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Andy is a member of The Washington Chinese Language Meetup Group
- Member of this Meetup Group since
- January 30, 2008
- Additional Information
- "If you're in Reston/Herndon/McLean/Vienna , or western areas, contact me about carpooling to events."
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- Introduction
- I like hanging out with old ladies from Sichuan. 'Cause they like spicy food, playing mahjongg and their Mandarin sounds like mine.
- What are your favorite Chinese dishes and foods?
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shredded chicken salads. Hong Shao Niu Rou Mian. La Zi Ji Ding. Yan Su Ji. Mu Shu Ji. Qing Zheng Yu. Kao YA. Ku gua. Whole fishes. Anything in black bean sauce. Recipes w prickly ash (hua1 jiao) & la4 you, eg Shui Zhu Yu. Taro desserts.
- What kind of events and activities would you be interested in? What would you like to do at our events?
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Events must somehow involve Chinese food. Everything else is just a bonus. I also get excited watching mandarin movies that have food scenes in them.
- How would you describe your level of Chinese? (Eg it's my native language OR I don't speak it OR I learned some dialect from my family but little Mandarin, OR I can speak a few words, simple conversations, etc.)
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Fluent, not quite bilingual, for most of my life. 6 years of Chinese university classes and lived and worked in such an environment. That's what you need to do.
- What could this group provide for you that no other Meetup could?
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I grew up with a lot of contact with the Chinese world. I can't really escape that. So it helps to meet people who have similar experiences. We have something in common right away.
- Where did you grow up? How did you learn Chinese? Tell us your story.
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From many years of various family and work exchanges, I lived in Taiwan and mainland for several years. Went to NTNU in Taiwan and liked it very much.
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“ Hi Everyone! This Meetup is getting more popular than we thought. So we're looking for one or two more fun-loving people to assist in coordinating fun Chinese language events. There are so many reasons to get involved! Create events YOU will really enjoy. Meet all kinds of enthusiastic people who also speak Chinese. Other benefits are 401k with matching, health insurance, paid vacations, and lifetime rice bowl pension. Please contact me or any of the organizers if you're interested. ”
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“ A very diverse, friendly crowd that just wants to have a good time. This is what DC is all about. Note to HOP: Sir, kindly keep your hands off my friend's waist next time. It's "Meet-up", not "lift-up". ”
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“ Andy,
Thanks for reaching out to us to help us fill out team. ”—Kuang (Apr 07, 2008 9:18 PM) -
“ Andy,
Thank you very much for all your efforts and enthusiasm. I enjoyed the night at 6th & I with Jennifer's book presentation and meeting some of the meetup members. I am looking forward to seeing you in more of the coming meetups. ”—Hai-Fen (Mar 19, 2008 9:16 PM) -
“ Andy, unfortunately, I couldn't meet you all for dinner. Besides all of the public Chinese events, I will try to post information about Asia Society events especially if the event is specific to China/Taiwan, etc. I serve on the steering committe and will meet this week to discuss events etc. You can go to http://www.asiasociety.org/events/
to view the events calendar. Rayne ”—Rayne Woo (Mar 16, 2008 10:39 PM) -
“ Andy, yes that's Seal. He was in DC last year, I happened to be in the camera crew that interviewed him:) A great guy in person! ”
—Mei (Mar 05, 2008 11:47 AM) -
“ Andy, Good to see ya out last night and thank for all your help! ”
—George Christopher (Mar 02, 2008 1:15 PM)
