Sep 12
18
Sticks The Landing!
… and scores a perfect 57!
By the way, did you know that ketchup was originally a Chinese word?
‘In the 1690s the Chinese mixed a concoction of pickled fish and spices and called it (in the Amoy dialect) kôe-chiap or kê-chiap (鮭汁, Mandarin guī zhī) meaning the brine of pickled fish (鮭, carp; 汁, juice) or shellfish. By the early 18th century, the table sauce had made it to the Malay states (present day Malaysia and Singapore), where it was discovered by British explorers, and by 1740, it had become a British staple. The Malay word for the sauce was kĕchap. That word evolved into the English word “ketchup”.’ – Wikipedia
As a former journalist for daily newspapers, I’ve learned that all you can hope for is that your story is an accurate reflection of what happens on a given day. It’s a snapshot, that’s all. By tomorrow, everything may have changed completely.
I’m constantly fascinated by both the everydayness, and the you-don’t-see-that-every-dayness of China, and specifically my current location in Macau. So I take pictures, and post them. One picture a day. No more, no less.
Please check out my blog: http://chinaenglish.wordpress.com/
