Scott & Lai

Anyone know any chinese typing software I can download free? Learning chinese typing is a good way to spend time with. Lai

Kung Hei Fat Choi! Sun Tai Kin Hong! Sum Sern See Sing! Ching Chun Mei Lai! Man See Yu Yee! Yut Fan Fung Shun! Dai Gut Dai Lei! Loang Ma Xing Son! Lin Lin Yau Yuu! (Those are Cantonese, btw)

Well, neither of us is superstitious, but apparently last year was a good year to get married.....we had to have the traditional reception in Hong Kong (pre-marriage in our case) on a weekday, because all the restaurants that did those were booked solid on the weekends through the end of the year

Congrats, Jason & Jun!!

Exactly! Thanks!

Lai recently bought a traditional round-bottomed iron wok. I've seen ring-shaped stands for them that are placed on the burner. Does anyone know where I can find one?

From a post I wrote in another thread last summer: Yes. Lai and her niece explained to me this last year; they don't have two consonants together as one sound, so when they see such in English, they think of it as sort of a sound and a half. They then want to make it two separate sounds. So, when they were here last year, Lai and Dory (who's English is very good) and Lai's sister (Dory's mom) kept calling me "See-got" Lai can say "Scott", but she still often calls me "See-got", and I have to say I encourage that because I find it very endearing In the car on the way from dinner one evening, Lai and Dory and Lai's sister would look at street signs and convert them into Chinglish. "Orangethorpe" became something like "Ahran-gee-ho": the "ng" was separated into two syllables, they don't have the "th" sound, so the "t" was dropped, and as Dory explained, Cantonese tend to get lazy about word endings, so the "rpe" was also dropped Knott's Berry Farm became "Not-a-see Bera" followed by the untranslated Cantonese word for "farm" Lai will also frequently add Cantonese words like "ah", "la", "wor", etc. to the ends of sentences. They don't really mean anything, but just add expression...

Of course, it also means legitimate couples have a definite chance of being unjustly denied Lai and I met three times: in Hong Kong six months after we met online, once in the US just before sending the K-1 petition, and once more in Hong Kong at the time of her interview. I was able to accompany her to the waiting area in front of the interview window, so the VO could see I was there with her.

Speaking of Chinese music, there was a thread here about Chinese music, that I believed had some referrences to Teresa Teng. I can't find that thread.....anyone know where it is?

You pee and brush your teeth....BEFORE you get out of bed???

The first time I visited Lai's parents, Lai told me to bring a bottle of brandy for her dad. The second time it was red wine, and next time will be whiskey. She didn't suggest anything for her mom, though

It's "Deist"

In Hong Kong, the major religions are Buddhism and Taoism, plus there is Confucianism, ancestor worship, and other local Chinese religions. But there are also about 500,000 Christians, 50,000 or so Muslims, and smaller percentages of other major religions. Lai and I are both devout Christians, very active in our churches. Accordingly, our religious beliefs were a major topic at the beginning, though since we met on a Christian singles' site, there weren't any major surprises. Her family was Buddhist when she was small, but since has all become Christian. We are of different denominations, I'm Lutheran and she is a sort of Baptist, but we have agreement on the essentials I don't think it would have worked if we didn't share a common faith.

This one at least is accurate. China used to be called the Middle Kingdom, and the character for "China" also means "middle". "she/her" -- might mean "he/him", and vice versa

"Wait me" = "Wait for me"

Congratulations! Yes, next it goes to NVC. For us, it took about a week to clear. From there it goes to GZ. We got our P3 in about 2 weeks after NOA2, but then we went through the Hong Kong consulate.... Good luck!

That is a truly obscene wait time At least you're finally out of C"S"C hell!!! Hope the rest goes better for you

That's so sad JP Hey, maybe we should all email JP everyday so he won't feel so neglected

Two of the programs I use, Pop-Up Stopper and Adaware 6, are both free. I downloaded them from the Net with no problems. They are excellent programs, though you may also wish to supplement them with additional ones, as others here have done.

Amen, JP! Spot on, everything you said

Simple, the thug who took my momentary absent-mindedness as an invitation to take what didn't belong to him, and then likely lead the police on a 90mph chase through residential streets, assault the cops when they catch him, and then sue them for "police-brutality" and racism....

Uh, Clifford, That's like saying robberies are "caused" by easy-to-pick locks, rapes are "caused" by women wearing short skirts, and hi-jackings are "caused" by inept security procedures. Viruses, like the above, are caused by evil sociopaths who should be locked away for good, and kept away from any electronic device more advanced than a light-bulb..... I agree with you about all the MS problems you listed, but they wouldn't be near as much of a problem were there not cockroaches out there writing malicious code.....

We did get an RFE for Lai's birth certificate. We included a certified translation, even though her BC had both Chinese and English. Got the approval shortly after we submitted that.

Hong Kong may be different, but Lai's brother had no problem getting a visa to join our wedding here in October. Lai also has a business visa that has allowed her to go all over the world, including the US, Canada, Britain, Switzerland, the U.A.E., etc.

Certainly better than 248 days...or 5952 hours....or 357K minutes...or 21.4 million seconds