Comments on: When a cell phone is more than just a cell phone

By: dd

dd — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:38:25 +0000

revise it?” I had to go to his office to help him. When I was about to start, the cell phone rang again!!! It was He Xugang, he asked me to study with him for the entire July cause he was preparing for GRE too! I said that I had no free time. This entire July, my god! And I got to Ye Dong’s office and tried to finish the study plan ASAP. When it was done, my cell phone rang again, and it was another classmate. He asked me if I had any disk availble, for he wanted to copy something. I refused him. And my cell phone rang again!!!!!!!!!!!!!It was Zhenhua, he said，“Honghai, how are you doing recently? I am in Shanghai now. And my application to a india software company was refused. The reason was my English wasn’t good enough. Could y

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:37:29 +0000

Hi Ben,it seemd you didn’t have much work experience these days.I hope to see your new view on China.

By: felicia

felicia — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:30:50 +0000

hello!
i am happy to know u by 21st century newspaper!i am a chinese student ,majoring in business english!i like english so i want to learn well.i will appreciate u if u would like to communicate with me ,which can be help with my english!i am looking forward to ur letter!thank u
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By: Stephen Xu

Stephen Xu — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:09:52 +0000

I hate cell phones! And I hate the so-called “warm” Chinese friendship!
Last Friday night, when I was preparing for my GRE test, my cell phone rang. It was Liu Guixiong, one of my classmates in college. He said,“Hello, Honghai. Fangli’s wedding day is tomorrow. I can’t go to his wedding ceremony for I am going to XX. Could you please pay the bill for me tomorrow? ”(1、For relatives or friends of the young couple, it is customary to provide the groom or bride some money as a gift, usually 100RMB or 200RMB nowadays. 2、Fangli is one of my classmates too). Liu had done me some favors in the past, so I answered that I would do that for him.
Last Saturday noon, when I was attending Fangli’s wedding ceremony, my cell phone rang again. It was Zhang Lijuan, another classmate. She made a similar request to Liu’s, and the differences were: 1、 Compare to Liu’s polite request, she almost ordered me to do that. 2、 She said that she would not return the money to me until a long, long time later(How long? I didn’t know). I got angry and refused her request cause I didn’t own her anything.
About 6 PM this Tuesday afternoon, my cell phone rang again! It was Ye Dong, another classmate. He said,“Hi, Honghai. I have to write a study plan for visa application to Canada. Could you please come to my place to help me revise it?” I had to go to his office to help him. When I was about to start, the cell phone rang again!!! It was He Xugang, he asked me to study with him for the entire July cause he was preparing for GRE too! I said that I had no free time. This entire July, my god! And I got to Ye Dong’s office and tried to finish the study plan ASAP. When it was done, my cell phone rang again, and it was another classmate. He asked me if I had any disk availble, for he wanted to copy something. I refused him. And my cell phone rang again!!!!!!!!!!!!!It was Zhenhua, he said，“Honghai, how are you doing recently? I am in Shanghai now. And my application to a india software company was refused. The reason was my English wasn’t good enough. Could you provide me a study plan?” Oh, What am I? All-purpose machine?
Now, when I am alone, I turn off my phone, for I just want to be quiet.

By: Julee

Julee — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:40:28 +0000

my phone cant even play mp3 , at least it has a VGA camera for me to play around with!

By: Thom

Thom — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:53:08 +0000

Ben, great posts as always and you are not only in the business week online you made the magazine itself. I was stoked to see a nice few inches about you in the magazine. Keep the posts coming and have fun with your ‘rents.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:23:02 +0000

I used to hate your blog, but you’ve won me over. This is a great piece, and your barbershop stuff was uniformly good, too. Keep up the great work, it’s obviously having an effect and making people understand each other a little bit more.

By: Mylea Mei

Mylea Mei — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:05:33 +0000

What Jessica said here is just like what I want to say. The only difference is that I am a primary school teacher graduated this January. I am interested in foreigners’ view of China.

By: Jeremy Yeh

Jeremy Yeh — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:34:09 +0000

cellphones are quite popular in china. almost everybody has one. the situation is the same in s korea and some other asian countries. ive heard that americans dont use cellphones very much. is that true?

By: Benjamin Ross

Benjamin Ross — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:23:07 +0000

Yup, that’s Ron and me in Fuqing.