From today until July 4th, a holiday-related quiz question will be posted everyday.  The quiz master at the celebration will give a beer or two to the person or persons who correctly and/or uniquely answers the most questions first.  Yes, timing is everything in this contest.  However, creativity will be rewarded too.

Question #1:

What was the name of Scotsman who not only was an American revolutionary war naval hero, but also became a Russian…

By: Dutch Martin

Was at the train station picking up tickets for Dalian. Now, I'm used to beggars passing the queue asking for money and anywhere else I might have given some but from experience it is unwise, especially as a foreigner, to give money while queuing. When other beggars get wind that I am willing to give-up coin they will come to me like moths to a flame. And, as I am in a queue, I can't just walk away.

So in this case I decided not to give money and the poor chap…

What if I'm not brave,who will take the courage for me?

The Turkish restaurant has gone. It wasn't that long ago it opened. It started slowly but then it quickly improved. I used it often and Thomas, Mary and I loved it there.

I can't believe it's gone - but gone it has and moved to Dalian. How did we allow…

The End of the World IS coming - Mayan Calendar - What do you believe? Are you worried? Or let's just have one big…

The people who know me, they know who I work for, and they also know the problems that other foreigners had with her in the past (She's Chinese, in her early 40's).

In the last two months everything has been going just fine, however, yesterday it took me almost an hour of arguing with her so she could pay me everything I worked for her.  I won, of course, but all because I made her understand that if I don't get enough working hours it's because she hasn't provided them so…

hey guys,

Summer in Changchun. it would be lovely to have some nice t shirts to show your identity and make your activities more attractive. I got a friend in changchun who can custom make t shirt. Anything you want, they can make it for you. BTW, soccer fans, good news. There are some euro 2012 soccer game T shirts available if you are interested in. If you like it, feel free to call them. name card attached as a picture. …

Does anyone know anything about this? It could be interesting!

This is all I know

The List of the Participant Ceramists

        Reviewed carefully by the Organizing Committee of the ceramics symposium, 18 ceramists from 14 countries have been selected to participate in the 2nd…

6-3-1

LBJ

3-time MVP

Will it be 6(James), 3(Wade) and 1(Bosh) known as THE BIG 3

and the

MIAMI HEAT

or

the scoring champ of the last 3 years (KD)

and

(0) Russell Westbrook

and the mighty

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER

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I am thinking of a joint Changchun Friends/Changchun Live discount card which, when shown at places that agree will give a discount - restaurants, bars, shops hotels etc.

Any views on this?

I m here

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PRESS RELEASE

In line with our current re-structuring to be more market focused, The CCF Board is pleased to announce that after conferring with all stake-hiolders, Mr Jack Field (aka Mahatma Jack) has been appointed the Marketing Manager for CCF

His duties will be to report to no one but himself and to significantly increase membership in Changchun. Following a 1 month probationary time…

I know i should not think like that, i just want to abreact my mood. people are living in the same world, but they undergo different experiences in this unequal society.

I used to devote myself to prepare the TOEFL and SAT exams, sacrificed my break time to memorize the vocabulary. And then i applied to New York University, but they refused  me.

Today, a girl ,i met several years ago, called me and tell me that she will go to NYU this September. But she told me…

I would be much obliged if some one could translate the following note that we just discovered on our door. We have already had one surprise two weeks ago. Returning from a short trip to Mudanjiang we found we had no power - had to throw all of our food out. Our employers were supposed to take care of that.

Is this note along those same lines. I'm just so tired of being nervous over things that supposedly we weren't even supposed to have to worry about.

Tom in Jilin

Following on from mahatma Jack's posting on the origins of words, this is for everyone to tell us where they are from and what the word means (And H/T to Ferney for coming up with the idea)

I will start off with England:

England’s name originally comes from the term “Land of the Angles”, which was translated to Engla Land in Old English. The Angles were an ancient Germanic (or Saxon) tribe, one of the few that occupied the region now known as England…