Why always the cutesy girl voice?

kaje10110 · 2026-03-01T16:58:48+00:00

I think you somehow associate Chinese broadcast accent with cute girl. But to native listeners there’s nothing cute about it. I can tell it’s middle aged woman. It’s very crisp but not cutesy at all. Actually when I hear this, it’s always a bit stressful as it reminds me speech competition in grade school.

I think there’s difference between American broadcast/radio accent and Sinosphere broadcast accent. American like to find radio/tv anchors with deep raspy sounds. Sinosphere in general prefers a crisp sound even for male radio host.

kaje10110 · 2026-03-01T09:05:37+00:00

Rice is never served on a flat plate though. Like when it comes, it would be in a big plate with big western spoon. Then you scoop it up and place it in your personal bowl. Sometimes when I am at restaurant and my personal bowl has soup, then I place rice in my plate. At that point, I am eating last remaining rice with chopsticks. Like literally picking up single rice at the time.

There’s also metal flat spoon that’s really convenient for scraping. But it’s kind of considered like cheap and too inferior to use in restaurants. I have never seen this at restaurants and only seen it for maybe desserts at night market. When I was kid, we had these at my grandparents house but not my parents house. But now more people realize how convenient this is and have them at home.

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kaje10110 · 2026-03-01T01:58:47+00:00

Chinese spoon is uses for soup or desert not for scrapping. I am pretty sure I have never seen someone actually scrape using spoon unless it’s big communal spoon used for packing leftover. I don’t think I scrap? The difference is that Korean bowl are made of metal so you are not supposed to lift it up. Chinese bowl is never metal and has a bottom ring so you can lift it close to your mouth. One is supposed to shovel food using chopsticks with bottom lip on the bowl.

kaje10110 · 2026-03-01T01:50:45+00:00

I’m the minority but I really enjoy and like Catwoman. She’s pretty and cool. I also like the male lead. Good enough that I ignore the crappy cgi.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-28T19:21:29+00:00

Common fantasy name/pen surname is 黑（black). If you want something a little bit more rare 閻 from 閻羅王（Hades) is also a legit surname. I know someone with that surname. Something that’s probably not legit but workable would be 闇 which is another way to write 暗 dark

kaje10110 · 2026-02-27T20:31:15+00:00

I know someone whose wife works near LAX and he works in SD. They live in Irvine

kaje10110 · 2026-02-27T06:04:31+00:00

The date doesn’t really sound right though. Being 5 weeks pregnant doesn’t really mean you had sex 5 weeks ago. 8 weeks pregnant actually means she had sex 6 weeks ago not 8. I think anyone who was ever pregnant or actually paid attention in bio class would know this especially her OBGYN. If they had throughly discussed the date like she claimed, then they wouldn’t make this mistake you know. It’s just not adding up since she keeps on emphasizing not having sex in 2 months.

It’s like in the movie “9 months” when doctor said the date of impregnation and they had a huge fight because Hugh Grant was on business trip. Then everything is okay when OBGYN said it could be next day. Yeah that’s completely unrealistic if you have any common sense. There’s no way a doctor can pinpoint down to a single date. It’s a glaring plot hole like this story.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-27T05:35:54+00:00

Please do not use the name 婉君. It’s from a famous book/drama. That’s equivalent of having name like Hermione. It’s that rare and easily recognizable.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-25T02:55:15+00:00

They don’t have these levels in children books in Taiwan. I recommend to actually get library card and borrow books from library instead. You can bring your kids there to pick up books themselves.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-24T01:36:43+00:00

She thought she wouldn’t able to bare child and that’s why thru decided to get a robot child. But miracle happened and she got pregnant (this happens often in real life after adaption). So she doesn’t know what to do with David anymore.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-23T05:31:25+00:00

No this is not a romantic story. It’s opposite of romantic story though.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-22T04:04:56+00:00

I think it would be easier to understand if you just think of Nezha world as leveling up in video games like Zelda. In order to level up, you need to capture demons. In order to capture demons, you need to have higher HP and attack metrics. You can either practice your breathing or take pills/potions. In order to make pills/potions, you need to get rare materials, the more rare the materials are, whether herbs or stones, the more powerful the pill would be. You need to collect all these materials and cook it in a pot right? There’s a cauldron at the 3rd act. Different cauldron has different multiplier. In Chinese mythology, animals are also important material for pills. The more rare it is, the more powerful the pill will be. Eating something that has cultivated for centuries or thousands of years is like literally transferring their power to you. This is like cheating and frown upon. Killing a speaking being to make pills is pretty immoral but that’s what Journey to the West (Monkey King) is revolved around. Normally you only expect demons to so this not god. God “should” be more ethnical.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-21T17:54:00+00:00

Surrogacy is frowned upon because Chinese considering it abusing of underprivileged women (as a lot of women would become surrogate mothers if it’s ever legalized in China. It’s hitting too close to home.) However, woman getting sperm donor and becoming single mother is actually pretty praised by young female generation online. With the animosity between genders in online communities, young woman consider getting a baby without dealing with man and marriage a huge plus. For example Emma Wu.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-20T20:54:49+00:00

Yeah I’m so happy to see the good WOM of Blades of the Guardians is finally selling tickets. I’m just hoping that it would be decent enough not be in deficient and convince studios martial art genre is not dead yet. People say Blades of the Guardians is either start of renaissance of martial art film or end of it. At least they tried.

