Friday, 1 July 2011

The adventure starts - July 1st 2011

The flight to Shanghai leaves Newark at 11 a.m. and takes 14+ hours. This is a long time to be sitting in one place but hopefully my fellow passengers will not be too noisy or active. I am not sure if 14 hours is enough time to acquire a working knowledge of Chinese or if I should even try. As I will be faced with a mix of Italian, Scandinavian and Chinese for the next week, maybe one can hope that for my benefit, they all speak English or some understandable version of it.
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  1. macnyc2 July 2011 at 08:18

    YOU CHINA YET???? I SHOUT SO YOU HEAR ME..
    You need, at least:
    Hello - Ni hao
    Good-bye - Zai jian
    Thank you - Xie Xie (shay shay)
    Excuse me - Bu hao yi si
    No problem - Mei wen ti
    Where is a toilet - Ce suo zao nar

    And - of course -
    How much does it cost? - Duo shao qian
    I'll take this - Qing gei wo zhe ge

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