On Apr 15, 4:40*pm, wrote:
www.pu-erh.netis a good place 2 start...I think there is a glossary
page. Lew's Babelcarp also has a glossary page for great reference.

I ended up going to an Asian supermarket and
getting a disk ("cake") made by Yunnan Tea Co Ltd,
12 oz (340g) for US $7.

It's very good. The tea is dark red. Its flavor is
somewhat better (to my palate) than other teas that
I've tried, being slightly earthy, and with a slight
hay-like scent.

You got "shu pu-erh" - an artificially aged tea. Sometimes it's called
"ripened pu-erh"
More info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu-erh#Ripened_pu-erh

On Apr 15, 10:25 pm, "J.Venning" wrote:
"pg" wrote in message

... Is "Raymond" a Chinese name?
If a "Raymond" tells you that he is a Chinese, would you believe that?
There are Chinese and then there are bananas. Real Chinese don't use
banana name, such as "Raymond".
On the other hand, banana can't help but have to use their banana
names, for fear of being told to "go back to your boat".
Banana is banana. Yellow skin outside, white shit inside.

Many Chinese living in the West have non-Chinese-sounding first names.
This is primarily to facilitate the pronunciation by Westerners who have
trouble in reading and pronouncing Chinese names. Personally I had to change
my Chinese name to my present one, because I was born in Indonesia, and
during the purge of the Chinese there in the early 60's, the Indonesian
government made it illegal for any Chinese to keep his/her Chinese name, in
an effort to wipe out the Chinese identity amongst the Overseas Chinese
living there; fortunately I emigrated to England. Again, your statement
makes it very difficult for anyone to believe that you have been in China.
Many Chinese in China now adopt English-sounding first names, a few of whom
have taken random choices with some very amusing results.
J.


Noted. But that "Raymond" banana really needs some updates. Banana is
banana, nothing else matters.

"pg" wrote in message
...
Noted. But that "Raymond" banana really needs some updates. Banana is
banana, nothing else matters.

And likewise, appreciated. I'd rather not involve myself with any
correspondence you may have with homosexuals.
J.

On Apr 15, 10:25 pm, "J.Venning" wrote:
"pg" wrote in message

... Is "Raymond" a Chinese name?
If a "Raymond" tells you that he is a Chinese, would you believe that?
There are Chinese and then there are bananas. Real Chinese don't use
banana name, such as "Raymond".
On the other hand, banana can't help but have to use their banana
names, for fear of being told to "go back to your boat".
Banana is banana. Yellow skin outside, white shit inside.

Many Chinese living in the West have non-Chinese-sounding first names.
This is primarily to facilitate the pronunciation by Westerners who have
trouble in reading and pronouncing Chinese names. Personally I had to change
my Chinese name to my present one, because I was born in Indonesia, and
during the purge of the Chinese there in the early 60's, the Indonesian
government made it illegal for any Chinese to keep his/her Chinese name, in
an effort to wipe out the Chinese identity amongst the Overseas Chinese
living there; fortunately I emigrated to England. Again, your statement
makes it very difficult for anyone to believe that you have been in China.
Many Chinese in China now adopt English-sounding first names, a few of whom
have taken random choices with some very amusing results.
J.


By the way, all the time I stayed abroad I never use any "Raymond" or
"Henry" name. Why? Because I am not a banana.

To say that the Westerners don't know how to pronounce Chinese names
is an excuse.

I have had white friends, when they first know me, asked me why I
don't use names like "Henry" or "Raymond". When I explained to them
that my name was given by my parents, a blessing of sorts, and using
the name they've given me is a respect, all my white friends agree
with me, and some even asked me why other Asians (particularly Chinese
bananas) want to adopt banana names --- I invite my white friends to
post that question to those who prefer "Henry" to "Wei Peng" or "Mary"
to "Xiao Ying".

Have you noticed that the majority of Japanese immigrants to the West
do not use banana names?? I know several of them, some are 4th or 5th
generation Japanese immigrants, don't speak a word of Japanese, don't
eat Sushi, et cetera, but they still use 100% Japanese names !

