Hello from China..

SeanChen · Post by **SeanChen** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:35 am

It's my first post,im very pleased to visit this forum where is so active and seems has as many people as our country's

:guitarist

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:58 am

SeanChen;603099 wrote: It's my first post,im very pleased to visit this forum where is so active and seems has as many people as our country's

:guitarist

Not hardly and I bet none of us can write Chinese never mind speak it.

Welcome.What part of China are you from?

neffy · Post by **neffy** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:30 am

hi china welcome this is a very friendly and funny site :-4

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:14 am

Hello and welcome to FG

SeanChen · Post by **SeanChen** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:06 am

gmc;603101 wrote: Not hardly and I bet none of us can write Chinese never mind speak it.

Welcome.What part of China are you from?

im from MaoMing,Guangdong; what about you? you means that none can speak Chinese but you before my arrival?? :wah:

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:56 am

欢迎 :-6

Hope you enjoy FG.

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:01 am

Hello and Welcome to the Garden:-6

Post by **spot** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:19 am

Hello SeanChen, welcome to ForumGarden.

I was reading about Guangdong last month in a book about the Long March. The photos show it to be a very beautiful part of China.

We had a legal practitioner called ANITA0101 here last summer. She's from China and she'd been in England once for a year on a university course.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:30 am

Welcome and I hope you enjoy your stay in the garden.

Cheers

Minks

SlipStream · Post by **SlipStream** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:30 am

hi from England.

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:52 am

Hi from Scotland also.

koan · Post by **koan** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:29 pm

Hi, from the æthers of the continuum.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:31 pm

Hi Sean!

er9ad · Post by **er9ad** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:04 am

hey hope you have a great time on this site

ANITA0101 · Post by **ANITA0101** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:23 pm

wow, I am so happy that Spot still remembers me! Thank you, Spot! I am touched. Here, I am back. And welcome to SeanChen.:guitarist

ANITA0101 · Post by **ANITA0101** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:30 am

Why should China ban this website?

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:57 am

Hi Anita

Special day for you today 08/08/08 and the olypics:-6

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:54 am

koan;603562 wrote: Hi, from the æthers of the continuum.

Now is that really nessecary necessary ? Your from somewhere in Canada, not the aethers of the continuum. Thats just going to confuse the new Chinese person and everyone knows we dont want to make the Chinese mad.

ANITA0101 Why should China ban this website?

Hi Anita I remember you too. I think you threw jam at me but that was a long time ago. Dont worry about fuzzy butt, she lives in Australia. Need I say more ?

Let the games begin !

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:48 am

By the way, do all Chinese people do this ?

Is it a tradition of some sort, a passing of rites ?

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Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:46 am

Good morning Sean and welcome to the Garden. Hope you enjoy yourself here and good luck with the Olympics:-6

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:03 am

Hello and welcome to FG :-6

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:53 am

Hi SeanChen,

It's nice to meet you and I hope you will enjoy being here. :-6

ANITA0101 · Post by **ANITA0101** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:10 am

Nomad: so glad that you remember me! But I don't remember I threw jam to you:D

The Olympic opening ceremony is on! I am so proud:-6

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:19 am

Anita101 my Niece is on the US women's Olympic Soccer team. She has nothing but praise for how nice the Chinese people are and how welcome they have made the entire team, in fact all the teams feel. You should be proud.

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:38 am

Welcome Sean Chen! Nehih ho ma? I visited Guangzhou and Xinhui in Guangdong province... when I was in China last... two years ago. It's very nice there.

I don't speak much Cantonese, but I do speak rather fluent Mandarin. I know another member on here who speaks both, however. Anyway welcome to The Garden!

ANITA0101 · Post by **ANITA0101** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:23 am

Carla: The US woman's soccer team is really tough! You must be very proud of your niece;) Do you like the Opening ceremony?:)

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:27 am

I haven't seen the opening cermony yet, someone send me an online link please! I'll have to wait until tonight..............

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:59 pm

Hi Sean & welcome.

I have a daughter who we adopted from Guangzhou.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:46 pm

Welcome Sean and hi ANITA !! It's always wonderful to have people here from different countries. I don't speak any Chinese but worked for many years with a girl from Beijing. We became good friends.

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:15 pm

Question: Can ANITA (or anyone else) explain why the hell there was a pipe band in the opening ceremony???

ANITA0101 · Post by **ANITA0101** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:09 pm

Hi, Cookie: the general director said he invited different music bands from five continents in the world to perform at the ceremony during the time the athletes entering. The pipe band is just one of them.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:05 am

Chookie;946674 wrote: Question: Can ANITA (or anyone else) explain why the hell there was a pipe band in the opening ceremony???

Calm down !

If a billion and a half people want a pipe band by God theyre going to get a pipe band.

Richard Bell · Post by **Richard Bell** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:59 am

erm...

Sean Chen arrived here in April 2007, and made a grand total of four posts.

Unless he/she is lurking, I suspect Sean Chen must be long gone from FG.

Richard Bell · Post by **Richard Bell** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:03 am

ANITA0101;946945 wrote: Hi, Cookie: the general director said he invited different music bands from five continents in the world to perform at the ceremony during the time the athletes entering. The pipe band is just one of them.

Yeah, I noticed African drummers.

The penguin orchestra from Antarctica was superb!

Still, the pipes won, hands down, IMO.

Gotta love the pipes!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:17 pm

Richard Bell;947205 wrote: erm...

Sean Chen arrived here in April 2007, and made a grand total of four posts.

Unless he/she is lurking, I suspect Sean Chen must be long gone from FG.

Therein lies the beauty. No repercussions.

jessicaabruno · Post by **jessicaabruno** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:19 pm

WOW this thread is an old one that keep getting responses to.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:37 am

Chookie;946674 wrote: Question: Can ANITA (or anyone else) explain why the hell there was a pipe band in the opening ceremony???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tay ... 549580.stm

We are very excited about the opening night and we are very proud and honoured to be here representing Scotland at the Olympics as well as being officially here to represent the European continent."

Well the celts are one of the oldest european tribes and the bagpipe an ancient musical instrument

I never saw them, pity.