Random thoughts:
Stephen Hawking is going to Iran! I want to buy his latest book and get his autograph... oh wait. Dang.
When research fellows address their colleagues, do they say "my fellow fellows"?
It seems that 家伙 can mean almost anything. For example, one's tools used for a livelihood can be called “吃饭的家伙”, crutches can be called “走路的家伙” (or so I have heard). Perhaps, I could call my pencil “写字的家伙”，my paper “被写的家伙”，my calculator “计算的家伙” etc. This means that the sentence “我的家伙比你的强！” can mean almost anything too.
Somehow, I find chinese rather interesting. For example, momentum is called 动量, which is similar to the term used by Newton "motive quantity". In physics they also have cool sounding terms for solving problems, and their physics notes are written in like, 文言文. The following is an excerpt of the notes.
“如图2-1 所示，细线下悬着质量为M的光滑，均质圆环,环上套着两个相同的小环,小环质量为m。两小环从最高点无初速释放，当滑至两圆心角为 theta 时，大环开始上升。已知2m>3M, 求theta。”
“此题解法为“临界点分析”，出现临界点时，T刚好为零，大环将动而未动。”
Sounds cool rite?
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Random thoughts:
Do paedophiles get turned on by diaper advertisements?
Science: Past performance is not indicative of future returns.
Somehow the Binomial Distribution reminds me of the Beta Function and the Poisson Distribution reminds me of the Gamma Function. I wonder what the Normal Distribution is supposed to remind me of.
If Meritocracy means, "If you work hard, you will be rewarded.", then it implies that "if you are not rewarded, then you didn't work hard." Not a comforting thought. Suppose Meritocracy means, "If you do not work hard, then you will not be rewarded.", then it implies that "Even if you work hard, you might not be rewarded." Not a comforting thought either. Of course, you could say that Meritocracy means "If you work hard enough, you would be duly rewarded." That would mean that if you are not happy with what you get despite what you have put in, you think too highly of your own efforts or that your expectations are too high, and you shouldn't complain. Awesome! That's the way to keep people working hard no matter what they get at the end of the day.
Do paedophiles get turned on by diaper advertisements?
Science: Past performance is not indicative of future returns.
Somehow the Binomial Distribution reminds me of the Beta Function and the Poisson Distribution reminds me of the Gamma Function. I wonder what the Normal Distribution is supposed to remind me of.
If Meritocracy means, "If you work hard, you will be rewarded.", then it implies that "if you are not rewarded, then you didn't work hard." Not a comforting thought. Suppose Meritocracy means, "If you do not work hard, then you will not be rewarded.", then it implies that "Even if you work hard, you might not be rewarded." Not a comforting thought either. Of course, you could say that Meritocracy means "If you work hard enough, you would be duly rewarded." That would mean that if you are not happy with what you get despite what you have put in, you think too highly of your own efforts or that your expectations are too high, and you shouldn't complain. Awesome! That's the way to keep people working hard no matter what they get at the end of the day.
Friday, May 25, 2007
It appears to me that many people take it for a fact that human beings are intellectually superior to all other animals. Just because natural selection has conferred upon us the chance to live on earth, it doesn't mean that we are cleverer than all other creatures. Let's not forget, humans can stand upright and have opposable thumbs; these factors contribute greatly to our ability to manipulate tools. For all you know, dolphins or white mice could be contemplating at the meaning of life; just that they can't manipulate tools well enough to use the environmental factors to their own advantage.
It is human to think themselves superior to those whom they do not understand. Enough of those "arrogant ang moh" examples; in the Qing dynasty the Chinese considered the Manchurians and Caucasians as barbarians(man2 yi2) and the Japanese were derogatorily referred to as "short thieves"(wo1 kou4). People can even think themselves superior to their own creed, if they are separated by enough time; I think people who take KI can sense that we are being introduced to the idea that the morality nowadays is superior to the morality in the past, when people felt it was right to keep slaves and did not treat all human being as equals, as though we have access to some moral knowledge that our ancestors did not, as though morality is out there to be discovered.
