Meet fans from LATIN AMERICA! Part Two (Discuss languages, cultures, etc.)

[vunsin]

Here's part two! I'm excited! :excited:

Welcome back, regulars, and newcomers, please join us! :tongue:

Continue our discussions about Latin American culture. And of course, we "speak" Spanish and Portuguese in here too once in a while. :tongue:

[iny]

:roll:
:bounce: UAU.. cool.. PART II!! i am soooo excited!!! hope new peopl may join us!!! there are some who drop by occasionally but i love u regulars... !!! hehehehehe...

my food and beverage test just finished... maaan, i dont think i went really well... its okk...

[Lain Lang]

yayyy!!! PART TWOOO!!!!!!thanks for the thread vun!!

vunsin:so u r going to hav more time now for jcnet?!
iny:but still!!! its way better if u hav classes where u can eat food and drink wine!!!
i discovered these days that i've to get a nine mark to pass in a subject...impossible!! hahaha

[iny]

lena: well yea.. but by now i am completely SICK of wine. first of all the wines they let us taste is not even good. disgusting... the only good one was a sweet wine. well u know me, dont really drink dont like the taste of alcoholic stuff.... anyways, i just feel that here, the courses i dont really use my brains (unless it is accounting). but the rest is a bunch of memorization, no critical skills whatsover... sorta sad, especially studying s hard druing highschool, i feel it was all a waste.. and plus i dont even know if i want to one day GM of a hotel... ahhh.... career confusion....

vun: so.. what are u planning to do after college??

[Lain Lang]

iny: before i have my usual talk with u, i wanna say that my mom came back from tw today and bought jay's QLX!! waa!! so happy!!!! yeah...i dont really like the taste of alcohol either...but wine is okay...at least! u need to drink jurupinga then..its so sweet! hahah ... r u mad?!?! all my classes are extension of my highschool...and its harder and tiring :wacko: ! lets exchange places for a while okay? i dont wanna use my brain anymore...i've used it to the limit (waaa... my limit is really low.. :bleh: ) and its going to explode! hahaha... dont worry iny! maybe later u'll use the knowlegde of highschool ! u wont feel that it was a waste! calculus is quite useful u know (not mine though).. :wink2:

we should talk about the latin coutries... dont u think?! i dont really know what to say...hahah...there're a lot of jay's fans here...i've seem quite a lot in the orkut...

[vunsin]

Lena: I'll try my best to come here as much as I can, but I'm so busy with school work. :cry: I can't wait until this semester's over!

iny: Well... of course I'll find a job in my field after I graduate. :tongue: In case you don't remember, my major is Student Affairs in Higher Education, so I'll be looking for an administrative position in a college or university. I'm interested in student activities and also international student services.

[dianilla]

A big HI for you guys (lena, iny, vun)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW! that's cool!, now there's a second part for the thread :D. I hope everyone is OK! Since I haven't visited the thread I don't know what all of you have been up to!!! I just checked from the old thread that iny was talking something about stealing at his school ^_^, about rich and poor people :wacko: ?? and that lena was saying there were more men than girls in her school :glug: . And what about vun? From what I've seen... are you taking college classes :?

Well, I miss you so much!! And I promise to take pics of Jay for you :wink2: . I'm so excited!!! can't wait for the concert!!!!! :bleh:

By the way... i wanted to upload some Spanish songs into the Spanish songs threas, but I couldn't find it... weird, neither the Diegot Torres one... :cry: Does anyone know if both threads still exist or they were deleted?? :cry:

[iny]

vunsin: oh.. ok... that it actuall a pretty neat career u are following. sounds interesting. anyways. i am total clueless of what exactly i want to do. but i think after studying here, i plan on studying more. maybe in a university, big place, where i can be more independant.

lena: yea i know that u must be stressed. but i am paying so much here, as to NOT use my brain?? :dry: i feel i am getting dummer... :oops: but i think it is because it is the first semester, maybe it will get harder later. but man, i cant wait til the internship i hope i dont get shouted or scolded at everyday.. sorta scary... :crazy:

dianilla : girl, where have u been? i never see you on msn. too busy studing huh? should be doing the same...yup, ppl steal at my college here, cant do nothing about it :worry: ...mmm. i dunno what really happened to the spanish sngs thread.. sorry

oh.. just updates on me. me and my two friends went to starbucks yesterday which btw is located in another city.. hahhaa... but it was worth it!!!! i love starbucks!!! we only came back like 2:40 in the morning... and when we were waiting at the train station this drunk guy came up to us and started asking questions. my friend talked to him in english while we pretended not to understand anything.. hahahaha... anyways... wierd and scary experiences...

[Lain Lang]

vunsin: dont worry girl!! u'll relax soon!!
dianilla: waa!!! new songs!!! yay!! i dont know nothing about it either...vunsin must know...=D
iny: u should be careful!! hahaha i miss u girl!!! hahaha remember when we went to starbucks in taiwan!? were u with us? it was funny that day!!

[vunsin]

dianilla: You're back! :excited: Well... I thought you know... I'm a graduate student. :laughing: About the thread, I think there are some date options you can choose at the bottom of each forum to display older threads. The thread should still be there, but you probably can't see it now because nobody has posted there for a while.

iny: Do they have career exploration tests at your school?

Lena: Erm... it's better that you not mention things I've talked about in DK in here. :sweat: There's a reason I'm not posting them in the public forum, you know. :sweat:

[iny]

vunsin : actually, not there are no career exploration tests here. since it is a really specialized college, most of the ppl here know that they are going to follow the hospitality industring segment. so.. hard for me. anyways. just wait and see...

lena: oh yea. i do remember the time we went to starbucks in taiwayn. so fun!! i am gonna go there everyday if i can. starbucks rules!! too bad we dont have it back in brazil.. wua... but that time in starbucks was my first time ever.. hehehe.... maybe i will go again this week. the only problem, is that it is really expensive maaaan.. :shifty: but worth it...

[vunsin]

iny: So why did you choose that school then? :? I don't understand. :hmm:

[dianilla]

:bounce: yes!!! I'm so happy!! Finally Thanksgiving has come!!!!!!!!!! This means that I have almost a whole week of vacations, but not really "vacations" because i have to hand in my art final project (phase 1) on monday... so... :dry: still i have homework to do :oops: . At least i'll be able to visit the forum more often :wink2: .

Oh, talking about Starbucks. When i went back to Peru last summer, i found out that there were 2 starbucks :happy: . I know that it's expensive, but it's worth it if you don't go too often :tongue: .

[Lain Lang]

brazil doesnt have starbucks... we usually drink our matinal coffee at the Bakery... and here would be really expensive!
dianilla: good for u!! i sitill hav final projects and tests...so ì'm sooo freakin out! and u r going to see jay after christmas....what a gift!!!
still hav three weeks until my vacation!!

[vunsin]

Well... both of my classes are on Tuesday, and Thanksgiving recess started at 12pm on Wednesday, so there's really no holiday for me. :rolleyes: Although... I don't have to work this morning and tomorrow morning. :tongue: Not at school anyhow. I still have to go to my waitressing job.

[iny]

:wave: hey hey hey...
so. sorta been busy these days. still busy. also so much things to do and no time to do. i knew i souldnt have procrastinated. can u believe that i have to memorize 50 wine labels for my food and beverage final exams.... that is like freaking impossible!!!! OH MY LORRRRD... hahaha... but i am soooo happy.. the semester is almost ending.
:? thansgiving?? i didnt even remember it was hehehe... no holidays for that here...
what else?? well, i have no news just dropping by to say hi.. luvs and hugs

[vunsin]

Erm... iny, you didn't answer my question. :rolleyes: I was wondering why you picked your current school if it's a specialized school, but you don't know what you want to study. :tongue:

[Lain Lang]

vunsin: u seems busy... :? and i just hav to handle with school work!! :oops:
ahhh..i really nedd to study!!!! but i went shopping with my mother..huauhahuua..its so good!!!
iny: the Burguer King fastfood opened last week here in brazil...on Ibirapuera Shopping Mall!! goshhh...i went there today...fullll of peoplee!! my friends went to there friday, i think, and they waited more than one hour to get the lunch!!

[vunsin]

Lena: Well... I have three paid jobs (my assistantship, waitressing, babysitting 2 different kids) and two volunteer jobs, and I attend graduate school full-time. :laughing: I'm used to it though. I can't stand being too free! :tongue:

[Lain Lang]

:glug: vunsin: THREE?!?! TWOO?!?! FIVE jobss then!!! i didnt know it was THAT much!! volunteer jobs are okay...because i think it seems fun but babysitting must be tiring...as much as waitressing...i really admire u!! it makes me feel a little pathetic... :oops: hahaha
gosh..i've to study..really..i mean...hav to go... cant stay in this forum anymore!!

[vunsin]

:laughing: I really should be studying more too. Or just spend more time on school work in general. It seems like everytime I have some free time (don't have to work), I'd rather spend my time relaxing, you know. :sweat:

[iny]

maan vunsin.. u workaholic!!! my friends always say that i study and work too much, but man u are the queen!!! huahauahua... well, i thought i would like hospitality mangement. but i am still thinking about it.. i think only time will tell me. anyways i am gonna do an itnernship for 6 months, lets see how much i enjoy it right? i dunno.. i think i am one of those ppl who will still be lost in life when they are 30 yrs. old... hehehe... the thing is that this school is really expensive, so it makes me even more confused and guilty.. poor daddy....... :cry:

lena: burguer king in brasil??!!!nooo waaay.. u know it is cheaper than McD...cool.. i wish they would open starbucks!!! hahaa.... i am going to taipei soon.. lena, u want anything?? meeeu.. to com mts saudades de vc....!!! saudades ta comecando a bater ja q tenho q comecar a arrumar as malas... me lembra qdo tava saindo do brasil 6 meses atras... still cant believe i survived 6 months... dunno, this dream of living abroad seemed so distant, and now, i sorta did it... feels wierd... hehe.. anyways.. still very happy!! :-)

maaan.. i always write too much.. so freakin wordy :oops:

[Lain Lang]

vunsin: havin FIVE jobs are enough reasons to relax on yr free time!! :wink2: sometimes u seems worried with ur school work but u always managed it in the end!! so its okay right?
iny: aiiii tbm toh com saudades de voce!!!!! sinto falta da minha companheira de "jay-nice" :D hahahha....i dont think its cheaper than mc :? i saw the menu (my friends actually stole the menu from there) and didnt seems cheap a lunch was like 12 reais! hahah... i still want to be at yr place....actually right now i'm in doubt if i want civil engineering or ambiental engineering...both are so cool!!! but civil its harder...and ambiental is new (kind of a risk i 've to take), i've chosen ambiental but i can change until tomorrow!!! waa!!! if u can put me inside yr bag and take me taiwan..that'll be enough!!! hahahhaha....if u see lin...tell him that i miss him and to study harder! :wink2:

[vunsin]

iny: So stop asking daddy for money and try earning your own money. Then you'll know the pain. :brows:

Lena: Well... I have a final exam (which I haven't studied for) tomorrow, and look at what I'm doing now. :cry:

[iny]

vunsin: i wish i could stop askig for money. but my parents would never agree to let me have a part time job. just want to me to focus on studying. well i am gonna do an internhsip, so i will be earning a little but of money... lets see... i also have final exams next week, havent started studying... :?
Lena: oh really.. burguer KIng is 12 reais.. oMG!!! sooo expensive.... hahaha.. i would take u if i could maaan... nobody to hang around with or shop with!! hahaha...

[vunsin]

iny: Well... if your parents are contented with your spending their money like it's nobody's business, then I guess you shouldn't complain. :rolleyes:

Anyhow, my final exam was :wacko:

[Lain Lang]

iny: well...its coming the day!! hope u'll enjoy it!! i wish i could go with u but i'm gonna work during my vacation...will keep my mind busy at least!!
vunsin: omg...dont wanna think about my finals :wacko: they're really close and i think i havent study enough for them!!! btw, nice avatar :excited: !! won bin right??
hahah i still cant stop coming here!!!

[vunsin]

Yeah... that's my Korean bf, Won Bin. :rolleyes:

Well... I have another final exam and two papers due for the same class on the same day next week. I can't wait till the semester's over!

[iny]

hello girls!! long time that i havent posted here. well, i finally arrived in taipei. been here for a week and a little. well i dont do much. i did go out everzday since i got there thought. mostly to try to solve some pending bureaucratic problem.s blah!!! hahhaa... the other day i went to taipei main station and shilin night market, but just to check out the stuff. cant buy anything yet. oh yeaaah, and tomorrow i have to go to the doctor.. hate doctors... (wierd, my uncle's laptop doesnt let me insert a smiley.. oh whatever...)

anyways... just stopping by to say hi.. so wassup with u guys all over at the other side of the globe? hihihi... hope u guys are ok with exams and stuff.. oh yeah, what are u gonna do this vacation vunsin?

[vunsin]

Hey iny! I just came back from my 11-day road trip. It's been really fun! :happy: Now I'm still tired from all the driving and lack of sleep! But I have to go to work soon. I have to work tomorrow too! So there'll be no Christmas celebrations for me. :cry: I could definitely use the money though!

So what's new in Taipei? :tongue:

[iny]

VUn!! well, nothing much i think... i have started my internship two days ago. well, didnt do anything, just observing more. sorta scared since my chinese sucks.. i will definately mess up.. hahaha..

oh yeah, the other day i went to Xi Men Ding cuz i saw on tv that lee hom was gonna be there. i thought he was performing but no, it was an autograph session!! but since i dint know, i didnt buy the album to stand in line to get the autograph. although i did see his BACK!!! huahahau. his hair looks very cool from the back btw... haha.. and that lasted less than a second.. haha. soooo funny. but the same day there was a mayday mini-performance and autograph session. i stayed for the little show, it was quite fun even if i didnt know most of the songs.. hahah... anyways, the charity concert which is gonna b eheld on the 8th at 101, jay will be there...so tempting to go, but i have to work the next day, gotta wake up at 5!! hahaha...

other then that i dont have any other news... c ya laterrr

[vunsin]

What?! You missed the chance to come face to face with Lee Hom and TOUCH him?! :cry: I can't believe it. :cry: You missed the chance to tell him how much I love him. :cry:

Anyhow, WHERE IS EVERYONE?!

[iny]

i dunno where is everyone.. yea. i also cant believe i missed the chance to meet him!!! but dont worry vun... he is gonna be again at xi men ding this weekend (sunday)... i am gonna go i think. thank god i have the day off.. anyways....lets see what happenes. i really dont have that kind of luck with meeting artists you know?? huahuahua....

he has been working so hard, he has been in like almost EVERY single show.. haha.. ok.. i wil update more things later.. c yaaa

[vunsin]

Say something to him in Portuguese, iny! I'm sure that'll catch his attention! :tongue: And you MUST tell him how much I love him! :whistle:

[Lain Lang]

Hey girlss!! Sorry...being working lately...just pass by to say Hi and yes, i still love Jay!! hahahah... i miss u guys a lot!!! chatting and laughing!! wow lee hom is nice...my bf send me one of his new songs...iny send me the rest!!!!!! haahah

[vunsin]

Working, Lena? I didn't know that! :rolleyes: What do you do? :tongue: That's a pretty short update for such a long absence. :whistle:

[iny]

hello girls...!! been a while i have posted.. lena, wow u finally came back ! hahaha... oo. i know what song ur bf passed u... i passed to him! but it is really good right? hahaha. i bought the album and got his autograph!! oo.. and shook hands with him, he is soooo nice... even though the host said to us there wasnt any time to shake ahnds with him and they were rushing us away, he still made sure to do so... :happy: mm. what else can i say? there were also some japanese fans.. but lee hom only sang one song!!! :cry: nly forever love. and i stood in line for 2 hrs and it was raining and cold, but it was worth it. he is soo handsome live!! hahaha

oo.. and this weekend there was an autograph session i think of david tao's but i couldnt go cuz i had to work!!!!!! AAAAAAAA.... so annoying!!!!!! now i am living in my other grandma's s house and there is no internet so that sucks... that means no MSN.. hahaha.. ok. guess thats all the updates. bye bye....

[vunsin]

Did you take any pictures, iny?

