sorrel

Aug 04, 2015 15:51

Articles : sorrel commented on news Lessons in Chinese Slang: Still Single? Don't Be a “Light Bulb”

why then do so many Chinese people seem to want to bring their single friends on a date with them? Security? The number of times i would hear some of my colleagues complain when their date insisted on bringing her friend along, even after months of 'dating'. It is like they are so insecure and immature (guys ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

Aug 03, 2015 21:53

Articles : sorrel commented on news Fresh and Safe Food in China: How to Properly Clean Out Your Fridge

if you look at the 2nd link to the same article, you can see it is 'spam', advertising a food distributor. What next? 'Mc D's brings you ECC'? Full Comment>>

sorrel

Aug 03, 2015 15:18

(Shanghai) Features : sorrel commented on news Fresh and Safe Food in China: How to Properly Clean Out Your Fridge

Rule number 1 when advertising on a website: know who your target market is. Judging from the 'posts' and 'spams' that have appeared recently on ECC, the target market is pre-teens or early teens, not experienced travelers. If you consistently have posts or such obvious spams such as this one, the people who you ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 30, 2015 21:40

Articles : sorrel commented on news How to Lose Your Chinese Colleagues in 7 Days

LOL. China is a Kafkaesque experience. (cough cough) Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 27, 2015 22:33

Articles : sorrel commented on news How to Lose Your Chinese Colleagues in 7 Days

thanks Guest 314114 (AKA quyen - great name by the way). my comment is appropriate for the article. And the article is symptomatic of the standard of featured posts that ECC has reached since the start of the year. Keep up the good work ECC. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 27, 2015 00:39

Articles : sorrel commented on news How to Lose Your Chinese Colleagues in 7 Days

WOW!! This is AWESOME. thanks SO much for telling people who have been in China for YEARS how to behave if they want the simplest thing done when it should be done, when it was due, or when completion was promised. Of course I won't tell my colleagues to 'stop being so greedy' when they dive into the candies I ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 19, 2015 22:08

Articles : sorrel commented on news The Job Hunt: How to Become an Au Pair in China

this is ECC. Home of the poorly researched/inaccurate. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 19, 2015 22:07

Around China : sorrel commented on news China Eastern Passenger Arrested for Fake Bomb Threat

the individual claimed he/she had a bomb. So as this claim was false, he/she should be heavily fined. It should discourage the stupid. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 16, 2015 13:16

Around China : sorrel commented on news Life-Like Robot Abe “Apologizes” to Chinese at Shanghai Exhibition

it is interesting that it is ok for the Chinese to insult a foreign leader like this, but if another country did the same thing to any Chinese leader there would be 'hurt feelings' and demands for apologies (thought: maybe another robot could do this). If you want to be taken seriously and treated with respect, at ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 14, 2015 11:05

Blogs : sorrel commented on goodhopefreight 's blog 2015 July: prediction and analysis of the cargo market is still not optimistic about the prospects

more like spam than a blog. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 07, 2015 23:24

Articles : sorrel commented on news Expat Stories: An Ecuadorian in Harbin

yeah, but Chinese guys come out as super creepy. Uncle gets foreign woman drunk, she has a black-out and wakes to find she has a boy-friend. every girls dream that is. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jul 02, 2015 22:03

Around China : sorrel commented on news Man Realizes His “Dogs” Are Bears

would have to agree. it is impossible that anyone would never have seen a dog before and failed to see that he had bears. Even the smallest village has dogs running around it. Probably bought orignally to sell the parts illegally as TCM. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 30, 2015 04:15

Articles : sorrel commented on news Degrees for Sale: The Fight Against Fake Universities in China

#7 in China, REAL universities plagiarize Information and Images (promotional videos) from other universities. Why should fake universities be any different? Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 25, 2015 16:11

Articles : sorrel commented on news Tsinghua is Coming to America: University Partners with UW for Tech Grad School

that is all a country needs. To be associated to a university where an 'eminent' professor - Yi Yanyou - suggested that rape was acceptable if it was a bar girl who was assaulted and not a 'respectable woman'. China - keeping it misogynistic for 5000 years. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 25, 2015 04:30

Around China : sorrel commented on news NBA Legend Allen Iverson “One Upped” by Chinese Agents

these Chinese guys were SO CLEVER. They managed to take advantage of a stupid laowei. China must be so proud of how they are seen by the rest of the world. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 18, 2015 19:09

Blogs : sorrel commented on Sairaab 's blog My first experience with Chinese people, here, in China.

sorry Sino - the comments are not going where they should on this. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 18, 2015 19:08

Blogs : sorrel commented on Sairaab 's blog My first experience with Chinese people, here, in China.

Does that mean that you have an IELTS score having done the exam? I am sure you are a nice person, but please don't think your English is good enough to teach anyone older than kindergarten students. If you can't distinguish between the different verb tenses that your now deleted blog showed, you should be honest to ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 18, 2015 03:01

Blogs : sorrel commented on Sairaab 's blog 5 things, that are necessary for English teaching job in China,

@dongbeiren. sorry of my reply appeared after yours - for some reason it did not post where is should have been which is after the OP's Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 18, 2015 03:00

Blogs : sorrel commented on Sairaab 's blog 5 things, that are necessary for English teaching job in China,

Correct grammar for a teacher is a big matter. You can not be a real teacher if you think knowing correct grammar in not ' big matter.' FYI 'I am going to Manchester tomorrow' is correct grammar: Present Continuous (for something that is changing/has been decided, using the present to talk about the future). 'I will ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 18, 2015 02:59

Blogs : sorrel commented on Sairaab 's blog 5 things, that are necessary for English teaching job in China,

Correct grammar for a teacher is a big matter. You can not be a real teacher if you think knowing correct grammar in not ' big matter.' FYI 'I am going to Manchester tomorrow' is correct grammar: Present Continuous (for something that is changing/has been decided, using the present to talk about the future). 'I will ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 11, 2015 23:00

Articles : sorrel commented on news China Wants to Make Getting a Green Card Less Impossible for Foreigners

The kind of people that they want to attract as a 'special talent' would probably be those least likely to want to be a green card holder in China in the first place. A professional reputation could be lost so easily being associated with some of the more questionable practices that take place only in China. As it ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 08, 2015 20:08

Articles : sorrel commented on news Love and Borders: U.S. Executive Struggles to Get Visa for Chinese “Peasant” Wife

this article smells strongly. Why be coy about naming the American involved if it is true? We all know that Chinese news outlets are not shy about naming people, and they are hardly going to 'respect' someones privacy on an issue like this. Full Comment>>

sorrel

Jun 07, 2015 22:13

Articles : sorrel commented on news Actually Useful Language Guides: How to Curse in Chinese

interesting that we are all told off by some posters to mind what we say 'because we are guests in China', and on the other-hand, this sort 'jokey' blog is promoted as oh-so-funny with the swearing as a clever response to the frustrations in China. Please ECC, credit the visitors to this site with some sort of ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

May 29, 2015 21:49

Around China : sorrel commented on news Fudan Takes Down Plagiarized Promo Video

Probably there was a slow, painstaking, expensive procedure of approval before making the promotional movie. An original concept would have probably doubled the time and money taken to make it. There are probably universities/businesses cra**ing themselves that they will also be found out for similar plagiarism. ... Full Comment>>

sorrel

May 28, 2015 05:16

Around China : sorrel commented on news Gaokao Cheaters Banned from Exam for Up to 3 Years

All these new rules ! Isn't is great to have more to ignore. Full Comment>>