Hi
It's Cindy again!
Just sorted out when I am going to see the films.
So far, I am planning to watch 'Still Life', 'Manufactured Landscapes', Jia Zhangke's double bill 'Unknown Pleasures' and 'Platform' and maybe 'La Chinoise' and 'Blind Shaft'
And of course, the Far West exhibition!
So my timetable will be:
July 11 Fri - Manufactured Landscapes 6.30pm
July 12 Sat - Still Life 8.00pm
July 13 Sun - Unknown Pleasure 5.30pm
Platform 7.45pm
and I think I will go to see the exhibition when I am off this week sometime.
I don't really like to go to see exhibition on weekends as there will be lots of people around...
I might go on Wed afternoon as I am seeing my friends on Wed evening.
Anyone wants to join me seeing films or exhibitions?
Just drop me emails to let me know.
Cindy
Monday, 7 July 2008
Saturday, 5 July 2008
Far West Film information
Hi everyone
It's Cindy again.
Just a reminder to tell you that Far West Film will start from next week.
Sorry that I didn't have time to reply back to you individually, and I am simply not organized enough recently.
Haven't make up my mind when to what which film but I will let you know my schedule soon.
Once I let you know which films I am going to watch, then you might be able to make up your mind if you can join me or not.
Some Chinese film information to share with you in this email.
Dir. Jia Zhangke's film 'Still Life' is actually different from that film I thought before.
I thought it was Dir. Zhang Yimou's 'To Live' but it does not matter.
I am still going to watch this film as it looks very interesting.
You can find out more information about Dir. Jia Zhangke's 'Unknown Pleasure' and 'Platform', Dir. Lou Ye's 'SuZhou River', and Dir. Li Yang's 'Blind Shaft' by clicking the links.
These films are all in Chinese Mandarin, and besides the culture understanding, you can also see how much Mandarin you can pick up from the films.
You will actually find out you can understand more than you thought!
If you can read characters, please click Zhongwen(中文) in Wikipedia for even more detailed introduction for the films list above.
Have a nice weekend.
I will email you soon to let you know my plans.
Regards
Cindy
It's Cindy again.
Just a reminder to tell you that Far West Film will start from next week.
Sorry that I didn't have time to reply back to you individually, and I am simply not organized enough recently.
Haven't make up my mind when to what which film but I will let you know my schedule soon.
Once I let you know which films I am going to watch, then you might be able to make up your mind if you can join me or not.
Some Chinese film information to share with you in this email.
Dir. Jia Zhangke's film 'Still Life' is actually different from that film I thought before.
I thought it was Dir. Zhang Yimou's 'To Live' but it does not matter.
I am still going to watch this film as it looks very interesting.
You can find out more information about Dir. Jia Zhangke's 'Unknown Pleasure' and 'Platform', Dir. Lou Ye's 'SuZhou River', and Dir. Li Yang's 'Blind Shaft' by clicking the links.
These films are all in Chinese Mandarin, and besides the culture understanding, you can also see how much Mandarin you can pick up from the films.
You will actually find out you can understand more than you thought!
If you can read characters, please click Zhongwen(中文) in Wikipedia for even more detailed introduction for the films list above.
Have a nice weekend.
I will email you soon to let you know my plans.
Regards
Cindy
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Arnolfini-Far West exhibition
Hello everyone,
Did you all enjoy the sunshine we have got so far?
It's July, time for Wimbledon, British strawberry, and of course, lovely British summer!
I haven't done much in the past few weeks but enjoyed the weather.
However I do have some information to share with you all in this busy(or lazy?) summer season.
There is an exhibition called 'FAR WEST' at ARNOLFINI starts form Sat 28 Jun to Sun 31 Aug, free entrance.
Far West is an experimental project that will transform Arnolfini from an arts venue into a distinctive 'concept store', that explores the shifting of the economic centre of the world to the East.
Alongside Far West Metro exhibition will be held in The Mall Bristol, in Broadmeads in the city centre from Fri 27 Jun to Thu 24 Jul.
I haven't visited the exhibitions yet, but will go for sure to have a look.
