Probably a dumb question.
Anyway, I have guest from China! Woo hoo. They are actually my sisters friends (she is fluent in Mandarin), but they’ll be staying with me for a few days. I’m kind of excited because I’ve been in this international flavor these past couple of days. I mean just yesterday I talked story with this Japanese guy (full on accent) about how bad tourism is here in Hawaii now (he’s a production manager for Japanese concerts etc. in Hawaii). “Slowest its been in 13 years in Hawaii,” he says.
So, I’m learning a few quick Chinese words:
不客气。 Bú kèqi. You’re welcome.
谢谢。 Xièxiè. (Shay-shay. Lol.) Thank you.
再见。 Zàijiàn Goody Bye!
不要碰我！ (búyào pèng wǒ!) Don’t touch me!
Anyway, we have this huge language barrier so it’s hard to ask them about the economy in Shanghai. I already tried “So, how’s Sohu.com? Um, have you heard of Baidu.com?” …haha. I’m getting no where so far.
Anyway, no new trades this past 2 days because I think the market is very light due to the holiday-trading effect. Honestly though, this has got to be the busiest 2 weeks ever! I’ve been writing a program and designing a system for a large event- basically I have to take care of 350 people- scheduling and organizing, and its driving me nuts! But for now, thanks to my guests I can’t help but leave you with my top 5 Chinese stocks at the moment:
1. Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd ADR [[snda]] … straight up internet play.
2. [[tata]] … hype play.
3. Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) [[yge]] … momentum play.
4. Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) [[bidu]] … internet still in growth stage.
5. Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) [[fmcn]] … technology getting popular in other countries.
I’ll be staying in Waikiki this weekend, so I’ll probably be blogging from a nearby StarBucks again like the good old days. Have a safe and fun vacation too!
Zàijiàn,
Global Gio
不要碰我！ (búyào pèng wǒ!) Don’t touch me! <===== ROFL!!
Being an ABC myself.. I too celebrate Turkey Day! BOOZE IT UP!! Happy Thanks Giving.
they dont exist in sweden. I came close to moving to sweden.
http://welcometosweden.blogspot.com/2009/11/holidays-that-dont-exist-in-sweden.html
As I’m sure you know, Chinese is a tonal language. So the same spelling of a word (without diacritic/tonal markings) can have like five different, totally unrelated meanings (e.g., “ma” can mean “horse,” “mother,” “hemp,” etc.), depending on how you say it. Imagine accidentally referring to someone’s mom as a “horse”!
http://web2.wku.edu/~shizhen.gao/Chinese101/pinyin/tones.htm
I could never get the tones right speaking them, nor hearing them (in trying to learn Vietnamese, which is very similar). You’re a musical person, so you should have an easier time. Still, my guess is that when you say “sohu” or “baidu,” you may be getting the tonal part incorrect, so they don’t have a clue. Who knows what they think you’re saying?!
Chinese has gotta be one of the toughest languages to learn. But the ultra-wealthy are now having their kids learn to speak it. They can see what’s coming…
I thought TATA was an Indian company?
Helloooo?
Is this thing on?
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