Comments on: The Years BC http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/ Musings and Bladderment from One Fat Englishman Out East Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: MyLaowai http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-381 MyLaowai Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:51:53 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-381 @Stranded Mariner - well said. The problem is getting them away from their native environment. So many people, so little desire to see/hear/taste anything not of China. @Stranded Mariner - well said. The problem is getting them away from their native environment. So many people, so little desire to see/hear/taste anything not of China.

]]> By: Starnded Mariner http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-276 Starnded Mariner Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:14:17 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-276 "After Hungary and just before I went to Japan (in March 2001) I taught for three months at a private language school in Brighton, south England. We had a few Chinese there and the main thing I remember is how happy most of them were that they could actually talk to and be friends with our Japanese students, who - wonder of wonders - turned out to be friendly and kind and ready to talk sensibly about the Chinese-Japanese recent past." This is so true, and in line with my own experience. Bring people into a new, to them foreign environment, and they actually start to act like normal people. I have seen it when I sailed, and we sometimes had more than 12 different nationalities on board. People just got along well, despite how some of them had been brainwashed and full of prejudice in their own environments. “After Hungary and just before I went to Japan (in March 2001) I taught for three months at a private language school in Brighton, south England. We had a few Chinese there and the main thing I remember is how happy most of them were that they could actually talk to and be friends with our Japanese students, who - wonder of wonders - turned out to be friendly and kind and ready to talk sensibly about the Chinese-Japanese recent past.”

This is so true, and in line with my own experience. Bring people into a new, to them foreign environment, and they actually start to act like normal people. I have seen it when I sailed, and we sometimes had more than 12 different nationalities on board. People just got along well, despite how some of them had been brainwashed and full of prejudice in their own environments.

]]> By: China Blogging - Living in China, studying Chinese, web design and development. » Lost Laowai’s Group Writing Project: If I knew then what I knew now http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-275 China Blogging - Living in China, studying Chinese, web design and development. » Lost Laowai’s Group Writing Project: If I knew then what I knew now Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:04:51 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-275 [...] The Years BC :: By Kim [...] […] The Years BC :: By Kim […]

]]> By: lonniebhodge http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-273 lonniebhodge Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:00:31 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-273 Nicely, done... Love the idea of BC...may start referring to things that way, but I am apt to begin sounding awfully old... Glad to have found you.... best from GZ OMBW Nicely, done…

Love the idea of BC…may start referring to things that way, but I am apt to begin
sounding awfully old…

Glad to have found you….

best from GZ

OMBW

]]> By: Welcome « Japan with hindsight http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-269 Welcome « Japan with hindsight Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:35:43 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-269 [...] that projects contributions here. Well worth a visit. Here’s an excerpt: In the post, entitled “The Years BC“, Kim recounts the (often entertainment-industry induced) rather skewed knowledge he had of China [...] […] that projects contributions here. Well worth a visit. Here’s an excerpt: In the post, entitled “The Years BC“, Kim recounts the (often entertainment-industry induced) rather skewed knowledge he had of China […]

]]> By: Sean http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-264 Sean Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:53:32 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-264 In my hometown in Canada things were remarkably similar to what Kim has described, except I don't know about Monkey. The major difference is that in school we had lots of Chinese around. Some were named Howard and Karen and were in our classes and spoke English and wore the same clothes as the white kids. Others were in special classes, didn't speak English and wore funny, cheap-looking clothes. They had names like V. Tranh and M. Tranh. Later I realized that they were Vietnamese! In my hometown in Canada things were remarkably similar to what Kim has described, except I don’t know about Monkey. The major difference is that in school we had lots of Chinese around. Some were named Howard and Karen and were in our classes and spoke English and wore the same clothes as the white kids. Others were in special classes, didn’t speak English and wore funny, cheap-looking clothes. They had names like V. Tranh and M. Tranh. Later I realized that they were Vietnamese!

]]> By: 长舟丫 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-250 长舟丫 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:54:19 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-250 Nice one! Oo, makes me want to get to work on my submission. I've been in Dalian for a year but I'm about to leave - so it would be just the time to sum up... Nice post about cuteness too - ughghgh. 长舟丫 Nice one! Oo, makes me want to get to work on my submission. I’ve been in Dalian for a year but I’m about to leave - so it would be just the time to sum up…

Nice post about cuteness too - ughghgh. 长舟丫

]]> By: Kim http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-232 Kim Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:51:31 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-232 Hope the project takes off! Good idea. Hope the project takes off! Good idea.

]]> By: Group Writing Project: If I Knew Then What I Know Now | Lost Laowai China Blog http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-231 Group Writing Project: If I Knew Then What I Know Now | Lost Laowai China Blog Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:43:22 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-231 [...] the post, entitled “The Years BC“, Kim recounts the (often entertainment-industry induced) rather skewed knowledge he had of [...] […] the post, entitled “The Years BC“, Kim recounts the (often entertainment-industry induced) rather skewed knowledge he had of […]

]]> By: The Humanaught http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-230 The Humanaught Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:59:03 +0000 http://eastweststation.com/blog/2007/06/09/the-years-bc/#comment-230 My early impressions were quite similar, minus "Monkey" - you Brits lucked out, as we Canucks were left wanting. I first learned of the Monkey King from Stephen Chow here in the Mainland. It's funny to look back now and consider how absolutely naive I was before I came to China. I mean, up until 2004, when I read The Rape of Nanking while in Northern Thailand, I had absolutely no idea about a single Chinese city (other than Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong - but didn't know where any of them were). Ya know, I'm going to borrow this for a little writing project I've been looking to start on Lost Laowai. :-) My early impressions were quite similar, minus “Monkey” - you Brits lucked out, as we Canucks were left wanting. I first learned of the Monkey King from Stephen Chow here in the Mainland.

It’s funny to look back now and consider how absolutely naive I was before I came to China. I mean, up until 2004, when I read The Rape of Nanking while in Northern Thailand, I had absolutely no idea about a single Chinese city (other than Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong - but didn’t know where any of them were).

Ya know, I’m going to borrow this for a little writing project I’ve been looking to start on Lost Laowai. :-)

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