euphemisms
kelly, joe and daryl are over from shanghai for the weekend, and although the following is in no way inspired by anything they said, after they came over to our apartment and checked out my room, i thought of a nice way to get out of telling somebody that they've got a messy house or room.
you can simply say, wow, your house/room has so much character!
although now, if you ever say that to me, i'll know what you're really trying to say.
this morning i found a single 蛋奶星星 (dan4 nai3 xing1 xing1) in my bowl of 雀巢千怡营养香脆全麦谷物 (que4 chao2 qian1 yi2 ying2 yang3 xiang1 cui4 quan2 mai4 gu3 wu4).
doesn't that sound like i'm eating super cool stuff for breakfast?
actually, it just means that i found a single honey star in my bowl of nestle fitness wholewheat cereal.
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now that i've found a bus which takes a shorter route to church, i've managed to find a seat in the main hall for the past two sundays. which means that i'm there about 15 minutes before the service starts, and it's interesting because one of the pastors will teach the congregation the hymns to be sung during the service, and others, if there's time. he's got a rather nice voice, and he'll first sing the tune in solfage (they use numbers, not notes), then ask the entire congregation to repeat after him. and when he's satisfied that they've got it, they'll sing the hymn to its lyrics.
the main hall is huge and has an extremely high ceiling, but learning hymns together makes it seem kinda cosy.
kelly, joe and daryl are over from shanghai for the weekend, and although the following is in no way inspired by anything they said, after they came over to our apartment and checked out my room, i thought of a nice way to get out of telling somebody that they've got a messy house or room.
you can simply say, wow, your house/room has so much character!
although now, if you ever say that to me, i'll know what you're really trying to say.
this morning i found a single 蛋奶星星 (dan4 nai3 xing1 xing1) in my bowl of 雀巢千怡营养香脆全麦谷物 (que4 chao2 qian1 yi2 ying2 yang3 xiang1 cui4 quan2 mai4 gu3 wu4).
doesn't that sound like i'm eating super cool stuff for breakfast?
actually, it just means that i found a single honey star in my bowl of nestle fitness wholewheat cereal.
***
now that i've found a bus which takes a shorter route to church, i've managed to find a seat in the main hall for the past two sundays. which means that i'm there about 15 minutes before the service starts, and it's interesting because one of the pastors will teach the congregation the hymns to be sung during the service, and others, if there's time. he's got a rather nice voice, and he'll first sing the tune in solfage (they use numbers, not notes), then ask the entire congregation to repeat after him. and when he's satisfied that they've got it, they'll sing the hymn to its lyrics.
the main hall is huge and has an extremely high ceiling, but learning hymns together makes it seem kinda cosy.
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