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ZerONine09
Profile Joined January 2012
United Kingdom42 Posts
April 19 2013 13:13 GMT
#21
Haha wow I'm a bit too young for a lot of these questions about health and girlfriends, but I should copy your bullet points as reference for future Chinese family reunions.
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES51507 Posts
April 19 2013 13:37 GMT
#22
this is the best preparation to dodge meaningless interaction with family I've seen in a long time.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
Tarot
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada440 Posts
April 19 2013 14:12 GMT
#23
God, the fighting over the bill is always sooo stupid.
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-19 15:42:30
April 19 2013 15:39 GMT
#24
Aha this list would work perfectly at christmas for my white family too >.<
Family gatherings are ALWAYS so much easyer when your already in a relationship.
EDIT: untill recently now that its "time" to get married
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
April 19 2013 16:08 GMT
#25
well, you missed the flooding & the april snow in chicago, so consider it a pretty good trade-off.
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
April 19 2013 16:12 GMT
#26
"I know we really want to fight over the dinner bill but couldn't we just all split it and not cry/scream/yell at the dinner table"

gl hf haha
Raysalis
Profile Joined July 2010
Malaysia1034 Posts
April 19 2013 16:53 GMT
#27
Just take the most annoying ones and print it on a shirt and wear it to dinner
:)
TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28103 Posts
April 19 2013 19:42 GMT
#28
You should be somewhat appreciative that your family makes an effort to know about your life, whether they actually care or not. I go to family functions, and literally 9 out of every 10 family members ignore me, and make 0 effort. And the ones that do just go "so, how's school", and that's it.
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zdfgucker
Profile Joined August 2011
China594 Posts
April 19 2013 19:56 GMT
#29
On April 20 2013 04:42 TheEmulator wrote:
You should be somewhat appreciative that your family makes an effort to know about your life, whether they actually care or not. I go to family functions, and literally 9 out of every 10 family members ignore me, and make 0 effort. And the ones that do just go "so, how's school", and that's it.


It's all fun until the 500th person asks when you will marry and proposes to marry her, her you never heard of, her whose name you recall but can't put a face to it, her whose unattractive face you recall, etc, etc.

I don't even want to imagine how it's like for a sheng nv. Man that gotta be hell on earth.
fLDm
babylon
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
8765 Posts
April 19 2013 20:00 GMT
#30
On April 20 2013 04:42 TheEmulator wrote:
You should be somewhat appreciative that your family makes an effort to know about your life, whether they actually care or not. I go to family functions, and literally 9 out of every 10 family members ignore me, and make 0 effort. And the ones that do just go "so, how's school", and that's it.

Of course he should be more appreciative of his family, but it's kind of pointless to turn this into a competition about who has it worse; someone will always have it worse, and people will always say, "You should be more appreciative! At least you have parents!" or something of that sort.

I mean, really, he's not going to print out bullet points to give to all his relatives, because that would be extremely disrespectful, and if he's going to be that disrespectful, he might as well just absent himself from the meeting. (Less effort required + more free time to dick around.)
TheKwas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Iceland372 Posts
April 19 2013 21:04 GMT
#31
Minus the part about the cheque (eating out on a family occasion? Are you insulting my mom's cooking?) and the being too skinny part ("well look at you, keeping in shape for the ladies then eh?") I can relate to those bullet points whenever I return to Canada. Some things about family are universal I guess.
WikidSik
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Canada382 Posts
April 19 2013 21:22 GMT
#32
lol you should be fatter huh. just go in a sumo wrestler custome
Iv been here for 5.5 years. My other accounts are named "Sonu" and "Dalroti" || I had some more but I cant find them XD || known in sc2 as "Sonu"
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
April 19 2013 21:50 GMT
#33
On April 19 2013 13:05 Shady Sands wrote:
In other news, would any TLers in Beijing like to meet sometime between the 23rd and the 26th?

I'll be around until the 23rd lol
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
lazyitachi
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
1043 Posts
April 19 2013 21:56 GMT
#34
Is H7N9 flu bad in Beijing?

I know that the cases are kinda mounting in China...
Stay safe!
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
April 19 2013 23:44 GMT
#35
On April 20 2013 04:56 zdfgucker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 20 2013 04:42 TheEmulator wrote:
You should be somewhat appreciative that your family makes an effort to know about your life, whether they actually care or not. I go to family functions, and literally 9 out of every 10 family members ignore me, and make 0 effort. And the ones that do just go "so, how's school", and that's it.


It's all fun until the 500th person asks when you will marry and proposes to marry her, her you never heard of, her whose name you recall but can't put a face to it, her whose unattractive face you recall, etc, etc.

I don't even want to imagine how it's like for a sheng nv. Man that gotta be hell on earth.


What's a "sheng nv" ?
sths
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Australia192 Posts
April 20 2013 00:10 GMT
#36

What's a "sheng nv" ?


I think its means leftover women. As in women past 30 who have not found a husband. Yes I know, retarded. But then China never really had a women's rights movement like in the west.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
April 21 2013 03:05 GMT
#37
On April 20 2013 08:44 c0ldfusion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 20 2013 04:56 zdfgucker wrote:
On April 20 2013 04:42 TheEmulator wrote:
You should be somewhat appreciative that your family makes an effort to know about your life, whether they actually care or not. I go to family functions, and literally 9 out of every 10 family members ignore me, and make 0 effort. And the ones that do just go "so, how's school", and that's it.


It's all fun until the 500th person asks when you will marry and proposes to marry her, her you never heard of, her whose name you recall but can't put a face to it, her whose unattractive face you recall, etc, etc.

I don't even want to imagine how it's like for a sheng nv. Man that gotta be hell on earth.


What's a "sheng nv" ?

I feel really bad for girls like that, then again sometimes I feel like the fam asking you why you don't date susy when you are sure they understand why susy isn't/never has been taken EVER gets annoying. For my family its more like, "So honey, when is she converting?" LOL.
User was warned for too many mimes.
Shady Sands
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4021 Posts
April 22 2013 01:07 GMT
#38
Okay, met up with Gaius at 798 - thanks to his idea to go and check out the Gao Brothers art studio, ended up with a three hour two-on-one chat with one of the Gao brothers, fairly famous Chinese artists with relatively hardcore political views.

I've got a slew of stuff lined up the afternoon of the 25th, but my evening that day is free. Would that day work out for everyone who's PM'd me and/or posted in this thread? Feel free to suggest a place
Что?
Thienan567
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States670 Posts
April 22 2013 03:00 GMT
#39
On April 19 2013 21:31 c0ldfusion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2013 21:18 Shady Sands wrote:
On April 19 2013 20:42 HornyHerring wrote:
That's pretty antisocial behaviour lol.

When the alternative is asking and/or answering the same twenty questions over and over again with different relatives, I don't care


Why not just not go? Seems like the obvious choice to me.


It's a Chinese family reunion, and from the looks of it a massive one at that. If he's not going to attend he'd better have a damn good reason, as in "sorry but i just got married but then my wife died" good reason.
GettingIt
Profile Joined August 2011
1656 Posts
April 22 2013 16:54 GMT
#40
Man I really want to visit China one day, but I'm not sure whether to go to Beijing or Shanghai. Anyway...this blog makes me wonder what the criteria is to get featured. Anyone know?
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