You can find out more about the 'concept shop' and the artists who create those products on Far West website.
What makes me feel so excited and look forward to this project is the Far West Film!
There will be some Chinese films on in Arnolfini including the very famous film Still Life, award-winning documentary filmed in the Three Gorge Dam-Manufactured Landscapes, Jia Zhangke Double Bill-Unknown Pleasures and Platform, and HitchpWok Double Bill-Suzhou River and Blind Shaft.
More information and film timetables, please have a look on Arnolfini website under Far West Film catalog.
It's a very good opportunity to watch Chinese films, and also to see the changes modern China had been through.
The conflicts between modernization and traditional values are always something I am interested in.
I might bump into some of you over there.
If any of you want to go to watch the films with me, you are more than welcome.
Just drop me an email, and we will see when and where to meet up.
Hope you will enjoy the exhibition and the films.
Again, if you do not wish to receive my email, please let me know.
So I can take you off my email list.
All the best
Cindy
Did you all enjoy the sunshine we have got so far?
It's July, time for Wimbledon, British strawberry, and of course, lovely British summer!
I haven't done much in the past few weeks but enjoyed the weather.
However I do have some information to share with you all in this busy(or lazy?) summer season.
There is an exhibition called 'FAR WEST' at ARNOLFINI starts form Sat 28 Jun to Sun 31 Aug, free entrance.
Far West is an experimental project that will transform Arnolfini from an arts venue into a distinctive 'concept store', that explores the shifting of the economic centre of the world to the East.
Alongside Far West Metro exhibition will be held in The Mall Bristol, in Broadmeads in the city centre from Fri 27 Jun to Thu 24 Jul.
I haven't visited the exhibitions yet, but will go for sure to have a look.
You can find out more about the 'concept shop' and the artists who create those products on Far West website.
What makes me feel so excited and look forward to this project is the Far West Film!
There will be some Chinese films on in Arnolfini including the very famous film Still Life, award-winning documentary filmed in the Three Gorge Dam-Manufactured Landscapes, Jia Zhangke Double Bill-Unknown Pleasures and Platform, and HitchpWok Double Bill-Suzhou River and Blind Shaft.
More information and film timetables, please have a look on Arnolfini website under Far West Film catalog.
It's a very good opportunity to watch Chinese films, and also to see the changes modern China had been through.
The conflicts between modernization and traditional values are always something I am interested in.
I might bump into some of you over there.
If any of you want to go to watch the films with me, you are more than welcome.
Just drop me an email, and we will see when and where to meet up.
Hope you will enjoy the exhibition and the films.
Again, if you do not wish to receive my email, please let me know.
So I can take you off my email list.
All the best
Cindy
Sunday, 8 June 2008
【i】Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World-A Good Match
Lots of people asked me about Chinese wedding before, but I simply can't answer this question in a very simple way...
There are some difficulties for me to answer this question.
The first one and the most important one is people from different places do wedding in different ways!
You can blow up your budget for a very extravagant ceremony or you can invite some families, relatives and close friends for a feast only.
It really depends on what you want to do in this important day of your life.
Luckily BBC iPlayer just had a clip talking about Chinese wedding.
Storyville:The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World-A Good Match
This clip will stay online for another 2 days, and if you down load it, you can keep it for up to 30 days.
In this clip, you can find out Chinese way wedding including stealing bride, giving red envelopes, showing respect to ancestors, big wedding feast etc...
I personally found one thing very interesting.
When talking about marriage, the bride to be talked to the camera about his proposal.
He simply said, I am ready to marry you now...
Er... yes, I would say men are still superior to women in certain ways in China...
So talking about marriage, man will be the one who take action.
It's getting better in big cities like Shanghai or Beijin, but people are still very traditional in big things like wedding.
The wedding feast is very interesting.
People go for food, entertainments, and also face.
As some of you know face is very important for Chinese people.
See how much people put in red envelope for the couple, 700 GBP!
You must be rich and care about face a lot so you would give so much in red envelope lo!
I have a good news to share with you all.
My sister is getting marriage next year!
