Quick Notes Before Class

I wanted to point out some pictures Joe posted of Zhongshan Park - the one I walk through to get to class. Actually - after looking again I guess they don't show up. I'll check on this...

Also, some of our favorite sayings/ mistranslations, etc:

When asked a question by a student, one professor asked if the student was Canadian. When the student said yes, the professor responded that he could not answer questions from Canadians. We finally figured out he could not understand the Canadian accent! After the next student asked a question, the professor responded, "This is a very good question... because I understand it."

One rather large foreigner kept getting approached by Chinese people asking his wife how many bowls of rice does he eat each day? The wife's favorite comment was: "His parents must own a rice factory. There's no other explanation." (Luckily the husband did not speak Mandarin.)

And my favorite ancient Chinese philosophy about marriage (at least for women who were not allowed to apply for divorce): "If you marry a chicken, you must follow a chicken forever."

After today I will be half done with my program!