*sigh* I've missed you guys. :cry: This thread will never be the same again. :cry:

[Lain Lang]

Waa!! Sorry, Vun !! Well, let's see...since the end of x'mas, i've been working at my aunt's store (she sells, hum.. *false jewery*?? i don't know...in pt we say "bijouterias")
while she's traveling...it's quite tiring because it's located in one of the most crowed places in sao paulo! So, i've been dealing to a lot of stressful people in a rush... :wacko: i'll never open a store there! NEVER!
at least i'm not working for free, i'll get some money AND jay chou's book!!! :excited:
at the end of the month, my aunt will come back and i'm free!!! to enjoy a little of my vacation!!!
well, now, i can see how hard is to make money...waaa so tiring!
Iny: u lucky girl!!!! when u come back, dont forget to show me the album with his autograph! waa...david tao!! too bad u couldnt see him!!
Vun: i saw Won Bin in my chinese channel, what he's doing that got so...i dont know...important?!

[vunsin]

I think you mean costume jewelry, Lena. That's what they call it in English.

Ah, you saw Won Bin? :excited: He has to go perform military service now. He'll become even more MANLY after that. :brows: :drool:

[dianilla]

Hi girls! hmmm... when was the last time i posted here? hmmm... like a month ago...? ^_^; sorry for that. I've seen lena a couple of times on msn, though :P

As I have said a long time ago... i went to jay's concert. i did have a great time. I even met one of j-c.net member at the concert and another one on the bus going home. I uploaded some of jay's videos I recorded with my digital camera. If you gals want some videos and pics, just let me know and i will post the links or send it directly to your email address ^_^

Hmmm... what else? i've been so out-of-date in this forum that i don't know how all of you are doing? Well i didn't know that Lena was working :O, and it seems iny is working hard in her internship ^_^ and what about you vun? studying right?

I've had a busy winter "break"... it's unbelievable that time passes so fast... I'm starting classes this friday -___-... Well, I spent a not-so-exciting new year... doing nothing, but playing Gunbound with my bf hahaha while my sister in peru went to celebrate it at the beach >< i'm so envy of her... I didn't even eat my twelve grapes as tradition, or wear any yellow underwear :'( Then, I spent a wonderful week because my bf came to visit me from Toronto :). We had such a great time. After that... I've been spending 10 days at home practising for the TOEFL test -__-... it's a long story... The thing is that in order to transfer to another university (UB) they ask you for your TOEFL score if you're an international student, but you can be waived of the TOEFL if you have taken at least 2 english composition classes. The thing is... i've taken an english compostion class and an ESL class. I even asked them if I was waived of the TOEFL by telling my situation. they said it was ok... but then, when they received my transcript they told me I completed only one english composition class and ESL was not considered as an english composition class -____- So I was angry as hell cuz they were telling me different things... so... after calling the university and discussing about my situation I ended up with no choice but either retaking the TOEFL cuz my TOEFL score had expired or taking another english composition class... I chose the first choice cuz it'd faster to proceed my score while taking another class (even though i'd gain credit) i wouldn't be able to send them my grade on time... and therefore, i may lose the chance to get into the university for fall 2005.

And that's not all. I also applied to another university (FIT). And in this one, i have to present a portfolio interview and do some kind of home test. The thing is that the school sent all portfolio and home test information to my address in Peru -____- when I'd written clearly MY US ADDRESS on the MAILING ADDRESS of the application. i had to contact them and tell them to send all information to MY US ADDRESS and oh gosh... practically, i've wasted a lot time for preparing my portfolio and doing the home test... the good thing is that they give you many days for the portfolio interview and because of my situation i chose one of the last ones that'll be held on february 28... But it's supposed to go to the earliest ones cuz you'll have more chance to be accepted... anyway... i don't even think i can go into that one cuz it's very hard to get into it unless your drawing skill and creativity is really but really good!... anyway, i'll try my best ^_^;

Have you heard of the snowstorm in the northeastern of the us? it's horrible... yesterday, coming back from my chinese class... i could hardly walk haha cuz of the snow T_________T and it's freezing cold right here... i wish i could be in south america :P you lucky lena oh by the way, my mom, my sister, and my aunt went to Argentina and also to Brasil, i guess to Rio de Janeiro. I'm not sure about it. but i told them to buy something for me >=)

Haha, I've written a lot for today :P. I don't have anything to do right now, and since i miss you girls here i am... writing to you! ^_^

[vunsin]

dianilla!!! :excited: You're back! :roll:

Well... I went on a fun road trip during the break and now I'm back in school. This is the third week already. I'm so busy now! :sweat:

Anyhow, I didn't know you have to retake TOEFL to transfer to another school. I thought if you're already enrolled in a university in the US, you don't have to "prove" you know English anymore. :hmm: I didn't even have to take any English proficiency test to apply to university here. I transferred from a college in Malaysia.

I'm sorry you're having so much trouble with your applications. I hope things will work out for you eventually!

Yes, the snowstorm. :laughing: My Taekwondo class was cancelled yesterday and so was my shift at the restaurant. And it's still pretty cold outside. Around 0 degree Fahrenheit, I think.

And please do send me the videos and pix! Please send them to my email: <vunsin@hotmail.com> Thank you in advance! :flowers:

[iny]

girls girls girls.. u are all back!! coolness. it has been a while i dont post here too...
gosh dianilla, so many bureaucratic problems to apply huh?? the best of luck!!! hope everything will be sorted out in the end... i took toefl once, dam, this test is so boring, especially the hearing part, i almost fell asleep. couldnt concentrate at all.. hahaha..

well, it will be almost one month since i started my internship in taiwan... i agree with lena, working is not the best thing in the world... aaaaah... thank god i am gonna get my first payment next week! so excited, already got my credit card today.. u woo.... spend it all away.. hahaa.. jk...

snowstorm?? ihh.. i wanna see snow!! only saw it once in switzerland.. not fair... but i also miss the brazilian beaches, ahh..... in 5 months i guess, when all of this is over...

vun: won bin in military service, we wont see him for like 2 yrs?? omg......

[dianilla]

Hi gals!!! How are you doing? I started classes today x_x. I'm kind of sad cuz I didn't really enjoy my vacations and it's time to study >.<, but on the other side, i'm glad to go back to school cuz i could see a lot friends today :). I miss them so much ^_^.

I dunno if you can help me with an essay i have to write for the department of Architecture of University at Buffalo. They asked me to select a quote or statement that reflects all my thoughts about Architecture. So, I chose a quote from Goethe and it says "Architecture is frozen music". Does anyone would like to give an opinion of what it means? I'd really appreciate it :)

[vunsin]

iny: You're back!!! :excited: I've been pretty busy myself. These few weeks, I have so many things to do - work (multiple things), school, personal life... I don't even want to start telling you, because it'll take me a few hours! But I'm glad to see you again. :hugz:

dianilla: Thanks for the email! :flowers: Sorry I haven't responded to it and thank you properly. I've been so busy the past few weeks. :sweat: I should download the files before the links dies. :sweat: Eh... I don't know much about architecture. :sweat: But to me, the quote talks about capturing a beautiful moment.

[iny]

omg.. internet sucks here.. and my uncles laptop also sucks, i swear i had already posted here before and when i come back it wasnt there.. ahhhh...

so.. mm... i have no new things to say.. haha.. except that i am watching the drama MARS now and am completely obsessed with it!!! hahaha.. zai zai looks so hot with his long hair. hahaha... only thing which i look forward to when i wake up everyday... internship?? yea i guess its ok, dont like it very much, but i mean its work right? hehehe.. and plus nobody likes the boss, including me, she is so arrogant, like she is above everyone. so scared of her!!!! hehehe...

Vun: u are always busy!!! such an active person! hehe. dont get too stressed!! oh yea, u probably have heard lee hom's new album right!! it rules... two new mvs already came out.. if a vcd comes out with his mv i will definately buy!

Dianilla: sorry, i am clueless about architecture. mm, but from what i interpreted from the quote is that just as music can touch ur heart, can cheer u up or make u reminiscence about the past, architecture can also. and it is even more concrete and solid (from the word "frozen"--static of the quote)... mmm.. i dunno if this helps or if its just stupid, been a while i analyze quotes.. hehe...

[vunsin]

iny: I don't think it's your uncle's computer. I think sometimes the server/forum/something does that to our posts. :sweat: It's only happened to me once though. I can't wait to buy Lee Hom's MVs! I'm going home (Malaysia) for about a month end of April and hopefully I can buy CDs and stuffs at a cheaper price there!

[dianilla]

Thank you so much for your comments about the quote. They'll really help me :)

I'm going to be quick :P I'm writing from my school right now. I'm working as a lab monitor in the EDM deparment (Electronic Design & Multimedia) every friday from 9am to 12pm. Although I don't get paid, I think it's nice to gain some experience :P Basically, what I have to do is help students to print their works and help them if they have any problem using a program (haha hope they don't ask me cuz I don't know either LOL :bleh: ) It's so difficult getting used to a Mac... You don't have any idea how many times I've been writing this post... Just pray that this time it's going to be OK :wacko:

By the way, I received my TOEFL score a couple of days ago and guess what? I got 273/300 woohoo!!! :excited: I'm so happy for that :)

That's it for now... I guess :bleh: Take care!!

[vunsin]

I thought TOEFL scores are over 600? :hmm: Do they have a new way of doing it? Anyhow, congratulations. :tongue:

:laughing: Macs are actually quite nice once you get used to them. They look so much cooler too! :happy:

[iny]

VUN: lee hom's mv is passing on the tv right now.. hahaha.. (one simple song?? i think thats how u translate it).. u should definately buy the cd when u go back to malaysia... so worth it.. i even thought i lost, i was depserate looking for it (with the freakin autorgaph man..), and in the end my uncle had taken it to listen in this car.. hauhauhauai felt so relieved!!! i do have some pics of him, but my uncle's laptop doesnt let me post it.. dunno why.. so wierd... i will figure out a way...

dianilla: thats cool that u are working there.. as long as u are happy and satisfied with the job thats already enough. and thats good cuz then u get experience and learn more about computers.. i am like a computer dummie.. haha.. and good luck on ur essay about the quote. glad that our comments helped!!

PS: yay.. MARS is gonna start in 2 min... i love zai zai!! hhahaha.... its gonna end this week though.. how saaaaad... snig snif... OH YEA!!! i bought jay's DVD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS SOO COOOOOL!! although he screws up the lyrics quite a few times.. haha.. oh our jay..hehe

[vunsin]

iny: The album? I've already bought it on YesAsia as soon as it was released! :tongue: I never wait to buy a Lee Hom album, even if I'm totally broke! :whistle: ARGH!!! PIX!!! PIX!!! PIX!!! (I'm acting like a nOOb)

[dianilla]

I thought TOEFL scores are over 600? :hmm: Do they have a new way of doing it? Anyhow, congratulations. :tongue:

:laughing: Macs are actually quite nice once you get used to them. They look so much cooler too! :happy:

There are two ways to take the TOEFL. One is based on paper, and the other one on computer. The maximum score for the paper-based TOEFL is 677 i guess, but for the computer it is 300. The essay score is the same for both: 6. Nowadays, almost everybody takes the one based on computer :rolleyes: and the essay can be typed in the computer or handwritten. I chose to do it in the computer cuz it'll be faster to get the results :bleh:

[vunsin]

I took TOEFL years ago. Like in 1995. :rolleyes: I also took the British version of English proficiency test, the "1119," also called 'A Level' English. I guess I just like taking language proficiency tests. :whistle: They're so fun! People think I'm crazy. :laughing:

So how are things, dianilla? Which schools have you applied to again?

[dianilla]

Haha I've never heard of the "1119" test :S I only knew about the FCE hahaha. Which one was more difficult? I know that the TOEFL test is going to be differente starting in september. There is going to be a speaking section too! They are going to give you a statement and you have like 15 seconds to think about your answer and 45 seconds to record it. that's crazy :s
vunsin I wonder what other language tests have you taken?

I applied to UB (SUNY-university at Buffalo) and FIT (SUNY-Fashion Institute of Technology) Getting into FIT is gonna be soooo hard... there're more competition, that's why they made things harder... and i have to present a portfolio and do a home test... crazy :S

[iny]

vun: so sorry...... but as soon as i get my laptop going here i will post ALL of the pics!!!!!! he is so so so... ah.. .. hahha. no words... hehehe.. i dont like proficiency tests, its so boring for me!!! hahahaha... but thats good at least u have fun when u need to take them.. i always lose my concentration..

dianilla: i also took the toefl one year ago..man, i remember applying to colges and stuff, so tiring... even if i already thought about changing schools now, i dont think i would just cuz i really dont have the energy to go through the application process again.... hhahaha... u go girl!!!!! really hope u get into the one u want!!!!! BEST LUCK IN THE WORLD!!

and.. HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

[vunsin]

Happy Chinese New Year!!! :excited: I'm so excited today! I came to work as usual and found my office nicely decorated! There are banners with Chinese greetings all around the door, fishes and lanterns on my wall and ceiling, and gifts on my desk! :laughing: Everyone in my office contributed! :laughing: There's even some sort of prosperity flower from my boss (I don't even know what it is, but I just acted like I do :whistle: ). And everyone (except for me :shy: ) is wearing red. :sweat: Well... that's a good distraction from all the unhappy things!

dianilla: 1119 focuses mostly on writing, I think. I don't even remember anymore. It's been quite a while! I heard 1119 was supposed to be more difficult. And your scores won't expire. I've never actually taken any other language tests officially, but I've taken many unofficially as practice. :tongue:

iny: I look forward to the pictures! :wink2:

[dianilla]

Oh!!! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! xD (vunsin, I like your banner and avatar xD)

Hmmm... today, i just sent the essay about architecture and the letter of recomendation to UB. I hope i'll get into it T___T.
Today, when i arrived school, everyone was greeting me: "happy chinese new year" and then... "where's my red envelope" and i was like... -.-" "i'm not even married" hahaha they were just kidding.

In my classical mythology class, we saw a movie from 1956 :O it was called "helen of troy" and it was TOTALLY different from The Illiad But still, it was funny to see how "well" the actors were acting xD it was so... "exaggerated".

vunsin, I haven't worn anything red today. But, does my pink coat count? :whistle:

[vunsin]

:laughing: People who don't know about Chinese New Year got all confused today when others wished me Happy New Year. :rolleyes: And then most people got confused about my being Chinese, because they knew I was from Malaysia, but they didn't know that there were Chinese in Malaysia. :rolleyes: Anyhow, I'm touched that my colleagues did so much research on this to do everything "right" according to the Chinese custom! :laughing: My office looks like such a happy place now. :tongue:

[Lain Lang]

Hum... hey guys... :shy: I know!!!! I'M SO SORRY for being so late to post!!! Last time i came here I tried to post...actually it was a hugee post! But the server was too busy and then I lost it! Got so frustrated! Anyway.... SORRY! :oops:
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! it's kind of late...but...oh well!
dianilla: Congrats!!! I already said that to u, but i wanna say it again!! So happy for u!!! I've never seen those movies...just Troy...hahaha
Vun: that's so cute!!! I just tell about the chinese new year to my ch friends...
iny: Just wanna say that I really miss you!!!! I really really do!! Hahaha...we didnt go out much, but I miss a good friend!!!
Hum...let's see!! i don't really remember when was the last time I post, but I think I was still working at my aunt's store! Well, I stopped to work on Jan, 28th! Enjoyed a few days of my summer vacation, but I start to work again as volunteer for a Congress! This congress was for all Hakka of America and there were a few people of Taiwan! It was kind of nice cause I could practise my chinese and a little bit of english! Most of the tourists were quite old like 50... but they were alll really nice!! I loved them! I took them to visit a little bit of Sao Paulo, went to pick them at the airport and helped during the real Congress (there were a few days for them to travel around Brazil!), it was really tiring...and I'd to meet people I don't like... it had misunderstandings...gosh! But in the end..it all went well... I guess!
Hope everyone is fine....I'll hav to say hi on DK too...

