Hmm, it seems strangers are leaving comments in my entries from way back. I can't believe I use to update this thing in Chinese...
Speaking of Chinese, I translated yesterday on Valentines Day. Luckily the company had their own person that did the translation and that made my job easier. I just sat there and made sure they had a good understanding of what was said. I intervened twice because it wasn't translated correctly and the third time, it was clear there was confusion and Glen said 'Jump in Jay...' I also translated a few other times when it was casual talk...
After the meeting they invited us to lunch at the Chinese Seafood Imperial... And of course in Chinese culture, you always have alcohol when dining with friends or for business. Glen, being the one with the highest seniority and reports directly to the assistant deputy minister, declined because we are on duty... but that didn't work. The president of the company insisted 3 times. I should mention that in Chinese culture, it is the ultimate disrespect to turn down someone's offering. As for me, I watched this with much amusement... clash of culture if you will. In the end Glen lost and I had my beer...
It's been a good learning experience. This is exactly why I did my Chinese Certificate. Unfortunately I am still not fluent and only UBC offers the degree, so I might do two degrees now. We'll see after I graduate from SFU. One thing is for sure... if you want to take over the world in the 21st century, not only do you need English, but also Chinese.
So I stayed in the office later than usual to get some work done. Got home around 7pm and to my surprise ended up going to the pub with Kristi at 8:30. Surprising in the sense that she didn't spend Valentine's day with her dipshit boyfriend and that we haven't out alone for a while now... there's a little bit of history.
A week from today Michelle will be arriving from Europe. I say Europe because she's now in Italy instead of Denmark... I'm not sure where she is flying in from. I can't keep up with her traveling.
Posted by Jay at February 15, 2006 07:26 PMyay, Jay, at one time you were cool and had two languages on your website, now you suck... j/k =P
Sounds like you have had an interesting experience so far. Good luck with the figuring of what to do with degrees.
Posted by: Jonathan at February 15, 2006 10:54 PM