, everything seems ‘normal’ around here. It is, isn’t it? There’s nothing really odd about Matt’s observations…

Ken Carroll

]]> By: iliana http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15339 iliana Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:43:13 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15339 Interesting :-) What are yang rou chuanr? ../iliana Interesting :-) What are yang rou chuanr?

../iliana

]]> By: Tomasz http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15338 Tomasz Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:45:09 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15338 Interesting!! I'm currently living in Nanjing, last week I was standing on a subway platform waiting for the next train, I noticed that i have a better chance of getting a seat if i stand towards the middle of the platform. The logic behind that is that people are too lazy to walk all the way to the middle since the entrences to the platform are usually located at both ends. Ever since than I've been more succesful of getting a seat. And yes.... the thought of me living in Nanjing too long crossed my mind... Interesting!! I’m currently living in Nanjing, last week I was standing on a subway platform waiting for the next train, I noticed that i have a better chance of getting a seat if i stand towards the middle of the platform. The logic behind that is that people are too lazy to walk all the way to the middle since the entrences to the platform are usually located at both ends. Ever since than I’ve been more succesful of getting a seat. And yes…. the thought of me living in Nanjing too long crossed my mind…

]]> By: Colleen http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15337 Colleen Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:38:35 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15337 Haha, good point Thomas. I've got a million restaurants I'd go to if I a)had time b)had money c)had a friend who happened to also have a) and b). Fat Chance... Yum...Yang Rou Chuan...I'm definitely having that for dinner:) Haha, good point Thomas. I’ve got a million restaurants I’d go to if I a)had time b)had money c)had a friend who happened to also have a) and b).

Fat Chance…

Yum…Yang Rou Chuan…I’m definitely having that for dinner:)

]]> By: Thomas http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15336 Thomas Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:37:53 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15336 Similar to Colleen's comment: the more new restaurants you find where you _could_ go, the less you can be bothered after you made friends with the xiaojie in that little yang rou chuanr (that's then Beijing, of course) place right next to your hutong exit. You drop by at least every other day for a fistful. Similar to Colleen’s comment: the more new restaurants you find where you _could_ go, the less you can be bothered after you made friends with the xiaojie in that little yang rou chuanr (that’s then Beijing, of course) place right next to your hutong exit. You drop by at least every other day for a fistful.

]]> By: chinesepod http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15335 chinesepod Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:50:01 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15335 Will, Sorry about that, more explanation is definitely needed. There are millions of bikes, motorcycles, pedal carts, and other small moving objects on the streets of Shanghai. Looking through the back window before you get in and out of a taxi can help avoid disaster (aka someone/something coliding with you). Safe to say I have had several near misses. Matt Park 段伟 Will,

Sorry about that, more explanation is definitely needed. There are millions of bikes, motorcycles, pedal carts, and other small moving objects on the streets of Shanghai. Looking through the back window before you get in and out of a taxi can help avoid disaster (aka someone/something coliding with you). Safe to say I have had several near misses.

Matt Park 段伟

]]> By: Mike in Jubei http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15334 Mike in Jubei Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:31:28 +0000 http://blog.praxislanguage.com/2006/11/29/you-know-you-have-been-in-shanghai-too-long-when/#comment-15334 When you meet a street vendor in a different part of town and he is not standing by his "suitcase". He comes up to you because he recognizes you, smiles and asks you to speak to his kid in English. I have had this happen on two occasions with two different men. Mike in Jubei When you meet a street vendor in a different part of town and he is not standing by his “suitcase”. He comes up to you because he recognizes you, smiles and asks you to speak to his kid in English.

I have had this happen on two occasions with two different men.

Mike in Jubei

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