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Chinese signs around Beijing: Language Fun

Armelle Europe — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:00:51 +0000

Just like my , last week’s trip to Beijing brought quite a few opportunities to chuckle at some weird uses of English displayed on various signs.

Let me show you some examples, ahem… this way please… I mean, this way…

One thing you can’t complain about in China is the lack of directions… nothing is left to your imagination…

In case you don’t really know what to do with your money, why not try the local Cash…

Visit a ukulele shop in Beijing, China

Armelle Europe — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:25:42 +0000

If you are a faithful reader of this blog, you might have been wondering why I haven’t posted in a while. Be reassured, I haven’t dropped the ukulele nor decided to stop blogging. The reason for my silence has been a one-week business trip to Beijing, China.

Thanks to my friend Al from Uke Hunt, I have been able to add a ukulele aspect to my trip and to meet really lovely ukulele players from the Philippines…

Asia, Canada, Ireland, Russia : Weekly Ukulele World Tour

Armelle Europe — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:42:57 +0000

I’d like to start this with a video of Bosko & Honey playing a tune called Earthquake together with Gensblue from Japan.

My thoughts go to the people of Japan at this very difficult time.

You can help Bosko and Honey support the Japan Disaster Appeal by buying their Ukulele Safari Compilation CD. Full details are available from their site.

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Language Fun : Chinese Wish Lantern

Armelle Europe — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:03:12 +0000

I watched a few wish lanterns floating about in the night sky while visiting the city of Tianjin in China. Watching their red glow rise in the night was kind of mesmerizing and felt a bit magic. I was amazed at how high these paper lanterns could rise, and at how long they could float about. I was a bit concerned that they could set fire to something on their descent but there was no casualty to report on that night…

A trip to the homeland of Kala-niño, my Kala pocket uke

Armelle Europe — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:33:21 +0000

I am just back from my express trip to the Middle Kingdom, totally burnt out after enduring the 6-hour-time difference twice in the last 6 days, and still suffering from motion sickness dizziness several days after being back.

Yet I am really glad to be back in touch with my fellow ukulele bloggers and readers, catching up on all the interesting posts I couldn’t access from China. I found out that my blog fell under the mighty censorship there too.…

Ukulele from China, 烏克麗麗

Armelle Europe — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:00:50 +0000

The Chinese word for Ukulele looks fascinating : 烏克麗麗 . I wonder how long it would take me to try and write it on paper ! If you have any idea what the various Chinese ideograms composing the word ukulele are, I’d love to hear from you !

Anyhow, by means of an introduction, this short Chinese ukulele greeting song :…

Ukulele songs from Korea, Singapore and China

Armelle Europe — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:13:34 +0000

Today’s ukulele visits will take us to Korea and Singapore.

The first video has a rather catchy melody and is a cover of a song by Korean singer Harim, called Chocolate story. When listening to the song, it seems like the word “chocolate” sounds similar in Korean. The written word is another story : 초콜릿

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOOJwEj9j6o

Let’s remain in Korea…

Ukulele birthday songs from around the world

Armelle Europe — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Yes the eighth of the eighth is that time of year when I’m supposedly becoming one year wiser.

Here is a little world tour of ukulele birthday songs :

Let’s start with the world famous Birthday greeting, sounding a bit more exotic in Chinese

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGnZ3wlYpoE

While we are in Asia, here is a song called Sweet Happy Birthday by Ayano Tsuji…

Ukulele and Languages – Asia

Armelle Europe — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Today’s round of native-language-ukulele videos will focus on Asia.

16. Chinese
You can check out the Chinese Lyrics on the YouTube info area.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk5chwYmXjU

Voyage en Chine : Traduction fantaisiste…

Armelle Europe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Lors de mon voyage en Chine, je n’ai pas pu m’empêcher de prendre une photo dans les toilettes d’un restaurant où nous avons mangé.
Drôle d’idée me direz-vous, aller en Chine et prendre des photos des toilettes…

Du coup, je me sens obligée de faire une description très prosaïque des toilettes en Chine dans la plupart des lieux publics :
Il s’agit en général de toilettes dites “à la turque” dans lesquelles il est interdit de jeter le papier…