[vunsin]

Well... I've said it in DK, but I'll say it again here: I've missed you a lot, Lena! And iny and dianilla too. These thread is so lonely nowadays. :oops: I'm glad you had fun volunteering. :happy: I'm Hakka, you know. :tongue:

[Lain Lang]

Really vun?!?! Hahaha...my friend told me that Hakka hav the most beatiful girls! hauhaahuahuua
I really miss here!!! :hugz:

[vunsin]

Really? :? Hakka girls are beautiful? :? I've never heard that before. I thought the Hakkas were village people. :rolleyes:

[Lain Lang]

well...they're! But we have a large Hakka community here in Sao Paulo...my bf is Hakka too... it's just a little joke because there's a hakka woman (i don't know who gave her this title... but oh well) ], they said she's the Miss "Chinese Imigration" or something like that... so beucase of here...all the hakka girls receive the title...i dont know..! hahaha

[vunsin]

Well... just because of one woman, you guys think all Hakka women are beautiful? :laughing: Like I've said, Hakka people used to be villagers, and then they were nomads. That's all I know about Hakka people. :laughing:

[Lain Lang]

i was kind of kidding vun ... :oops:
it's getting so hot these dayss...

[vunsin]

I know, Lena. I was just teasing you. :rolleyes: Well... come to Michigan. It's still snowing over here! And next week, maybe I'll go snowboarding. If I have the money!

[Lain Lang]

Ohh!!! I'll accept your invitation then!!!! Never saw snow...:cry: and snowboarding must be cool!! It must be expensive though... u've the equipments?! or u have to rent it!?
hahaha... I only read about Jay and Patty this morning...wow!

[vunsin]

I don't go snowboarding that often, so I just rent the equipments. They're around $50-$60. I usually can only afford to go once a year. :sweat: If I get my own snowboard, it'll be at least $200. :wacko:

[Lain Lang]

:oops: Even for rent snowboarding is expensive... but it must be worth it! :excited:
Is it easy to learn!?

[vunsin]

Well... it's not that hard. At least, it wasn't for me. But I rollerblade and ice-skate too. I'm not sure if those helped.

[Lain Lang]

Hum....it seems that everytime I show up, iny doesnt post! :oops: I miss her!!!! where is she?!?!?
I started my kungfu classes!! :excited: it's so tiring but i loved it!!! My classes started too... it's a little weird and scary :wacko:

[vunsin]

Kungfu? Are you talking about wushu? Kungfu is kind of broad. Doesn't that include everything (martial arts)?

[Lain Lang]

hum... I don't know vun!! My teacher says kungfu... I guess... and on the clothes is written kung fu too! Well, and I'm just starting!

[vunsin]

Maybe you can just ask your teacher? :tongue: I don't know... I'm not familiar with Chinese martial arts either. I mean, I'm not sure how many kinds there are and what "kungfu" really includes or is a part of. I only know for sure there's wushu and it's a type of Chinese martial arts orignated from Shaolin.

[Lain Lang]

I guess it's kungfu then... :oops: i didn't ask him, I'm still a little shy to say anything so... maybe later... :worry:
Today was a little cold!! brr... but i still ate ice-cream!! :bleh:

[vunsin]

It's actually kinda sad how I know more about Korean and Japanese martial arts than I do Chinese ones. :sweat: Especially Taekwondo, because I practice it.

I still eat ice-cream and drink cold drinks too even though it's like -15 degrees Fahrenheit out there. :laughing:

[Lain Lang]

Taekwondo!!!! :excited: i think its great!!! If I wasnt practising kungfu, i would had tried that!
hahahah...your situation is worse, of course...cold here is just a cold wind and no sun! hahaha

[vunsin]

Well... This is a nice place to go snowboarding. :rolleyes:

Yeah... I started learning Taekwondo last July. It's really fun. :tongue: It's keeping me healthy too... :whistle:

[Lain Lang]

hehehe... i really would love to snowboard! but...i have to go out of country to do that!
Yeah!! And taekwondo is self-defence too?!

[vunsin]

Well... yeah... just come to Michigan! You can visit me too. :tongue:

LOL... Don't tell me you didn't know what Taekwondo is?! :roll:

[Lain Lang]

hahaha I'll!!!! Michigan must be awesome!!!
i know what taekwondo is...hahah!! i'm just asking if it can be self defense too!?

[vunsin]

If you know what Taekwondo is, why wouldn't you know that it's also self-defense? :rolleyes: I believe all forms of martial arts are self-defense! :tongue:

Well... if you like cold weather, you'll like Michigan. :rolleyes:

[Lain Lang]

yeah yeah vun!! My bad...hahaha... i think what i was trying to say is if you are practsing taekwondo because u want to self-defense!? or something like that... because everyobody ask me if that's the reason of me practsing kungfu!

[vunsin]

:laughing: I thought you asked: "Is Taekwondo self-defense?"
instead of :"Are you practising Taekwondo for self defense?"

Well... I've always been interested in it. My brother practised it when he was in high school, but my parents wouldn't let me because I was a girl. :dry:

[Lain Lang]

hum... I see... well when I told my dad that I was going to practise kungfu... he laughed! "U're such a little girl!", he said! But he didnt say "no" to me, told me I was already a "big" (so ironic) girl to make decisions on my own! hahaha
i hate when someone say "you can't do it, because you're a girl" grr!!!
ahhh vun Happy Woman Day(hahaha...don't know if it's right!)!!!!!

[vunsin]

:laughing: Happy Women's Day to you too.

Some Asian parents are overly protective of their kids, especially their daughters!

Actually, at one point, I secretly went to Karate class with one of my cousins, but the people there weren't very nice or patient and I was so lost! So I didn't return.

[Lain Lang]

Yeah... I can imagine...my parents are are really protective! But they're not as parents in taiwan... i think!
really?! not nice and not pacient?!?! i think the guy that was teaching me wasnt so pacient, but then he was really nice and teach me everything!

[vunsin]

I think in general, Chinese parents who're not in Asia are more open-minded than their Asian counterparts. :laughing:

Well... the Karate class was very big and everything was just very chaotic! I didn't even know who the instructor was, actually. :whistle:

[Lain Lang]

Yeah... it's true, even if they try to mantain the same educatio, it's still different!
Hahaha... so u were really lost!
i wonder where iny and dianilla are...i think i'll try to reach iny by phone!! :oops:

[vunsin]

Please tell iny I've missed her! I'm glad at least you're still around. Otherwise, this thread would be dead. :cry: And where's dianilla? :unsure:

[iny]

:wave: i am baaack...
i am sooo sorry i havent posted in the thread... :shy: so ashamed... i caught up on ur karate/taekwondo conversations though! hehehe...
i have been too absorved in my internship to even use internet. so lazy sometimes. just open to download bitorrent... hehe... well, actually, most of the days i have been without internet connection cuz i am at my others relatives house, and they have NO internet.. sadly enough...
omg.. and about the taiwanese parents. completely agree. some are so close minded and old fashioned.. open ur mind, open ur eyes!!! i dunno, i think living here for almost 3 months already, i think my future is not taiwan. i dont seem to fit here. cant blend in with the culture. still prefer the brazilians,lena!! hehehe... or maybe its just because i keep meeting the wrong people.. maybe its the hotel.. hahaha... i am really starting to get homesick now... :worry:
anyways...i dont do much. i work, get tired... and just sleep sleep.... and on my dayoffs, lock myself in the house doing nothing or i go out and spend money.. hahhaa... oh LENA! u know, i bought a birthday present for ur boyfriend, but he insists in not letting me go to visit him and deliver the present... wth... :crazy: oh.. yea... happy late woman's day!!! hehehe...
omg.. i had to say this, have u seen the new mv of lee hom VUN?!! :brows: i was in shock :excited: when i saw his bodyyy....... i never knew he was so well fit!!!! HAHAHAHA

[vunsin]

iny!!! :welcome: back! :excited:

LOL... Have I seen the new Lee Hom MV? Of course! We've been talking about it even before it was released! :laughing: And in case you haven't noticed, there's a whole new Lee Hom subforum now! :laughing:

I can't imagine how some people can be without internet connection. :rolleyes:

[Lain Lang]

OMG!!!!INY !!!!!! I'm sooooooo missing you!!! :hugz: I don't even find you though msn!!! And here, at least I have vun to talk with...it was funny! :excited:
Hum... then come backk, iny!!!! I wanna go to b-ball games but i don't want to be alone!!! Although i can be the camera girl now! huauhauhhau...
Working must be hard!!! Cant' wait to see you again...just wait...it's just more 4 months right?!? well, you cant find nice people all the time ne? just hang in there!!! Ahh!! GO VISIT HIM!!! He must be hiding things!!! Just insist and he'll let it go... eventually...I'll tell him too, but he doesnt listen to me! hahah
wow!!! I wanna see leehom new MV!! hahhaha :whistle:

[vunsin]

Lena: The MV is available for download in the Lee Hom forum, you know. :rolleyes: And so are MANY other songs, MVs, and other clips. :wink2:

[iny]

hahahha.. yea, i DID notice the new subforum thing of Lee Hom.. so COOL!! hey, i saw yesterday in the news that he is changing covers so he is holding another autograph session. but i dont think i will go. i mean, no offense, but the new cover is not as pretty, and cant afford to buy another copy.. hahahhaa... i am just wondering if he will sing some songs. if he does, then i will go!! hahaha...

yea, mm, still four more months to go... everyday that i get off work, i am filled with relief. until i think, shit tomorrow i have to wake up and go to work again.. hahhaha...

VUn: i know i almost couldnt believe i could stay more than two days without internet. but i am doing fine. i spend most of my time sleeping actually.. hahaha... and i never meet my friends online. so annoying!!! isolated in my little bubble.

Lena: omg, u shoudl go girl!!!! hahaha... is fritas gonna start competing again? but i dont think my brother, leandro can play. he twisted his ankle really bad a month ago.. so i dunno... u have to be the camera girl for me. omg, how i miss that heaavy camera. huahauhaua.... hihi.. i sure did capture some funny moments.. hahaha.. aaaaaa... how i miss home... damm homesickness.....

[Lain Lang]

Vun: i'm gonna check it out...did i tell you that my dad bought the leehom's cd for me!? he got the old one!! But i dont have it so YAY! It was a surprise!! Cuz i never told him that i like leehom's songs! hahaha
Iny: Hum....i don't know...because a friend of mine is going to replace Ang (well...he'll try...), so i think the games will start soon...maybe next month or something like that!! My friend even ask if my bf was here in brazil and if he could play! My camera is not as good as yours...but i'll try to find a better one! I know there's a video about me right?! the boys said it was so funny..don't even want to watch it...i must be looking dumb!

I'm really tired now...didnt sleep much!! And its so freakin hot here!!!

[vunsin]

iny: Hey, I just remember this! We talked about you posting Lee Hom's pix! Did you take any? :laughing:

Lena: Which album did your dad get for you? Actually, they're all good. :laughing:

[Lain Lang]

vun: the evolution one! I've heard some songs before, but now i've them all!

[vunsin]

Evolution? Does he have long hair? It's a compilation album. :happy: So your dad made a wise choice, actually. :laughing: Which is/are your favorite song(s)?

[Lain Lang]

yes!! its this album!! actually i don't listen to it very much... but the few songs i listen to, i like it!! he has such a beautiful voice!! hum...i don't know how my fav songs are called...hahaha...

[vunsin]

At least you know the order of the tracks, right? For example, the first song on Disc A, or something like that. :rolleyes: You should definitely get the latest album though.

Anyhow, where's iny? I saw her lurking around the other day, but she didn't post.

[Lain Lang]

yeah... I know... but the ones i like is in my computer! so dont know the tracks... i want to buy the new one!! eveybody say its great! wanna hear it!!
i dont know...havent talk with her in a while!!!
omg... Sang Woo is soooooo handsomee!!! saw his movie "Love, So divine" didnt finish it yet!! but i'll!!!

[iny]

hey girls.. vuuun.. i cant upload the lee hom pics!!!!!!!! i dunno why!!!!! its so frsutrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :crazy: i want to bang my laptop!!!! i am so sorry.. i will try again after two days ok? cuz i have two more night shifts, which equals no internet access...

now i am totally obsessed with se7en and 1YTM.. damm.. they are so cool... and dance so well...!!! hehehe... one love is such a nice songs... and taebin.. taebin... :whistle: wow.. no words...

[vunsin]

Well... I love 1TYM's music, but I'm not really into those guys themselves. And Se7en is just a little boy to me. :rolleyes:

Lee Hom is the man. :brows:

[iny]

hahahaha vun... u are really lee hom's diehard fan!!! well.. but actually i was trying to find the fourth album to et from 1ytm but i cant find it to download. but one love is really good...oh yea. did i tell u guys that next month i will be actually cleaning up the rooms in my hotel.?i will be a roomaid so i will be working all morning shifts.. so that means.. internet the whole month!! YEA BABY.....!!! :excited: huahaua.. download more stuff.. actually maybe only take 2 weeks to download the OC!! HUAHUAHAUHUAUA... :oops: but anyways.. the next thing i am excited for... JJ's new album!!" :-) ok.. no big news... thats all... bye bye

[vunsin]

Hey iny, do you mean the ONCE N 4 ALL album? It's the best album among the four, I think. I originally downloaded it from BoxUp, but I later got the original copy as a gift from somebody. :rolleyes: Anyhow, why don't you post a request in the Give-Me forum? Maybe somebody can upload it for you. Or I'll do it when I'm free if nobody has done it yet.

And a new job? Which hotel is that?

[Lain Lang]

yay iny !!!! now maybe i can talk with you more often!!!
my sis hav a few songs of 1TYM!! and she like them, but don't what they look like..hahah
i like Se7en's song... i only heard one...iny sent me!
vun: i think it's the same hotel..i dont know.. :worry:

[vunsin]

Lena: 1TYM's music is awesome, but they all look so... :rolleyes: Taebin isn't too bad, but he's too skinny! Anyhow, I requested their first and second album a while ago, so they're available for download in the D&L forum. :wink2:

[Lain Lang]

hum...thanks for the tip!!!! i saw Taebin's pic... he's okay...but too skinny!!!
i like Bi!!! i saw his k-drama FH! really cute!! dl a few of his songs...he sings pretty well!

[vunsin]

Yeah... Taebin has nice abs, but he's still too skinny. Maybe he's still young. :sweat: He's quite cute, actually. He just needs to put on some weight!

Oh... and Bi has a really sexy voice. :laughing:

[Lain Lang]

yeah vun! i saw his abs...is he young? how old is he!?
waa....Bi really has a sexy voice...great body too!! saw his abs a lot in the drama!!

[vunsin]

I think Taebin is 23 this year...

Bi is around the same age too, I think. Maybe a little older. I haven't actually checked out his body yet, but I will. Soon. :whistle:

[iny]

yea yea. thats the album i am talking about!! its cuz i saw ur comments on the other threads about this album, and i trust ur taste so.. was trying to dig it out hehehe.. yea sure!! i will post in the give me forum later!! hehe..

its in the same hotel !!!! hahha... just changing jobs for a change. so that i learn new things and dont get bored. maybe then time will pass faster.. my mom called me yesterday.. i talked to her for like 40 min!!! hahaa.. uau... in the end i started crying :cry: not for anything special... just cuz i so badly want to get out of here!! and she was telling me stories from brazil... damm how i miss my home country!!!! i hate taiwan!!! anywaaaaaays... JUST ( :dry: ) another 91 days!! hahaa.. i am already starting ma countdown.. huahauhauauaha..

ohh.. i just saw the news now.. JJ was performing his song No. 89757 since his album was released today. and he bumped into a dancer and his mic fell!!! hahahhaha.. poor thing!! but that was quite funny.. haha.. ok.. thats all... bye bye luv ya girls...

[vunsin]

Oh... I'll be going home for a month too during the summer. That will be fun. For the most part. :rolleyes: I'm kinda nervous about going home, because I haven't been home in six years! And I don't think I'm ready for the reverse culture shock. :oops:

[Lain Lang]

hum...my sis will send me some 1TYM's songs!!!
yeah vun, Bi's 23! pretty young... not younger than me though...i'm not even 20 yet!
awww iny, i'll do the countdown with u okay?!?! need to buy u a gift!! hav some suggestions vun!?
waa!!!! sixxx years?!?!?! its a long timee!!! i dont think i could spend so much time away from my family!

[vunsin]

You're going to give iny a present, Lena? That's nice. :happy: Suggestions? I don't know... I think she should bring presents back to Brazil! :laughing: Maybe you can plan a party for her or something? :tongue:

Well... my mom moved to a different town after I came here, so I don't really know the new "home" or town!