How do you know if another being has language, and that this form of communication is not based on instinct? Whenever you are at a loss at how you can substantiate your idea that humans have language and other animals don't, you can just claim "Oh, it's animal instinct" and get away with it. I refuse to let myself off in this case (of course, unless I'm doing a KI essay on language; in that case I'll do exactly what I just described, simply because I don't understand animal language well enough to discuss the metaphysics of it).
I would suppose that an alien observer that is capable of predicting human behavior would find it easy to conclude that human behavior is all based on instinct. Resorting to this instinct argument is cheating, because to us, an instinct is an action that we make unconsciously. To find out whether a particular animal is acting on instinct or has it all planned out, one would need to know whether that animal is consciously doing so. I don't believe it is possible to find the center of consciousness, so I don't believe that we can ever conclude if a being other than oneself is acting on instinct. It's like, "Lion, I don't know whether you can think. But since I don't understand you, I shall assume you can't. After all, we humans are surviving better than you, and that must mean we are superior to you in some way; if not in the brawn, then certainly in the brain. So let's just say you can't think. Then all your actions must be due to instinct, and since it's all instinct, you can't possibly have language, as it takes conscious thought to sort out the semantics of any language."
It kinda gets on my nerves when Animal Planet and National Geographic lump all the amazing feats that animals can pull off as "raw animal instinct"; with its condescending tone thinly veiled by exaggerated astonishment, like "Wow, that's amazing for a being that can't think!" I await the day that an alien observes a String theorist at work and exclaims, "What amazing power of raw animal instinct!"
One can easily apply the above circular reasoning to any being whose consciousness we don't understand. This applies to any being other than oneself, including babies and computers. If someday you catch yourself saying "But they can't possibly think like us!", then I beseech you to think again.
It is human to think themselves superior to those whom they do not understand. Enough of those "arrogant ang moh" examples; in the Qing dynasty the Chinese considered the Manchurians and Caucasians as barbarians(man2 yi2) and the Japanese were derogatorily referred to as "short thieves"(wo1 kou4). People can even think themselves superior to their own creed, if they are separated by enough time; I think people who take KI can sense that we are being introduced to the idea that the morality nowadays is superior to the morality in the past, when people felt it was right to keep slaves and did not treat all human being as equals, as though we have access to some moral knowledge that our ancestors did not, as though morality is out there to be discovered.
How do you know if another being has language, and that this form of communication is not based on instinct? Whenever you are at a loss at how you can substantiate your idea that humans have language and other animals don't, you can just claim "Oh, it's animal instinct" and get away with it. I refuse to let myself off in this case (of course, unless I'm doing a KI essay on language; in that case I'll do exactly what I just described, simply because I don't understand animal language well enough to discuss the metaphysics of it).
I would suppose that an alien observer that is capable of predicting human behavior would find it easy to conclude that human behavior is all based on instinct. Resorting to this instinct argument is cheating, because to us, an instinct is an action that we make unconsciously. To find out whether a particular animal is acting on instinct or has it all planned out, one would need to know whether that animal is consciously doing so. I don't believe it is possible to find the center of consciousness, so I don't believe that we can ever conclude if a being other than oneself is acting on instinct. It's like, "Lion, I don't know whether you can think. But since I don't understand you, I shall assume you can't. After all, we humans are surviving better than you, and that must mean we are superior to you in some way; if not in the brawn, then certainly in the brain. So let's just say you can't think. Then all your actions must be due to instinct, and since it's all instinct, you can't possibly have language, as it takes conscious thought to sort out the semantics of any language."
It kinda gets on my nerves when Animal Planet and National Geographic lump all the amazing feats that animals can pull off as "raw animal instinct"; with its condescending tone thinly veiled by exaggerated astonishment, like "Wow, that's amazing for a being that can't think!" I await the day that an alien observes a String theorist at work and exclaims, "What amazing power of raw animal instinct!"
One can easily apply the above circular reasoning to any being whose consciousness we don't understand. This applies to any being other than oneself, including babies and computers. If someday you catch yourself saying "But they can't possibly think like us!", then I beseech you to think again.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Disclaimer by the Binomial distribution function: "If you can't be true, I've got news for you. Just remember I can be Poisson."
