A few things.
I woke up with a fever. Am I stuck with Swine Flu or something? lol Nahhh. In any case, the regular flu causes so much more damage than the whole H1N1 virus, or whatever they call it. Seriously, the media have been spreading so much BS about that virus. People don't seem to realize that it's all a commercial hit (just like the SRAS or the other bunch of viruses they made the world panic over) to sell more pharmaceutical products....
There were cases of people who died from the swine flu. However, the media did not see the need to precise that those people had other problems that caused further complications... Stuff like pneumonia or weak hearts or whatever... I think it'd be good for people to realize that if they're healthy, they should be fearing regular influenza much more than the swine flu. Anyways, I'm done trying to convince people. Whoever said ignorance was bliss must have been a total idiot.
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I think I'll try learning Chinese just for fun. I don't think I have enough energy and motivation to learn it the way I learn Korean or Japanese, but I'll give it a shot. Who knows, I might find a liking in it. They say the person who enjoys what they're doing can beat even the most hard-working genius. Hmm. I wonder if that's true. In any case, Chinese characters have always been a fascination, despite the fact that I was always discouraged by its number. Can you imagine having to learn 10 000 characters?... the 2000 in Japanese are already giving me a headache. 5 times more? *gasps*
I still admire Koreans for creating such a practical alphabet. They say it's the most logical in the world. Then again, it didn't quite evolve naturally, they made it scientifically so it makes sense. I wonder if Sejong Daewang really asked his scientists to make it or if he came up with it? Could anyone be that brilliant? I think that for foreigners learning Korean, hangul seems so simple at first and it kind of makes up for the horribly difficult pronunciation. However... as you learn to read it, it gets quite complex. In Chinese or Japanese, you can just remember the sound of the character (though you have a bunch to remember)... But in Korean even though you have few characters, you have to learn to decipher each syllable and know how to pronounce it in relation to the following (or preceding) syllable. I find that quite difficult in itself. It's difficult to compare Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Each have their easy and hard parts. I think if I had been born with one of the three languages, I would've dedicated myself to learning all three thoroughly and tried to draw the similarities between them. I'm sure others have done it before, but I just find it very interesting. Here goes geeky KY. Sorry.
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The kid is back in town! She wasn't gone for long but she did call when came back, which made me quite happy. ^^ I think I met some really good people this year too.
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