She will let me know what date the ceremony will be after Chinese New Year as she and my parents will need to check the lunar calendar first.
It does shows on lunar calendar what dates are good for wedding and what dates are good for moving, funeral and so on.
Her wedding won't be like what you see in the clip.
She and her fiance will have 2 wedding feasts.
One for the engagement, one for the wedding ceremony.
The engagement feast will only have close relatives and families only.
Other people like friends, colleagues, and some relatives you even don't remember will show up on the main wedding feast.
As I mentioned already, people from different places have different wedding customs.
My friend's wedding had 2 feasts as well.
But one for bride's family, relatives and friends, and one for groom's.
Nowadays, couple don't really want to go for traditional way as it's more complicated.
But parents or even grand parents would still prefer the tradition.
In Taiwan, we even have groom get on horse and use sedan chair to carry his bride back home!
On just before I finish this article, do you know in China, we take wedding photos before the wedding?
Yes, we have the photos done in professional studio, and have a very pretty album ready to show every gusts in the wedding day!
You can choose 4 to 5 different wedding dress and style for your wedding album.
And, we don't purchase our own wedding dress neither!
You can have everything done by the wedding agent.
Pick up a dress you prefer, book it for the wedding, and also book the make up and hair as well.
On the wedding day, bride will need to start doing make up, hair and everything since 4 o'clock in the morning!
Crazy, isn't it?
For being the most beautiful bride in the world, it is worthy!
We will talk about this topic more in the future as it is a Big subject!
Also, I might have the opportunity to show you the Taiwanese way wedding sometime next year!
Enjoy the programme.
Cindy
There are some difficulties for me to answer this question.
The first one and the most important one is people from different places do wedding in different ways!
You can blow up your budget for a very extravagant ceremony or you can invite some families, relatives and close friends for a feast only.
It really depends on what you want to do in this important day of your life.
Luckily BBC iPlayer just had a clip talking about Chinese wedding.
Storyville:The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World-A Good Match
This clip will stay online for another 2 days, and if you down load it, you can keep it for up to 30 days.
In this clip, you can find out Chinese way wedding including stealing bride, giving red envelopes, showing respect to ancestors, big wedding feast etc...
I personally found one thing very interesting.
When talking about marriage, the bride to be talked to the camera about his proposal.
He simply said, I am ready to marry you now...
Er... yes, I would say men are still superior to women in certain ways in China...
So talking about marriage, man will be the one who take action.
It's getting better in big cities like Shanghai or Beijin, but people are still very traditional in big things like wedding.
The wedding feast is very interesting.
People go for food, entertainments, and also face.
As some of you know face is very important for Chinese people.
See how much people put in red envelope for the couple, 700 GBP!
You must be rich and care about face a lot so you would give so much in red envelope lo!
I have a good news to share with you all.
My sister is getting marriage next year!
She will let me know what date the ceremony will be after Chinese New Year as she and my parents will need to check the lunar calendar first.
It does shows on lunar calendar what dates are good for wedding and what dates are good for moving, funeral and so on.
Her wedding won't be like what you see in the clip.
She and her fiance will have 2 wedding feasts.
One for the engagement, one for the wedding ceremony.
The engagement feast will only have close relatives and families only.
Other people like friends, colleagues, and some relatives you even don't remember will show up on the main wedding feast.
As I mentioned already, people from different places have different wedding customs.
My friend's wedding had 2 feasts as well.
But one for bride's family, relatives and friends, and one for groom's.
Nowadays, couple don't really want to go for traditional way as it's more complicated.
But parents or even grand parents would still prefer the tradition.
In Taiwan, we even have groom get on horse and use sedan chair to carry his bride back home!
On just before I finish this article, do you know in China, we take wedding photos before the wedding?
Yes, we have the photos done in professional studio, and have a very pretty album ready to show every gusts in the wedding day!
You can choose 4 to 5 different wedding dress and style for your wedding album.
And, we don't purchase our own wedding dress neither!
You can have everything done by the wedding agent.
Pick up a dress you prefer, book it for the wedding, and also book the make up and hair as well.