Though she can act Normal as well.
When Stamford Raffles dropped the torch
He set the school ablaze
We faced the challenge of the day
To build the school again
It's so weird that the first topic in KI places such a strict definition on knowledge, yet they use that word so loosely later on. Aesthetic Knowledge. Religious Knowledge. Historical Knowledge. Scientific Knowledge. Bleagh.
How do you discuss language with words? If our ideas are solely constructed in our independent minds, and the same word used by different people referring to the same thing is only due to "coincidence", then language isn't reliable in communicating ideas. IMO, common perception is probably better. However, since our minds construct ideas based on our pre-existing ideas + mental templates given to us when we are born, different people will construct different ideas even when presented with the same image.
So perhaps, they is no reliable way to communicate ideas. While one can argue that mathematics and logic are inherent in us, there is no reason to assume that this is the case for everyone. Mathematical axioms are based on what is "obvious", yet the only way to check if someone if obvious to someone is to ask him. No other way. We can't conceive of another set of logic because all our thoughts are limited to the human mind, and we do notice that the only people to talk about logic with us are humans.
Consider this: surely, there can possibly be 4 dimensional space, if there is 1, 2 and 3 dimensional space? The math can describe it, yet we can't picture it; our minds are limited, and we can only compensate it with math.
In my opinion, we don't really gain anything new from math, unless we apply math to simulate and calculate stuff in the real world, then we learn about the real world. Math is a priori knowledge, it's all supposed to be obvious. Perhaps it is, to people like Fermat or Gauss or Euler. Some people find some things obvious, some people don't. You can't count on things like that for a basis for universal truth. It is only truth for people who find the axioms obvious.
Now, we can't even count on math or logic to communicate ideas unambiguously, how could we communicate ideas unambiguously then? Perhaps we can't, after all. We can only guess and check, and learning each word is just like finding out what fuzzy-wuzzy likes. It gets clearer with more tries, but it is never unambiguous. Even till now, while I think I know what fuzzy-wuzzy likes, nobody tells me what he likes, so I can never really know for sure.
So yeh, this means that nobody will ever know what is in your mind, or what you are trying to say. What then? I have no idea.
Though she can act Normal as well.
When Stamford Raffles dropped the torch
He set the school ablaze
We faced the challenge of the day
To build the school again
It's so weird that the first topic in KI places such a strict definition on knowledge, yet they use that word so loosely later on. Aesthetic Knowledge. Religious Knowledge. Historical Knowledge. Scientific Knowledge. Bleagh.
How do you discuss language with words? If our ideas are solely constructed in our independent minds, and the same word used by different people referring to the same thing is only due to "coincidence", then language isn't reliable in communicating ideas. IMO, common perception is probably better. However, since our minds construct ideas based on our pre-existing ideas + mental templates given to us when we are born, different people will construct different ideas even when presented with the same image.
So perhaps, they is no reliable way to communicate ideas. While one can argue that mathematics and logic are inherent in us, there is no reason to assume that this is the case for everyone. Mathematical axioms are based on what is "obvious", yet the only way to check if someone if obvious to someone is to ask him. No other way. We can't conceive of another set of logic because all our thoughts are limited to the human mind, and we do notice that the only people to talk about logic with us are humans.
Consider this: surely, there can possibly be 4 dimensional space, if there is 1, 2 and 3 dimensional space? The math can describe it, yet we can't picture it; our minds are limited, and we can only compensate it with math.
In my opinion, we don't really gain anything new from math, unless we apply math to simulate and calculate stuff in the real world, then we learn about the real world. Math is a priori knowledge, it's all supposed to be obvious. Perhaps it is, to people like Fermat or Gauss or Euler. Some people find some things obvious, some people don't. You can't count on things like that for a basis for universal truth. It is only truth for people who find the axioms obvious.
