Frank wrote in
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On 9/17/2013 8:36 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:
Oren wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:01:39 +0000 (UTC), Red Green
wrote:

Funny thing is when I tried my short Chinese writing, she did not
respond same way. Maybe sshe is 2nd generation Chinese here.


Chinese writing? I don't recall any Chinese writing. Did I read it
and not realize it was Chinese? Man, 60's were rougher than I
thought.

Hmm, my news reader forbids me from in writing Chinese.

Hi,
It is easy. I grew up learning traditional Chinese characters from my
great grand father and grand father when I was a toddler and on. Now
Beijing(Mandarin) uses simplified characters which is often hard to
figure out. Hong Kong and Taiwan still use traditonal ones.
天(heaven), 地(earth), etc.
The name Wong could be one of many letters. like 王(king),
黃(yellow),etc. depending whether Mandarin or Cantonese. My
ancestor was Chinese who landed on SE corner of Korean peninsula
around early 13th century. My family history book goes back to that
time. I am 37th generation every one in between is recorded. My kids
who were born here are on it too. They revise and publish the book
every so often like 7 to 10 years. Now in multiple CD disc form.
He was an exiled general. So my family name is 黃(yellow). Around
2005 I had traveled main land China from Manchuria all the way down
to S. Vietnam where I spent 3 years during the war. I flew, took
ferries, trains, buses. Had great time.
I had hard time being unable to speak Chinese(VERY limited
vocabulary) but I could read and write to understand. They kept
talking to me in Chinese. When I wave Canuck passport they were
puzzzled. I used to make joke to them that I am an Eskimo. More
puzzled look on the faces, LOL! I hope to go back some day and ride a
train to Tibet. May need some oxygen bottles then.

I'm impressed that you can carry back your genealogy back so far. I
can't go back past my grand parents.

****! I can't get back past late 1960's. Something went awry :-(


Also wonder if Chinese will be the language of the future.