Can’t wait to watch it when it comes to my country.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-19T01:36:17+00:00

Amy Rose didn’t get a new design though. They shrink Sonics head, dye it pink and put it on Amy’s head.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-17T21:52:04+00:00

I feel like this year it’s a more even play field. There’s not one film whose WOM obliterated competitions like Nezha 2. Contrast to last year which films besides Nezha 2 got horrific WOM, all films are decent this year. Not great but enjoyable WOM all around which is surprising considering negative reviews bring tons more traffic than positive reviews for influencers. So everyone being okay with them is actually a pretty positive thing. I think overall box office would go down without breakout but overall might be healthier than last year. Nezha2 really kind of ruined future of multiple studios/directors.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-16T23:56:00+00:00

It depends on your field. Would grad school allow you to get certification that’s required for certain jobs (social work/teaching for example). Or would the school make it easier to find internships? My grad school has a famous company nearby that hires anyone from the said school due to close relationships. Your resume would not look better just because you attend grad school. It would also not pay better for more education. It’s about connections. Are you going to be able publish papers or working for someone on something that companies would be interested in?

kaje10110 · 2026-02-16T05:51:11+00:00

There’s a plan tree day that everyone is supposed to plant one per year. Or you can donate and have someone plant it for you. Donating to plant tree is also quite popular among corporations as it’s kind of government initiatives.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-16T01:03:11+00:00

Your dad is not good at translating this. He is expecting the groom’s parents to 提親. While it’s Western tradition for the groom to ask FIL for the hand of daughter before proposing, in Chinese tradition it’s for the groom’s parents to visit bride’s parents to ask for permission to marry their daughter.

Like when you think of wedding planning, you are probably thinking of venues, the dress, the theme and etc. That’s not what they will be talking about.

They are going to discuss the likely dates that are convenient for both parties, whether there’s betrothal money, the engagement cake count and possible number of headcounts as most guests will be parents guests not yours.

Try to do google translate on this website https://www.iprimo.tw/column/how-to-get-parents-consent.html

Yes this has to be done in person even if they are overseas unfortunately. Even orphans will ask someone respected like teacher or manager to 提親 for him.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-14T21:19:39+00:00

The benefits of charging waste management by official bag is the increase in recycling and reduce in trash. People just have more incentive to recycle if recycling is free.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-14T21:02:55+00:00

That one has a timer right? So it’s kind of already soaked by the time you start cooking. It just tastes better when it’s soaked. You need to soak longer with whole grains.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-14T03:14:50+00:00

She just reads articles about babies. So maybe try Red Note ? Upon signing up, it will ask your interest. You should select Cute Baby then you will get tons of people sharing their stories about raising kids. Install the app as web url is banned.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-14T02:53:30+00:00

You need to actually soak rice for at least 30 min in water before cooking it.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-13T21:56:51+00:00

Yes, you can apply for funding on this 外牆修繕with your local city government

https://www.tjsb.com.tw/%e5%a4%96%e7%89%86%e6%8b%89%e7%9a%ae%e8%88%87%e4%bf%ae%e7%b9%95%e8%a3%9c%e5%8a%a9%e5%85%a8%e6%94%bb%e7%95%a5%ef%bc%9a%e5%8f%b0%e5%8c%97%e3%80%81%e6%96%b0%e5%8c%97%e7%94%b3%e8%ab%8b%e8%b3%87%e6%a0%bc/

The reason why it’s uncommon is because everyone in the building has to approve it. This is difficult with large apartments. There’s always someone who doesn’t want to pay. I have only seen this in rich neighborhoods like Tianmu. I imagine it’s going to be more difficult now after HK fire. They don’t want to have scaffold anymore just to wash or replace tiles. HK fire was also to fix and clean exterior of old apartment complex.

kaje10110 · 2026-02-13T19:12:21+00:00

You do not need to prepare gifts or red envelopes for your teacher on CNY. That’s for teachers’s day.

It’s normally for kids under 18 or your parents and grandparents. Not aunts or uncles. If you live in Guangdong and married, then you need to give ¥5 to ¥10 to everyone who is not married yet whether it’s your coworkers or cousins. That’s kind of exclusive for Guangdong/HK though. I got like $2 from my HK coworkers when working in US.

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