[Lain Lang]

humm...party is a nice ideiaa!!! but i really don't who to invite! hahaha... i just know a few guys that we travel with! 28th feb was iny's birthday... dont know what gift would be good! i wanna give something that she would remember me when she's away!!!
wow! yr mom moved? and the things u left?!

[vunsin]

Ah... I missed her birthday? :cry: I don't know what you should get her. I don't even know what she likes. :sweat: Maybe you can make something for her? :whistle: Are you the creative type? :laughing:

Yeah... my mom moved. It's a long story and not something that I'd want to share in the public forum. Anyhow, she moved most of my and my brother's stuffs with her too.

[Lain Lang]

sorry vun :worry: ! so... u'll see yr brother too?? or he's studying overseas too!?
I'm not really the creative type...i still have three months to think about it! i've to buy my bf's gift too!!

[vunsin]

My brother is studying in Japan. I haven't seen him in three years already, I think.

I'm not very creative either, but I love shopping for gifts for others! :tongue: If I were rich, my friends would be getting all sorts of nice gifts. :laughing:

[iny]

hello girls!!!! wow... i am not here for only one day and u two already post so many msgs!! hahaha... nice nice... wow, the party idea seemed nice :wink2: hehehe...

omg.. havent gone back in 6 yrs?! maaan, i couldnt make it also. i miss the brazilian rice and beans toooooo badly.. :happy: hahahha.. just kiding. i would die missing my brothers and parents so much.

anyways... so, i today was my second day being a roomattendant. maaaan, its pretty tiring u know. and my shoes are not exactly very comfortable so after cleaning up 13 rooms i cannot even walk properly.. haha.. and am so damm slow when changing the blankets and cleaning up. i cannot catch up with the lady who is teaching me. so i first am paired up for 2 weeks with this roomattendant trainer (although she doesnt say much... quite wierd....) and then i start cleaning up 6 rooms by myself. i reallly hope i can lose weight!! HAHAHAHA...`what else? so, i also went to the doc again cuz of my hand allergy and i have to take MORE medicine... aiaaa... hehehe... 3 times a day! but its the chinese herbs type...

JAPAN VUN?! cool... yea, i think i remember seeing pics of ur brother in ur site or th... thats cool i have always wanted to go to japan to take a look. but i heard things are really expensive there right?

[Lain Lang]

wow!! JAPAN!?!?!? quite nice huh??? i would love to got there!! i hav a lot of friends who went there last summer... to work... but things there are too expensive! i saw his pics too... in photo album! :D
hahaha iny, really weird huh? she doesnt talk much? i'm sure u'll lose some weight... i have to lose some too...i'm getting fat! XD will all those chocolates from easter!

[vunsin]

Well... I see you guys have been "waiting" for me (aka being quiet... :whistle: ) while I was gone. :rolleyes: Now I'm back, so please start posting again. :rolleyes: I'm still tired and disoriented after driving for 9 hours yesterday, but I'm glad to be back. :happy:

[iny]

hahaha.. yea!! of course we were waiting for u vun!! anyways.. i think i already have lost some weight even if i am still very fat and my uncle still complains that i am too fat everyday. i come home from a long tired days of work and he asks:"have u lost weght?"... WTH!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha.. but i am really tired. my legs and back are sore from bending my body so much to makeup the beds and cleaning bathrooms. but its all good!!!
mmmm.. i have two daysoff, STRAIGHT!!! what a miracle. bu then i need to work 7 days stragith with no rest. i am gonna faint....and today my family and me, we are going to clean and cut the grass around the graves in the mounatins. so tiring also!! hahaha.. gonna have many mosquito bites.

oh nmaaan, here in taiwan is getting vey hot! but I dont like summer here, its so humid so gets very sticky icky..... hahahaha...
wow vun, 9 hrs ??!! damm... get some rest!!!!!! :-)

[vunsin]

You should get some rest too. :laughing: My semester will be over in a week, and I'll be free! :excited: Although... I need to figure a lot of things out, like where to move to in two weeks and when I'll be going back to Malaysia. :sweat:

[Lain Lang]

Of course vun!!! We've been waiting for you! OMG! nine hours?!?! i can't even stand one hour!! YAY! u must be a little nervous to go back, right?
iny, waa!! what a evil uncle! hahaha... u'll lose some weight...eventually.. hope i'll lose some too! u need a rest too!!
my tests are going to start...i'm a little stressed out..so...i wont show up much!

[vunsin]

Gosh... I have two papers due in two days and I'm still working on them. :oops: I just can't concentrate! I'm excited about the semester being over, and I'm worried about my living arrangements! :oops: And then I have to make plans to go home... :wacko:

[Lain Lang]

Vun, try to be like your avatar (i love it btw... didnt tell you before cuz i always forgot to say!)
relax a little...try not to think about home...u need to finish those papers first right?! good luck to u!!!!!

[vunsin]

:laughing: I have a lot of cute avatars like that. :tongue: But it's not really warm enough to be dressed like that yet. :laughing:

Anyhow, I've already finished one paper. One more to go! :tongue: And I'll be done with the semester tomorrow! :excited:

[Shanhaigirl]

Hi Iny, hi Lain! :wave: and other latin americans :wave:

i'm here to pass a message from Vun

She fixed her computer (finally!!! yay!!!), but she's still having problems with her monitor. She needs to change it, so she probably won't be able to come online till next week. Her friends at whose place she's staying now are moving next week and when they do she'll be able to come online again.

she misses yall!

[iny]

oh ok! thnx shanghai girl for passin gon the message!! i miss vun a lot.. just a pity she wont be back that soon. well actually i havent been online that often now a days. lena might know since she even called me from brasil!! (valeus...e forca!!!) been to freakin tired to even move around the house. my legs are sore me feet are almost broken from the excess physical work in the hotel.. well... 2 more months left and i am free as a bird. i never desired that so much for sth to end in my life... :crazy: guess thats all.. no biggie news... bye ybe... mis u all

[Lain Lang]

Aww... I miss vun tooo!!! But i wont be here so often too... college is getting hard...two months to do bunch of things...and personal problems too...I'll try my best to come here!

[dianilla]

Hi girls! Long time not visiting the forums. Wow! I miss you a lot, it's been like almost two months since i haven't posted anything... oh that's bad >.<

Hmmm... I've been trying to catch up with everything you've posted so far.
Let me see, where should i begin?... :wacko: Oh, yeah, about se7en and 1tym. I have the songs though. if anyone wants it i can send it to you. But, i would recommend you to go to: www.asianmusicnetwork.com, sign up for it and then you'll be able to download music. They have almost everything about chinese, japanese and especially korean music. So, go and try it... hehe i've downloaded a lot of songs from there, and i think it's faster than downloading from j-c.net forum and you don't have to request anything because you'll practically find what you desire.

I agree with you about Bi's voice. Very sexy...

I still haven't finished school. But finals started today and i have 2 finals plus my photography presentation on monday.

Well, now... something that i'd like to share with you gals... yesterday i found out that my grandma in peru passed away... Oh god! i've never experiended something like that before and it really feels awful. My mom even wanted me to go back to Peru for two days to attend the mass and bury ceremony and then come back to NYC to take my finals. I also wanted to do that, but after analysing the situation, i don't think it is convenient becuase i think being there is going to affect me more than now... and i won't be able to concentrate on my studies when i'm coming back. besides, i wouldn't have time to study...
Today, even i was not feeling that well, i went to school to finish my photography project. i think keeping myself busy did me some good because i didn't have to keep thinking about what happened and i didn't want to feel depressed as i was last night... i think i still need to go on with my normal life even though i've already lost a loved one.

Hope everyone is doing fine.

[borr]

LOL this is a 4 people topic..only Vunsin, Lain Lang, iny and sometims dianilla post!! :D
even though there are over 133 posts! My god! LOL
Well i am a latin american too! here i am now! Its now a 5 users topic! LOL :D

[dianilla]

Hi! Welcome to j-c.net and to this thread!

Did you just realize that there was a thread for latin american fans? :P Well, i think we should thanks vun, iny and lena for keeping this thread alive because i haven't posted here for very long time, but i'll try my best to go to the forum as often as i can.

[iny]

wow.. welcome Borr!!! u are also from brazil? !!!
wow dianilla sorry to hear that ur grandma passed away..i lost my grandpa bout 5 yrs. ago also. i came back to taiwan just to go to the funeral. its very say. i wasnt very close to him since i lived so far away in braizil, but he always treated me like a little princess. i still miss him a lot, if he was only still alive, all this internship in taiwan might have been a little better...
anyways, keeping ur mind busy is the only way. concentrate and focus on the happy things!!! strength!!!
anyways, guess thats all.. !! oh... and if u have the opportunity i would love to see ur phorography projet!! hehehe.. byeeee

[Lain Lang]

Hello!!! Welcome borr!! this thread is great!! i love it so much! but i dont really hav a lot time to come here either, my finals are coming, lots of papers to hand in! so busy!!
Waaa Dianilla! I'm sorry to hear that, I don't really know how you feel because when my grandad died I was too young and my others grads are still alive so... I just can imagine how hard it must be! But you're right! Try to keep your mind busy and everything! That's what I do, just my motive is not as strong as yours... I broke up with my bf... just a month ago... but i'm quite fine now, I'm still his friend and everything...he'll be back next month and i'll go out with him...hope things go alright... :wink2: ne iny? you're coming back too!! i miss you so muchh!! your bro will have to share you with meee!!

[dianilla]

Thank you girls for cheering me up. Actually, I'm fine now. The day I'm going to arrive Peru will be exactly the 3rd week since my grandma passed away. I think I'll go to the cementery and later to a dinner in honor of my grandma.

iny oh long time no talk and i haven't seen you in msn... well, sre you still in Taiwan? It was an internship, wasn't it? Oh, sorry if i was wrong. Hope you get fun in Brazil xD. By the way, I couldn't take any pic of my project cuz i gave it to the professor already >.<.

Lena Oh, i didn't know about the breakup with your bf :S. Yeah, hope things go well and you two get along as friends ^.^

[vunsin]

OMG... This is my first login after.... more than two months? :sweat: I feel so disoriented. :wacko: I've been wanting to come here for the longest time, but unfortunately, it just didn't work out. First, there was the problem with my computer. And after I fixed it, I didn't have internet connection anymore. I was also on leave (from work) for two months and couldn't use the computer in my office (which I'm using now). And then when I went home, I barely had enough time to meet everybody. Now I'm finally back in the U.S. I still haven't set up my own computer yet. Before I left, it was acting strangely. I didn't have time to figure out what was wrong. Hopefully, it isn't too serious of a problem.

A lot has happened since I last came here. I don't even know where to start! I guess I'll just take things slowly. I'm still a little overwhelmed... :sweat:

[Arkiro]

I'm from Puerto Rico (for me consider the smallest island ever :dry:) but I don't know if that's consider latin :? :oops:. Well anyways it doesn't matter I would love to meet anyone from any country/island/etc. For me is good to meet all the people you can so you can learn from them or from their country :bleh:.


P.S. - forgot to write that Puerto Rico speaks Spanish :wink2:.

[Lain Lang]

Welcome Arkiro!!! Hum.. I guess its latin...I dont really know!
Me and iny are from Brazil and Dianilla is from Peru!!
Vun... hum...she actually doesnt come from any latin country!
My winter vacation went pretty well (july)... and i saw Iny!!!!!!!!!!!!! waaa i missed her so much!!! Now she's back to college... :cry:
welcome back vun, btw! I did talk to you in msn right?!
And I saw Jay's movie! Quite nice... ^^ better than I thought!
Miss you guys!

[Arkiro]

Hello um...I guess you have welcomed me a long time ago but I didn't reply (sorry) :worry:. The thing was that school started for me so I couldn't use the computer for the week :cry:. Well I hope I'm still in :happy:.

[Lain Lang]

Dont worry man! I dont come here that often too! hav a lot of work at college...soo... dont really hav time!! enjoy jcnet! its really fun!!!

[dianilla]

Hi guys! Welcome Arkiro to our thread!
Haven't visited to the forum for a very long time. I've been so busy during my summer and now I just transfered to Buffalo, NY. I'm living on campus and have a roommate from Hong Kong ^.^ and we are in the same major: Architecture! I've been having orientation for the whole week.
I was just passing by and saying Hi! to all of you and hope that you guys are fine. ^.^ I really miss the forum ~.~

Oh My...! Nobody posted anything after the last time i did?? T^T Where did everybody go? I miss you gals!!!!!!!!!! Everyone must be very busy with college life... I was just passing by because fortunately i don't have a looooot of homework for this week because... this friday I am going to Toronto! yay! My architecture studio class and the instructor will go to an exhibition of the human body in the Ontario Science Centre :D. I'm really looking forward to it. I will stay until sunday morning because i want to visit my boyfriend ^.^ and i have a friend from peru who just moved there :D. Oh! And i would be able to buy a lot of POcky's!!!! and many stuff that i can't buy in Buffalo T^T.
Well, hope that everyone is doing well.

[Lain Lang]

here here dianilla!!!!!
i'm busy these days!!! after the end of my semester in college, came to TAIWAN!!!!yes!!! really nice!!! can see Jay everwhere!!!!
but right now i'm in an university...studying chinese...overseas study program!! really nice!!!having a lot of fun!!!
hope everyone is okay!!!
miss all of you!

[Pao-Pao]

Hi Guys!! I'm from Venezuela!! Nice to meet everyone in here!! It's so cool to finally see someone from my territory!! haha haha....so most of the people are from Brazil and Peru....Hola compatriotas...great!!...so how old are you guys?? do you go to school, university??...See you guys around!! :wave:

P.S: I wanna get to know all of you soon!!!

[dianilla]

Hi Pao-pao! Welcome to the Latin American thread!

I haven't checked this forum for so long... This thread was almost dead. I'm glad you made a post ^.^. My name is Diana and I'm from Lima, Peru. I'm 20 and I'm currently studying in Buffalo, NY. My major is architecture. I hope we can get to know each other better. It's always nice to make friends around the world especially someone from the same continent!

[Pao-Pao]

Hi Diana...nice to meet you...yeah this thread was like dead cuz I haven't get any response from it hehe...well I'm 21 and I live in Venezuela, I'm studying Chemical Engineering and this is my senior year so I'm doing my thesis now...Lima? nice...we're so close haha closer than the rest in here...the friends I know from this forum are from, Bulgaria, Texas, Washington and Canada...no one from latin america...so did you win a scholarship or something? it's great that you're living in Buffalo right now...well I'll add you to my msn list so I hope to chat with you soon...see ya!!!

[dianilla]

Hi Pao-Pao. Thanks for adding me to your msn list. That'd be a good way to get to know each other. I didn't get a scholarship or anything like that although I wish I did... I'm supposed to be junior according to my credits, but I'm sophomore in this school, University at Buffalo. Before coming to Buffalo, I was studying in NYC for 2 years. Living and studying NYC was awesome, but I was in the architecture program waiting list for 2 years so I couldn't wait more... and decided to transfer here. Living in Buffalo is not as excited as living in NYC but school keeps me so busy now that I'm taking my major courses that I cannot even have time for myself and explore what this city has to offer. It seems that these couple of days I wasn't as busy as usual, but I know I'll be for next week @_@. Oh well, hope to get some time to chat with you or I'll at least try to drop by here some time. Take care!

[Pao-Pao]

O.o Diana you really seem busy girl...don't worry hon...we can chat at msn or when you have time...school comes first!!...I'm busy too...When I have free time I always sleep or just rest....sometimes (well at least 1 time a day) I post in the forum hehe...yeah I guess Bufallo isn't that great as NYC but hey I'll kill for living there...gosh that's my dream...I wanna work in USA or Canada...or Australia...I'm thinking about it and maybe when I get my diploma I will...but you were born there? why are you living there right now?...so tell me how did you know Jay?? haha lol...and are you chinese, japanese, viet?...see ya sweetie and good luck with everything and remember to rest every now and then...it's good for your body, mind and soul.

[dianilla]

No, I was born in here. I was born in Lima and came here just to study. My parents are chinese, so I can say I'm pbc? (peruvian born chinese? LOL). How about you?

I still remember I was still in high school (I think it was my senior year) when my friend told me about this Chinese singer [Jay] whose music was very cool... So i decided to download one of his songs and omg! I became so addicted to Jay's music! It was totally a new experience cuz I wasn't used to listen to Asian music except for those old-days songs my dad used to play in his car lol.
So it's been almost like 5 years since I've been Jay's fan. I used to come to this website more often, but college kept me really busy...