On the wedding day, bride will need to start doing make up, hair and everything since 4 o'clock in the morning!
Crazy, isn't it?
For being the most beautiful bride in the world, it is worthy!
We will talk about this topic more in the future as it is a Big subject!
Also, I might have the opportunity to show you the Taiwanese way wedding sometime next year!
Enjoy the programme.
Cindy
【f】Dragon Boat Festival-端午节粽子飘香
Hi everyone, 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2004-06/21/content_1536677_2.htm
http://englishclub.99-00.yy2.edu.hk/li_fes_4.html
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/dragonboat/dragon.html
http://shanghaiist.com/2006/05/30/happy_duan_wu_j.php
You are all welcome to share your individual experience of Dragon Boat Festival with me.
I was going to make some rice dumplings with friends but some accidents happened to my boyfriend and my friend's husband...
I am afraid that we have to delay our plans.
I will let you know if I make some and show you the photos of my home made dumplings.
Wish everyone a very nice Duan Wu Jie!
Cindy
Yes, summer is coming.
Chinese people believe that after Dragon Boat Festival, it is the real summer time!
Dragon Boat Festival, in Chinese Mandarin called Duan Wu Jie, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar.
It falls on Sunday, 8th June, this year.
Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most important festivals in
It has been celebrated sine 278 BC for the death of poet Qu Yuan.
Qu Yuan was a patriot but was refused by his emperor.
He killed himself by jumping in to
Local people, who admired him, threw food wrapped by leaves into the river to feed fish so they wouldn’t eat Qu’s body. And local people also paddled boats to search his body and scared fish away.
That is the origins of Zongzi and Dragon Boat Racing.
Zongzi is the traditional food Chinese people eat in Dragon Boat Festival.
It is normally made of glutinous rice, and it can be either sweet or savoury.
The fillings in Zongzi vary a lot.
People from different places will have different recipes but Zongzi is always wrapped by leaves and in pyramid shape.
Generally speaking, people from north prefer sweet rice dumplings and people from south prefer savoury ones.
Dragon Boat Racing is also an important activity to do in Duan Wu Jie.
People believe that it is a good luck and also easier to stand eggs straight at
Some people put five-colour-threads on their wrists on this day and take them off on the first rainy day after the festival.
It is believe that five-colour-threads will keep evil spirits away.
People also put aicao, artemisia, in front of their door to keep evil spirits away, and carry small sachet of herbs, xiang bao, to keep insects away.
The special wine called Xiong Huang is drunk on the festival day to keep away insects and snakes as well.
It is said the Xiong Huang wine is not safe to drink these days so people wipe the wine on their faces instead of drinking it.
Want to know more about the festival?
There are some more links to find out more:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2004-06/21/content_1536677_2.htm
http://englishclub.99-00.yy2.edu.hk/li_fes_4.html
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/festival/dragonboat/dragon.html
http://shanghaiist.com/2006/05/30/happy_duan_wu_j.php
You are all welcome to share your individual experience of Dragon Boat Festival with me.
I was going to make some rice dumplings with friends but some accidents happened to my boyfriend and my friend's husband...
I am afraid that we have to delay our plans.
I will let you know if I make some and show you the photos of my home made dumplings.
Wish everyone a very nice Duan Wu Jie!
Cindy
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
【i】Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World
Hi
It's Cindy again.
There are a new four-part series programme on BBC 4, called ' Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World ' which is on Tuesday night, 22.00.
You can find the first part on BBC iPlayer, and watch the rest of them on TV in the following 3 weeks.
It's in Chinese Mandarin with English subtitle, so it will be good for listening practice.
Don't worry if you can't understand some phrases as they talk in a fast pace.
However, that's the pace we local people talk to each other.
It's a restaurant based in Hunan, so naturally people in the programme have Hunan accents.
Don't worry, Hunan accent is not bad at all.
Most of you might not tell the difference!
As some of you knew already, eating in China is a big matter.
It's socializing, not only having meals.
Chinese people say dining is the most important thing in the world.
Dining for Chinese people is like drinking for British.
