mobthehop wrote:Don, thanks for bringing it up - I didn't dare as all this same time daily open /GMT shift etc often escalates....
Please post the mq4 for the Daily Pivots shifted if you have it....
Cheers & much appreciated for volunteering to take the flak
Mop
Before I forget - Bob xie xie ning for providing this new toy!
I feel a Chinese lesson coming on here. xie xie nin is thank you to an honored or special person, xie xie ni is a less formal thank you. xie xie also means thanks and is the most common thank you, you will hear. The normal response is Bu Yong Xie which literally means 'no need thank' but translates 'it was no problem' or 'you need not thank me'.
The one I get the most in China from those who know me or know my position would say 'xie xie nin laoshi' 'means thank you honored teacher' a sign of great respect. The one thing I have enjoyed the most about China is teachers are held in the highest esteem and respect. That is changing though with the younger generation. Westernization and Western movies.
If I am out with students or ex-students it is considered an insult to let a teacher pay for his meal. I like to go out to eat here at the many fine restaurants and if students sees me they will pay the bill without me knowing it. I have often gone to pay the bill and found out it has already been paid. I am embarrassed to ask student friends out to dinner with us because they refuse to let me pay even though I asked them out. I dont ask students out because I am embarrassed by the practice. Many of them are poor and I know they cant afford it but they do it anyway. As a compromise I invite them to my house for dinner instead so they dont feel compelled to pay for the meal. But they always bring something for the meal. I really enjoy that part of the culture where I live.
