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Pansytilly Joined Mon 06/09/14 Posts: 11310	Sun 04/05/15 10:43 PM Edited by Pansytilly on Sun 04/05/15 10:45 PM
lol... aren't all cab drivers a little nuts... lol... the cab drivers you were referring to...they must've been Cantonese... ... a loud and colorful bunch they are..! you should see them in action as waiters....lol! yes, some cab drivers are rude and not all of them are honest. Mostly in the cities. But I have run into that in many places outside of Asia.. include NYC..(my own back yard). I think that is pretty much a universal thing. And at times shop owners will get a little upset if you don't buy something if you go into their store.. sometimes. but I think that is because the competition in China for merchants is fierce. I have walked out of many stores without buying anything and I have received a smile as I walked out. But I am sure their are nasty ones as well. Not everyone is nice I always try to take one of my Chinese friends with me when Shopping for stuff in China.. and let them do the haggling.. they love it.. its like a sport to them. And they are great at it. I just stand there and watch the show. that is so true... im not too good at it myself... but the dictum in the markets in hong kong and shenzen is ... start halfway the quoted price... and work your way up slowly... and play hard to get... when they start shoving the calculators in your face... thats always a good sign...lol... buying wholesale during closing hours also worked well with my grandma...lol... theyd sell stuff to her below capital, just to get the items sold... lol... crafty old gal she was...

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Mon 04/06/15 08:31 AM Edited by Torgo70 on Mon 04/06/15 08:31 AM
Some of my favorite Chinese horror films: A Chinese Ghost Story aka Sien nui yau wan (1987) Spooky Encounters aka Gui da gui (1980) Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky aka Lik Wong (1991) Mr. Vampire aka Geung si sin sang (1985) The Eye aka Gin gwai (2002) Dream Home aka Wai dor lei ah yut ho (2010) Bio-Zombie aka Sun faa sau si (1998) Human Lanterns aka Ren pi deng long (1982) The Haunted Copshop aka Meng gui chai guan (1987) Mo (1983) LOL...... Torgo! Surprised you watch so many of these Chinese horror films. The Eye was my favorite. But Mr Vampire ...... gosh, I wonder if they really existed and whether they actually move around like that with the arms outstretched and hopping like a rabbit....Hahaha! I'm a huge horror fan, and fan of films in general. I also love most martial arts films, especially the stuff from the 70's and 80's. Love the non-American Jackie Chan films. Also Michelle Yeoh, and of course Bruce Lee. Big fan of The Killer with Yun-Fat Chow. Haha yeah, but I do tend to like some of the weirder (and sillier) side of films, one of the reasons I love Spooky Encounters with Sammo Hung so much.

bashajones Joined Fri 08/08/14 Posts: 7943	Mon 04/06/15 08:37 AM
I'm craving Egg Fu Yong and Sesame Chicken....

Pansytilly Joined Mon 06/09/14 Posts: 11310	Mon 04/06/15 08:38 AM Edited by Pansytilly on Mon 04/06/15 08:41 AM
I'm a huge horror fan, and fan of films in general. I also love most martial arts films, especially the stuff from the 70's and 80's. Love the non-American Jackie Chan films. Also Michelle Yeoh, and of course Bruce Lee. Big fan of The Killer with Yun-Fat Chow. Haha yeah, but I do tend to like some of the weirder (and sillier) side of films, one of the reasons I love Spooky Encounters with Sammo Hung so much. don't know if it's your cup of tea, but films by Tony Leung, Andy Lau and Stephen Chow are pretty good too...as well as Maggie Cheung and Karen Mok

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Mon 04/06/15 08:53 AM
I'm a huge horror fan, and fan of films in general. I also love most martial arts films, especially the stuff from the 70's and 80's. Love the non-American Jackie Chan films. Also Michelle Yeoh, and of course Bruce Lee. Big fan of The Killer with Yun-Fat Chow. Haha yeah, but I do tend to like some of the weirder (and sillier) side of films, one of the reasons I love Spooky Encounters with Sammo Hung so much. don't know if it's your cup of tea, but films by Tony Leung, Andy Lau and Stephen Chow are pretty good too...as well as Maggie Cheung and Karen Mok Yep, definitely my cup of tea. Fan of their work too. Loved Kung Fu Hustle, and Shaolin Soccer, and even enjoyed Chow's family film CJ7. Maggie Cheung is in another of my favorites, The Heroic Trio alongside Michelle Yeoh.