Now, we can't even count on math or logic to communicate ideas unambiguously, how could we communicate ideas unambiguously then? Perhaps we can't, after all. We can only guess and check, and learning each word is just like finding out what fuzzy-wuzzy likes. It gets clearer with more tries, but it is never unambiguous. Even till now, while I think I know what fuzzy-wuzzy likes, nobody tells me what he likes, so I can never really know for sure.
So yeh, this means that nobody will ever know what is in your mind, or what you are trying to say. What then? I have no idea.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
By the end of today, I'd have built my 8th rocket launcher.
I could imagine if a Chinese has "Strgwgyr" as his first name, his phonetic Chinese name would be really long. Like, "Strgwgyr Shang Guan Wei Ren" would have like 12 characters. Coolness.
I wonder if the theory of evolution is falsifiable.
I would recall here the most obscure yet amazing coincidence I've seen. We just learned about the distinction between (something like) "Je ne sais quos" and "Je ne sais pas" (Along the lines of "I don't know anything" and "I don't know") in a KI lesson. In the very same lesson, Mrs Leong came up with a thought experiment about language involving the Quah twins. After that particular lesson, someone asked Wang Rui and question, and she walked out of the classroom, saying "I don't know anything." I was about to say "Je ne sais quos", and just then one of the Quah twins walked past us, towards the other twin.
It's things like this that make me marvel at the elegant universe.
If I could bring one person from the past to the present, it would be Jesus. I'd like to watch his response as He Googles His name.
Anyway, the way Mr HS Tan conducts his normal physics tutorials are quite amusing.
(while teaching us about the uncertainty principle talks about the photon scattering argument for the uncertainty principle)"... that's the argument here. Are you all convinced by this argument? ...Actually, this argument is wrong. A better answer would be that... (invokes the superposition of wave argument)... by the way ignore this slide. Really, really. Ignore this slide."
"Now, the uncertainty principle only sets the boundary for momentum and position in the same direction; it does not set any limits for the momentum and position in different directions. So, does that mean that there is no limit for the momentum and position of an electron that orbits a nucleus? Actually, to counter that argument, you could invoke the... never mind. (Laughs sheepishly)"
I could imagine if a Chinese has "Strgwgyr" as his first name, his phonetic Chinese name would be really long. Like, "Strgwgyr Shang Guan Wei Ren" would have like 12 characters. Coolness.
I wonder if the theory of evolution is falsifiable.
I would recall here the most obscure yet amazing coincidence I've seen. We just learned about the distinction between (something like) "Je ne sais quos" and "Je ne sais pas" (Along the lines of "I don't know anything" and "I don't know") in a KI lesson. In the very same lesson, Mrs Leong came up with a thought experiment about language involving the Quah twins. After that particular lesson, someone asked Wang Rui and question, and she walked out of the classroom, saying "I don't know anything." I was about to say "Je ne sais quos", and just then one of the Quah twins walked past us, towards the other twin.
It's things like this that make me marvel at the elegant universe.
If I could bring one person from the past to the present, it would be Jesus. I'd like to watch his response as He Googles His name.
Anyway, the way Mr HS Tan conducts his normal physics tutorials are quite amusing.
(while teaching us about the uncertainty principle talks about the photon scattering argument for the uncertainty principle)"... that's the argument here. Are you all convinced by this argument? ...Actually, this argument is wrong. A better answer would be that... (invokes the superposition of wave argument)... by the way ignore this slide. Really, really. Ignore this slide."
"Now, the uncertainty principle only sets the boundary for momentum and position in the same direction; it does not set any limits for the momentum and position in different directions. So, does that mean that there is no limit for the momentum and position of an electron that orbits a nucleus? Actually, to counter that argument, you could invoke the... never mind. (Laughs sheepishly)"
Sunday, May 13, 2007
I've come up with a new excuse.
"My pet mynah jumped onto the keyboard and deleted my homework. Apparently, it landed on the keyboard when I selected the file. Its left foot was on 'Shift' and its right foot was on 'Delete'. Then, as I chased it away, it stepped on 'Enter' once with the left foot and once with the right foot."
"My pet mynah jumped onto the keyboard and deleted my homework. Apparently, it landed on the keyboard when I selected the file. Its left foot was on 'Shift' and its right foot was on 'Delete'. Then, as I chased it away, it stepped on 'Enter' once with the left foot and once with the right foot."
