谢谢您所有的努力在研讨会期间
感谢所有中国人民食堂
不要忘了我
阿卜杜勒瓦哈卜
埃及
Thank you for all your efforts during the seminar
Thanks for all Chinese people
Do not forget me
Thanks for all Chinese people
Do not forget me
Abd el Wahab
Egypt
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
More Memories in Qingdao
Taken at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Base: From left: Maya, Monique, Shahidul Alam, Sandra, Justa, Afroza Khan and Zenia (on top), Kenneth, Flower, Saleh and Abebe (Click picture to enlarge) Ni hao mi amigos y amigas!
One thing I cannot forget in Qingdao was when we ate just outside Ocean University of China. It was about 8pm and we took a walk to the nearest bookstore (once outside the University gates, just walk to the left and you will find it) and I remember we did not have much success in finding books with English translations, but there were many good english-chinese dictionaries and maps. So when we walked back, I think I was together with Tassanai, Benny, and Maya, we found a food stall outside the University.
The stall was very small and it was in the sidewalk, it had a round, circular table and in the center of the circle there was boiling soup where we could dip vegetables and mushrooms in sticks until they are cooked. We sat in the portable seats placed around the table and I remember hoping the seats would not break because it was small and I was very heavy. (It would have been embarassing if I fell down like when Humpty Dumpty sat in a wall and Humpty Dumpty had a great fall...)
Once the food was cooked, the store owner, who was a very young man, gave us paper plates and he put sauce, which tasted like peanut butter, on the vegetables in sticks and it was really tasty and delicious. I think I finished three or four sticks. While eating, we were happily talking with the man about the food he served. Maya helped by translating in Chinese what we wanted to say.
One thing I cannot forget in Qingdao was when we ate just outside Ocean University of China. It was about 8pm and we took a walk to the nearest bookstore (once outside the University gates, just walk to the left and you will find it) and I remember we did not have much success in finding books with English translations, but there were many good english-chinese dictionaries and maps. So when we walked back, I think I was together with Tassanai, Benny, and Maya, we found a food stall outside the University.
The stall was very small and it was in the sidewalk, it had a round, circular table and in the center of the circle there was boiling soup where we could dip vegetables and mushrooms in sticks until they are cooked. We sat in the portable seats placed around the table and I remember hoping the seats would not break because it was small and I was very heavy. (It would have been embarassing if I fell down like when Humpty Dumpty sat in a wall and Humpty Dumpty had a great fall...)
Once the food was cooked, the store owner, who was a very young man, gave us paper plates and he put sauce, which tasted like peanut butter, on the vegetables in sticks and it was really tasty and delicious. I think I finished three or four sticks. While eating, we were happily talking with the man about the food he served. Maya helped by translating in Chinese what we wanted to say.
When we finished, we offered to pay for the food but the store owner said that the dinner was for free. He did not let us pay. We did not expect it and we did not know what to say, we really wanted to pay him for his hard work and kindness. He said that it was okay because we were his last customers for the day and that he was about to close the store. But I knew, although he did not say it, that the store owner just wanted to make our stay in Qingdao more memorable.
The kindness and hospitality of the store owner left us speechless and I realized that, aside from the beautiful tourist spots, it is really the warm smiles, respect and courtesy of the people toward their fellow human beings that will make tourists want to come back again and again in China, or in any country for that matter. The thoughtfulness and kindheartedness we experienced that night will definitely not be forgotten. I just wished we got that good man's name.
Let us spread the kindness, good cheer, and our blessings in this season of giving.
Warmest smiles and cheers to you my friends.
The kindness and hospitality of the store owner left us speechless and I realized that, aside from the beautiful tourist spots, it is really the warm smiles, respect and courtesy of the people toward their fellow human beings that will make tourists want to come back again and again in China, or in any country for that matter. The thoughtfulness and kindheartedness we experienced that night will definitely not be forgotten. I just wished we got that good man's name.
Let us spread the kindness, good cheer, and our blessings in this season of giving.
Warmest smiles and cheers to you my friends.
"He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. (Proverbs)"
Emmanuel Domingo
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Hello friends of the Qingdao IP seminar,
Very glad to meet you here on the blog.Thanks for the new photos,they help us to remember all the days in the seminar.I wish every one of us would enjoy happy time forever.
Here I'll give you another group pic which taken for the closing ceremony with our deputy mayor.I hope it would give you some pleasure.
Kind Regards!
Edward LIU
Monday, November 17, 2008
When We Were Kings and Queens
(From Left)- Sandra (Timor Leste), Musue (Liberia), Benny (Indonesia), Maya (Indonesia), Justa (Timor Leste) and Emmanuel (Philippines)- click picture to enlarge
This is one of my funniest pictures taken during the Seminar on IP System and Protection. It was taken near the Lake and we had to rent the clothes for 5 Yuan. When I put on the clothes, it felt good that I did not want to take it off, I really felt like a real Kung Fu Master! But the nice lady who owned the clothes wanted it back, so sadly, I gave it back. We had so much fun here that we were laughing all the way!- Emmanuel
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Warmly welcome you to Vietnam
Hi, I would like to say hello - our friends in 2008 Ip seminar in Qingdao. I remember happinest time in Qingdao with you. Warmly welcome you to Vietnam.
Nguyen Hoang Khiem
Market Control Department- Ministry of Industry and Trade
91 Dinh Tien Hoang, Ha Noi, Vietnam
That's What Friends Are For
This video was presented during the Farewell Party and Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Seminar on Intellectual Property System and Protection held in Qingdao City, China. We hope that, through efforts like this, we could continue making our friendship stronger as the years pass by. Ms. Maya, that remarkably stunning woman from Indonesia, made this exceptional video with a little help from friends from afar.
To all the participants and organizers. thank you for your friendship, we miss you all, and we wish to see you soon in the very near future.
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you
And if I should ever go away
Well, then close your eyes and try to feel
The way we do today
And then if you can remember
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
Well, you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you
Whoa, and then for the times when we're apart
Well, then close your eyes and know
These words are comin' from my heart
And then if you can remember, oh
Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
In good times, in bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
Oh, that's what friends are for
Whoa... oh... oh... keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, oh, for sure
'Cause I tell you that's what friends are for
For good times and for bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for (That's what friends are for)
On me, for sure
That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
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