Comments on: 工作誌

By: dawnfirefly

dawnfirefly — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:34:26 +0000

关于外教的事，忍不住要说几句。
我是一个哈尔滨人，我永远忘不了我的第一个外教Jake。在我当时小小的世界里，他的随性及率真向我展示了另一种生活的可能性，他的某些看法及困惑也让我对地球另一边的世界充满了好奇。在班上，我永远是个安静的女孩，而且我的英语也完全没法和他交流。可是就在这样的环境下，他仍然在某种程度上改变了我的生活。或许是从那时开始，我就坚定了一定要走出去的决心，因为他展示给我了一个不一样的世界。
现在我一个人在离家很远的地方，有时候就会想不知道还会不会再见到Jake。或许现在，在地球的某个角落，就有一个曾经听过你的英文课的小学生，正在默默的想着你，因为你也在不知不觉中改变了他的生活。
说了这么多，只是想说，你在哈尔滨的那段经历，一定是值得的。

By: 网游

网游 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:28:58 +0000

学习了，我也希望我的外语像你的中文一样好~~

By: 亢蒙

亢蒙 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:29:03 +0000

为了一首歌儿而辞职，潇洒！痛快！

By: Plutozl

Plutozl — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:24:06 +0000

我觉得去流浪很好，以后想试试。。你现在在何处呢？

By: 说的写的

说的写的 — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:54:04 +0000

转载你这段文章了。如果，不行请告知。

By: paul king

paul king — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:05:02 +0000

怪不得你如此渊博，原来十三岁就泡图书馆……
BTW，我知道很多人都已经说过了，但我还是要说，你的中文真是太牛B了。

By: vivien

vivien — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:12:16 +0000

真希望有一天我用英文写blog也能写到这种程度。

By: Qiao Ciao Bambino

Qiao Ciao Bambino — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:54:49 +0000

Brendan, the fact that you can speak and write fluent chinese, gives you a huge advantage on whatever you do with the chinese culture, because language is such an important element to help you understand the culture(even the slang words), because I believe language reflexes the complexity of our society. That’s why it took me 3 years to learn to speak English, and about 10 years to learn mandarin, the culture foundation in china is way more advanced and complicated than US, even Great Britain.
In the past, I have heard my friend mentioned the book PASSING THE TIME IN BALLYMENONE by Henry Glassie, and now you’ve mentioned it, I think I will find some time and read it. Besides politics, it would be really nice to learn something about the people and see where their ideologies came from through the eyes of folk culture…
Well, tomorrow will be St. Patrick’s day, and here in Hollywood, we will have a parade joined by the world renowned rock band THE YOUNG DUBLINERS, along with the hot and sexy Laker Girls, it’s gonna be very exciting. It only happens once a year, enjoy yourself no matter where you are.
RE: At the eve of St. Patrick’s day, I’ll send you my favorite Irish blessing: May you get all your wishes but one, so that you will always have something to strive for!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:28:34 +0000

@Qiao Ciao Bambino: Oh dear — should I say ‘xiexie,’ or “grazie,’ or ‘go raibh maith agat?’ I do agree that there are similarities between Chinese and Irish folk tales, and I hope to do more to explore that in future. In the meantime, the scholar Henry Glassie has some great books that I strongly recomment — really wonderful reproductions of both folktales and the ways that people tell them.

By: Qiao Ciao Bambino

Qiao Ciao Bambino — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:13:36 +0000

Brendan, look at you, you are such a hit in Beijing, good for you! About the “working stiffs,” I think it should be called “a productive way to kill time,” because I learn from my job everyday; in addition, these so called “working stiffs” make the largest part of our economy… anyways, no point to argue this. I’m a big fan of Irish culture, my step daddy is full Irish, I think that Ireland has many distinct similarities with the Chinese culture, like the folk tales, music, supertition, and people’s sentimentality, etc.
Celtic music is more beautiful than any other culture’s music.
Erin Go Bragh!