If you're a closet Disney fan like me, you might want to check out the huge number of clips available in different languages on YouTube.

Have you ever wanted to hear Aladdin and Jasmine crone to each other in Mandarin? Or listen to those Seven Dwarves 'heigh ho-ing' in Italian? If so, click here!

Enjoy. ^_^

EDIT - The Hebrew version of Scar's ( Read more... )

I've decided I want to learn at least some basic Japanese. Sander and I will be spending a long weekend in Kyoto sometime soon (probably July) so I thought being able to stumble through the basics might somehow enrich our experience there. Also, I'm frankly a bit bored with Chinese and need something to break up the monotony as far as my life (and ( Read more... )

I spent some time last night reading the first part of a Chinese e-book of George Orwell's 1984. The most fun part of it was seeing how they translated 'newspeak' and the various slogans that Orwell created in his masterpiece. I thought I'd share them for the sheer heck of it ( Read more... )

Sorry for the lack of updates but I was offline (voluntarily) for most of yesterday. We had a pretty brutal storm out here. Tonnes of rain, lightning and very very windy...how it didn't qualify as a typhoon, I don't know. :S ( Read more... )

The weather's finally beginning to pick up! It's been getting warmer and warmer and today's a beautiful sunny day here in Hsinchu! I'll be heading out in a bit to top up on some seriously-needed Vitamin D (and hopefully lose my ghostly appearance). =)

Also loving listening to ICRT online, possibly the best radio station on this island. It's an ( Read more... )

Still no photos to post. I'll try and do those this weekend if I have the time...Sander and I want to try and see V for Vendetta as it looks pretty good ( Read more... )

I was a little bored this afternoon so I started up a new blog over at WordPress. It's focused on languages (as always) and I'll be using it to track my progress with those languages I'm learning or maintaining.

If anyone's interested, it can be found at http://aspiringpolyglot.wordpress.com/My next project is to create a website or blog that ( Read more... )

Thought this survey deserved a post all of its own. I'll use cuts again to make sure I'm not spamming your F-Lists *too* much.

I found it at _blanksurveys_. Feel free to take this survey yourself if you like. =)

::Basics::

Are you fluent in any foreign languages?:: Spanish (I still have to work a lot to be fluent in Mandarin)
What classes have you taken in ( Read more... )

Been a busyish day for me as it was my first day back at work since my op. Have spent much of the day working on an assignment for someone applying for an architecture course in the UK but have felt a little unmotivated (is that a word?). Probably a case of writer's block...or I'm beginning to miss having so much time to waste. :P ( Read more... )

Well, had my check-up with my doctor yesterday and everything's fine (no fevers, infection etc) so I can finally get back to work! While I've enjoyed having some time off and let myself recover, I need something productive to do as boredom is beginning to set in a little. Hopefully my company will start sending work out to me again later today, ( Read more... )