I wish I could rest right now, but finals week is coming soon and I have so many assignments to do... OMG! I feel I wanna die... Architecture = architorture... T^T

[Pao-Pao]

aww Diana don't worry...just relax...take a deep breath and just keep going...soon you'll finish with all the finals...haha Architecture = architorture lol....I'm busy too...I used to come here a lot but now I'm working on my thesis, I told you that, and I don't have enough time but I still post every now and then...if my friends read this will call me crazy cuz at least I post once a day haha.

peruvian born chinese? nice! well I'm not chinese...I was born in Venezuela and I'm still here...but when I get my diploma I wanna move somewhere else...I don't see my life here...this isn't the country for me...I wanna to accomplish so much and Venezuela right now isn't the best place for that...haha probably you're thinking "how did she met Jay?" lol...I have five friends who live in China and one of them told me about Jay’s music like 7 month ago so I listened Ye Qu and that was it haha I’m in love with him since then…he’s amazing…I feel so bad cuz I met him so late but hey now I’m a fan and I’m so into asian music right now cuz of him + I’m learning mando now and it’s so cool.

Diana do you have “my space”?? I do…you can see mine if you go to my profile…BTW I haven’t been on line on msn, I was like addicted 3 months ago now it gets bored!! Lol

Take care girl and good luck with the finals!! you can do it!! lots of kisses!!

[dianilla]

Now I see. I thought you were asian but born in Venezuela just like me. Guess I was wrong. I'm glad that you are into asian music. It's so different from latin music. When I'm tired of listening spanish music, I'll just switch into asian or viceversa xD.

I wonder if you like anime. There is this anime called "Death Note". I don't know if you've heard of it before, but it's pretty cool. There's a website where you can download all the episodes with English subtitles.

About moving somewhere else, I think the reason I came to study here was to get better future and also, there are more opportunities in the US than in Peru. I think you know what I mean because we both come from South America and you know how the political and economic situation is... It's very hard to find a job in Peru and if you do, the salary is very low *sigh*. If it wasn't because of that I wouldn't have come here in the first place. I miss my family and friends so much!

I don't have "myspace" though, but I have Hi5 and facebook. I haven't been online on msn either... I don't think I will until summer vacations lol. Hope you do well in your thesis ;)

[Pao-Pao]

I love asian music right now...although I know only a few artists...I don't like spanish music...I think the only singers I like are Shakira and Ricardo Arjona...the rest mmm I just don't like them...or maybe just a song or two haha.

Well I don't like anime...honestly I've never watch one, I don't know why...maybe cuz I wasn't into asian things until last Dec...but I'll check that link for sure...all my asian friends are so into anime lately....you like it right?? haha cool...well the only asian cartoons I've watched over the years are Candy Candy (I love Candy haha lmao) and Pokemon haha but just a lil...I don't know if those kinda cartoons are anime but I know they're asian lol

I know what you mean...that's what I feel too...Venezuela has so many problems right now...problems of all kind and that's just wrong...Venezuela is such a beautiful country with so much to offer but now with this f***** "president" Venezuela sucks...we're not talking about politics...but hey that's the reason why I wanna move too...There aren't any kinda opportunities here...so I wanna do what I love in a place where I can have the benefits I want...let's face it, we came from a third wolrd country...I really love mine, I'm in love with it but I'm realistic...I can't live here anymore...maybe someday I'll have the chance to move and to have the kinda life I wanna have.

I'm so bored...I haven't used msn in such a long time and now my friends are worry cuz I used to get on line all day long....Now I'm using skype...and I met this really french guy who's doing an intership here in Venezuela, in Caracas, and now I talk to him using skype.

See ya girl!!!....BTW when your vacations are gonna start??...thanks it's doing great so far.

[Lain Lang]

WOW!!!
Nice!! I never came here because I thought it was left out!! But so happy to see dianilla back!! and a new user Pao-Pao!
welcome!!!
I'm from Brazil! Born here, but chinese parents...taiwanese actually!
Although I don't speak the same language I can understand a little and vice versa right?
I will wait 'til next post to say something...
but I'm really glad that all of you are here!!
Dianilla: girl! I miss you!! Haven't talk with you for a long time!!!!

[Pao-Pao]

Hi Lain Lang!!! thanks girl...I'm not that new haha...mmm all you grils are asian and I'm not :oops: lol

Nice to meet you...yes well I posted here like a month ago and Diana asnwered me and since then we're talking almost everyday...we're keeping this thread alive cuz I don't know where are the rest of the people.

O.o you're from Brazil! nice!! we're so close!! I'm from Venezuela. I can't talk mandarin yet, but I'm learning thou...it's hard but it's going well so far.

So tell me more about you!! I wanna know all of my latin friends here!!! :tongue:

[Lain Lang]

hahaha... what a cutie pao-pao! do you have another nickname?
people call me Lain or Lena (ny name is Helena...)
well... i know Jay...for about 7 years now...been a fan ever since!! Not soo fanatic... but everyone that knows me know I love him...ahahha
welll... that's alll... i guess!
I read that you won't stay in venezuela? where do you intend to go?

[Pao-Pao]

Hi Lena!!! thanks *Pao is blushing* lol...Your name it's one of my fav songs...from MCR...d you know them right??... Alhougth Helena is a great name, Lena is shorter :happy:

7 years?! you're a true fan...you really love him....how can't you ah? :tongue: he's amazing...everything he doesis awsome!! I love him too...I heard Jay's songs for the first time on Dec I think, so since then he's my idol.

I wanna leave Venezuela cuz I don't have good opportunities here...Venezuela has so many problems right now....I can't live here...or at least I can't live the life I wanna live here...too bad cuz I really love my country but I dont see myself living here in the next 10 years.

S what do you do? you go to school? work??...now we're there in this forum so we have to make this thing going on and on lol...see ya!!! where's Diana?? Miss ya girl!!

[Lain Lang]

Ohh... yes... I know MCR! I like them too! But I used to not like their song... now I do!! hahaha... it's nice to listen!
You seems young Pao...how old are you?
Well... Brazil isn't like a nice country either...but it's my home...it's really hard to earn money here... politics are all corrupt... it kind of sucks...i really wish I could make a difference here, but it's hard... although I still have hope that I do! You should think like that sometimes!
But if you do go outside...which is not a bad idea... where will you go? spanish is really useful...and you know english as well!
I'm almost finishing college... environmental engineering and working as a trainee in a company...
what about you?

[ghettosushi713]

OLA lol me llamo angie
soy de la tejas
y tu? XD

[Lain Lang]

was ist tejas? XD

Sorry... although I did understand what you're saying... try not to use only spanish... the thread actually is for everyone...

I'm from Brazil... Pao-pao is from Venezuela...and Diana is from Peru!

[Pao-Pao]

Hi Lena :D ...well I'm not that young...actually I'm older than you hahaha lol I'm 22...you can see my age in the profile, I turned 22 this week, on april 17th...but hey thanks for telling me that I sound young!!!...it's always nice to hear that :tongue:

I'm studying Chemical Engineering...somos colegas!! nice!!...This is my senior year so I'm doing my thesis, I'm working at a company (CINDU) and I'm doing my thesis there...it's likean intership + thesis lol...I begun last month and it's doing great so far but I got o tired by the endof the day...but hey all these bad things actually work.

Yeah I feel like that sometimes...all these troubles...plolics, economics...everything sucks...Chavez es un loco...I hate him so much...you don't know the terribles things he does here...he's a dictator!! just like Fidel Castro...I don' have any life here, that's why I wanna go away...I want a better life, for me and my future family.

Hi Angie...nice to meet you!! :wave: you're from Texas!! nice!!! One of my friends here is from Texas too...how old are you? tell us more about you...and yes you should write in english.

BTW Lena...MCR ROCKS!!! I love them!!! lol...which song is your fav?

[Lain Lang]

wooowww.. pao!! when I asked your age it just happened that I got a look at your profile...hahha but i had already posted so... forget it!!! well...then we're from the same year! 1985! And engineer!!! and a girl!! wow! pretty rare... in my college we have 750 engineering students per year... only 100 are girls...
I kind of entered college wanting Chemical but hated it during my first year! So then... I chose environmental!
ohh.. I was supposed to graduate this year but it won't happen...hahah... only next year!! and then I should do my graduation project!
I hear a lot of things of Chavez from here...but I don't know...don't have a solid opinion about it!
Hum... i think my fav from MCR is Helena or I'm not Okay!

[Pao-Pao]

yeah we're from the same year!!...I sometimes feel kinda old here cuz there are a lot of girls and guys around 14, 15 and 16...I think most of the people ar really young lol :D

Environmental engineering is really nice too...My ex bf is studying that right now, he lives in Kansas now...we broke up in 2000cuz he moved to USA but we're still good friends...don't worry, you'll graduate sooner than you think...aren't you excited?? cuz I am...I can't believe it...when I was 15 I thought that the day when I turn 22 was so so so far away...you know in the future..now I'm 22 and I'm an engineer!! that's so awsome...I feel so proud of myself :happy:

I like I'm not ok, Helena, Ghost of you...they have so many good songs...and the new album is great too...I'm a rocker/puncker...and I did an exception with Jay...haha he's apop singer but I LOVE HIM!!!!

So d you have brothers or sisters Lena?? you're chinese right?? Kisses for ya!!

[Lain Lang]

Ohh...I like all kinds of music I guess....even from the most unbelievable to the most believable..hahhhaa it's weird to say that but it's kind of like that!
I don't know if I should be proud of myself...I feel like I haven't change a d*mn think in my life or people's life... I wish I could help people...I don't know...
I have two sister Pao and you? and I'm chinese

[Pao-Pao]

Of course you have change Lena...everyone does eventually...you're not the same now than you were 5 years ago...everybody change...and that's a good thing...and you should be proud of yourself...Gosh you'll be an engineer so soon!! and you choosed a really good career... you study hard and you have to be so strong so of course you should be proud, if you're not I AM :excited:

I'm an only child but it's ok...I don't need brothers or sisters...I have so many friends...besides my family sucks so why do I need brothers or sisters? lol...they're younger than you?...and I'm not chinese...did I tell you that??

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/Pao-Pao_photos/beso7.gif KISSES FRIENDS!!!

[Lain Lang]

I knew you weren't chinese.. you told in another post!
Wow... don't like your family? why? i love mine... i just couldn't live without it!
they made the person I'm... don't know...
hahha
what a cuttie! I'm proud that I'm graduating... doing an enginnering course is REALLY not easy!

[Pao-Pao]

O.o yeah I told everybody that I'm not chinese haha lol...just in case they think I am...well my family isn't that great...we have a lot of troubles...my mum and her brothers and sisters aren't good friends and stuff..the grew up apart until they were 6-9 so they didn't like to hagn out together...they're not that close as other families I know, but I'm ok with that...I mean I don't have brothers or sisters but I didn't need their support and I grew up withouth a father and I turned out pretty good...it depends you know....my mum feels bad sometimes cuz she doesn't have good brothers and sisters but we learned to grow up like that.

It's not easy, I know, but it's not impossible either...you can do it...you almost done with it so YEEEE CONGRATS!!! lol ... do you have msn?? mine is paoloca_9@hotmail.com and do you speak spanish??....cuz sometimes I say things in spanish haha and I don't know if you can understand them....O.o my space is http://www.myspace.com/pao_latinhottie...BTW Angie girl try to add me to your friends list...thanks!

[Lain Lang]

wow..didn't know that pao! I'm impressed that you said everything..sorry for asking... --'!
Then you're a really strong girl!!! Better alone than with bad company right?
I can understand a little spanish...specially written... sometimes my teachers tell me to read in spanish or english...so that's okay...I guess...hahaha
don't have Myspace...sorry! hahah

[Pao-Pao]

Don't worry Lena...I told you that cuz I know you guys are my friends now so it's ok, besides I don't have any problem to talk about my life...I'm not ashame or anything like that...every family has problems right? so that''s mine haha...yeah it's better to be alone, trust me.

O.o well you don't even have msn? aww I'm sad now...email??

What kinda stuff do you understand in spanish??

[Lain Lang]

hello paoo!!
i do hve msn...sorry... i already added you! XD

hum..spanish? well..formal text i guess... just that I don't understand unformal talk u know? i learn a little because I have some panama friends...
and from school i learned a few formal things...it's pretty much alike..
hahha
i will post more details later...i'm too tired....

[dianilla]

Hello gals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LONNNNNG TIME NO SEE, right? xD *big hugas to everybody* Well, let me tell you today was my last day of class which i'm GLAD! But now, finals are coming soon, so need to be prepared. Also I need to do this stupid portfolio for my architecture class... and let me tell you I didn't finish my model for my final review >_<. Anyways, I need to spend this weekend finishing everything I couldn't do it last week.

Wow, Lena! you haven't come here for so long. Haha, I was surprised to see you here xD. I've been reading what you guys posted and let's face it... most of the latin american countries have corrupt presidents... we cannot help it. Each country we come from has the same problem: poverty. I think this is the main reason why our countries are just how they are... People without education lead to ignorant people,who then get easily fooled by corrupt presidents, in which the latter just tricked people with fake promises.

Pao-Pao is learning mandarin... omg. i feel dumb now! haha I took some mandarin before but I've already forgotten everything I learned! >_< It's just hard when you stop practising and barely used it... T^T

Pao-Pao, I do like latin music. It's just funny that I didn't like it that much when I was in Peru. I used to listen English/American songs... but when I came here, I switched to latin. And also, I was really into asian music because that was around the time I knew about Jay ^_^. I still like asian but guess not as much as before... There was one time when I was really crazy about chinese (mandarin) music, then it was jap, thennnn it was korean and now I think back to jap. I love m-flo!

About Latin music.... hmmm... I used to like Shakira before she was "americanized"... her old albums were pretty good. I think my favorite is Diego Torres!!!!!!!!!!!! and Kudai (a Chilean pop/rock group) I like songs like "vallenato" style, like the ones that you can listen but you can also dance ^_^ I think Bacilos is another of my all time favorites.

Well, have to do some internet research about bridges. Yes... I have to build a bridge for my structures class argh~ This project is just a waste of time! I need to work on portfolioooooooo ahhhhhh!!! Lol... sorry... I went crazy!

Take care girls, and hope I'll visit the forum soon ^_^

[Pao-Pao]

Lena formal spanish ah?? that's nice...I don't understand any portugues...well maybe a lil lol ... O.o thanks girl...I'll talk to you on msn then...I'm tired too but hey I'm still here sharing my love with you guys hihihi :happy:

awww Diana I've missed you a lot!! but Lena was here so it was ok...I forgave you for leaving me alone haha :D ...yup mandarin is hard and specially when you used to study it and suddenly stops...you should try again so we can talk in mando someday....I don't really like latin music, I told you once I think...but I really do like Shakira's songs...she's great....and you're right, her old albums were better than the new ones...she's a lil commercial for me right now but hey she's latina and I just feel so proud...she's so famous and she's very talented so good for her!...mmm I don't like Bacilos and of course I know Kudai...they're great...I don't love them but I do like some songs...I didn't know they were from Chile...but hey the burnette girl is from Ecuador right?.

O.o you're busy!! sorry to hear that but hey you take the finals and that's it...SUMMER TIME!!! so don't worry....a bridge?? wow sounds difficult...I love the word portfolio haha sounds so interesting.

Have fun doing your pojects...take care and see ya soon girl!!! lots of love!!
:wink2:

Guys I think you don't know me yet...ok this is me...and yes that poster is from The Curse of the Golden Flower...I was suppose to see it today but I got late so maybe on monday...although I already watched and let me tell you IS SO GOOD!

