Culture 文化
Chopsticks Taboo: Don’t Stab Your Rice!
Today, let’s get into a little bit more of the culture in China. I have only seen this more with Cantonese people and I am not sure if Northern Chinese people follow the same practice. I am pretty sure you have heard about a lot of this regarding Japanese culture; it’s more or less very [...]
Qixi (Chatjik): Story of Chinese Valentine’s Day
I have to first apologize for missing such an important day in Chinese culture! According to the Chinese Lunar Calendar (農曆), today’s date is 蘭月初十 meaning the “10th day of the 7th month.” Therefore three days ago it was 蘭月初七 which likewise meant the “7th day of the 7th month.” The significance of this is [...]
Arguments Over the Cantonese Language
I am a frequent visitor of a couple of forums. A good lengthy discussion was made that I took a part in that perhaps you guys would want to see. The focal point was in regards to this presentation that member had produced. I will not directly post much from that site because it contains [...]
Less Than 100 Days until the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou!
In approximately 100 days from today, the 2010 Asian Games (2010 亞運) will begin in Guangzhou, Guangdong (廣州，廣東). This will be the first time that Guangzhou is going to host a event this large in scale and will be the second city after Beijing 1990 (北京) to host the Asiad. Fourty-five entities will be participating [...]
Cantonese Vloggers Online and Popular
A while after YouTube came out back in 2005, it slowly became a major hit with millions of viewers and videos that were uploaded. A phenomenon that ensured soon were the advent of Vlogs; similar to blogs such as the one you are reading now but with the use of videos in place of text [...]
