David&Wendy

Thanks David. I remember you and your wife very well. Your wife's interview was on the exact same day as my wife's original interview... 26 July 2007 It's been awhile. tsap seui This year we have been very busy obeying our new master. - my 10 month old daughter

Congrats Wenyan

Are Affidavits attesting to our relationship from people we know really necessary when submitting the I-751 paperwork?

Yes, my wife lived in a urban city in China. She had those shots in childhood and she had her 1st dose in China from a USCIS Civil surgeons in Guangzhou. She was required and requested to submit the documentation by the stupid USCIS that she had the form signed by USCIS Civil Surgeon located in America after he had give her 'all' the immu shots (again) even after presenting proof she already had them.

This was for her B-2 Visa and her interview was at the Shanghai consulate.

Tonight my wife and I are very sad. After filing for her visitor visa two months ago after compiling the required stack of paperwork we waited for two months. We just got the news that she was denied because my salary was too low? I'm shaking my head confused and wife is plain pissed. Without posting my financials to the board let me say that the salary evidence I sent was certainly enough to support all the costs involved. Dazed and Confused....

Sure.......... it's safe for work...

CONGRATS ¹§Ï²Äã

I've seen the channel line up... We want the "Great Wall" package. The normal price is $29.99 a month. The link I gave was supposed to discount several of their packages by $10 a month. My question was "has anybody seen or used this special?"

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CONGRATS!!! :cheering:

Antiquated English? LOL I know many Americans with English as a first language who would run away from reading books written by Jane Austen, Shakespeare and the rest of the books from high school and college. I would ask the teacher why this is even part of a ESL class to learn to speak American English.

I have become a fan of the internationally acclaimed director and Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou. He is the director of the famous film Raise the Red Lantern / ´óºìµÆÁý¸ß¸ß¹Ò. This movie's release date was back in 1991. Why go back so far into this director's past masterpieces? Over 15 years has past yet still this movie continues to be listed of many people's essential list of movies to see. If you Google "Zhang Yimou" movies you will see over 300,000 links while just his name goes into the millions. Yahoo, Amazon, MSN, New York Times are just a few of the English based sites to praise his works. As Raise the Red Lantern has been widely praised I wanted to see it but finding Chinese films with English subtitles made before 2000 sometimes is a challenge. I discovered Netflix had the recently digitally remastered edition. Luckily the DVD arrived just before Labor Day weekend so we could watch it Saturday night. I agree with every award, nomination and thumbs-up review of this movie. To quote Wikipedia, this film "...is noted for its opulent visuals and sumptuous use of colors." I agree. The sets told a story just as much as the actors playing their roles. The architecture was mindbogglingly beautiful yet simple and efficient. We are not shown the entire "house" but only the rooms of where they ate and the 4 mistresses. The interesting or astounding fact to learn was the movie wasn't filmed on a movie studio lot. The movie was filmed at a historic named Qiao's Compound. Now to answer the "Why this movie" question? To learn a language is only one part of fluency. Any person can learn English but in our everyday conversation we speak in a sea of culturally learned "catch phrases" we acquire from the TV shows and movies of our childhood through adult life. Phrases like "Bond...James Bond" or "Asta la vista baby" or "I'll be back" or more recently "infamous cosmic powers... itty bitty living space" to quote the genie from Disney's Aladdin become part of our normal speech. I am finding and watching classic Chinese (mainland and Hong Kong) movies to learn more of my wife and my "in-laws" culture and collected life experiences. I hope you enjoy the ride as well. David

CONGRATS!!!!