Interesting conversation today with a stranger.
As I walked home, I saw a lady without an umbrella. It was raining, and it so happened that my umbrella was already open, so I sheltered her from the rain for a while. It turned out that she had an umbrella, but for some reason she decided to walk out of the shelter before taking out her umbrella. Here is the conversation that follows.
Lady (hereafter L): Are you a Christian?
Me (hereafter Y): No.
L: Buddhist?
Y: No.
L: Then which religion are you?
Y: Atheist.
L: Sorry? (Not her fault, it was raining and I didn't speak clearly)
Y: Free thinker.
L: Oh, I thought you were a Christian, since you were so kind.
Y: (Smiles. It's nice being a black swan)
L: Do you go to church?
Y: No.
L: Is your mother a free thinker?
Y: She's a Christian.
L: Oh, then why aren't you a Christian?
Y: She didn't convert me. Actually, my sisters went to church school when they were young, because we lived near a church school. After we moved here, there aren't any church schools nearby, so I don't go to church school.
L: Ahh. (pauses for a while) You should have a religion.
Y: (pauses for one full minute) Why do you say that?
L: (Honestly speaking I forgot her answer. After that, she said:) Are you in secondary one?
Y: No, I'm J2!
L: Oh, which school are you from?
Y: RJ.
(I'll skip this part, it's not very interesting)
L: What did you get for PSLE? 270+?
Y: 268.
(I'll skip this part too, for similar reasons as above)
L: Then you must thank God.
Y: (smiles. I can't think of a better response to that.) My primary school drills students very hard, and the teachers are very dedicated.
L: Ahh, then you are lucky.
Y: Yar.
Actually the conversation didn't end there, but there really isn't anything more that is interesting.
Really, it feels great to be a black swan.
As I walked home, I saw a lady without an umbrella. It was raining, and it so happened that my umbrella was already open, so I sheltered her from the rain for a while. It turned out that she had an umbrella, but for some reason she decided to walk out of the shelter before taking out her umbrella. Here is the conversation that follows.
Lady (hereafter L): Are you a Christian?
Me (hereafter Y): No.
L: Buddhist?
Y: No.
L: Then which religion are you?
Y: Atheist.
L: Sorry? (Not her fault, it was raining and I didn't speak clearly)
Y: Free thinker.
L: Oh, I thought you were a Christian, since you were so kind.
Y: (Smiles. It's nice being a black swan)
L: Do you go to church?
Y: No.
L: Is your mother a free thinker?
Y: She's a Christian.
L: Oh, then why aren't you a Christian?
Y: She didn't convert me. Actually, my sisters went to church school when they were young, because we lived near a church school. After we moved here, there aren't any church schools nearby, so I don't go to church school.
L: Ahh. (pauses for a while) You should have a religion.
Y: (pauses for one full minute) Why do you say that?
L: (Honestly speaking I forgot her answer. After that, she said:) Are you in secondary one?
Y: No, I'm J2!
L: Oh, which school are you from?
Y: RJ.
(I'll skip this part, it's not very interesting)
L: What did you get for PSLE? 270+?
Y: 268.
(I'll skip this part too, for similar reasons as above)
L: Then you must thank God.
Y: (smiles. I can't think of a better response to that.) My primary school drills students very hard, and the teachers are very dedicated.
L: Ahh, then you are lucky.
Y: Yar.
Actually the conversation didn't end there, but there really isn't anything more that is interesting.
Really, it feels great to be a black swan.
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Shall talk a bit about the chinese drama done by the chinese society.
I couldn't stand the play done by ri. The actors don't sound natural when they speak mandarin. Besides, the plot seems shallow to me. It's about bad people given a chance to redeem themselves but they don't cherish it, and one good guy eventually didn't need the chance to redeem himself. Simple good versus bad, coupled with unimpressive acting. For one, the ah beng at the "Battle of the Interchange" is way better than the ah beng here.
The second one about the shop was fun to watch, especially the part with the transvestite. The part where the main actor recited the stuff he had in his shop was also impressive.
