Taipei city at night is actually really quite pretty...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
On habits...
habits are interesting... I remember taking a while to get used to traditional chinese when I first arrived in Taipei, since I've been learning simplified chinese all my life in Singapore... even my office computer was in English, since it was the interface I was used to...
but now, after almost 1.5 years of immersing in traditional chinese, I now find myself being so used to it that I can no longer distinctively differentiate between traditional and simplified... it's now just chinese words that I can understand, and it takes a while and a bit of conscious effort for me to tell the characters apart...
also, I have been using the company laptop (of which the OS and Microsoft Office are in traditional chinese) for about 6 months now... and during this period, I have rarely been using my own laptop (which is in English)... but about a week back when I moved to Shanghai, I started using my own laptop again (cos I left the other one in the office) and suddenly I found myself "surprised" at everything being in English... it was an interesting feeling...
and now, I'm actually just bringing the office laptop back home to use... (partly also because my own laptop is getting old and slower)
but it's just interesting how these habits become habits without us really realizing it...
but now, after almost 1.5 years of immersing in traditional chinese, I now find myself being so used to it that I can no longer distinctively differentiate between traditional and simplified... it's now just chinese words that I can understand, and it takes a while and a bit of conscious effort for me to tell the characters apart...
also, I have been using the company laptop (of which the OS and Microsoft Office are in traditional chinese) for about 6 months now... and during this period, I have rarely been using my own laptop (which is in English)... but about a week back when I moved to Shanghai, I started using my own laptop again (cos I left the other one in the office) and suddenly I found myself "surprised" at everything being in English... it was an interesting feeling...
and now, I'm actually just bringing the office laptop back home to use... (partly also because my own laptop is getting old and slower)
but it's just interesting how these habits become habits without us really realizing it...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Interesting Story...
Once upon a time, there was a young mouse. The mouse had been told since young by its parents that if it hears the sound of a cat mewing, it should hide to be safe. So of course, the young mouse strongly lived by this teaching.
One day, while out of its hole, the young mouse suddenly heard a cat mewing. It quickly ran back to its hold and hid for a while. After some time, the cat sounds disappeared and the mouse felt safe. Not too long after, the young mouse heard the sound of a dog barking.
Finally assured that it was safe, the young mouse left its hole... and was promptly caught by a cat...
Feeling extremely cheated, the young mouse asked the cat "I was so sure I heard a dog just now!"
The cat promptly replied "In these times, everyone needs to learn a second language to survive"
One day, while out of its hole, the young mouse suddenly heard a cat mewing. It quickly ran back to its hold and hid for a while. After some time, the cat sounds disappeared and the mouse felt safe. Not too long after, the young mouse heard the sound of a dog barking.
Finally assured that it was safe, the young mouse left its hole... and was promptly caught by a cat...
Feeling extremely cheated, the young mouse asked the cat "I was so sure I heard a dog just now!"
The cat promptly replied "In these times, everyone needs to learn a second language to survive"
The End
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