What a coincidence CH Voon posted on some internet search with Google and Bananaz got something in mind regarding how effective will the internet search be?. Will you get an apple if you search for red fruit or get tomato instead? Here is a Chinese girl from China who is in search for a date online and guess how accurate or specific you need to do up an internet search.
(i) First Attempt she typed in the keywords in Chinese ~
1. 要帥 [yāo shuài]
2. 要有車 [yāo yǒuchē]
~ Want Macho man with car. Please click : Result Exit
Chinese Chess ~ 帥&車 (Macho/King & Car)
(ii) Second attempt she then typed in
1. 要有漂亮的房子 [yàoyǒu piàoliang de fángzi]
2. 要有很多錢 [yàoyǒu hěn duō qián]
~ Want big nice building & lots of cash Please click : Result Exit
Bank of China
(iii) Third attempt she goes for a final try with
1. 要長得酷 [yāo zhǎngde kù]
2. 又要有安全感 [yòu yàoyǒu ānquán gǎn]
~ Want someone who's cool with security Please click : Result Exit
Superheros are cool & give security
Please choose to continue reading : Details Exit
She never gave up but kept her cool and keyed in all the 6 lines of words..
1. 要帥 Macho
2. 要有車 Car
3. 要有漂亮的房子 Nice House
4. 要有很多錢 $$$
5. 要長得酷 Cool
6.又要有安全感 Security
電腦去幫她再次搜尋 [ diànnǎo qù bāng tā zàicì sōuxún ]
~ once again the computer gets working on all the 6 lines of keywords..
結果~~~~~~~~~~finally.. Please click to check the answer : Result Exit
Search engine displayed: 在銀行裏下象棋的蝙蝠俠!!! [zài yínháng lǐ xià xiàngqí dí biānfúxiá]
~ Batman playing Chinese Chess inside the Bank Building!!!
Thanks to Katherine for the email and the translation..& of course special thanks to the scripteaser sifu of html [SK] for fine tuning and so nice of him to redo the whole script for me as I was in a total mess..
There was once a hat-seller who passed by a forest on his way back from the market. The weather was very hot and so he decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he woke up by some sounds. The next thing he realized was that all his hats was gone. He heard some monkeys on the tree and so he looked up. To his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats. The hat-seller sits down to think of how he can get the hats down. He think and think and start scratching his head. The next moment, he realized that the monkeys were doing the same action. Next, he took down his own hat and saw the monkeys do exactly the same. An idea came to him, he took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys do that too. So he finally managed to get all his hats back. If you think you have read this before.....read on!!!
Fifty three years later, his grandson, Jack, also became a hat-seller and had heard this monkey story from his grandfather. One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest, it was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor. He woke up and realized that all his hats were gone. He looked up and realized that the monkeys had taken all the hats. He remembered his grandfather's words, started scratching his head and the monkeys followed. He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed. Now, very convinced of his grandfather's idea, JACK threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still hold on to all the hats. Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and said "You think only you have a grandfather".
Nowadays monkeys are getting smarter and can only think and think of one most prominent reason, they are eating smart and fresh bananaz instead of those rotten bananas 53 years ago..
admitting that one cannot control one's addiction or compulsion;
recognizing a greater power that can give strength;
examining past errors with the help of a sponsor (experienced member);
making amends for these errors;
learning to live a new life with a new code of behavior;
helping others that suffer from the same addictions or compulsions. Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Co-Dependents Anonymous and Debtors Anonymous
Wonder is there such a term called Bloggers Anonymous (BA)? Our Panda friend, foongpc used to mention this word often. Lately another blogger friend CH Voon got 'poisoned' and addicted to one of the games in faceBook and maybe someone in future would say you suffer from Facebookie Anonymous (FA). We shall leave this aside for the moment and shall cross the bridge when we are there. The future is yet to come..
Heard from a BLOGGEROLIST SPECIALIST (don't google, no such word) who says too much 'Blogging' may affect 'Clogging' of the brain and if not treated early would spread like wild fire causing Cardiac Disorientation, Phyche Disorder, Square eyes and worst of all Erectile Dyfunction. How true? One obvious Symptom you can test whether you have got Bloggers Anonymous (BA) is to check whether you would be sitting right in front of your computer blogging even before your breakfast and worst case even before brushing your teeth. Or another easy way out is to do yourself a big favour, view video clip to examine if you have the symptom visibly embedded.
On a serious note sorry folks not too sure the 'twelve-steps program' would be applicable to Bloggers Anonymous (BA) in future or will there be any (BA) or not, yet to be tested. Who knows the first case maybe from bolehland, Malaysia? At the moment will just have to apply a D.I.Y. program to nip in the bud and be extra careful and mindful not to blog excessively for more than 18 hours in a day, eight days a week and 53 weeks a year. Don't forget you've got a life to live..Happy Blogging.
Sol + stice derives from a combination of Latin words meaning "sun" + "to stand still." As the days lengthen, the sun rises higher and higher until it seems to stand still in the sky. As a major celestial event, the Summer Solstice results in the longest day and the shortest night of the year. The Northern Hemisphere celebrates in June, but the people on the Southern half of the earth have their longest summer day in December. We have experts claiming that the whole of June/mid-July month may not be an ideal month for medical check up or for major operation in hospital..here's the reason why..check out the video below..
