tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post2218584989082590551..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Lost in translationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-11908603506736670472007-09-16T15:09:00.000+08:002007-09-16T15:09:00.000+08:00Hey how come no takers? 小人 in Japanese means 'chi...Hey how come no takers? 小人 in Japanese means 'child'.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-16304905467788607472007-09-10T13:27:00.000+08:002007-09-10T13:27:00.000+08:00Hey Chun SeeBeen away the past 2 years visitng you...Hey Chun See<BR/>Been away the past 2 years visitng your site. You are still at it. Great!<BR/><BR/>Suggestion. Why don't you sign up to this internet service whereby you could own a studio on your own.....you can do blog like this one, or send out video mail (not just email), do a video IM (with 3 other persons in a conference call, post your favourite oictures or video or even music onto your own studio! Look at: www.helloworld.com/simon-chu...to see what I have done (though not much)<BR/><BR/>Speak soon ..Simon ChuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-7840199986116714662007-09-10T09:12:00.000+08:002007-09-10T09:12:00.000+08:00When I tried to learn a little bit of Japanese thr...When I tried to learn a little bit of Japanese through a book, I found it quite difficult, with those grammer and sentence construction. When in a crowded Tokyo I knew only one effective word - 'sumimasen' (excuse) to get by. On a less crowded train in the afternoon, while returning back from the toilet, a train warden blocked my passage-way with his back facing me. I politely used the word sumimasen, he quickly leaped aside when hearing the word to let me passby. On another occasion, I saw a young lady being obstructed in a crowed park, she just used the word kudasai (please) and easily got through. So I learned another word through actual encounter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-64960214331704787352007-09-09T15:10:00.000+08:002007-09-09T15:10:00.000+08:00Here's one more. In Chinese 小人 refers to a dispica...Here's one more. In Chinese 小人 refers to a dispicable person. Do you know what it means in Japanese. If I am not mistaken, it's kodomo.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-51008334531265759432007-09-09T10:06:00.000+08:002007-09-09T10:06:00.000+08:00I saw a CD of English oldies songs the other day, ...I saw a CD of English oldies songs the other day, obviously produced in China. It had Elvis' family name printed as "Priestly". Haha.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-37047666492471281932007-09-09T09:26:00.000+08:002007-09-09T09:26:00.000+08:00Some years back, while holidaying in Japan, we had...Some years back, while holidaying in Japan, we had some problem trying to locate our hotel in Tokyo. My sister-in-law asked a policeman in front of his station for assistance in English. The poor guy found it difficult to understand us, meanwhile mumbling: "ano, ano....." going nowhere. Luckily my daughter managed to spot the hotel which was just behind the police station.<BR/>In contrast, while enjoying in a hot-spring resort at Kanagawa, we were being looked after by an elderly lady aged around 70 named kumi. We communicated mostly by sign-language, with us throwing in a few Japanese words (learnt during the trip). The easiest word for her to pick up from us was -'OK' and she would enthusiatically use this word whenever possible. When we left, the resort staff, including Kumi, bade us farewell. The spritely old lady's learning spirit, despite her age, stood out for us to emulate, though it was only a single (not even) word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-80155890819409441012007-09-08T23:07:00.000+08:002007-09-08T23:07:00.000+08:00This is what happens when you don't understand the...This is what happens when you don't understand the culture of other races or country.<BR/><BR/>Some actions maybe perfectly fine to do it in your country but when you are doing it in foreign countries, they may take it as an offence if they don't know how your culture is like.[E]https://www.blogger.com/profile/17089943574970856637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-20361178502874245302007-09-08T20:42:00.000+08:002007-09-08T20:42:00.000+08:00Haha, good one. I mean the joke, not the interpret...Haha, good one. I mean the joke, not the interpreter whom ought to be sacked!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.com