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Showing posts with label other. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 9

Chinese Internet Slang and other

These days, I've been obsessed with Baidu Tieba and wow. Chinese people love "slang", but they're usually just puns or a change of pronunciation. I will keep adding to this list when I come across/remember new ones, so keep checking back!
My format for this list: "Slang"("pronunciation/pinyin") --> "Actual word (if any)": "definition". "variations"

General
有木有  (you mu you)--> 有没有 (you mei you): is there any
米 (mi)--> 没/没有 (mei/mei you): none
神马 (shen ma)--> 什么(shen me): what
肿么 (zhong me)--> 怎么 (zen me): how
妹纸 (mei zhi)--> 妹子 (mei zi): Little girl, used to sound cuter. The "zhi" can be replaced by mostly any word pronounced the same way. This is also used to replace many words with "zi"
锅 (guo)--> 哥 (ge): (Older) brother. 果(guo)
天朝 (tian chao): China
打酱油 (da jiang you): passing by
路过 (lu guo)/ 飘过 (piao guo): passing by
同志 (tong zhi): homosexual. Literally, comrade.
(gong): the one in a gay couple who "gives". 小攻 (xiao gong)
(shou): the one who "receives" 小受 (xiao shou), 受受 (shou shou)

For fangirl/boy purposes
本命 (ben ming): My life, basically the one you love the most.
男神 (nan shen): God, your favorite male celeb.
女神 (nv/nu shen): Goddess

Sunday, May 26

AMAZING Book Recommendations

I don't know what my favorite book is. It's usually the last one I've read. So here are a bunch of books that I've read in these past years. I'll try to write summaries, but keep it vague in case i accidentally let out some spoilers.

Dualed: Elsie Chapman- Dystopian society where people have to kill their twins. Kind of complicated. and REALLY INTENSE
Revolution: Jennifer Donnelly- Diaries, French Revolution, romance and some craziness.
Seraphina: Rachel Hartman- A book about Music and Dragons, the two best things in the world.
Eragon (Inheritance Cycle): Christoper Paolini- DRAGONS and elves and dwarves and sorceresses and normal humans
 Mortal Instruments (series): Cassandra Clare- half human teenagers who kill demons and other stuff in their free time. This was supposed to be a trilogy, but now there are 5(?) books and a movie coming out. I don't like how it's so mainstream all of a sudden.
Infernal Devices (series): Spinoff series of Mortal Instruments. Good if you like that sort of stuff.
 Rampant: Diana Peterfreund- Yeah, unicorns aren't all cute and happy. They can actually kill you.
Wicked Lovely (series): Melissa Marr- Yeah, faeries aren't all cute and happy. They can actually kill you.
Name of the Star (Shades of London): Maureen Johnson- There are people getting killed Jack-the-ripper style, but no one can see the killer because he's a ghost (actually not a real spoiler)
Chemical Gardens Trilogy: Lauren DeStefano- Dystopian society where society is seriously messed up.
Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking): Patrick Ness- not a very typical dystopian book.
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles): Marissa Meyer: Dystopian meets fairy tale.

Thursday, May 2

How To Study for Tests (AP)

My AP World History exam is in about two weeks. But I am writing about how to study instead of actually studying, so I don't know if you really want to take my advice. Well, here you go:
(not in any particular order)

MUSIC
~Music makes everything more interesting, everyone knows that. But just don't turn it up too high, or else you will get distracted and start singing or whatever.
~I usually play playlists. You can decide how long you're going to study by telling yourself what song to stop at. I also feel really accomplished if I play through the entire playlist while studying
REWARDS
~Give yourself rewards if you study for an amount of time without getting distracted. For example, I let myself watch 10 minutes of dramas for every 30 minutes I study.
NOTES
~Take notes! Instead of just reading your textbook, write down the important stuff. It gives you horrible writer's cramp, but it helps you remember stuff.
DIVIDE YOUR TIME
~I gave myself around 4 days per unit. For each, I spend 2-3 days reading the stuff in the review book, 1 day filling out the study guide my teacher gave me, and the remaining time watching crash course...
VIDEOS
~Maybe you've heard of Crash Course and John Green? This amazing guy makes awesome videos, mostly around 10 minutes, that summarizes each chapter. He talks really quickly and it doesn't help as much as reading and such, but it's entertaining. You get to procrastinate by watching educational videos!
REVIEW SESSIONS
~Most schools have review sessions that you can go to. Ok. I'm a hypocrite because I never go. But I'm sure it's really helpful!

These are just some of my personal tips and they work for me!

Monday, April 22

Pray for Sichuan, Pray for Ya'an!

 In 2008, Sichuan was devastated by an earthquake. Now, a 6.6-7 earthquake has hit Sichuan in Ya'an. I don't know too many details, but at least 190 people have been killed, and the number keeps rising. Landslides have cut off transportation and communication.
Many Chinese decided to volunteer and go to Ya'an to help out, but this just caused for traffic jams. It's pretty much impossible for the ambulance and other rescuers to get through. Sichuan Transportation even wrote on weibo telling people to stop coming. I find that ironic, that people wanting help are actually making things worse. -_-
What's nice about this earthquake is that all of China is caring about it. People, it seems, are not just greedy and selfish. Godfrey Gao posted a picture of his Nikes shoes on weibo, and I saw a comment blasting him for posting that pic instead of Ya'an. I find it amazing and kind of crazy.
A lot of celebrities have also made statements saying "Jia You Ya'an, we're all with you" but I'm not sure if they actually mean it, or are just doing so for the image. Ehh...
Anyways...
PRAY FOR SICHUAN. PRAY FOR YA'AN