It presents people's believing, customs,culture, history and everything else!
So you will see some strange things/dishes in this programme...
Don't be surprised!
Not every Chinese people eats everything you see in this programme!
Through this series, you will see Chinese way management/doing business.
How they manage people, how hard they work and how they appreciate their people network.
Again, you are all welcome to share your thought with me.
And if you do not want to receive newsletters from me, please let me know.
Best regards
Cindy
It's Cindy again.
There are a new four-part series programme on BBC 4, called ' Storyville: The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World ' which is on Tuesday night, 22.00.
You can find the first part on BBC iPlayer, and watch the rest of them on TV in the following 3 weeks.
It's in Chinese Mandarin with English subtitle, so it will be good for listening practice.
Don't worry if you can't understand some phrases as they talk in a fast pace.
However, that's the pace we local people talk to each other.
It's a restaurant based in Hunan, so naturally people in the programme have Hunan accents.
Don't worry, Hunan accent is not bad at all.
Most of you might not tell the difference!
As some of you knew already, eating in China is a big matter.
It's socializing, not only having meals.
Chinese people say dining is the most important thing in the world.
Dining for Chinese people is like drinking for British.
It presents people's believing, customs,culture, history and everything else!
So you will see some strange things/dishes in this programme...
Don't be surprised!
Not every Chinese people eats everything you see in this programme!
Through this series, you will see Chinese way management/doing business.
How they manage people, how hard they work and how they appreciate their people network.
Again, you are all welcome to share your thought with me.
And if you do not want to receive newsletters from me, please let me know.
Best regards
Cindy
【i】Wild China-Tibet & Heart of the Dragon
Hi everyone
It's Cindy again.
How was everyone's bank holiday?
Weather wasn't that great but it's still good to have a break to do something you want to do.
I watched all the 'Wild China' programmes on BBC iPlayer on my holiday weekend.
They were great!
So far, they have 'Shangri-La', 'Tibet', and 'Heart of the Dragon' online.
'Shangri-La' will remain online for another 2 days
So if you want to watch it, remember to watch it online or download it to your computer.
You can keep the progremme up to 30 days and watch them off line anytime.
'Tibet' and 'Heart of Dragon' will remain online for 4 days more.
There places they introduce are very famous for Chinese people as well.
They don't only attract foreigners but also Chinese visitors.
Shangri-La is known as 'Paradise', Tibet is known as 'Roof of the world', and Gui Zhou where 'Heart of China' is filmed is famous of the stalactite caves.
Chinese people say 'Gui Lin shan shui jia tianxia', which means the mountains and water in Gui Lin are the best in China.
In the programmes, they are still focused on nature but also mentioned some culture and customs as human beings always have to adopt themselves to the nature surroundings.
If you are planning to go traveling in China, or you did it already, you will surely enjoy the series.
They are also good reference for your further traveling in China.
Here's the website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/?filter=category%3A200059&order=aztitle%3Aalphabetical&start=2&scope=iplayercategories
Enjoy!
Just before I go, I want to say thank you to some of your positive replies.
Your encouragement will keep me going.
Also thanks for all the useful links you email me.
I will find time to visit them and share them with you on my newsletter/blog.
All the best
Cindy
It's Cindy again.
How was everyone's bank holiday?
Weather wasn't that great but it's still good to have a break to do something you want to do.
I watched all the 'Wild China' programmes on BBC iPlayer on my holiday weekend.
They were great!
So far, they have 'Shangri-La', 'Tibet', and 'Heart of the Dragon' online.
'Shangri-La' will remain online for another 2 days
So if you want to watch it, remember to watch it online or download it to your computer.
You can keep the progremme up to 30 days and watch them off line anytime.
'Tibet' and 'Heart of Dragon' will remain online for 4 days more.
There places they introduce are very famous for Chinese people as well.
They don't only attract foreigners but also Chinese visitors.
Shangri-La is known as 'Paradise', Tibet is known as 'Roof of the world', and Gui Zhou where 'Heart of China' is filmed is famous of the stalactite caves.