Pansytilly Joined Mon 06/09/14 Posts: 11310	Mon 04/06/15 09:11 AM
I'm a huge horror fan, and fan of films in general. I also love most martial arts films, especially the stuff from the 70's and 80's. Love the non-American Jackie Chan films. Also Michelle Yeoh, and of course Bruce Lee. Big fan of The Killer with Yun-Fat Chow. Haha yeah, but I do tend to like some of the weirder (and sillier) side of films, one of the reasons I love Spooky Encounters with Sammo Hung so much. don't know if it's your cup of tea, but films by Tony Leung, Andy Lau and Stephen Chow are pretty good too...as well as Maggie Cheung and Karen Mok Yep, definitely my cup of tea. Fan of their work too. Loved Kung Fu Hustle, and Shaolin Soccer, and even enjoyed Chow's family film CJ7. Maggie Cheung is in another of my favorites, The Heroic Trio alongside Michelle Yeoh. high five, then

lionsbrew Joined Tue 08/22/06 Posts: 14232	Mon 04/06/15 09:18 AM
I love learning of different cultures and histories. I ended up reading a manga (Japanese comic book)about a teenager learning bajiquan. He ends up on a trip to china to find his grandfather who had returned some years prior to thank those who had helped him when he was an injured soldier during ww2. Which is where he learned the art to pass on to his grandson. The manga itself touched on a lot of different ideas about martial arts and Chinese culture I thought were interesting. Things about the cultural revolution after ww2 as well as the beginnings of certain martial arts and short stories of some prominent martial arts figures like the spear god Li Shu Wen(sp?) as well as some others. It makes light of some other interests I have had like fortune telling and palm reading. As well as some other sayings that really stuck with me. Like when it comes to learning and remembering only the most important aspects of a lesson while discarding the unneeded. That Managa is titled Kenji.

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Mon 04/06/15 09:23 AM
I'm a huge horror fan, and fan of films in general. I also love most martial arts films, especially the stuff from the 70's and 80's. Love the non-American Jackie Chan films. Also Michelle Yeoh, and of course Bruce Lee. Big fan of The Killer with Yun-Fat Chow. Haha yeah, but I do tend to like some of the weirder (and sillier) side of films, one of the reasons I love Spooky Encounters with Sammo Hung so much. don't know if it's your cup of tea, but films by Tony Leung, Andy Lau and Stephen Chow are pretty good too...as well as Maggie Cheung and Karen Mok Yep, definitely my cup of tea. Fan of their work too. Loved Kung Fu Hustle, and Shaolin Soccer, and even enjoyed Chow's family film CJ7. Maggie Cheung is in another of my favorites, The Heroic Trio alongside Michelle Yeoh. high five, then

Pansytilly Joined Mon 06/09/14 Posts: 11310	Mon 04/06/15 09:36 AM
I love learning of different cultures and histories. I ended up reading a manga (Japanese comic book)about a teenager learning bajiquan. He ends up on a trip to china to find his grandfather who had returned some years prior to thank those who had helped him when he was an injured soldier during ww2. Which is where he learned the art to pass on to his grandson. The manga itself touched on a lot of different ideas about martial arts and Chinese culture I thought were interesting. Things about the cultural revolution after ww2 as well as the beginnings of certain martial arts and short stories of some prominent martial arts figures like the spear god Li Shu Wen(sp?) as well as some others. It makes light of some other interests I have had like fortune telling and palm reading. As well as some other sayings that really stuck with me. Like when it comes to learning and remembering only the most important aspects of a lesson while discarding the unneeded. That Managa is titled Kenji. i don't know if it's common knowledge or not... but as far as i can remember on my Chinese history, one of the emperors of China wanted to live forever, and sent a company/troop/battalion of soldiers and specialized individuals to search for a plant or fountain of youth... of course, there's no such thing... Emperors were deemed "sons of heaven" and this particular one was quite cruel and autocratic... the people knew that if they returned to the capital without finding the youth potion, their heads would get chopped off... hence, when they travelled to Japan that time, they decided to stay and hide from the Emperor... hence, that's why most Japanese literature can reference their historical origins to China, and why some Japanese characters are the same or are similar to Chinese ones.

bashajones Joined Fri 08/08/14 Posts: 7943	Mon 04/06/15 09:45 AM
I love Crab Rangoons, too...