When I asked them who they think they really are, all of my Japanese
friends gave me the same answer: "Japanese !"

I have true respect for such people. They never forget their roots.

On the other hand, it's the chinky yellas that are ashame of their own
roots. Even before they set foot on the West, they already adopted
banana names. Some don't even speak English/French/Italian or whatever
but Chinese, but still they carry names like "Tony Lam" or "Jim Wong"
so damn proud that they don't even list their own Chinese names
anymore !

To hell with those bananas.

I am a Catholic. Of course I have a Christian name when I was
baptised. But I still do not use that name outside of the Church
environment. Not because I am ashame or something, there's absolutely
nothing to be ashame of being a Catholic, it's that I just can't see
myself as a banana.

On Apr 16, 12:57 am, "J.Venning" wrote:
"pg" wrote in message

... Noted. But that "Raymond" banana really needs some updates. Banana is
banana, nothing else matters.

And likewise, appreciated. I'd rather not involve myself with any
correspondence you may have with homosexuals.
J.


Hehe... but I am not that nosy to poke at other people's sexual
preference. Whatever they do in their bedroom it's their own business,
as long as they keep it to themselves.

"pg" wrote in message
...
Hehe... but I am not that nosy to poke at other people's sexual
preference. Whatever they do in their bedroom it's their own business,
as long as they keep it to themselves.

But there are a few, like those in these newsgroups, who do not keep it
to themselves - they want to flaunt it, as if it were the only thing to to
be.
J.

"pg" wrote in message
...
I am a Catholic. Of course I have a Christian name when I was
baptised. But I still do not use that name outside of the Church
environment. Not because I am ashame or something, there's absolutely
nothing to be ashame of being a Catholic, it's that I just can't see
myself as a banana.

We each have reasons for keeping our given names or taking on another,
but whatever the reason, I don't think we should chastise others for not
doing precisely what we do. I notice there is one poster from Singapore
whose name is Wan Long Fak. Now, let me ask you, what sort of a name is that
?
J.

On Apr 16, 1:35 am, "J.Venning" wrote:
"pg" wrote in message

... I am a Catholic. Of course I have a Christian name when I was
baptised. But I still do not use that name outside of the Church
environment. Not because I am ashame or something, there's absolutely
nothing to be ashame of being a Catholic, it's that I just can't see
myself as a banana.

We each have reasons for keeping our given names or taking on another,
but whatever the reason, I don't think we should chastise others for not
doing precisely what we do. I notice there is one poster from Singapore
whose name is Wan Long Fak. Now, let me ask you, what sort of a name is that
?
J.

Wan = King ?
Long = Dragon ?
Fak = Hair ?

On Apr 16, 1:35 am, "J.Venning" wrote:
"pg" wrote in message

... I am a Catholic. Of course I have a Christian name when I was
baptised. But I still do not use that name outside of the Church
environment. Not because I am ashame or something, there's absolutely
nothing to be ashame of being a Catholic, it's that I just can't see
myself as a banana.

We each have reasons for keeping our given names or taking on another,
but whatever the reason, I don't think we should chastise others for not
doing precisely what we do.


I won't chastise anyone on the basis of name -- but will go after
those bananas, with sharp knife, who are flaunting their bananas !!

"pg" wrote in message
...
We each have reasons for keeping our given names or taking on
another,
but whatever the reason, I don't think we should chastise others for not
doing precisely what we do. I notice there is one poster from Singapore
whose name is Wan Long Fak. Now, let me ask you, what sort of a name is
that

Wan = King ?
Long = Dragon ?
Fak = Hair ?

What about just simple "one long ****"?
J.

"pg" wrote in message
...
I won't chastise anyone on the basis of name -- but will go after
those bananas, with sharp knife, who are flaunting their bananas !!

We each have our own cross to bear, and being Catholic you should know
that. I spent my teen-age years studying in a Franciscan convent school - I
know.
J.