Gotcha! Nothing wrong with the Summer Solstice but during *Waka Waka* World Cup fever its not even safe to even go for out breakfast as the food could be semi-cooked haha. So tune in to NED vz ESP 11Jul 20:30hrs (local time 02:30Hrs 12Jul). Wanna grab the bulls by its horns or go Oranje?
Early this morning [SK] posted about some bad telephone etiquette and one of it is wrong number calling and what a coincidence an email sent by a friend comes in timely to add-on to his entry. A 'wrong number' in the wee hours could sometimes be a big issue and that might strain the relationship of a lovely couple especially when the wife is the jealous type who always trusted her gut feelings to feel it in her bones. How many of you would think she has over reacted and her "women's intuition" is gonna be wrong this time OR the husband is plain innocent or have something up his sleeve??? Watch on..
Monday blues huh dragging your feet going to office? Maybe not all will fall under this situation? Some would jump out of the bed ever ready to be in the office every morning and Mondays are no exception. Then four days later TGIF..this is the day all would be looking forward to and a day to celebrate as this last week of the month comes with a fat wallet. Have a swinging day then.
Learning is a never ending process and we cannot stop learning. We learn new things every single day and from every aspects generally in life. I have to agree with Autumn Belle that she is learning a lot about Chinese culture by watching period dramas. I saw an advertisement on milk powder over the TV regarding a conversation between mother and child concerning polar bears eating the helpless penguins. Got a shock of my life! A very educational advertisement ~ "Do polar bears eat penguins?" Nope! Polar bears are from the Northern hemishpere and penguins are from the Southern hemisphere *with the exception of those non-wild penguins from Phillip Island Nature Park, in Melbourne Australia*. OMG how wrong could I be for all my life thinking these two creatures lived in the icy cold arctic together. Gee..*blush* guess how many knew about it before you read this?
Images courtesy of Wikipedia
Apparently all polar bears are left handed. Is this a myth? There are no scientific studies of polar-bear handedness. Instead, based on the answer from an anthropologist Richard Nelson’s account who spent about a year in 1960s living with the Inupiaq in the tiny village of Wainwright. "Inupiaq elders say polar-bears are left-handed, so you have a slightly better chance to avoid their right paw, which is slower and less accurate," says Nelson.
Why are left handed people called south paws then if polar bears come from the Northern Hemisphere? Southpaw has its origins in 1880s' baseball slang. Baseball diamonds were often arranged so the batters would face east, to avoid looking into the afternoon sun. The pitcher's left hand, or paw, would therefore be on the southern side. We can learn so much from Polar Bears.
Thank You to all Voters again for loving 'I Swear' which was selected for Round Two of Blog IDOL Week #2. Coming up the next round would be tougher as the contest is getting even hotter and greatly competitive. Appreciate your continuous support very much. tQ.
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Bananaz was in Taiwan some years back and approached the receptionist in a hotel requesting for a favour to page for the tour operator. It must have been an incredible feat for Bananaz to communicate in Mandarin back then with limited vocab so the chicken and duck talk goes like this..
香蕉Bananaz人: 我可以 [ wǒ kěyǐ ] page Mr Jackson Lee please?
Bananaz: Can I page for Mr Jackson Lee please?
Receptionist : 先生請問是 *木子李* 嗎?
PinYin: xiānsheng qǐngwèn shì * mù zǐ Lǐ * ma?
Receptionist: Sir may I ask is it * mù zǐ Lǐ *?
Bananaz: No! no! 不是 [bùshì] excuse me what Lee again?
Receptionist: 木子李? * mù zǐ Lǐ * ?
Bananaz: Sorry no! its s:p:e:l:l:e:d *JACKSON LEE*
Receptionist: O(ö_0)O *almost fainted*
OK let those Chinese educated viewers lol first then comes this translation which would kick in slightly slower to tickle your funny bone. In Chinese/Mandarin their method of spelling is by way of connection to the radical of the word. For example surname "Lee" 李 will have two words one on top of each other. The word on the top section is 'wood' 木 [mù] and the bottom is 'son' 子 [zǐ]. So in order to confirm the 'spelling' one will ask is it 木[mù] 子[zǐ] 李[Lǐ]? It is just like asking "is your surname LEE spelled L:E:E or L:I" or the most common mis-spelled surname is Cheah vs Chia? Got it or just as confused?
We are named after this beloved fruit, Whose skin outside is yellow to suit, Whose fruit inside is white as off-white could be, How? You might wonder, did this stereotype come to be? Well, we too, sport a yellow skin, But our tongues wag white, which is not in kin “If you don’t speak Chinese….,” so they say, “You are not Chinese enough!” and that’s the way. Our own kind deem to treat us like weed, And that hurts very much indeed, We dream of a nation united, is always the case, But how could that be, when united we are not as a race? Call us whatever name you like, Banana People are strong as a dyke, Within us, there is NO colour divide, Within us, UNITY will reach far and wide. poem courtesy of Short Horse Tales
Monday, October 04, 2010
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