kung fu

I don't know much about languages, and I don't know much about the Chinese language, but I'm taking lessons and so far it's a brazilian times simpler than English or French, except for the pronunciation.

Example: Instead of having special words for each month, they simply say 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, etc. And instead of having special words for high numbers, they say 'two-ten' for twenty, 'three-ten' for thirty, etc.

Those clever bastards.

flat white

I'm seriously considering drinking a coffee tomorrow. I don't like coffee, but sometimes wish I did. Practice makes perfect. I'm going to order a flat white, shown on the left. It's the most popular coffee drink here in Australia.

In other news, somebody asked one of the Chinese guys I'm working with what some of the sites are that are censored in China. His response was "Wikipedia and Blogger". Besides making me a bit angry that a government would practice blatant censorship, it also made me realize that now is a bad time to start this eblo. I'll have to find a way to update from China.