January 20
Starting 'anew'
Couldn't bear to delete my Blogger... but had no choice. had liked the Blogskin a lot, but... well... Shuyi suggested i start my blog here cos its nice... Hmm, I still havent figure things out yet. So I shall use some time to find my way around... the other features like pictures, frens etc I think I'm not going to care first. Cos afterall wad i nd is a blog, a space to voice out my thoughts, grumble abt a bad day or some unpleasant experience... :P

Yesterday went for translation lecture & tut. Dear Pris is in e same class as me. How long has it been gal? Since we had lessons tog? haha... yes, as u had said, the 'older' friends are always e best. ( New friends out there, dont get mistaken... U're great too! ) can say anything n do anything to disturb u de, haha... one day we're going to haf lunch tog gal, last sem we din had e chance to! The lecture is quite fun, and e lecturer is rather nice cos he made it clear he wont be too demanding as afterall for most of us, its an elective. Gee... starting to like this lesson. And he showed us some pretty bad translation e.g that earned quite a few laughs...

1. Sign in a Japanese hotel: Please take advantage of the chambermaids.
(Please feel free to use the services rendered by our chambermaids)

2. An ad in a foreign newspaper: Dog for sale. Eats anything. Fond of children.

3. Thai laundry service: Drop your pants here for best results.

4. Ad for laundry services: We do not tear your clothes with our machines. We do it carefully by hands.

5. Zurich hotel: As it is inappropriate for the chambermaids to carry out some activities between opposite genders in the hotel room, please use the lobby for these activities.
(Actually I'm not really sure abt wad kind of activities it meant, but it is 'innocent' but the way it was translated... It does make some pp think otherwise, the guys in e class were laughing real hard after they read this...)

Still got some more but i really cant recall that much. It is rather interesting cos as we learn more abt translation. the lecturer also taught us more abt e Western & Chinese culture evident in e languages... :)