The third one, which is supposed the main show, is impressive. Chen Bo and Wang Miao are really good. Not many people can spasm for 2 minutes without me having a chill run down my spine. Ho Wen Jun and Chen Bo are the only 2 people whom I know are capable of this.
This is probably really random but the only special lighting effects seem to be the flashing white light. Last year's flashing lights had a whole lot of colours with a larger range of frequencies. (Though I admit, the use of coloured lighting would not be quite as justified in this year's play)
The story was good, on par with last year's, except that the powerful acting made it more impressive. (The french monk in the thai temple was really damn random, and the smell of the incense lingered for a long time after that scene) Some lines in the play are just plain weird when you think about it.
"I'm not in such a bad state that I can't even afford a pack of cigarettes!"
"Of course you can afford normal cigarettes. But can you afford cigarettes laced with high purity heroin?"
The term "high purity" (in her own words, gao1 chun2 du4) was emphasized, perhaps to stress the fact that it is not cheap. But really, it's not like if the heroin was not pure the main character would not have been addicted.
"Then why are you not addicted to the cigarettes?"
*smirks*"That's because I smoke a different pack."
If you were sitting there, you would feel that the way they said those lines made it seem like it is a crucial piece of information to show us how the villain managed to sabotage the main character. But on hindsight, it seems like it's either that the heroin has really taken a toll on his intellect, or that he really flunked his college exams for a good reason.
To end this post with some randomness, I would suggest that the ending part of the play could play something like,
"I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter"
It sounds similar to what the main character said in the end almost before he jumped.
Sometimes it seems like it is possible to make a pun on anything, if you try hard enough. Like a rock. Or a roll. Or a cake.
Mrs Leong mentioned something about trying to find some chinese words that cannot be translated into other languages. I haven't found one. But chinese idioms are quite interesting to translate.
Let's start with the more literally intuitive ones.
zhi4 tong2 dao4 he2: Literally similar goals, same pathway. Describes close friends.
qing2 tong2 shou3 zu2: Literally relationship akin to that of hands and feet. Describes closer friends.
Less intuitive ones:
gua1 tian2 li3 xia4: Literally on field of melons, under (some fruit) tree. It's about avoiding suspicion.
zhang1 guan1 li3 dai4: Literally some guy wearing the another guy's hat. It means anyhow.
Direct translation is more fun.
zi4 xiang1 mao2 dun4: Own self spear shield.
bu4 fei1 ze2 yi3, yi4 fei1 chong1 tian1; bu4 ming2 ze2 yi3, yi4 ming2 jing1 ren2: Don't fly then nothing, fly then reach sky; don't chirp then nothing, chirp then scare people.
I couldn't stand the play done by ri. The actors don't sound natural when they speak mandarin. Besides, the plot seems shallow to me. It's about bad people given a chance to redeem themselves but they don't cherish it, and one good guy eventually didn't need the chance to redeem himself. Simple good versus bad, coupled with unimpressive acting. For one, the ah beng at the "Battle of the Interchange" is way better than the ah beng here.
The second one about the shop was fun to watch, especially the part with the transvestite. The part where the main actor recited the stuff he had in his shop was also impressive.
The third one, which is supposed the main show, is impressive. Chen Bo and Wang Miao are really good. Not many people can spasm for 2 minutes without me having a chill run down my spine. Ho Wen Jun and Chen Bo are the only 2 people whom I know are capable of this.
This is probably really random but the only special lighting effects seem to be the flashing white light. Last year's flashing lights had a whole lot of colours with a larger range of frequencies. (Though I admit, the use of coloured lighting would not be quite as justified in this year's play)
The story was good, on par with last year's, except that the powerful acting made it more impressive. (The french monk in the thai temple was really damn random, and the smell of the incense lingered for a long time after that scene) Some lines in the play are just plain weird when you think about it.
"I'm not in such a bad state that I can't even afford a pack of cigarettes!"
"Of course you can afford normal cigarettes. But can you afford cigarettes laced with high purity heroin?"
