a little that went a long way

so, as i've mentioned before, i've spent pretty much all day with two women from our guangzhou branch. they are very friendly, helpful people, and without them, i have no idea if i'd have been able to get my visa, etc.

anyway, they don't speak a lot of english. in fact, it took nearly all day for me to learn they spoke any because the whole day was conducted in chinese.

at dinner, we had a great time talking about this and that, stuff that gets lost in translation, and so forth. it was fun. at one point, carol said (in chinese) "if you didn't speak chinese, we couldn't communicate." this implies two things:

  • can speak a little chinese, despite what daisy may say
  • we were actually communicating
rock on.

February 20, 2008 @ 6:53am . 86 views . 4 comments

comments:

what?? since my english is only a little better than your chinese. please translate the last sentence into chinese.

daisy | February 20 @ 8:12am

ahahaha....

Saulemander | February 20 @ 11:28am

im laughing at peter, not you daisy

Saulemander | February 20 @ 1:26pm

haha I was just kidding, daisy. 开玩笑 :)

THE Lowly Peon | February 20 @ 6:49pm