Taishan Phrases 13

this is from a thread I started in the Taishan group of Facebook.  Facebook is changing their group formats and my Taishan phrases thread will be archived and no longer easily accessible.  So I thought I'd dump it all here.  This is the thirteenth page:

*Qi Liu Has anyone mentioned this:

bang kei very descrīptive, literally meaning to stand by leaning, expression for ladder, but also used for stairs.

I wonder if it's uni...Read more

Taishan Phrases 4

*sahng ngoh gih

(sahng ngaw gee)

a person that is always hungry. *hoht jih ba lahk

(hawt gee ba lock)

to be naked *moh siu moh gehk

(maw siu maw gack)

lit: Touching the hands and legs

To do the hanky panky. *Ho Du m Du

(ho doo m doo)

to do something with good intentions but wound up to be bad. *Aht ga Thlei Miu

(ot ga thlei miu)

lit: to throw a dead cat over.

definition: to make trouble by bring up a troubling subject. *Ah Nooey

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Galileo Class of 1970 Reunion

My Galileo High School class of 1970 had it's 40th reunion.  This is the first reunion I have attended.  This is also the first real reunion organized by members of the class.  It took forty years for some people to finally step foward and organize a reunion.

Of course being a photographer, I volunteered to be the official photographer.  I even brought my studio portrait set to do portraits.  I am surprised, no one ordered any prints.  OK...I did send original files to anyone who asked.  But not many asked.

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We Grew Up In SF Chinatown 1st Anniversary

I don't know recall exactly what day I began this group " We Grew Up In San Francisco Chinatown" group on Facebook but I recall it was somewhere around the end of October sometimes around 5...Read more

Colorful Vendors of Hong Kong by Bill Yim

Hong Kong is probably the only place in the world where you can find vendors who play music in the street and send olives flying "like an aeroplane" to their customers standing on the balconies of the old colonial buildings.

They are affectionately known "Fei Gei Larm vendors" or "Aeroplane Olives Men."

Though there are only a few of them left, these popular vendors were seen in almost every residential district in the lean days of Hong Kong in the 1950's when most ...Read more

We Grew Up in San Francisco Chinatown

so...I started this group on Facebook called, " We Grew Up In San Francisco Chinatown" toward the end of October.   The group has really taken off with almost 300 members and wi...Read more

O'Sullivan 5402 High Gloss Epoxy Wet Surface Liner

If you want to know who carries O'Sullivan 5402 High Gloss Epoxy Wet Surface Liner $75.20 a gallon, you can get it atVARNI-LITE COATINGS, 21595 CURTIS STREET, HAYWARD, CA 94545

USES: Presses, bottling lines, crushers, walls, floors, tanks pads, industrial equipmen...Read more

My father's photos from Taishan in 1947

Here is a handful of photographs of my father's when he returned to China in 1947 to bring my mother back to San Francisco after  World War II when laws that prohibited the Chinese from bringing their spouses to the United States changed.

My father took many pictures.  This is a st...Read more

Gai Krapao -- Thai Mint Leaves Chicken

Gai Krapao is one of my favorite Thai dishes.  In Thailand it is available on sidewalk stalls for five bahts in my days.  It is one of the items available in the many pots on the table.  Of course, Gai Krapao is expensive in local Thai restaurants here compared to the sidewalk stall in Mae Hong Son. 

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Charlie Chin

 
Charlie Chin strumming on the ol'banjo. 

Be sure to catch his monologue act " Uncle Toisan" on June 13th at the Chinatown Branch Library 2pm.