The term "high purity" (in her own words, gao1 chun2 du4) was emphasized, perhaps to stress the fact that it is not cheap. But really, it's not like if the heroin was not pure the main character would not have been addicted.
"Then why are you not addicted to the cigarettes?"
*smirks*"That's because I smoke a different pack."
If you were sitting there, you would feel that the way they said those lines made it seem like it is a crucial piece of information to show us how the villain managed to sabotage the main character. But on hindsight, it seems like it's either that the heroin has really taken a toll on his intellect, or that he really flunked his college exams for a good reason.
To end this post with some randomness, I would suggest that the ending part of the play could play something like,
"I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter"
It sounds similar to what the main character said in the end almost before he jumped.
Sometimes it seems like it is possible to make a pun on anything, if you try hard enough. Like a rock. Or a roll. Or a cake.
Mrs Leong mentioned something about trying to find some chinese words that cannot be translated into other languages. I haven't found one. But chinese idioms are quite interesting to translate.
Let's start with the more literally intuitive ones.
zhi4 tong2 dao4 he2: Literally similar goals, same pathway. Describes close friends.
qing2 tong2 shou3 zu2: Literally relationship akin to that of hands and feet. Describes closer friends.
Less intuitive ones:
gua1 tian2 li3 xia4: Literally on field of melons, under (some fruit) tree. It's about avoiding suspicion.
zhang1 guan1 li3 dai4: Literally some guy wearing the another guy's hat. It means anyhow.
Direct translation is more fun.
zi4 xiang1 mao2 dun4: Own self spear shield.
bu4 fei1 ze2 yi3, yi4 fei1 chong1 tian1; bu4 ming2 ze2 yi3, yi4 ming2 jing1 ren2: Don't fly then nothing, fly then reach sky; don't chirp then nothing, chirp then scare people.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
I ought to post something about APhO. But so much has happened, so I'll just use keywords to jot my memory when I feel like recalling stuff.
Day 1:
travellator
foton
villa
Day 2:
bright red blazer
taipei
grandfather's road
"excuse me i'm lost"
hong konger?
thinking
Day 3:
buttery spread
snickers
and someone from singapore
team of 8 boys
sim the manly
101010...
the oil that explodes the river shrimp
we all speak football
foolish
Day 4:
police escort
maglev
weird house, weird gravity
parabolic mirror
grey sand
steamed bread
shu1234
The (Doohk?) Plan
TV: (sword not for spanking; placebo effect, strange dagger trajectory, sign language)
pee
Day 5:
happy tree friends/love actually/saw
tourist trap
corn with pee
more foolish, (koopec?), more about israel
Day 6:
Carnivore/Vegetarian zone
Prawn with big claws
Rice with sprite
"This is like prostitution"
kookaburra
we are all D1
i am cow
Day 7:
"Woah, my school is great!"
"This is a bee..." "This chair, that person, his spectacles, what's next?"
"We are not bullying her, it's just that she's not defending"
chinese acrobatics
dangerous physics o training
no shopping
corsets
Day 8:
imbalance
friends
kiasu singaporeans
Day 9:
ultimate souvenir
exeunt
Day 1:
travellator
foton
villa
Day 2:
bright red blazer
taipei
grandfather's road
"excuse me i'm lost"
hong konger?
thinking
Day 3:
buttery spread
snickers
and someone from singapore
team of 8 boys
sim the manly
101010...
the oil that explodes the river shrimp
we all speak football
foolish
Day 4:
police escort
maglev
weird house, weird gravity
parabolic mirror
grey sand
steamed bread
shu1234
The (Doohk?) Plan
TV: (sword not for spanking; placebo effect, strange dagger trajectory, sign language)
pee
Day 5:
happy tree friends/love actually/saw
tourist trap
corn with pee
more foolish, (koopec?), more about israel
Day 6:
Carnivore/Vegetarian zone
Prawn with big claws
Rice with sprite
"This is like prostitution"
kookaburra
we are all D1
i am cow
Day 7:
"Woah, my school is great!"
"This is a bee..." "This chair, that person, his spectacles, what's next?"
