Thank you for all your creative answers for that little quiz of mine posted last Sunday. It was a great fun just by reading them. Darkspore and TK came really close to the answer of a reflection through a car (though I must say they have the advantage of knowing me in person) and therefore, dudes, I will cook that Cantonese meal I promise. In the spirit of fun and charity, I will make them donate a handsome sum of money so that I can continue to fund this website and continue to delight you lovely readers out there.
I have a habit of taking random pictures as and when inspirations hit me. I enjoy doing that because these pictures may come in handy in the future. Like the one for my Sunday post on self-reflection, I thought it does suit the topic well (Cynthia did guess the association right). This particular image was taken using my camera phone. I did a rotation and crop the image to the right size. And I surgically removed the dried leaf on top of the car. Other than that, there isn’t much alternation to the original picture.
Spanish Class
I look forward to the Spanish class because after all the daily 9-to-5 bombardments in the office, the one thing I look forward to is my weekly 2 hours of dedicated time in learning a new skill.
Can passion be nurtured over time? I hope so.
Cynthia has a natural talent in learning languages. For me, I am going to once again deploy my hardcore repetitive drilling exercise. I write, and write, till these foreign words are scribbled into my brain in black and white.
The variation of Spanish verb forms is just amazing and they have this concept of formal and casual, permanent and temporary. In English, we have “I am married” or “I am a man”. In Spanish, the verb used for the former is different from the one used for the latter because to the Spanish, being married is temporary while being a man is permanent. So, it is a little bit more complicated than “I am” in English.
And we have to learn by heart that shop, factory, and office for instance take in a feminine form while school, hospital, and farm take in a masculine form. To introduce you as my friend if you are a guy, I would refer you as “un amigo mío” – literally means a friend of mine. If you are a lady, all three words have to be switched to “una amiga mía”. If I am to introduce you as a group of ladies, that would be “unas amigas mías”. Otherwise, in a mixed gender or only men situation, “unos amigos míos”.
My 6th and 7th lessons are certainly more demanding than the previous one that we sang birthday song and what not. But certainly we are expanding on what we can converse, in Spanish.
Below are samples of what I managed to squeeze into my brain before the lesson.
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Hey got food to eat
Kiat – Ha ha ha … come with a price! I was inspired by you saying I shall find ways to fund my website.
Kidding!
Speaking of funds, that reminds me of an invoice I need to send out to somebody who hasn’t paid me for his domain name renewal! Very soon I shall deploy my pig’s blood and pig head for this sort of occasion.
But ok! Cantonese food shall come first
Oh haha!
Ok as for spanish class, I am sure I couldnt get that. Anyway I was thinking I hardly could even speak a full sentense with my limit vocab, there seems no need to learn that? Haha!
Darkspore – Oh no! You see, I don’t earn much from Google ads and money is not pouring in and I have got to feed my lizards and …
OK. Food shall come first!
Si Ying – Just pure hard work! Pure drilling … like me, I wrote it like 10 times and all of a sudden, I begin to dream in Spanish!
Kidding … but I do find it hard to converse in Spanish.
Hey, no food for me? I love Cantonese food anytime! Your car must be very clean – the reflection is so clear
Did you just clean your car? If I guess right, I deserve that meal also, huh?
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Tigerfish – Ah, you triggered my mind. Now I remember. I switched to another car wash brand and was amazed at the result. Hence the picture.
Oh my, I seriously wish to taste your food instead … after seeing dish after dish posted at your website.