An interpreting job I did
Since becoming a NAATI accredited translator/interpreter, I've had two jobs. Both times I interpreted for people from state owned Chi...
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A Culinary Adventure
I watched an interesting BBC documentary called "Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure" on youtube yesterday.
The documentar...
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Fish Market
Yesterday afternoon, I went to Fish Market with a friend.
Fish Market is one of my favourite places in Sydney. The combination of good...
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The city's best late diner
I bought today's Sydney Morning Herald because the front page story caught my eye.
It's an artilce about a Chinese restaurant...
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New Year's resolutions
Yesterday when I was having dinner with my flatmate at a cafe/restaurant in Newtown, he asked me if I had any New Year's resolutions....
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Yum Cha
I had yum cha with a friend on Friday.
I must say I love Catonese cuisine. Chinese food is usually very oily and uses lots of differen...
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Tasteless Christmas
Today is Boxing Day. I looked up the origins and meaning of Boxing Day on the Internet. It says that in Britain it was a custom for trade...
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TV series with subtitles
I think watching TV series with subtitles is a good way to improve your language skills.
I'm learning Japanese and I find it hard ...
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The importance of reading classics
The Chinese novelist Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature not long ago. However, some people don't think his works repres...
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A place surrounded by water
I bought a car recently, but I'm not good at driving. In order to improve my driving skills, I go for a drive with one of my friends ...
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My cat "Sora"
I got a female cat a month ago and I named her "Sora".
Sora is an adorable little creature. She is very good looking. Men t...
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My historical ignorance
The local cinemas are showing a Chinese movie titled "Back to 1942". And I'm thinking about watching it on a tightass Tuesd...
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The Fourth Estate
I started reading Jeffrey Archer's novel "The Fourth Estate" today. I've read quite a few books by Jeffrey Archer, but ...
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Temple of the Golden Pavilion and Hong Kong's future
I read a very interesting article from Apple Daily this morning. Chip Tsao, one of my favourite writers, has a column in the newspaper. T...
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Travel writing
I've been wanting to go travelling for a long time. And I'm reading a lot of Lonely Planet guidebooks. They make for very interes...
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I'm a professional translator now.
I took several tests from the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters and I passed all of them. Now I'm a p...
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Authors who have been dead at least 30 years
In the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's novel "Norwegian Wood", there is a character called Nakasawa. This guy made it a r...
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A Hong Kong crime film
I've been watching a lot of movies recently. The Hong Kong movie "Election" was one of the movies I watched.
The movie ...
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In travelling, a companion. In life, compassion 旅は道連れ世は情け
Has anyone ever tried couchsurfing? I'm registered and I left my information there. I get requests from travellers all the time but I...
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Cambodian beef salad
We decided to cook instead of eating out yesterday. I hardly ever cook. It's not that I don't like cooking, but when I thought ab...
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