Big in China
David
Posted on January 9th, 2009
Last night I co-hosted the company annual dinner (as the token foreigner). Like the previous one it was a pretty big occasion with over 500 employees crammed into a massive banquet hall to enjoy three hours of variety shows, eating and drinking. Talking in front of such a large crowd for the first time was pretty nerve wracking but it seemed to go OK and the audience got a laugh out my pigeon-Mandarin attempts.
I hadn’t noticed untill yesterday just how much taller I am compared to the average Chinese person here! You can guess which I am in the top picture but at 5’10″ (178cm) I’m not exactly a giant either. Suprisingly the average Chinese male is 5’8″ (172cm) compared the the average US male who is 5’9″ (175cm) – not a huge difference and apparently the gap is fast closing.
In case your wondering the strange looking face masks are to the protect the identity of the innocent, Laughing Man style!
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Tags: banquet, China, corporate, dinner, Variety show
Others couldn’t notice that it was your first time to speak in front of so many people, because you really did a great job last night.Fantastic!
Thanks Echo
Shame to miss all the delicious food though!
which you can understand why I have an aching back whenever I’m in China, as I’m 6’4″. Though it does make it quite easy to move through the crowds.
Yeah, you’re definitely not anthropomorphically designed for China!
Where I work there’s a sign on the stairs which reads “Meet Carefully” – what it should have actually said is “Low Ceiling – Mind Your Head” but by the time you’ve worked out what it means it’s too late!
Still, better tall than short…
What exactly did you do?
agreed, I do love their stick figure signs.
Suit and tie,nice.
I got the feeling that you look slimmer in person.
Adeel – just had to introduce each act and say how wonderful everything was etc…
Shuo – are you saying I look fat?!!!
Beau~tiful hands. Get a bottle of nice hand moisturizer
Seems like one of your new year resolutions got completed.
Let me guess,Is the frist man on the right in the top picture David?
It seems completely different but nice.