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/Pao-Pao_photos/HPIM0821-2.jpg

[Lain Lang]

wow pao!! you're a pretty girl!!!
Yes... but when people talk in spanish is so quick that I don't quite understand hahhah
I like Shakira..but I only have her old album pes descalcos...something like that...hahaha which I love! Her voice is pretty unique...
Diana!!!I love m-flo!! hahahah they're nice huh?? i like when they sing with girls... which are a lot of songs...
I learn mandarin for a long time....speak okay and read/write not that good..hahah
I had some deutsch class too...for a year..really nice! I should learn spanish...hahha
I saw the movie... really pretty...great cast! but the story not so good...and jay chou...was okay... i love him and also his not so good qualities like acting...but he's getting better AND hard-working... can't complain about that! hahahah

[Pao-Pao]

awww thanks Lena! :shy: :D

Yeah Pies Descalzos is one of her greatest albums...I love it too....so unique and humble...she's so talented and you're right about her voice...it's nice...kida weird but nice...do you like Rocardo Arjona?? O.o I LOVE HIM :happy: he's my bf...but there's a problem....he doesn't know about it hahaha LOL...Spanish is really hard to learn...harder than english...I have this new friend, he's french...and he's doing an intership here in Venezuela so he's learning spanish...he speaks it so so well!! but sometimes I talk so fast so he doesn't understand what I'm saying lol it's funny...I always try to talk really really slowly for him.

Lena do you speak mando? O.o nice I'm learning it...haha it's really hard...I'm studying the Pin Yin now...deutsch?? zhen de ma?? cool....why?? did you take those classes in school?? I wanna learn Bulgaria but in Venezuela there's not a bulgarian curso so :cry: maybe someday I will.

[Lain Lang]

heyy... how are u guys??
I'm fine...just still a little tired! hahaha
well...I was interested in deutsch so I went to learn it...for a year..quit this year due the studies and work...soo... I'll be back later! hopefully!
as for mando...I study the tradicional chinese...so no pi yin! it's hard pin yin for me... will try to get used to it quickly...
spanish must be really hard... cuz portuguese is more difficult than english too!

[Pao-Pao]

I'm fine sweetie...doing GREAT!!! haha...It's awsome that you know all these languages...I found the mando course like 2 months ago and it was really hard to find...there are a lot of english and french courses here in Venezuela but not mando so this course was like a heavensent tor me lol....Pin Yin isn't that hard...I think the traditional mandarin is...Spanish is so f*** hard...even for me haha lol sometimes I mixed up the verbs haha.

So what's going on?' how is school?

[ghettosushi713]

was ist tejas? XD
Sorry... although I did understand what you're saying... try not to use only spanish... the thread actually is for everyone...
I'm from Brazil... Pao-pao is from Venezuela...and Diana is from Peru!


tejas is texas lmao
i suck at spanish =p
im actually chinese =D

[Pao-Pao]

The fist thing I noticed about you Angie was your avatar!!! awww JIRO!!! :drool: LOL he's so hot...I love him....is that him right??

yeah I know tejas is texas haha....you suck in spanish? how come? aren't you latina?? I can teach you some words :tongue: Lena and Diana are chinese too but Diana for example speaks spanish as well...Lena not so much...only english and portuguese.

[ghettosushi713]

aww that'd be great =)
im in spanish one
but im in a really advanced school
like i LUV spanish seriously
but its sooo hard

and oh yeah thats jiro =p
yummm to the max
im actually chinese =)

im practically failing spanish
its always my lowest grade
like 7o something =/

i hateeee stem changing and preterite
like preferir dormir pedir like in preterite wutever
i bombbb the quizzes so it brings my average wayyy down

but i luvv latina pop culture =)

[Pao-Pao]

yeah I knew it was him...gosh he's so cute!! luv him!!!

Spanish is really hard, I know that...specially when people starts to learn it for the first time....I speak spanish but sometimes I get so confused cuz of the verbs hahaha lol...don't worry...you'll get it right with time...I can teach you or help you if you want...I already added you to my space friend's list so you can ask me there ok? or this way too.

Everyone here is chinese or asian in general hahaha lol except for Pothie, me and a girl from my country hahaha lol....maybe there's someone else...dunno know.

Spanish pop music is great but I don't like it that much...I love anglo better and asian too.

BTW I really like your sign!!!

[Lain Lang]

well... it's normal... our verbs are really confusing...and have regular and irregular ones...so... really hard!!! i guess it must be something like that in spanish too!!

it's been a while..I'm working and studying a lot lately....soo sorry!!!!
can't talk much...just came here to say HI!

[Pao-Pao]

aww Lena don't worry sweetie...at least you stopped by...thanks!!

Good luck with everything!!

Yeah it's something like that in spanish...it's really hard.

[dianilla]

Hello guys!!!!!!!!!! :D How's everybody doing?

Pao-Pao I saw your pic. You're so pretty :) So you guys saw the movie already? *sigh* omg, I feel so out of this world haha. Well, school finished finally!!!! yay!!!!! So I can enjoy my summer vacations now ^,^. Well, I was kinda busy last week cuz I went back to NYC and a friend came with me cuz she needed to apply a new passport at the Korean consulate. So I toured her around NYC for 5 days and it was crazy!!!! There was one day we walked like 30 blocks... our feet were hurting so badddd... I just wanted to go home that day, but then I was thinking that my friend should go as many places as possible... so we ended up walking more than 30 hahaha.

I'll go back to Peru May 30th and worked as an intern architect for two months. Then, my sister and my mom are coming with me to NYC because my sis is gonna study there. So that means I have to tour her around too... why me? sniff sniff...

Haven't done anything lately. All my friends in the city are having their finals... so I cannot hang out with them until they're finished. So started reading the first book of a trilogy called: His dark materials: The golden compass by Phillip Pullman. Anyone heard of it? Hmmm... so far seems pretty interesting. It's sorta like Harry Potter, but the main character is a girl. It's more about fantasy, different worlds, magic maybe?

Oh well, I wanna learn mandarin. I really want to, but unfortunately the mando class in the school does not fit in my schedule... :( I guess I could practice with you guys although mine is soooo but soooo basic :P

Well, I think it's dinner time. So gotta go. Miss you lots!!!!!!!!!!!! :*

[Pao-Pao]

DIANA IS BACK!!! O.o girl I've missed you so so much!!!...thanks you're back!! yeee!!

I'm ok sweetie...doing my intership and my thesis...I wanna finish it already...I don't wanna go to work anymore!! I have to get up at 5 am cuz I have to take 2 buses to get there but hey It's worth it so hihihi....family is great...one of my older cousins had a baby girl today!!! I'm so happy!!! I don't talk to hert that much but there's someone new in the family and that's always a great thing to hear!!!...I'm watching It Started with a kiss right now...do you know that t-drama?? it's really good....Starring Ariel Lin and Joe Zhen!! I'm loving it Diana...it's so cute and funny!! you should watch it this summer...youtube.com has all the ep....I'm learning mando very fast...I'm so proud...I know a few things and I can even create sentences already hahaha LOL...we can learn together haha at least we can practice...since you have vacations we can chat more often so I'll tell you more later!!.

Thanks dear...where did you see my pic?? here?? ...which movie? The Curse of the Golden Flower? yup I watched it like 2 months ago hahaha I bought it...thanks God it has subs hihihi...it's pretty good...all the blood and the gold!! + Jay looks so diao!!...I wanna watch Initial D but I don't know where to get it.

NYC?? awww I wanna go there....could you take me? lol...30 blocks? that's a lot dear...poor friend!! haha did you take her to The Empire State Building?? Oh I want to go there someday!.

So you're coming back to your land!! nice!! you must be excited!! O.o you have to give me your phone so I can call you to talk!! it'd be really nice!! at least I can meet you on the phone!..what do you sis want to study?? hihihi lil sisters are always annoying but at the end is family and you have to treat her nice haha...and don't worry I'm sure she will make friends soon and she will forget about you lol.

I dodn't know that book but it sounds interesting...is it like Harry Poter? wow cool I like that kinda books...it brings you to a new different world you know...sinc we live in reality is nice to live that kinda fantasy sometimes....why did you buy it? a friend told you about it?

[dianilla]

Hey Pao-Pao, you're always so active in the forum lol.

Well, congrats about your cousin's baby :) I just found out that my friend got a baby too. I haven't seen/talked/heard of her for very long time but found her on msn last time and she told me about it. I was so shocked cuz she is of my age and I cannot imagine having a baby right now. Still feel young. I don't think I'm prepared for that.

Moving on. I hope I can find time to watch the drama you just talked about. I'm not big fan of t-dramas, but I'll give it a try. I think I prefer korean ones. They always make you cry no matter what hahaha. I have the initial d movie on dvd. Bought it when I went to Toronto. It was ok. It wasn't as good as I expected. I guess that happens when you are very anxious about something and have very high expectations of it and then you get disappointed cuz it didn't come out as you wanted it.

Well, I hope that in a near future you'll be able to come to nyc and pay me a visit! and then I can take you to the Empire State. My friend and I didn't go cuz we didn't have that much time and she wasn't really interested in going up. Well, I've been to the twin towers before they were destroyed and it wasn't a big deal either...

Yeah, I'll definetely give you my phone number. But I prefer to do it on msn or email or something like that. So, I wonder when I'm gonna get a chance to see you online? I'm not sure if I added you cuz last time there was a weird email that invited me and I blocked it cuz sometimes they're virus and didn't want to take a risk hehehe. Maybe you should add me again but includes a personal message or something on it.

And finally, guess what? I finish reading the first book of the trilogy. I'm on the second half of the second book now. It reminds of harry potter. But it talks about different but parallel worlds. I'm loving it as much as you love you t-drama xD.

Haha, my post always come out to be very long. Since I don't have time to post everyday but I have so much to say... xD oh well.. :P

[Pao-Pao]

yup I'm always active hahaha.

Thanks sweetie!!! she's beautiful, I haven't meet her yet my uncle told me she's so so pretty...she has black hair, I bet she looks like Tom&Katie's baby girl lol..yup I know what you mean...young people are having babies like crazy hahaha I can't think about having one of my own right now..too busy for that!! and I haven't find my prince charming so lol

Korean dramas are the best but also t-dramas...they're really good...at least ISWAK is...it's so funny Diana, you have to watch it when you have time....I lmao everytime I watch it...I'm on Ep. 27 right now...there are 31 eps so I hopeing to see the end soon cuz they're filming the sequel right now and I need to watch it too...which k-dramas have you wacthed??? I watched one starring Won Bim...Autum in my heart...it was great!! A friend told me that Initial D was great...she doesn't speak mando and the movie didn't have subs but she liked it anyway hahaha lol I wanna watch it so so bad!!!.

It'd be so nice...me and you shopping and hanging out in NYC!! man so cool!!! I want to visti the Empire State, The Liberty Tower, Times Squear, Central Park hahahaha...I have so save a lot of money my friend hahaha.

Well you can see my msn address on my profile...it's paoloca_9@hotmail.com...it's easy hahahaha....I will add you again, don't worry....Ok you can give me your number there...it's ok.

you finished the first book already?? wow you're fast lol you do like it hahaha I can't do that...I get bored easily LOL...I have to read it now, maybe I become a fan too...I'm reading Diary of Anne Frank but I haven't finish it yet....so lame!!!.

Mine are long too hahahaha no worries!!! HUGS GIRL!!! take care and have fun reading the book!!!

[dianilla]

guess what? I finished the second book. I'm on the 3rd one now haha. It's becoming more and more exciting. You HAVE to read it someday~ Actually, the movie is coming in December, but I suggest that you read it before you watch it.

OMG! in 3 days, i'll go back to Peru! So exciting~

[Pao-Pao]

hahahaha you read fast Diana! I can't do that LOL...ok ok I'm gonna read it someday before the movie come out hihihi...omg omg yeah?? nice!!! have a good flight!! and let me know when you get there...remember to give me your phone....you can write me an email if you want to.

LENA HAPPY BDAY GIRL!!!!!

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Oh you're getting older!!!!! :D I wish you all the best luck in the world sweetie!!!! Have a wonderful day!!! take a lot of pics and show them to me later!!!

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[Lain Lang]

hahahha
what a cutie!!! it's been months already!!
sorry I haven't see it before!! I was really busy!! with the end of the term in college and work...
Hope you girls are still there, I have news!! I'm in taiwan!! came back finally to study chinese for six months...
kisses! and I miss you two!

[Pao-Pao]

Awww it's ok Lena!! this thread has been kinda dead and I think it's going to continue that way cuz Diana for example is really busy with school and she's living with his sis now etc...I talked to her two weeks ago but we're here.

Taiwan!! nice!! O.o buy a lot of stuff sweetie please!!! hihihih enjoy your stay there and have fun!!! if you have to chance to meet Jay or FeiFei please do it!!! lol

Miss ya too!!!

[Lain Lang]

hahaha...you're so sweet pao!
well..i'm still here but also busy!!
I saw Jay's movie..pretty nice!!!

[Vivi]

Hiiii.. sorry if I interrupt you >_<
I'm kinda new here.. from Chile.. and wanna know all you n_n
that's all.. byee =P

[Lain Lang]

hey! is anyone is still posting here?
hello vivi! XD

[applemac]

Viva Latin America (L) soo how many latinas are in the forum??? how did you hear of Jay Chou? are you azn? or do yo have an azn friend?

just curious? ^^

I always talk about JC to my friends in Peru but they dont usually like it..they are more Western/hip hop/punk oriented. Most of my friends that like JC are like me, azns but born somewhere else...

[Pao-Pao]

Hi Lena!!! awwww you're here :hugz:

How are you?? busy huh?? with school or work?? are you still in Taiwan??

I haven't watched KFD but I know it's good haha

Hi viv!!! WELCOME!!! so you're from Chile?? COOL...I'm Paola from Venezuela.

Hi Margarita!! how are you today??

Well in this forum there are quite a few latinas but just two or maybe three are really active...me for example haha.

I'm not asian...I'm 100% latina haha but that doesn't stop me from loving Jay :love: I heard about him from a friend who's chinese, he lives in China and we met on msn so he told me about Jay and his music and he gave me a link to Ye Qu so I listened to it and I fell in love with him haha.

I think Lena is asian and Diana of course haha

[hobielover]

Welcome! Not all of us are Asian. I am not. I found Jay on my own looking around on the Internet.

I didn't realize this thread existed! :D Even though I am not Hispanic or born in Latin America, I feel like I am sometimes, because I speak Spanish and all of my friends are Hispanic. I have one friend who is from Colombia, but his dad is Chinese. He never learned Mandarin, and he says if his family ever comes, I will need to translate for him. :D I've been showing off my Jay CDs to my Spanish-speaking friends. They said they thought Chinese music was boring, so I guess I proved them wrong.

I had been struggling to remember the name of that kind of bread from Colombia that I like, and I finally remember--arepa. Now I've just made myself hungry again.

[applemac]

hahaha I didn't know my sister was that popular now that i'm reading some of the old posts xD

so, yeah Pao or how should I call you? uhm I don't know which cellphone number u got...she did change her number when I came here cuz we got new cellphones together. If you want it let me know and I'll give it to you~ ^.^

Btw, is there really a spanish songs thread?? I love Camila D: I feel so emo listening to it (L)

[hobielover]

Yes, the thread is here (http://jay-chou.net/forums/showthread.php?t=275986), unless there's another one I don't know about. My personal favorite is Chayanne. My dad didn't realize that there was a singer named Fanny Lu, which is also my grandma's name. She sounds a lot better than my grandma, though, LOL! From Camila, I like "Todo Cambio." (I can't do the accents without opening Word, so forgive that kind of mistake.)

[applemac]

hahahaaha!!! That's so funny xDDD!!! Thanks for the link by the way!

So..Chayanne, I haven't heard of him for a while!!! but my dad loved him hahaha I still remember he even bought his CD and he used to play it while driving on the car w/ me. It is funny though cuz he doesn't understand most of it but he likes the music, i guess that's the same for me with asian music.

Now that I mentioned that, my parents dont like Jay Chou because they say they cannot understand what he is saying (specially in his raps) and they say his music puts you into sleep...hahaha; instead, they like chinese-oldies songs, and some chinese-opera's hahahahhaah which I REALLY DONT like xD it is funny how music is oriented...and the difference between generations x) I do like some of his old songs...but I rather stick to Jay and the contemporaries ... xd

[Pao-Pao]

Yeah Margarita, you're sis is popular hahaha at least in this thread...she joined the forum before me so she knows more latinas than me. I'll PM you with the number she gave me...I wanted to call her long time ago but I just couldn't and I haven't talked to her in a while so I didn't know she moves to Buffalo.

Well I don't think there's a Camila thread cuz nobody knows them haha but I do and I like them too...although I'm not a big fan...but they don't play emo music hahaha just that video with the rocker and his gf and his baby haha.

