User Comments - light487

Posted on: Hanukkah

There's a "festival" (I guess you could call it a festival.. not sure how to really define the difference between festival and just event on the calendar) on 4th May that essentially translates as "young people's day".. that's my birthday, so I am always the brunt of jokes about my age. :)

Posted on: Hanukkah

我叫中国的名字《潘光明》 ：）

This must be a holiday just for me? :)

Posted on: Skincare: Moisturizing Cream

Hehe.. not like there is a lot of sun penetration in some places anyway. :) I remember my first day "ever" in Shanghai and the sun was this pale, orange smudge in the sky. Visibility was about 100 to 200 metres through the thick air pollution. I quite liked it at first, as it was so surreal and different but that quickly wore off and become anxiety as I thought that it was going to be like that every day!! Luckily that was the worst air pollution I've witnessed in the last 2 trips... far beyond the norms. Certainly wouldn't need sun protection on that day.. but would definitely need some ibuprofen for the headache you get from the pollution though. :)

Posted on: What does she look like?

Hrmm.. if that is the case, I wouldn't mind know what the pattern is.. I wonder if it is the tried and true 看起来？

Posted on: Skincare: Moisturizing Cream

You mean like sun protection cream?

Posted on: Skincare: Moisturizing Cream

Yup.. I am beyond newbie level.. but I still go and listen to the newbie ones.. there's always something to learn from all the different levels :)

Posted on: Using a Character Dictionary

I am too lazy :) Simple as that.. :)

Posted on: Toothache

百无聊赖 - apparently means "bored to death". :)

Posted on: Toothache

wuliao-aaaahhhh.... it's better with the long, drawn out, bored sounding, whiney "aaaaahhh" at the end.. :) haha :)

Posted on: Using a Character Dictionary

Ahh right.. fair enough. To be honest, I've had my new computer for about 6 months now and I've made do without the Chinese Reader for that whole time, didn't install it till about a week ago.. I use it more for the "Look Up" dictionary than I do for the popup Chinese.. and I do agree that they can actually allow you to "cheat" so much that you don't learn anything. Basically if you use it to read the whole page, then you won't learn anything other than how to string constructions together quickly. If you just use it to quickly translate a new word or new chunk, rather than reaching for the dictionary.

Like I said... used sparingly, they can be quite useful. :)