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Comment on From train station to Zurich airport: Step by step by minifish

minifish — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:40:22 +0000

The trains in Switzerland are extremely punctual. 4 hours would be a bit tight since you would have to check in again for an international flight; but if you want to just see some parts of Zurich, it is still doable. You can check out the old town, which is not far from the train station (the pictures in that blog were taken from the station that I got off for the old town), or walk along the river.

Comment on From train station to Zurich airport: Step by step by Ada

Ada — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:12:41 +0000

I’ll stop by Zurich airport for 4 hours (waiting for another plane to go to Dubai), do u think I have enough time to go to the Zurich city and come back by the train?

Comment on Why has speaking Chinese become a Hollywood fashion? by rosannelin

rosannelin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:06:07 +0000

I will once again ask the same question: Why does everyone keep making a big deal out of James Hong’s Mandarin ability?
His pronunciation sounds standard to me. I actually find it difficult to get used to Beijing pronunciation with all those “er”’s.
Furthermore, I live in Taiwan with my husband who can’t speak English, so we only speak Mandarin — and I think Mr Hong’s accent is much clearer than my husband’s! Heaven forbid a Taiwanese man pronounce “zhi” “chi” “shi” in any decipherable way.
I was also impressed with Keano Reeves. Learned Chinese movie lines are rarely delivered well — just listen to Steven Segal say “xie xie” in any one of his movies. However, Keano Reeves actually has tones and his basic pronunciation isn’t that bad either. It would be easy to mistake him for a Chinese language university student when listening to that dialogue. Not bad!
And the Chinese-language-thing has definitely become fashionable … nice. I hope to be seeing Caucasian actors playing alongside Asian actors speaking both languages within the next decade or so. I am one of the believers in the coming dominance of the Mandarin language.

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Snorkeling at Kui « Night Ferry — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:18:49 +0000

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Snorkeling at Kahuluu Beach « Night Ferry — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:36:38 +0000

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