Sammy!!! arepa is not a bread!! :D hahahaha lol it is made of corn hahaha and it's really good...that's our main food for breakfast and sometimes for dinner. I eat it all the time haha. Do you really like arepas?? haha

My closest friends know about Jay too cuz I've told them and one of them says he sings really good but they still think I'm crazy haha :oops: which I'm not obviously.

I saw the thread...and I'm going there right away. Chayanne?? really girls?? weird...I don't like him hahaha he was famous long time ago but I think he lost his touch...although he has good songs.

Yeah some ppl say Jay doesn't speak well but I don't think so you know...he can speak mandarin well...I understand his songs and all.

O.o chinese-opera's?? HAHAHAHA LOL I don't like operas..they're so annoying...at least for me...women have amazing voices but I don't like that type of music.

[hobielover]

Bread can be made out of corn, like cornbread, but for some reason arepa tastes more like hashbrowns to me, even though hashbrowns are made out of potatoes. I like it, but I've only had it once, so I really want it again. One of my friends made it for me, and I've also tried a bunch of other neat foods from different countries--quesadillas, plantains (smashed like potatoes or sweet and fried), churros (so good, especially with ice cream!), and fried corn. The fried corn looked weird to me, but then I tried some, and it tasted good. For some reason, it looked like bugs to me. :D

My Latin American music may not be very up-to-date, but they play Chayanne a lot on the Sirius station "Universo Latino." That's a nice station. They play Mana, Chayanne, Enrique Iglesias, Paulina Rubio, Ricky Martin, Camila, and a bunch of other artists that I had never even heard before until recently. I wasn't listening to a whole lot of Spanish music while I was learning the language the way I'm listening to Mandarin music in order to work on my Mandarin, so I only started listening recently. Ha ha, the Latin American parties are very loud, when we play a lot of music. Last time I went to a party, we played musical chairs, and there were a couple of extra rounds--one for the women, one for the men, the rest were just for the kids. The women were wearing high heels, and it was very funny to see everyone rush around, and the guys were play-fighting and sometimes ended up sitting on top of each other. :D

[dianilla]

Hello everybody!!!

Wow, it's been a really long time since I visited the forum. Oh I miss Lena and Pao! :D

Haha, finally! My sis is jay-addicted! I couldn't believe it hahaha. Welcome to the forum Maca! :)

I can see there are new members posting in this thread. I'm so happy for it :D Viva Latin America!

Well, I was just taking a break from my Studio work and wanted to say hi to everybody. My final projects are coming soon, My final Studio review is due next week so I've been kinda busy trying to have something for my review... which is a building! hopefully I can finish everything... Dunno, it's been so stressing these days.

Hope everybody is doing fine!!! :D

[applemac]

Haha, finally! My sis is jay-addicted! I couldn't believe it hahaha. Welcome to the forum Maca! :)


haha it's your fault! j/k ^^

Guysss you have to watch thisss!! I think it is really true, specially for us Latinos(as):oops:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVU6ulSMjc8

specially you Pao hahahaha XD u'll understand why when u watch it :)
[EDIT]
These two were really funny too~ xD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyTtU3Gpbw4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2y1UlTwhI&NR=1

[hobielover]

^That reminds me of the time my parents said they went to "Le Yunika." I was like, "Huh? Where did you go?" They kept saying, "Le Yunika, Le Yunika." Eventually, I figured out that they meant the Mexican restaurant, "La Unica." Then I said, "Oh, you mean La Unica. Lah Ooneekah." Then they were like, "Huh?" They just don't know how to pronounce it! :bleh: They ate there, but they couldn't pronounce the name of the place. Then, my mom asked me what the Spanish version of "the ping pong song" is. I knew what she meant by that, "Dimelo" by Enrique Iglesias, but I had no clue what "Le Yunika" was supposed to mean!

I think I'm physically incapable of rolling my rr's. I just can't do it! My tongue won't do that! I've tried for years, and people still think I'm Hispanic, even though I can't roll my rr's. I can't make the difference between the words "pero" ("but") and "perro" ("dog"), but people generally understand. It must be hereditary, because no one in my family can do that.

[Pao-Pao]

Yes well I guess you're right Sammy but arepas are totally different...from the texture to the way you cook them...they're really good...I think they're more famous in Colombia, Venezuela and maybe Ecuador?? I'm not sure...we eat them all the time...for breakfast and dinner...we eat them with almost anything you can think of....cheese, meat, chicken, black beans, avocado, pork etc...but I' prefer cheese, black beans and avocado...gosh and eggs!!! lol

Don't worry, I'll make arepas for you if I ever see you...promise!!!

YEAH WE ARE LOUD hahahaha and we're so so close to our families and culture...I'm not saying other cultures aren't but I mean, it feels so so so NICE when you're in another country and you see a Venezuelan for example...you feel like with family you know...and better yet if you're buying food and you hear someone speaking spanish and telling things like "Epale bro" or some words you only hear in your country....awwww bunch of my friends always tell me stories like this and it's nice.

Camila son demasiado buenos!!! hahaha and you should also listen to Kudai, Allison and Panda...I love these bands...altough Kudai are very young but their new single is really nice...Allison and Panda are from Mexico...PANDA IS THE BEST!! gosh those guys are great!!

We are Diana, I hope you're doing ok too....we can chat on fb!!! YAY!!...I miss you too, especially on msn lol....btw FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS CIELO!!! :hugz:

You silly girl hahahaha yeah Maca I got it lol UN PAISANO!! haha the guy is totally right...I can't say VENEZUELA like I say it everyday hahaha lol so funny LMAO

Well Sammy is hard for people who don't speak spanish as their first language... foreigners most of the times don't pronounce the words correctly...at least the RR...QUI...LL and Ñ...don't push you too hard...at least people understand you.

[hobielover]

I guess arepa is most like our cornbread. Mmm...cornbread. I haven't had that in a while. My mom's too much of a Yankee to make it.

I was thinking about some of the mistakes people usually make when they speak more than one language:

You know someone is a Spanish-speaker if they ask you where the soap is and immediately after ask you where the soup is. ("sopa" = "soup")

You know someone is a Spanish-speaker if they ask for the direction of your house when all they really want is the road name and number. (direccion = address)

You know someone speaks Spanish if, while speaking Mandarin, they say that something is coffee-colored. (cafe = brown, coffee, ka fei = coffee)

You know someone is an English-speaker if they publicly get pregnant when they say something dumb. (embarazado/a = pregnant)

Doesn't it seem like every country has it's own word for "pen"? Also, I found out today that in some places, they call "bangs" (that fringe of hair like Jay has on his forehead) "fleco." I always called them "flequilla." It's kind of odd that the English word is plural but the Spanish word isn't.

[Pao-Pao]

Hahaha you should teach your mum hispanic food is the best!! lol

You can call it: fleco, flequillo or even pollina haha I have a pollina, have you heard this word before? pollina? I think ppl from Mexico call it Fleco and only ppl from Venezuela call it Pollina haha lol and in some places people (I think Spain) call it Melena but I always thought Melena was the hair....when you habe big big hair like the woman from The Nanny we say: Dios que melena tiene haha cuz it's really big lol...and also you can call it Mechon....but un mechon de pelo can be any part of your hair.

And do you mean pen as in Boligrafo, Lapicero???

Err I didn't get the last one LOL

You know someone is an English-speaker if they publicly get pregnant when they say something dumb. (embarazado/a = pregnant)

[applemac]

hahaha I guess she meant embarrassed? because it sounds like "embarazado".

Actually, I didn't know what was fleco or flequillo, hahaha. In Peru, I think that's what we call "cerquillo". That is so funny about latin america, we speak the same language, but we have so many different words for the same thing. ^_^... if a non-spanish speaker wants to go to latin america and asks me where should he/she go to learn it, I wouldn't know which one should he/she choose...they are all different! :P (not that much, but the speaking and the accent is so different).

[Pao-Pao]

Yeah read about Cerquillo and I was like: errr eso no es acera?? hahaha lol or maybe a cerca?? hahaha

Latin America is very rich in culture and language cuz you're right there are so so many words and sometimes they mean the same, sometimes they don't....even in your same country hahaha lol

And the accents are totally different lol....take for example Argentina...I don't like their accents and the "vos" hahaha lol they don't say You = Tu, they say vos hahaha

Venezuelan ppl don't have a particular accent...but if we go to Colombia who does, Colombian says we do have one haha so funny

For example, there's a state here called Zulia, capital Maracaibo and it's one of the biggest and famous cities in Venezuela...well they're like their own country...they have an accent (really funny btw) and they have their own word and I live in Valencia so I don't know them but of course at the end we're Venezuelans so we know some of those weird and hilarious words or pharses they say....look at this video and you'll see the difference hahaha its a guy reading a letter and then one guy from Maracaibo reading the same letter but in it's own special way hahaha....we call ppl from Maracaibo, "Maracuchos or Maracuchas" haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTg9Xh9wzV0

Please don't pay attention to the bad words and please don't get offended hahaha they really speak like that but it's cuz they're so outgoing and so fiesteros and so loud LOUD and so so so so cheesy lol not every Venezuelan speak like that of course...but I guess you have to be here to know the joke haha and why they're laughing so much...I think hispanics , once again, have a really rich language...we have so so many words and so so many bad words lol

And I live in Valencia and we say "Naguara or Unaguara" when we want to express like OH MY GOSH, or WOW hahaha and they don't say that lol so we have our special way to speak as well.

[applemac]

Omg Pao that was hilarious xD! Well, since I'm from Peru, I think every other country has an accent except mine. I guess that's your case also xD! When I was in high school, there was this program called interCAS, where students from all latin america gather together and do CAS, which stands for Creatividad, Acción y Servicio (Creativity, Action and Service). The point is to go to a country, and do community work. That year, Peru was the country selected to host interCAS. Since I was chosen, I had the chance to go to Paracas, a city in Peru, downtown Lima (the Capital) and I met people from Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Brasil. We were 149 students, from 31 school from 9 different countries. We spent there 3 days, it was AWEEESOME to share our culture. The last night, we had like a talent show, and every country performed something from their own. The funniest thing was when this colombian girl told me that peruvian people has a very strong accent..hahaha I couldn't believe what she said, I start laughing of course. xD And then for the talent show, one of the funniest moment was when these 4 girls from Uruguay started singing a song, which was like a 'joke', since they got a really strong accent, it was like:
sho me shamo shessica sholanda,
me voy a la plasha con masha amarisha,
abro una sombrisha, me tomo un shogurt,
me lavo el cabesho con shonson shampoo.

Translation:
Yo me llamo Jessica Yolanda,
me voy a la playa con malla amarilla,
abro una sombrilla, me tomo un yogurt,
me lavo el cabello con Johnson Shampoo.

[I found Uruguayans and Argentinians accent pretty similar).

[hobielover]

I actually knew someone who made the mistake of using "embarazada" to mean "embarrassed." I think she only succeeded in making herself even more embarrassed! She tripped and fell, and said, "I'm pregnant!" LOL!

My teacher in elementary school was from Venezuela, and I always thought that she pronounced the "ll" sound more like a "j" than people from other countries, where it sounds more like a "y." The people from Spain have the funniest accent, though, because they lisp and have a ton of different words!

[applemac]

Yeah, people from Spain has a really strong accent. Although they are supposed to be like the "official" one (or I don't know how to call it, but you got what I mean, right? xD) I think it is too much, I feel like it is too exaggerated..and it is just weird.. hahaha.

Mexican accent is kinda funny also. I think it is an easy one to identify.

[hobielover]

I was thinking about something kind of random--does anybody like to drink malta? It tastes kind of weird to me. I've had it once, and it was like drinking molasses, only it wasn't sticky or slow. I was drinking Malta Goya. I didn't dislike it, but then again, it was kind of weird. I was just wondering if it is very popular. Some friends of mine had it when we ate lunch. I can't remember exactly what we had. I remember that we had mashed plantains. That was kind of weird to me, too. I'm used to mashed potatoes, and I was thinking of platanos maduros. I guess I didn't realize that plantains aren't all sweet until that point, so it was kind of a shocker for me. I'd have fried plantains before, but they were "maduros." They tasted more like bananas. I think I've gotten more used to everyone putting plantains in everything and there being all different kinds.

I forgot about the pens! Yes, I mean that kind of pen, Paola. Here, we call them "plumas," but every country seems to have a different name for them. When everyone moves in here, we end up with people from a bunch of different countries, with their own vocabularies and their own accents. The people from Spain call computers "ordenadores," but here we call them "computadoras." It can be quite confusing, but I don't think it's as bad as moving from one place to another in China, since those "dialects" they have are much more different from each other.

[applemac]

Fried plantains are bananas.. or maybe I'm confusing, but I google it on google, and they are bananas. We eat them too xD We even have those as snacks.

In Peru, pens are called "lapiceros" and we also call them "computadoras" :P Well, comparing it to China, I agree it is way more different :happy:

[hobielover]

Fried plantains are bananas.. or maybe I'm confusing, but I google it on google, and they are bananas. We eat them too xD We even have those as snacks.
The fried plantains are the ripe kind, yellow like bananas, but the mashed plantains aren't ripe. They come from the green plantains, and they taste a lot different! I mean, who would fix bananas like potatoes? That'd be kind of gross!

I just realized...I'm probably the only Spanish-speaking person who despises tomatoes! :bleh:

[Pao-Pao]

Hahahahahahahahahahahah LOL :roll: that was so so funny Maca!!...I don't know how Unruguayans speak lol I don't know if they have an accent but I do know I don't like Argentinias accent...and yeah it sounds exactly like that song they sang LOL

That's so cool...that you had the chance to meet ppl from all over latin america...I wish I could do the same thing cuz it feels really good cuz at the end we're all bros and sis you know...Latina America is the best!! and when we gather together is like THE PARTY hahaha lol cuz once again, we're so loud...so funny...so outgoing etc

Really Sammy?? are you sure she was from Venezuela?? cuz we pronounce the LL like Y...that how it sounds, not like J.

Yeah Spain gave us our language so they're like "official"...it's like "el verdadero español"...and they use words that we don't use...and if you see ppl from Galicia (they called themselves gallegos) they speak SO SO different!! cuz they have they're own accent and since they live near Portugal they don't really speak spanish...they speak like a mix between spanish and portuguese...it's really funny cuz they talk really really fast and sometimes I understand some words but sometimes I give up lol

MALTA!!!! :D so so good...I love it but I don't drink it that much cuz I don't drink gaseous drinks but yes Sammy it's very famous here....I haven't heard about that lable before but I guess you have to try Maltin Polar hahaha

http://static.flickr.com/28/54732672_1b5c505ec4_m.jpg

They're you go...Malta and empanada...the typical Venezuelan breakfast lol

Platanos are very famous too....we have to include platanos in every lunch or even dinner...me for example, I can't have lunch without platanos...but I don't eat them fried, I eat them steamy...they're really good too...have you tasted platanos dulces?? they're so yummy....you have to use them maduros and the have this sweet flavor cuz of the sugar...and have you tasted tostones?? well you don't use maduros for those...you use them verdes and although they look like fried platanos, they're different cuz the texture is different and you can add a lil bit of salt and they're tougher.

http://seattlebonvivant.typepad.com/seattle_bon_vivant/images/tostones_1.jpg

Actually we also use the word "plumas" but for us plumas are fancier and more expensive than a typical boligrafo or lapicero, like this:

http://www.minabis.com/images/33084162.jpg

See the diference??..."pluma" is the one on the right...and boligrafo is the other one.

I got use to spanish words cuz I used to read Bravo long time ago, that's a magazine from Spain and it's kind of famous...I was a big BIG BSB fan so since they were so famous in Europe, I read that magazine...btw I still have them somewhere lol

Bananas and platains are different but mostly cuz of their sizes...bananas are smaller...but yeah they taste the same.

Ok that was REALLY long lol :sweat:

[applemac]

Omg Pao now I'm hungry because I looked at your pictures, lol. How do you call feathers? Is there any other word besides plumas or do you have another way to say it in Vzla?
We know some countries call it pluma, but we don't use that word. xD

[hobielover]

I just want to say: ¡Voy a ir a México! I'm going to Mexico! :excited: I asked my mom, and she said, "OK, you can get a passport and go to Mexico."

[Pao-Pao]

Really??? that is so freaking cool Sammy!!! but when?? and why?? for vacas??