Pansytilly Joined Mon 06/09/14 Posts: 11310	Mon 04/06/15 09:48 AM
I love Crab Rangoons, too... you should try the steamed shrimp version of that

joethebricky Joined Sat 08/04/12 Posts: 12740	Mon 04/06/15 10:29 AM


Pansytilly Joined Mon 06/09/14 Posts: 11310	Mon 04/06/15 10:45 AM
you sure love your tea

lionsbrew Joined Tue 08/22/06 Posts: 14232	Mon 04/06/15 10:45 AM
Wonder if that is the same emperor whom ingested copious quantities of mercury in an attempt to prolong his life. The result of which drove him insane as part of the body reaction to the poison.

joethebricky Joined Sat 08/04/12 Posts: 12740	Mon 04/06/15 10:50 AM
you sure love your tea I've never had one of these but I'd try on certainly. Followed by Crispy Duck Seafood Noodles Then Chinese wedding cake, rice pudding

lionsbrew Joined Tue 08/22/06 Posts: 14232	Mon 04/06/15 10:54 AM
Recently I have been hooked reading this light novel Douluo Dalu by Tang Jia San Shao at least when the translations are updated. Its also got a very interesting story.

Pansytilly Joined Mon 06/09/14 Posts: 11310	Mon 04/06/15 04:55 PM
Wonder if that is the same emperor whom ingested copious quantities of mercury in an attempt to prolong his life. The result of which drove him insane as part of the body reaction to the poison. yes, i believe it was. he was nutz... a real obsessive compulsive narcissist.... but ambitious and for most part, very successful.

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Mon 04/06/15 06:51 PM
Some of my favorite Chinese horror films: A Chinese Ghost Story aka Sien nui yau wan (1987) Spooky Encounters aka Gui da gui (1980) Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky aka Lik Wong (1991) Mr. Vampire aka Geung si sin sang (1985) The Eye aka Gin gwai (2002) Dream Home aka Wai dor lei ah yut ho (2010) Bio-Zombie aka Sun faa sau si (1998) Human Lanterns aka Ren pi deng long (1982) The Haunted Copshop aka Meng gui chai guan (1987) Mo (1983) LOL...... Torgo! Surprised you watch so many of these Chinese horror films. The Eye was my favorite. But Mr Vampire ...... gosh, I wonder if they really existed and whether they actually move around like that with the arms outstretched and hopping like a rabbit....Hahaha! I'm a huge horror fan, and fan of films in general. I also love most martial arts films, especially the stuff from the 70's and 80's. Love the non-American Jackie Chan films. Also Michelle Yeoh, and of course Bruce Lee. Big fan of The Killer with Yun-Fat Chow. Haha yeah, but I do tend to like some of the weirder (and sillier) side of films, one of the reasons I love Spooky Encounters with Sammo Hung so much. Mr. Vampire is the BEST! I have my own copy.

Amelinng Joined Tue 08/12/14 Posts: 1547	Mon 04/06/15 09:50 PM
I'm a huge horror fan, and fan of films in general. I also love most martial arts films, especially the stuff from the 70's and 80's. Love the non-American Jackie Chan films. Also Michelle Yeoh, and of course Bruce Lee. Big fan of The Killer with Yun-Fat Chow. Haha yeah, but I do tend to like some of the weirder (and sillier) side of films, one of the reasons I love Spooky Encounters with Sammo Hung so much. don't know if it's your cup of tea, but films by Tony Leung, Andy Lau and Stephen Chow are pretty good too...as well as Maggie Cheung and Karen Mok Yep, definitely my cup of tea. Fan of their work too. Loved Kung Fu Hustle, and Shaolin Soccer, and even enjoyed Chow's family film CJ7. Maggie Cheung is in another of my favorites, The Heroic Trio alongside Michelle Yeoh. high five, then Glad my country fellow women has made a name for themselves in the very very competitive film industry, namely Michelle Yeoh and Angelica Lee Sin Je (The Eye). My favorites would still be Jackie Chan and Jet Li for their kung fu movies.

stan_147 Joined Thu 05/15/14 Posts: 3442	Mon 04/06/15 09:58 PM
I could go for some of the triple pepper beef at the Huabei, near the 2 nd ring road just north of the Forbidden City, Beijing. It's been 16 years and I still remember it.