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Birthday Photos

Ian — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:03:29 +0000

So what does a beer drinker do on his birthday in Beijing China. He drinks beer, and good beer at that. We were are the Kro’s Nest next to workers stadium. The beer was good but the pizza was average at best, soggy crust, lack of toppings other than cheese and tomato sauce.

From Left to right, Brooklyn Pale Ale, Brooklyn Brown, Rogue Brutal Bitter, Brooklyn Lager, Rogue Dead Guy Ale.

Each bottle has its own label translated on the back. We tried to save them but they were too well glued.

Notes from last weeks chinese class

Ian — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:47:05 +0000

nǎ yi yè which page
chē zi car
wǒ xi huān guō rìběn che I like japanese cars
shōu speak
nǐ shōu shen ma you say what
zhè this
zhè shì this is
waì gúo yǔ yén Foreign country language
zhè shì goo lǎoshī this is goo teacher
zhè shì wǒ tài tai This is my wife
nimen dou shì mei guo ren Are you all american
dou bu shì zhōng guo ren we are not chinese
ying yǔ english language
zhōngwēn chinese language
hàn yǔ chinese language
dé yǔ german language
wǒ xi huàn hàn yǔ I like chinese language
zhe shi wǒ fù qīn this is my father
zhe shi wi mǔ qīn this is my mother
ne de mǔ yǔ shì shen ma what is you mother language
wo de mǔ yǔ shi ying yǔ my language is english
ne de mǔ yǔ your mother language
zhǐ only
wo you yi zhǐ gou i have 1 dog
wǒ you liǎng zhǐ gou I have 2 dogs
lǒu bǎn boss
wo shi lǒu bǎn I am boss
jǐng lǐ manager
chǎngzhǎng factory manager
gōng chǎng factory
gōng rén worker
zhì zuò rén programmer
dou all
ròu meat
niù ròu beef
zhū ròu pork
jī ròu chicken
yu ròu fish
yà ròu duck
dàn gōu chocolate cake
pinggou pài apple pie
dou all; both
nü hái girl
nán hái boy
hen rè very hot
shēn tǐ body
ne bāba māma shēn tǐ hao ma your mother father body well?
chī fàn to eat a meal
qù go
zhī dao to know
wǒ bù zhī dao i don’t know
tu shu guan library
cháng cháng often
wǒ chángcháng he kāfēi I often drink cofee
xǐ zǎo take bath
wǒ bu xi huan hè niú nǎi
nà shì shāshui who is that
nǐ ye shì laoshī ma are you also a teacher
bìng rén sick people
pàng fat
ta hen pàng he is very fat
dà big
xiao small
cháncheng great wall
zhèshì this is
nǐda shang rì shì your birthday is
wǒ de sheng ri shì jiǔ yùe

Actually….

Ian — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:27:56 +0000

I should have done this which converts the database tables from latin1 to utf8, everything should be happy now.

Characters not showing up

Ian — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:25:15 +0000

seems I needed to do this to make it work

This weeks chinese character

Ian — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:14:04 +0000

On trying to work out how to do tone I found out you need to enable extended usa keyboard on the mac then you can use.

ā Alt-a for first tone
á Alt-e for second tone
ǎ Alt-v for third tone
à Alt-` for forth tone

And hear are the characters I need to write.

人 rén people, person
十 shí ten
匕 bǐ dagger
中 Zhōng middle
日 rì sun
贝 bèi shell
玉 yù jade
矢 shǐ arrow
生 shēng to born suffix denoting person
者 zhě Person; thing