"We are not bullying her, it's just that she's not defending"
chinese acrobatics
dangerous physics o training
no shopping
corsets
Day 8:
imbalance
friends
kiasu singaporeans
Day 9:
ultimate souvenir
exeunt
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Original
There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. You do not yet realize your importance. You
have only begun to discover your power. Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive
conflict and bring order to the galaxy.
I'll never join you!
If you only knew the power of the dark side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
He told me enough! It was you who killed him.
No. I am your father.
Shocked, Luke looks at Vader in utter disbelief.
No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!
Search your feelings. You know it to be true.
No! No! No!
Luke. You can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. Come with me. It is the only way.
_____________
Chinese
没有逃命。不要使我毁坏您。您没意识到您的重要性。您只开始发现您的力量。加入我并且我将完成您的训练。以我们联合的力量, 我们能结束这种破坏性的冲突和带来命令给星系。
我从未将加入您!
如果您只知道暗边的力量。Obi 苍白从未被告诉您什么发生在您的父亲身上。
他告诉了足够我! 这是您杀害他。
第我是您的父亲。
冲击, 卢克看Vader 在完全怀疑。
不。不。那不是真实的! 那是不可能的!
搜寻您的感觉。您知道它是真实的。
不! 不! 不!
卢克。您能毁坏皇帝。他预见了这。这是您的命运。加入我, 并且我们能一起统治星系作为父亲和儿子。来与我。这是唯一的方式。
__________
Back to English
Escape. Do not cause me to destroy you. You have not realized your importance. You only start to discover your strength. Will join me and I completes your training. Strength which to us unites, we can finish this kind of destructive conflict and bring the order to the galaxy.
I never will join you!
If you only know the dark side the strength. Obi is pale is never told you any to occur on yours father body.
He told enough me! This is you kills him.
I am your father.
The impact, Luke looked Vader completely was suspecting.
No. No. That is not real! That is not impossible!
Searches for your feeling. You knew it is real.
No! No! No!
Luke. You can destroy emperor. He foresaw this. This is your destiny. Joins me, and we can rule the galaxy to take the father and the son together. Comes and me. This is the only way.
Courtesy of babelfish.
There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. You do not yet realize your importance. You
have only begun to discover your power. Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive
conflict and bring order to the galaxy.
I'll never join you!
If you only knew the power of the dark side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
He told me enough! It was you who killed him.
No. I am your father.
Shocked, Luke looks at Vader in utter disbelief.
No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!
Search your feelings. You know it to be true.
No! No! No!
Luke. You can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. Come with me. It is the only way.
_____________
Chinese
没有逃命。不要使我毁坏您。您没意识到您的重要性。您只开始发现您的力量。加入我并且我将完成您的训练。以我们联合的力量, 我们能结束这种破坏性的冲突和带来命令给星系。
我从未将加入您!
如果您只知道暗边的力量。Obi 苍白从未被告诉您什么发生在您的父亲身上。
他告诉了足够我! 这是您杀害他。
第我是您的父亲。
冲击, 卢克看Vader 在完全怀疑。
不。不。那不是真实的! 那是不可能的!
搜寻您的感觉。您知道它是真实的。
不! 不! 不!
卢克。您能毁坏皇帝。他预见了这。这是您的命运。加入我, 并且我们能一起统治星系作为父亲和儿子。来与我。这是唯一的方式。
__________
Back to English
Escape. Do not cause me to destroy you. You have not realized your importance. You only start to discover your strength. Will join me and I completes your training. Strength which to us unites, we can finish this kind of destructive conflict and bring the order to the galaxy.
I never will join you!
If you only know the dark side the strength. Obi is pale is never told you any to occur on yours father body.
He told enough me! This is you kills him.
I am your father.
The impact, Luke looked Vader completely was suspecting.
No. No. That is not real! That is not impossible!
Searches for your feeling. You knew it is real.
No! No! No!
Luke. You can destroy emperor. He foresaw this. This is your destiny. Joins me, and we can rule the galaxy to take the father and the son together. Comes and me. This is the only way.
Courtesy of babelfish.
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