Shanghaiist: Hangzhou on my mind

shahil

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:28:19 +0800

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peijin

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:39:41 +0800

if you are really over-critical, why don't you start by being critical of yourself? I find it humorous that you would consider me an expat of that type, which proves the point i made the other comment -- you have no idea who I am, and the more you try to pigeonhole me into your categories, the less you appear like a horse and more like that self-described A$$. You talk about how you like reading Shanghaiist because it promised to be something new and refreshing, provide another perspective on things--and yet all you have managed to do is make some mealy-mouthed and half-baked criticisms and ad hominem attacks. Why don't you do something constructive instead? No one is policing comments here, but then again, i don't think anyone wants to see comment forums turned into, well, this. If you want to see this site improved or if you think my writing sucks, you can take that up with the editor. He is quite welcoming of comments and criticisms, but no one is going to take you seriously if you tell people to jump off a building. But since you're so fond of psychologizing me, let me return the favor, just this once: making comments about jumping off buildings with lame punchlines like the gravity one is the "knee-jerk" reflex of someone who has lost an argument and is being a sore loser about it. Why don't you read the background links and sources to the posts I write, or some that you have found yourself, and tell everyone where I erred, or how the post might have been better approached?

马耷

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:18:17 +0800

I, too, hate the word they use for "leisure" in Chinese, 休闲. Something off-puttingly bland, it is like; very "xiao-shi-min" (小市民, or "petit-city-vulgarian"?). Amazing how self-conscious Chinese are, even when they are having fun. On the other hand, Peijin is really an over-critical A$$ like Yours Truly. But at least I refer to myself as such: "马耷", meaning "horse-like, with big ears". Peijin is too much in earnest when he pisses on everything he sees; maybe this is the way an expat marks his territory? Peijin can be greatly improved by jumping off Jinmao. But then, after collecting himself off the ground, Peijin may start bitching about the inaccuracy of Shanghai's gravity---inept Shanghai-nese, you know; can't get anything right......

peijin

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:49:53 +0800

well, trev/billy i guess you're lucky that none of that's ever happened to you. i was going to reply to your accusation that i was silly, but i don't think you actually mean it. If and when you think that my writing has taken a turn for the worse, feel free to let me know -- that's my real name and my real email up there.

Billy

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:16:41 +0800

"Of course, once you get to Hangzhou or Shanghai, you’re going to spend half an hour trying to get a cab, and then half an hour in the cab trying to get some place that it might have been half an hour to walk to" Don't be silly. That's too critical even for you.