http://blog.orimaoz.com And without a clue Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:39:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "We have good rooms, and the price is very cheap, Have three human lives and have four human lives, many human lives". (click image below to enlarge)   http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/05/17/xinjiang_housing_philosophy What is the first thing you notice about the Chinese word "dim sum"? If you speak even just a bit of Mandarin Chinese, it would probably be: the word is not in Mandarin. The word "dim sum" is in Cantonese, as is the food itself; specific to the Cantonese cuisine ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/05/03/dimsum I was seated on a sofa, in a private booth. In front of me eight pretty girls were arrayed. The Big Boss, seated next to me, gestured toward the girls and said: "choose". I had just emerged from the toilet (private booth, private toilet) and a human meat market was not ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/04/09/ktv2 When I was preparing to come to China for the 2nd time, I chatted on the internet with a girl I had a met during my first trip here, and asked if she wanted me to bring her anything from Israel. Her response was: "please bring me a dog". Chinese are ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/02/16/doggiewear On Chinese New Year's eve, I was invited to a Chinese colleague's home for dinner. Not wanting to come empty-handed, I brought with me a bottle of good Cabernet Sauvignon. My hosts gladly accepted the wine, poured it and... added a good measure of Sprite to all the glasses. This anecdote ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/02/08/wine-coffee "No pain, no gain", or so the saying goes. And one of the pains you will have to endure for your health, at least according to traditional Chinese medicine, will be in your feet. The basic idea behind acupuncture and pressure points is that stimulating specific locations in your body will, ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/02/07/things-afoot (keep reading for first-hand photos - press the "more" button) Uncharacteristically cold weather has hit China at a fatal timing - just before Spring Festival and Chinese New Year. This time of year involves a mass migration, as countless Chinese head home to visit their families, and in normal conditions cause ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/02/05/sea-of-humanity When visiting parks and outdoor teahouses of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, you may often encounter people walking among the patrons offering their services. Each carries a toolset: various small metallic instruments, some pointed, others soft-edged： These people are ear-cleaners, an occupation which is perhaps unique to China. Their tools ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/01/31/earwax A typical headrest of a taxi in Shenzhen: Can you guess what it says?  You might be surprised to find out that the text simply means "Monday".  This method guarantees that the headrest cover has been replaced the same day (or exactly a week before...). Of course, nothing prevents the driver ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2008/01/29/taxi-headrest-covers One of the things which frustrate me in China is my inability to tell jokes. In the past I had believed that to be able to tell a joke properly, the most important thing is that both joke teller and listener are fluent in the language which is used to ... http://blog.orimaoz.com/2007/12/21/translating-humor