Chinese people say 'Gui Lin shan shui jia tianxia', which means the mountains and water in Gui Lin are the best in China.
In the programmes, they are still focused on nature but also mentioned some culture and customs as human beings always have to adopt themselves to the nature surroundings.
If you are planning to go traveling in China, or you did it already, you will surely enjoy the series.
They are also good reference for your further traveling in China.
Here's the website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/?filter=category%3A200059&order=aztitle%3Aalphabetical&start=2&scope=iplayercategories
Enjoy!
Just before I go, I want to say thank you to some of your positive replies.
Your encouragement will keep me going.
Also thanks for all the useful links you email me.
I will find time to visit them and share them with you on my newsletter/blog.
All the best
Cindy
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
【i】 Wild China
Wild China is a 6 serious programme on BBC2 every Sunday night.
Shangri-La will be repeated next Saturday 24th May at 5:00pm on BBC2.
The next one will be Tibet showing next Sunday 25th May at 9:15pm on BBC 2.
More details please check
http://tvguide.aol.co.uk/tv-search?tvgSearchPhrase=wild+china&action=Go
Also, lots of you know the sever earthquake in China.
If you would like to help, there's something you can do.
https://www.oxfam.org.hk/public/donate/donate?donate_id=45
Thank you.
Shangri-La will be repeated next Saturday 24th May at 5:00pm on BBC2.
The next one will be Tibet showing next Sunday 25th May at 9:15pm on BBC 2.
More details please check
http://tvguide.aol.co.uk/tv-search?tvgSearchPhrase=wild+china&action=Go
Also, lots of you know the sever earthquake in China.
If you would like to help, there's something you can do.
https://www.oxfam.org.hk/public/donate/donate?donate_id=45
Thank you.
Monday, 19 May 2008
【i】 Shangri-La 人间仙境-香格里拉
Dear all
It's Cindy again.
I found an interesting programme on BBC iplayer tonight, and want to share it with you.
It's called 'Wild China', filming in South west area, YunNan, in China.
It has a world known name, Shangri-La, which means 'Paradise'.
This 60-minutes-long programme is introducing the nature life in YunNan including magnificent landscapes, rare plants and animals.
The programme will be on the website for 5 days.
If you are interested in this area in China, you will find this programme very enjoyable.
Here is the link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00brvjx.shtml?src=ip_potpw
Again, if you don't want to receive my email re to information sharing, please let me know.
Enjoy the programme, and wish you a very nice week.
Best Regards
Cindy Shih
It's Cindy again.
I found an interesting programme on BBC iplayer tonight, and want to share it with you.
It's called 'Wild China', filming in South west area, YunNan, in China.
It has a world known name, Shangri-La, which means 'Paradise'.
This 60-minutes-long programme is introducing the nature life in YunNan including magnificent landscapes, rare plants and animals.
The programme will be on the website for 5 days.
If you are interested in this area in China, you will find this programme very enjoyable.
Here is the link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00brvjx.shtml?src=ip_potpw
Again, if you don't want to receive my email re to information sharing, please let me know.
Enjoy the programme, and wish you a very nice week.
Best Regards
Cindy Shih
Friday, 16 May 2008
【i】Chinese Mandarin News Latter-May
Hi everyone
It's Cindy Shih saying hello to you all.
I have been thinking about doing news letter thing to share some information about Chinese Mandarin or China to you all for a while.
But I only put this thought into action now as I am quite busy recently.
Sorry to repeat myself if you got the information from me already.
If any of you doesn't want to receive my email re to this content, please let me know.
I will take you off from the email list.
Also please forgive my English, as my mother tongue is Chinese Mandarin and some of my sentences might not make any sense for you.
The first thing I want to share is about National Geographic Magazine.
The May issue is a special issue talking about China, with lots of impressive photos and some interesting stories talking about the rapidly changing China.
I haven't got time to finish my magazine yet, but certainly it is a very good material if you want to understand what's going on in China now.
Also I find it helpful if you want to understand 'Chinese way thinking'.
Here is the website which you can flick through and read some of the features.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
The second thing I want to share is probably too late to mention.
