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Getting to know your Chinese workmates -not always a piece of cake

Jonna — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:29:00 -0600

Ayi = marriage saver

Jonna — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:40:00 -0600

Clean all this myse
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For the love of Starbucks

Jonna — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:37:00 -0600

Open or leave!
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So complex, yet so interesting

Jonna — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:34:00 -0600

How important is it for a foreigner to be able to speak/understand Chinese when doing business in China?

Jonna — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:38:00 -0600

You win some, u lose some

Jonna — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0600

Shanghai's finest (hm...) at Muse, Shanghai.
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Money, money, money

Jonna — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:20:00 -0600

This has been driving me crazy for the last 2 weeks now so I have to say something. Warning to sensitive readers: it may come across as a rant.

Anyone else who has an ayi who's collecting wine corks?

Jonna — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:43:00 -0600

I normally get along well with our ayi, so what happened last Wednesday comes as a bit of a shock to me.

We'd left our heart-shaped wine stopper on the table, and don't ask me why, but for some reason she must have thought she cork was garbage that has been stuck to a wooden heart-shaped piece... because this is what she left us with:
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Who wears the pants?

Jonna — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:43:00 -0600

Kind of a strange story that I have to share with you....
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Empty promises?

Jonna — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:39:00 -0600

Yesterday I met with one of my Chinese friends for language exchange (and in case someone wonders, it went straight downhill for me.. I don't know what it is with learning Chinese?! Some days I feel like a master: I understand others, I speak fluently... I even get the tones right?!?! But then some other days the words coming out of my mouth sounds like absolute gibberish... My pronunciation is terrible, the tones go wrong, and I mix up grammar, words and sentences... Yesterday was one of those days. WHORAW!!) and she told me about the international credit crunch hitting her company.
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