Strange puer reference NU3ER2

As for old maiden-picked tea... The stuff's no good.

Monkeys, though, never lose their touch.

/Lew

Tea-trained Golden Monkeys die in their twenties, which isn't a whole lot better.

What is a tea affectionado to do?

Steve

Well, I'm by no means fluent, but I have studied the language informally, and of course day to day survival in China sort of demands it. My first few months in China were definately VERY difficult. Imagine walking out of your door and being completely illiterate and unable to speak to anyone. I was in Beijing for my first few weeks, but then went to a much smaller city immediately thereafter for work, and was left 99% of the time alone and without any English speaking assistance. You learn a language pretty quick when it comes time to buy those things that are too embarassing or complicated to gesture.. Like oh.. say.. toilet paper, or a shower curtain... and after eating noodles for weeks straight because you don't know how to say or read any other food, you start studying. :)

Between my working vocabulary, dictionaries, and as a last ditch effort, begging help from my students and fiance, I can usually decypher Mandarin Chinese. However, some things are just intrinsicly too difficult to comprehend and/or translate, context or no context. Even native speakers often have trouble with this.

So if anyone needs help, feel free to ask! I'll try to come up with an answer. (:

Thanks, Troy