On BBC4 there was a serious of programme talking about 'Chinese Schools'.
I found them on BBC iPlayer and only watched 3 serious of them.
It was interesting and quite familiar for me to see all students working so hard for their exams.
I used to be one of them and before getting into university I didn't have my own leisure life.
You can fine out some articles talking about education system in China on Open University website.
http://www.open2.net/chineseschool/index.html
The last thing I would like to share is about the film, Kundun, I watched last weekend.
I know some of you are very interested in the relationship between China and Tibet.
The film is talking about the 14th Dalai Lama.
It's a bit like biography of Dalai Lama's childhood.
It was an amazing film for me and I found it so touched when seeing Tibetan people looking for religious freedom.
This film helps to find out the difference between Chinese and Tibetan culture.
I personally appreciated this film a lot as I could imagine how difficult is would be making a film like this in Tibet.
Also the Tibetan culture is so fascinating for me in this film.
If you are interested in it, there is the website I found on google.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundun
I got this DVD from fopp at the bottom of Park St, and it cost me less than a fiver.
You are welcome to borrow it form me but please remember to return it back as I like it a lot and might want to watch it again.
Thanks for your patience reading this email.
Please feel free to email me for any feedback or anything you would like to share with me.
If you don't want to receive this email, please let me know.
Wish all of you a very nice weekend.
Zhu nimen zhoumo yukuai.
Cindy Shih
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这是我第一次发news letter
用英文写的还是无法和用中文写的比
我的母语是汉语
太多意思用英文是无法顺畅表达的
但是我很努力了
希望再接再厉
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下月主题是端午节咯
It's Cindy Shih saying hello to you all.
I have been thinking about doing news letter thing to share some information about Chinese Mandarin or China to you all for a while.
But I only put this thought into action now as I am quite busy recently.
Sorry to repeat myself if you got the information from me already.
If any of you doesn't want to receive my email re to this content, please let me know.
I will take you off from the email list.
Also please forgive my English, as my mother tongue is Chinese Mandarin and some of my sentences might not make any sense for you.
The first thing I want to share is about National Geographic Magazine.
The May issue is a special issue talking about China, with lots of impressive photos and some interesting stories talking about the rapidly changing China.
I haven't got time to finish my magazine yet, but certainly it is a very good material if you want to understand what's going on in China now.
Also I find it helpful if you want to understand 'Chinese way thinking'.
Here is the website which you can flick through and read some of the features.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
The second thing I want to share is probably too late to mention.
On BBC4 there was a serious of programme talking about 'Chinese Schools'.
I found them on BBC iPlayer and only watched 3 serious of them.
It was interesting and quite familiar for me to see all students working so hard for their exams.
I used to be one of them and before getting into university I didn't have my own leisure life.
You can fine out some articles talking about education system in China on Open University website.
http://www.open2.net/chineseschool/index.html
The last thing I would like to share is about the film, Kundun, I watched last weekend.
I know some of you are very interested in the relationship between China and Tibet.
The film is talking about the 14th Dalai Lama.
It's a bit like biography of Dalai Lama's childhood.
It was an amazing film for me and I found it so touched when seeing Tibetan people looking for religious freedom.
This film helps to find out the difference between Chinese and Tibetan culture.
I personally appreciated this film a lot as I could imagine how difficult is would be making a film like this in Tibet.
Also the Tibetan culture is so fascinating for me in this film.
If you are interested in it, there is the website I found on google.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundun
I got this DVD from fopp at the bottom of Park St, and it cost me less than a fiver.
You are welcome to borrow it form me but please remember to return it back as I like it a lot and might want to watch it again.
Thanks for your patience reading this email.
Please feel free to email me for any feedback or anything you would like to share with me.
If you don't want to receive this email, please let me know.
Wish all of you a very nice weekend.
Zhu nimen zhoumo yukuai.
Cindy Shih
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这是我第一次发news letter
用英文写的还是无法和用中文写的比
我的母语是汉语
太多意思用英文是无法顺畅表达的
但是我很努力了
希望再接再厉
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下月主题是端午节咯
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