this has somehow turned into a chinese blog.

What are you most afraid of when bbq-ing?

1.肉跟你裝熟

2.木炭耍冷

3.蛤蠣搞自閉

4.烤肉架搞分裂

5.火種沒種

6.肉跟架子搞小團體

8.黑輪爆胎

9.蔥跟你裝蒜

10.玉米跟你來硬的

11.蝦子都不臉紅

12.打火機不發火

13.金針菇太老

14.老天爺澆你冷水

15.汽水消氣了

for the bored?

Why Chinese is So Hard?

中文真的很有意思---老外很難懂! 撰文╱曾志朗

full article (beginning/context)

http://www.babyhome.com.tw/mboard.php?op=d&sID=3143821&bid=6&r=

this is just the more interesting part.

他從抽屜裡拿出一本筆記本，上面密密麻麻寫滿了他學中文的各項心得。他翻到中間的某一頁，上面特別註記著：「一『首』歌、二『隻』駱駝、三『張』桌子、四『門』炮、五『把』扇子、六『輛』汽車、七『架』飛機、八『根』柱子、九『條』絲瓜、十『面』鏡子、十一『尾』魚、十二『道』菜...。」他指著這些各式各樣的分類詞，一臉無奈的說：「這有道理嗎？」

我說：「這算什麼！」就隨手寫下了：「一『匹』馬、二『頭』牛、三『隻』猴子、四『條』狗、五『口』羊、六『盞』燈、七『畝』田、八『扇』窗、九『枚』火箭，十『只』戒指！」

史密士屏了一「口」氣說：「我現在是一『顆』頭，兩『粒』大，更糊塗了，還有嗎？」

我說：「你只能說一『輪』明月，但不能說一『輪』月亮；兩『匹』馬可以，但兩『匹』駱駝就感覺怪怪的。一『葉』扁舟是形容其小而飄浮不定，一『座』山則是碩大而穩重。一『支』舞曲，會令人感到腳底輕盈；而一『道』彩虹，則令人覺得前程似錦，充滿希望。

對會喝酒的人來說，一『缸』好酒是大量，一『罈』好酒是有量，一『瓶』好酒是小量，而像我只能喝一『盅』好酒，是雅量！

還有，說你打得一『手』好球，是褒你；讚你打得一『口』好球，是損你！

一『則』新聞表示繽紛世事中的一個小故事，而一『條』法律則表示條裡分明，白紙黑字，但『條』不像『根』那麼硬梆梆的，軟軟的就有協商的餘地。

一『支』部隊，讓人有非常機動的感覺，而一『股』力量，則讓人感到一股作氣的氣勢。

但我實在喜歡一『片』花海、一『片』真情、一『片』痴心、一『片』歡騰，還有，一『片』混亂！

它們都讓人感到生動而充滿想像力，否則哪會有一『串』鈴聲的清脆，也不會有一『落』書籍的沉重，更不會有陽關三『疊』的起伏了！當然，談到緊張的情勢，哪有十『面』埋伏來得傳神。」

我越講越興奮，但史密士已經跌坐在他的沙發椅上，一「臉」挫折，哀怨地說：「這誰學得會呀？」

a toast

from dustyburrito.blogspot.com

A TOAST

TO NEAREST

TO DEAREST

TO THE CREW

TO CAHOOTS

TO THE ONES WHO'VE BEEN THERE

TO THE ONES WHO'LL BE THERE

TO DROPPING EVERYTHING

TO SAYING ANYTHING

TO NO JUDGMENTS

TO NO DOUBTS

TO LOYALTY

TO TRUST

TO FAVORS

TO LIFELONGS

TO BEEN TOO LONG

TO NOTHING'S CHANGED

TO HAVING HISTORY

TO HAVING YOUR BACK

TO MOVING AWAY

TO NEVER TOO FAR

TO GROWING UP

TO SETTLING DOWN

TO YOUR SECOND FAMILY

TO FRIENDS

TO CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS WITH THOSE WHO MATTER MOST

found this too late, but chinese new years is coming up!!

ah, you know when you do something bad or make a mistake like breaking a cup or screwing up an order, etc. i'm talking about the moment RIGHT after you do it and no one in the world knows about it except you. and 2 choices come to your mind as you freeze and go "what did i just do??!" try to cover it up like it's alright OR you confess to the person. but this thought happens super fast you don't even know you're consciously thinking about it. then ANOTHER moment comes up: where you muster up strength to tell, in which the longer you wait, the more you hesitate, and the more likely you won't tell because you fear the consequences and their reaction.

but this all depends on what you did and how important it was.

not exactly sure what my point here was.

money!

got sidetracked from studying. started taping keyboard to try to memorize how to type russian.
then ended up looking up symbols...

Currently used currency, but there's way more:

฿ (Thai baht) Br (Belarusian ruble) Bs (Venezuelan bolivar, Bolivian boliviano) ₵ (Ghanaian cedi) ¢ (cent) ₡ (El Salvador, Costa Rican Colon) B/. (Panamanian balboa) ден. (Macedonian denar) ₫ (Vietnamese dong) € (euro) ƒ (Netherlands Antillean guilder/florin) Ft (Hungarian forint) ₲ (Paraguayan guarani) Kč (Czech koruna) ₭ (Lao kip) Kn (Croatian kuna) kr (Danish, Norwegian krone, Swedish, Icelandic krona, Estonian kroon) L (Honduran lempira) Ls (Latvian lats) £ / ₤ (pound, lira) ₥ (mill) ₦ (Nigerian naira) ₱ (Philippine peso) P (Botswana pula) R (South African rand) RM (Malaysian ringgit) RSD/РСД (Serbian dinar) Rp (Indonesian rupiah) (Indian rupee) ₨ (rupee) ریال(Iranian rial) р./ руб. (Russian ruble) S/. (Peruvian Nuevo sol) ৳ (Bangladeshi taka) R$ (Brazilian real) $ (dollar, peso) T̅ (Kazakhstani tenge) ₮ (Mongolian togrog) ₩ (Korean won) ¥ (Japanese yen) zł (Polish zloty) ₴ (Ukranian hryvnia) Q (Guatemalen quetzal) ₪ (Israeli shekel) TL (Turkish lira)

once upon a time currency,

₳ (Argentine austral) ₢ (Brazilian cruzeiro) (Portuguese cifrao) ₰ (German pfennig) DM (Deutsche mark) ₯ (Greek drachma) ₠ (European Currency Unit) ₣ (France franc) Kčs (Czechoslovak koruna) Lm (Maltese lira) ℳ (German gold mark) ₧ (Spanish peseta) I/. (Peruvian inti) ℛℳ (German reichsmark) Sk (Slovak koruna)