We came across this Myna Bird in a back alley in Shanghai and it had a whole vocab of Chinese words and phrases. The only one we understood was "Ni Hao," Mandarin for "Hello."
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A Young Family's Experience in Hong Kong
About Us
- 4GsHK
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Welcome to our corner of the blogosphere, set up mainly as an online brag book of baby photos for friends and family a hemisphere away, but also as a place to share our own musings about life in HK and our travels thru the region. We hope it's a fun diversion for you and welcome any comments or feedback you might have.
Blog Archive
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2009
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April
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- Office Move
- Mandarin tutor
- Can't Hardly Wait
- Pizza Making
- Moves
- Out of Service
- More Rain
- Dung juice
- Shoeshine
- Rainy Weekend
- Beckoning Cat
- Happy Easter!
- Shanghai Day 2
- Ni Hao
- Shanghai Day 1
- Bad Luck All Around
- Cutting Edge
- 3DTV
- Thank You Easter Bunny
- Easter in Shanghai
- Almost Forgot
- Museum Crawl
- London
- Welcome to April
- Homeward Bound
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April
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Current Fave TV Shows
- Winter Olympics
- True Blood
- Don't Tell My Mother I'm in ....
- Family Guy
- Mad Men
- Silent Library - Japan
- Late Show w/ Conan
- Generation Kill
- Band of Brothers (for 10x time)
- Man vs. Wild
Last Books Read
- The Great Wall by John Man
- The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
- Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
- Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- Rubicon by Tom Holland
- China Cuckoo by Mark Kitto
- Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
- Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
- Acquired Tastes by Peter Mayle
- Sea of Poppies by Amitav Gosh
- Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
- The Brutal Art by Jesse Kellerman
- Blood Meridian, Evening Redness in the West, by Cormac McCarthy
Artists Currently on Heavy Rotation
- Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack
- Neko Case
- Micah P Hinson
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Beck
- Bon Iver
- Vampire Weekend
- TV on the Radio
- Chuck Berry
- Tinariwen
- Rodrigo & Gabriela
- Bela Fleck
- Massive Attack
Ingrid's Fave Kids Books
- Gruffalo
- My Daddy Is a Giant
- The Big Red Barn
- Llama Llama Red Pajama
- Little Helper
- Elmo's Favorite Things
- Runaway Bunny
- My First Chinese New Year
- Peekaboo Kisses
- Goodnight Moon (Timeless)
Ingrid's Favorite Movies
- Ponyo
- Sleeping Beauty
- Robin Hood
- Sound of Music
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Jungle Book
- Peter Pan
- Culture Cubs - Mandarin Lesson
- Winnie the Pooh
- Pinocchio
Last Films Viewed
- The Hurt Locker
- District 9
- The Untouchables
- When We Were Kings
- Ponyo
- Night at the Roxbury
- Departures
- Spirited Away
- Victory
- The Game
- Waltz With Bashir
- Inglourious Basterds
- Lord of War (great slip thru theater rental)
- Persepolis
- Gran Torino
- Ironman
- Public Enemies
- Coco Avant Chanel
- Doubt
- The Lives of Others
- North by Northwest
- Night at the Museum 2
- Terminator 4
- The Magnificent Seven
- The Wrestler
- Appaloosa (one star..)
- Frost Nixon
- Ip Man
- Quick Change (a classic)
- Burn After Reading (one star...)
- 38
- Big Stan
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Millers Crossing
- Man on Wire (excellent)
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Baby Mama
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