Archive for September 25th, 2007

Good luck, guys in Hulu

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

One of my friends left to join Hulu, an emerging video service company which backed by NBC and News Corp.

Just found from TechCrunch about the name of Hulu, Michael Arrington gave 6 different means in 6 different language:

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Obviously, he didn’t mention Chinese. In Chinese, "Hulu (葫芦)" means "Cucurbitaceae"(Scientific name: Lagenaria siceraria) or the container which made by Cucurbitaceae, or the container which in the similar shape of Cucurbitaceae.  You can see plenty of pictures in this wikipedia  page.

Image from: wikipedia

In Chinese, there is an idiom:"I don’t know what medicine inside his Hulu"(不知他葫芦里买的什么药), the "Hulu" means a mystery container.

Just finished a pint and some foosball with the guy, he is leaving tomorrow, all I want to say is "Good luck! Guys in Hulu!"

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Happy Moon’s Festival !

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

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Today is Chinese’s Moon’s Festival,  it’s one of the most important traditional family day in China.  We Chinese people will generally have a family reunification party at home enjoy “Moon cake”, modern young people will night out with friends to have fun. Since in the moon’s festival night, the moon is round and bright, it’s also a great time for lovers, so maybe this is one of the most romantic traditional day in China.

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