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Author Archives: d4vid
Remember
Quick question. How is the Lexus “A December to Remember” ™ sales event going?
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Fortuna
Some may remember the story of my epic quest to Pudong last year. To this day, the tale of the tubby gringo who braved a 45 minute subway ride and 45 minute death march in 99 degree heat & 99% … Continue reading
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Nightcrawler
My favorite of the X-Men, Nightcrawler, once said, “When you’re born with a tail, you learn to go through doors fast.” Something similar applies to being tall in an Asian country and learning to duck. That’s eye-level on the Shanghai … Continue reading
Gym
In case there was a doubt about whether or not I moved into a cosmopolitan part of Shanghai, I just tried out the gym at my new apartment. It’s directly above an Apple Store and looks out at a Tiffany’s.
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Dialects
There’s an old joke among linguists that a “language” is just a dialect with a navy. Dutch and German, for example, are distinct mostly because of political identity rather than because of any sharp linguistic differences. Chinese has two major … Continue reading
Death
Our offices here at work are spread across three contiguous floors: the 12th, 15th, and 16th. In China, buildings usually skip naming the 13th floor (out of general triskaidekaphobia) and any floors with “4” in them because the sound of … Continue reading
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Yuletide
Waiting at the gate for my Christmas Eve flight back to Shanghai. Since being here in China, the ubiquity of decorations and Christmas music has been one of the biggest surprises. But it’s Christmas divorced from its religious roots or … Continue reading
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Khazâd
So, I saw The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies with Traditional Chinese subtitles. The translation of some of the dwarves’ names would have horrified Tolkien. Balin became Ba Lin (巴林) and Thorin became Suo Lin (索林). “Lin” means forest. … Continue reading
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Genres
Which American movie will the good people of Hong Kong connect with better? They both have exclamation points on their posters, so I guess it’s a toss-up.
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Bureaucrats
Because the calligraphy and antiquities wings of the Hong Kong Museum of Art were both closed, I ended up at the Hong Kong Space Museum after not too long. Nice to see the history of astronomy start with the Chinese … Continue reading
Clarity
Just ate at an awesome dim sum place called Dim Dim Sum Dim Sum. You know, for clarity. It came highly recommended by both my coworker (whom I trust) and by Newsweek‘s “101 Best Places to Eat in the World” … Continue reading
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Blackfish
A Tlingit “Blackfish” pole gifted from Canada to Hong Kong in 1991. As we all learned from the documentary Blackfish, this was the First People’s term for killer whale.
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Universal
Having lunch at a trendy hole in the wall. Gourmet burger? Check. Duck fat fries? Check. Aerosmith songs blaring? Check. “Just the tip” written on the tip jar. Yeah, check.
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