Tag: humor
member name: 外国人 (Waiguoren) the Great
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June 01, 2006 02:28 AM EDT --
As a waiguoren (foreigner), I have grown accustomed to the stares of fascination from the Chinese. Everyone wants to talk to you here, even if they only speak the seven words every Chinese knows. I've . . .
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November 22, 2006 05:15 AM EST --
There's a lot of talk about religion here on Gather. There's a lot of people who get aggravated and downright angry about things that are said about or in the name of religion. I won't name . . .
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July 27, 2006 10:25 AM EDT --
I don't know why I clicked on the article. It was that obvious. "Al-qaida calls for holy war against Israel." All I could think was, "When did they call that off?" Hasn't Al-qaida . . .
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June 01, 2006 10:28 PM EDT --
We here at the private school in southern China have an unofficial online betting pool. We thought it might be fun to include some online communities with us.
First allow me to explain the circumstances. . . .
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July 12, 2006 10:29 PM EDT --
It was the end of my first term teaching in China. There wasn't much to do as I had finished the mandatory units in the text. I decided, since I didn't particularly care for the text, to teach . . .
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May 31, 2006 02:03 AM EDT --
Well, maybe I'm not lost. In fact, I've been fortunate enough to not be lost in my seven months here in China. I have had Chinese friends to help me along most of the time. The rest is just dumb . . .
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March 27, 2007 02:29 AM EDT --
In an effort to promote originality and creativity on Gather, I am introducing the 20-minute Short Story Competition for April. This competition will take place from now until April 25 in the 20-Minute . . .
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June 07, 2006 08:49 PM EDT --
It may not be a joy exactly, but at least I can laugh about it. And so can others.
I have the privilege of teaching some very talented young Chinese students. These students amaze me at times and I forget . . .
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July 23, 2006 10:42 PM EDT --
Over the last eight months I've had to grow accustomed to many things in China—the least of which was adapting to the authentic food. But there were always foods that I miss. It's difficult . . .
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May 31, 2006 04:10 AM EDT --
I recently sat down to watch "Office Space" again. It came out in 1999, for anyone who cares to know. I'm not sure how many times I've seen the movie--probably quite a few while Comedy . . .
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