i need a name for my architecture firm, but i can't think of one! open to suggestions. leave a comment, or tag it!

because mun is my friend, he sent me a link to this place[link]

once again i'm reminded why i shouldn't let my mandarin get any worse than it already is. yesterday one of dad's friends called. the conversation went a little like this:

me: hullo?
guy: hullo 请问 吕先生 在 吗？
me: oh erm. 对不起他不在。但是你可以打给他手机。

so far so good. maybe i'm on a roll.

guy: oh! ********* 不是他手机号码？
me: 不, 这是我们家的号码。

ya .. ok sounds like a primary 2 textbook conversation example, but still getting message across. so we're doing well, team.

guy: oh. 那么你可以给我他的手机号码吗？

[insert creaking noise as i try thinking of number in english and try to translate into chinese simultaneously]

me: .. um .. 国际号码 ... 六一 ... [here the system begins to fail] 四 二 ... 二 二 .. [insert gibberish and random combinations of numbers]

so i kindof ended up giving him the complete wrong number that probably went something like 422232867826. i know it's just numbers, which is like the most basic thing ever and a 2 year old could probably do better than that, but it didn't help that he was repeating after me which got me a bit confused. so then i had to call dad to tell him "some guy who spoke chinese called and asked for your number, but i think i gave him the wrong one". and he had a good laugh, then proceeded to call every single only-chinese-speaking person he knew. i'm pretty sure they had a laugh at my expense too =_= .. again.

so if anyone wants to engage me in a bilingual conversation, i wouldn't mind the practice as long as you don't laugh at my pronunciation.

i think bboj's coming to visit again in july !! i know it's 3 months and a bit, which is quite a long time, but the prospect is exciting and also, it will be much better for him to visit when i'm on holiday, instead of visiting 3 (or 4?) weeks into semester. even though it's only a month in, it makes me feel like i'm on holiday which is bad. because i'm not.

that's why i'm blogging instead of being a cad monkey, or getting ready to morph into waffle-monkey-with-cad-on-her-mind.

and now that i have photoshop cs (props to muh home boy stoo), the possibilities for procrastination are endless !!

i stole this link from ampulets from awhile ago.

Which literature classic are you?

Charles Baudelaire: The Flowers of Evil. You are one of the most loved and hated poetic works. Death and decadence are important themes for you, but none should overlook your impressive aesthetics, either. Deep down youre not evil at all, you just like to play the tough guy on the block.
Take this quiz!

not bad i guess. the title is kindof cute =) and it's true i'm not reeeeeeeeally evil. more like evil lite. not sure if i agree with the "death and decadence" bit though. sounds kind of emo .. and also not to mention i don't particularly like (i.e. am too lazy and don't really get the point of) poetry.

more about Les Fleur du Mal at this wikipedia link.