Langauge exchange B2

I agreed on the phone something which I shouldn't have agreed, fortunately nothing bad turned out. =) I dined with B in a HK-style "tea-restaurant". I had problem explaining to him what's on the menu, and discovered the English menu offered way fewer selections. He finished much earlier than me, and told he used to wait for his grandma at home... well... =p A kind lady showed us the direction to the "Moon Kay" dessert store. I was asked if I understand "Das Gute" at Western Market. Wen Wu Temple @ Hollywood Road B laughed at me for NOT having visited before the neighborhood of Wen-wu Temple. He said he would avoid walking pass this temple in the morning, because many tourists asked him for directions, but I was puzzled why some tourists would choose to ask him. =p His flat was located at an old Chinese building, but the interior looked like displays on IKEA catalogs: it was very tidy and has harmonious furniture colors. I solved an email problem after having desserts. =) Language exchange and casual chats 1) $27 Mandarin-German dictionary at CWB + German-speaking salesperson. 2) The meaning of burning incents. 3) Hotels in South-east Asia and India. 4) Italian coffee mug(?) and coffee making. It was a plain simple day, but I had fun.

朋友

今日收到 Irene o既 email，有少少意外：因為自從上次我寄左 NYC o的相俾佢，佢覆左我幾句野，大家就冇聯絡。但係佢話佢 send 左幾封 email 俾我，唔知點解我冇覆，咁我都唔知點解我收唔倒。不過是但啦，知唔知點解都冇乜所謂... Irene 係我去 NYC 唐人街報團去 DC o個時既團友，因為我地兩個都係一個人自己 join 團，又差唔多大，所以會熟。佢話佢以前o係緬甸讀書個時，讀左兩間大學都笠左，所以過左 LA... 佢學左少少廣東話。佢話佢唔識廣東話o個時，唐人街間麵包鋪唔肯賣麵包俾佢。我諗一個人過去生活都唔係咁易... [本來可能會同佢同房，但係我加左 45 蚊自己一間房。其實o係o的鄉下地方，一個人一間房都幾驚，不過我又冇話訓唔著。之後去到 Empire State，發現 50 蚊可以買倒隻紀念版 swatch，非常後悔用左o個 45 蚊換左一晚既安全感] 有時我會覺得好得意，點解大家住咁遠，唔係好同既兩個人都會撞倒。我亦都唔係好明，點解我會o係香港識個係度逗留幾個月，可以教我德文既人。仲有點解我坐 40 號，會成日撞到個幾肥既女人，次次o係度食麵包... =P 唔...

Shirley Temple

Before my discussion with G, "Shirley Temple" was to me the name of a non-alcoholic drink which costs HK$80 at a Mexican bar at Times Square. The point is it tasted a bit like Sprite, and I felt cheated. Shirley Temple Reciepe: - 1 glass Ginger Ale: a sweetened carbonated nonalcoholic beverage flavored mainly with ginger extract - 1 dash Grenadine: a syrup flavored with pomegranates and used in mixed drinks

Shirley Temple: a beverage named after the actress of Heidi

When I disscussed with G what sexy Heidis are, he told me Shirley Temple is the name of the actress of Heidi. So now I learnt the full-story.

ICQ info

Someone else's ICQ info: "Ich bin ein 酳絽rst seltenes Exemplar eines vegan lebenden Metal-Fans. Ich interessiere mich f philosophische Diskurse und wde vor allem gerne Leute aus Greater Manchester, besonders Wirral, Prenton kennenlernen, da ich dort 8 Monate arbeiten werde. Vielleicht kann man mir ja sagen, was die Gegend so bietet. Hier in Deutschland bin ich aktiv im Tierrecht t酹ig . In meiner Freizeit schreibe ich gerne Song-Texte und lese viel." I dunno how to fill in the missing words YET. =p

Not to be a doubter, but...

I always remind myself of what G adviced: "What's the harm if you are going to meet him in a public place? Even knowing a person in person can be sometimes misleading. Maybe he's handsome, he's rich... just don't leave a trail." "It's okay to be a bit untrusting."