I hope I can go there myself someday...cuz Mexico is so lovely....all my life I've wanted to go and say this line you girls probably have heard before: MI MEXICO LINDO Y QUERIDO!!! hahaha lol

Maca...it's the same word feathers are also called plumas hahaha it's kind of confusing but you know when someone is talking about feathers or not lol...We call them just plumas lol

[applemac]

Ohhh that's so cool Sam! for how long? are you going to stay in the city or are you going to get a nice tan, like in Acapulco? haha~

Ohhh I see Pao :happy: hehe, I want to go there too..I've never been there... I want a Mariachi to sing for me and try some Tacos, lol. J/k, I don't like Tacos that much..u.u I couldn't finished one because it was so spicy! there was chili everywhere >.<

[hobielover]

I'm not sure exactly where the place is, but somewhere in Baja California. This will require some work on my Mandarin. That's right--my Mandarin! I'm going to be trying to talk to Chinese people in Mexico! LOL! Sounds weird, right? Other people will be depending on my Spanish, but I'm not so worried about that. I'm more worried about the Mandarin I'll be using.

There's no set date yet. I still have to do the paperwork. I need a passport, and my Social Security card has inconveniently pulled a Houdini.

[applemac]

Ohhh I don't get it! Why do you need to speak mandarin there? I mean, the reason you are going there is to find chinese people ? O_o Or you just want to improve your mandarin skills there XD?

[hobielover]

Yes, I am going there to find Chinese people. There is a large Chinese population in Mexico, actually. I have an American friend there who is learning Mandarin. She doesn't really know Spanish, though.

Edit: Aww, it doesn't look like I'm going this year after all. I have a lot of planning to do, and it'll be very time-consuming, not to mention that I'll hate the planning part, so maybe next year. :cry: By then, I might be fluent in Mandarin at the rate I'm going.

[Pao-Pao]

But hey Sammy you don't need to go so far you know...you can go to San Francisco or even New York and you'll find tons of chinese and you can improve your mandarin...why Mexico?? are you going alone??

Maca I do like tacos hahaha although I don't like chili that much hahaha I used to eat mexican food everytime I went out but not anymore, there aren't good mexican restaurants here lol

I wanna go to DF and Guadalajara and and Cancun!!!!! gosh it'd be awesome!!!

[hobielover]

I actually have a friend in Baja California. That's why I want to go there. I want to visit her.

[applemac]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA I'm so happy! I just came from my last final....I'm officially done for school :D!!!! so now I'll have more time :D:D:D
OhhhPao I want to go to Cancun also! I want a macadamia haha. There's no good mexican restaurant in Peru either...and the only one I've been here is called Chipotle :/ I think the reason why I don't like it (besides the fact that I don't like chili) is because its kinda messy...well..I don't know for you guys but I'm pretty bad eating those XD it is so hard to grab it all...

Ohhh Sam I just read you are not going... then what are you going to do for summer?

[hobielover]

I have plenty to do during the summer--teaching myself Mandarin, helping other people learn Mandarin, going to visit family in upstate New York, going someplace on vacation (we don't know where we're going, but were going there), going to the pool, hanging out, listening to music, translating songs, etc.

The best Mexican restaurant we have around here is La Unica. I love their churros! I don't like that stuff they call "caramel," though. It doesn't taste like caramel to me. Is that some kind of thing that is different in Mexico? I always thought caramel was supposed to be sweet. Anyways, I don't order the churros with the caramel in them, but con fresas is good. (Mmm...strawberries...I just remembered that there are some downstairs!) I don't know if there is a restaurant like this in NYC, Margarita, but if there is, it is pretty good. There is also a place in Appalachicola, FL, that is very good. It is called "Peppers." My grandma and I shared a supper there once and had the churros afterwards. I've never seen so much stuff on churros before! There was ice cream, whipped cream, chocolate, and caramel (not the icky kind).

[Pao-Pao]

Hello girls!!! I'll come back later to chat but here's something I found long time ago and I thought you'd like it:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2706/jaychou070034ty8.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jaychou070034ty8.jpg)

When I first saw it, I was like awwwwww.

[hobielover]

^Aww, cute! Te quiero, tambien.

Does anyone else ever get annoyed by the word "chino"? I think it's in Colombia that it has a double meaning. I'm constantly asking, "Un chino de china o un chino joven?" ("A Chinese person or a youth?") Otherwise, I don't know which I'm talking about.

It's kind of funny that most people don't think there's a Chinese guy who sings reggaeton, and they're very surprised by the song "Hong Mo Fang."

[Lain Lang]

hi everyone...i'm so happy there're still people posting here... I'm kind of busy now...working a lot and studying...
Pao! I'm back to Brazill...did I tell everything that I do in Taiwan? Related to Jay, I went to his dream of concert! great! and I got his autograph... i'm definitely the most happy jay's fan alive! hahaha
kidding!
welcome hobielover and applemac!
I couldn't read all the posts...because I'm at work...so... hahaah my chief can't find out!
cheers people!

[hobielover]

Aww, I only got to go to his concert vicariously through the DVD/CD set I bought. How much did we miss out on?

I've been kind of bored lately, so I started doing Spanish translations again. You might remember the video Jen helped me with for "Un Vaquero Está Muy Ocupado" ("Niu Zai Hen Mang") (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQpUb_AuVFg). Her YouTube account got suspended recently, and she's starting on a new one, so I'm going to try out subbing on my own. I have 2 new translations in order, but no time right now to do the subs. Here are the translations, though:

Silencio

Líricos/Música: Jay Chou

No tenía nadie con quien hablar un día, sólo el piano.
El chelo está durmiendo
Y es silencioso y viejo.
Pienso que has explicado todo con gran claridad
Yo entiendo y yo sé
Que no sientes culpa en alejarte.
Dices que te es difícil, pero no te creo.
Estabas llevándome a mano, acompañándome,
Pero ahora, todo esto está en el pasado.
Espero que él de veras te ame más que yo.
Sólo puedo esforzarme a salir.

Quieres que yo diga algo que sea muy difícil.
Es cierto que no quiero que nos separemos.
¿Por qué necesito sonreír para continuar?
No tengo ese tipo de habilidad
De sorportar que quieres a él también.
No te preocupes demasiado.
Voy a mejorar.
Te has ido muy, muy lejos
Y voy a salir lentamente también.
¿Por qué tengo que obedecerte aún cuando quieres que nos separemos?
De veras no tengo la habilidad
De callarme tan pronto.
Voy a estar aprendiendo a vivir sin ti.
Es porque te amo demasiado.

Tornado

Música: Jay Chou
Líricos: Vivian Hsu

Amor es como tornado—cuando termina el viento, se va.
En este ritmo, no hay manera de escapar.
Después, sin ti, no puedo controlar a mi espíritu.
Las nubes negras descienden, cubriéndome y llevándome.

*Me dejaste silencio—silencio—silenciosame nte,
Y ahora estoy en peligro, baby,
Pues mi mundo es una tormenta con viento fuerte y lluvia.

#Wu~

Amor viene demasiado rápido como tornado.
No puedo escapar la tormenta cuando llega. No hay manera de escapar.
No puedo pensar de nuevo, no puedo pensar de nuevo,
Yo no, yo no, yo no puedo...

Amor sale demasiado rápido como tornado.
No puedo aguantar—no hay lugar donde esconderme.
No quiero pensar de nuevo, no quiero pensar de nuevo,
Yo no, yo no, yo no quiero pensar en ti de nuevo.

No sabía, no me di cuenta, que me habías dejado en silencio.
Sin saber, sin darme cuenta, cayé en este ritmo.
Después sé, después me doy cuenta, después de que la estación había pasado.
Después sé, después me doy cuenta, de que soy digno de una vida mejor.

*##

No sabía, no me di cuenta, que me habías dejado en silencio.
Sin saber, sin darme cuenta, cayé en este ritmo.
Después sé, después me doy cuenta, después de que la estación había pasado.
Después sé, después me doy cuenta, de que soy digno de una vida mejor.

Después sé, después me doy cuenta, de que soy digno de una vida mejor.
No sabía, no me di cuenta, que me habías dejado en silencio.
Sin saber, sin darme cuenta, cayé en este ritmo.
Sin saber, sin darme cuenta, sin saber, sin darme cuenta...

I did my own English translations first, then did the Spanish translations with the lyrics fresh in my mind. I left in the English word "baby," though, for "Tornado," since Jay really did use the English word. You can see that I like to leave in the repetition in the lyrics, too. Aren't they so sweet? "Tornado" is my favorite Jay song. :happy:

[Lain Lang]

woww...really fans huh?
I really love jay's music but I never feel like I want to translate it.. I think the beauty is in chinese... I don't know how I can explain!

hobielover...those songs are favs! =)
I always choose Silence in the karaoke...hahahaa
and I did cry the first time I listen to it...
so sad...

[hobielover]

I think if I add Spanish subs of his songs on YouTube, maybe more Latin American fans will be converted, since I don't see any other Spanish subs, so if there are more fans in Latin America, maybe Jay will start having concerts there. It's my master plan:

Translate Jay's songs into Spanish=make Spanish-speaking fans=someone from JVR finds out=Jay goes to Latin America

I'm not doing Vincent Fang's lyrics now, though. They're too hard. I'll do that when I feel more confident in my Chinese. So, I'm going with other lyricists. I do agree that much is lost, but I think this can attract more fans, since Spanish is the 2nd most spoken language in the world, with Mandarin being the first. Mandarin rhymes better.

[Lain Lang]

hahahha
nice plan!!! you have my support! hope he can come here too.. =)
Yes.. i think put the spanish subs are quite good...and will help them learn chinese too... =)

[anapriscilla26]

it's great to find many latin fans here :)
hello everyone i'm from Ecuador

[applemac]

Yeahh!! Hello Ana Priscilla! or how should we call you ? x)
Im from Peru hehe :D we are neighbors xD

[Lain Lang]

hii welcome ana priscilla!
i wish i could speak spanish....hahha... although i can understand it...
hum... are you chinese?
(actually... i still don't know who is chinese here?)

[hobielover]

Welcome!

hii welcome ana priscilla!
i wish i could speak spanish....hahha... although i can understand it...
hum... are you chinese?
(actually... i still don't know who is chinese here?)
I know I'm not Chinese, I'm white, and Pao isn't Chinese either. She's full Hispanic. Margarita (applemac) is Chinese, though.

I ran off to hang out with my Spanish-speaking friends the other day, and I came back to find a kitten in my house! Hobie is very jealous now. He wants to be my baby, and he doesn't want any younger kitties around. He also got a haircut, so he's also kind of sucking it up for the warmth now. The kitten's ears remind me of Yoda, LOL!

This is my old Spanish shirt. The people who made them left out some of the accents, so I drew them in, LOL! I'm always picky about spelling and grammar, whether English or Spanish!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/2655838085_ef9f9b020f.jpg

Oh, and the hat is for Charlotte's football team. Go Panthers!

In case anyone's feeling down, here's (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/2610156371_1b81212bb9_o.jpg) a Mariachi band to cheer you up! (Ugh! I have some random person in the background!)

[sam_ho]

HOLA MIS AMIGOS! q tal?? jaja
paola where are you?? extranio nuestra conversaciones........

applemac: HOLY CRAP you're in peru??? i live in peru too!

[applemac]

Hey!
Yup Lain Lang, I'm chinese x'D I'm Diana's sister, I think you know her :D
sam_ho, I think Pao told me once that you were from Peru too~ hehe. nice meeting you XD I'm Margarita.
hobielover Tiger is so cute, I just saw the picture on the other thread.

[sam_ho]

Margarita: ohh thats awesome..call me sam hahaha.

filler filler

[Lain Lang]

Hi Hi!!
ohh.. Pao is hispanic, I remember what she told me before!
well...nice to meet you all!!!
appplemac, you're Diana's sister? really? how is she? it's been a while I don't talk with her!

I'm chinese, born in Brazil though... so I would call myself brazilian!

[applemac]

She'd just arrived from Europe! I went to the airport yesterday to pick her up! OMG I'm so jealous... she's so tanned..! We look like milk and chocolate next to each other, haha.
Ohhh me too~ we are chinese, born in Peru. XD Can you read/write chinese? Unfortunately, I can only speak it xD

[hobielover]

She'd just arrived from Europe! I went to the airport yesterday to pick her up! OMG I'm so jealous... she's so tanned..! We look like milk and chocolate next to each other, haha.
Ohhh me too~ we are chinese, born in Peru. XD Can you read/write chinese? Unfortunately, I can only speak it xD
You know my remedy for that? I watch Jay's MVs and match the characters with the sounds, but they're in Traditional, so if you want to learn Simplified, you should probably look for a good mainland artist, such as Fusion Band. There are also a bunch of good books that can help you learn to write, and some of them really break the characters down so it's easier to remember them.

I want a cool Chinese name now! My Spanish name is Samanta, which I only get to use with Spanish-speaking friends, and I just go by Sam in English, but putting it in Chinese characters, but that seems too Western. My friends see me in a qipao, and they ask me if I know how to write their names in Chinese. I tell them I don't know, but I might be able to find a transliteration. So, I get stuck looking up transliterations for all of these Spanish names. There's one problem with that, though. Should "Juan" be "胡安"? I would go with "约翰," since it's a Bible name. The former may make the same sound, but it isn't the name of the apostle. :oops: Since my friends are religious, I'm inclined to simply find the name in my Chinese Bible and write it down for them. They have names like "Jose," "Juan," "Maria," "Kesya," etc. (The last is one of Job's daughters, but they played around with the spelling some.)

This weekend, my parents are leaving, so I want to go to the Peruvian restaurant with the good chicken and have fried plantains. I also want to go to Tin Tin, but they're expensive! Whoo! Their food is great, though, and it's a buffet, so I'll have to go when I feel really hungry. I would go to La Unica, but I just went this weekend. I had quesadillas con pollo and churros con fresas. I was so hungry, I just had to order dessert, and you know the churros were calling me! :D

[sam_ho]

Margarita: Wow, same here...well actually my whole family is taiwanese, but i was born in miami and spent most of my life in peru..
i can only read a bit of chinese but i can speak it. my mom's forcing me to learn how to write it.

Lain Lang: i heard that portugese is really similar to spanish. can you speak spanish as well?

[Lain Lang]

well.. yes, portuguese is pretty similar to spanish...I never took spanish classes but I can understand it fairly (reading), and the listening is quite good, but mostly all the brazilians can understand it.
But i won't try to speak or something like that... hahaha

applemac wow!! say hi to her for me!! i wish I had a tan, here's winter..so no tan for now!

hobielover hum... when i was studying in taiwan the guys from my classes chose their names by the meaning... came out pretty cool names hahaha... you can try to pick a name from taiwanese novels... they usually have good meaning...
my parents chose mine...and both characters means something good..can't explain it..hahah

As for my chinese, it's good at reading and writing, but I must be practising a lot so I won't forget... I can usually understand novels and tvshows, but news are hard... really hard... ahhaha

[hobielover]

hobielover hum... when i was studying in taiwan the guys from my classes chose their names by the meaning... came out pretty cool names hahaha... you can try to pick a name from taiwanese novels... they usually have good meaning...
my parents chose mine...and both characters means something good..can't explain it..hahah
Well, I think there are some characters that work in girl names and others that work in boy names. I like the girl's name from "Secret," "小雨," but I think I'm going with "星儿," since I like science fiction so much. The first character means "star" and the second character means "son," but I guess "child" would be a more fitting translation, since it is a girls' name. I saw it as the name of a female singer, seemed kind of obscure, but I liked the name. It's "Xing Er" in Pinyin.

I guess the news would be hard. You'd have to watching the television to see the context, and have an understanding of the subject, I think.

[dianilla]

Hello everybody!!!!!

After such a long time I finally came back to Jay's forum and I'm glad to see that this thread has been active. For the new people in this thread nice meeting you all! And I can see that sam_ho is in Peru too!
I've missed lenilla and pao so much! I wonder what you gals have been up to? I'll tell you I went to Paris for my study abroad program this summer and traveled to other European countries for a total of 2 months. The trip was awesome and all worth it!!! Then spent a week in NYC with some relatives and taking a break after travelling so much. Now, I'm back to Peru resting for one week before heading to Cuba for 5 days to spent quality time with my family. Then I'll be back to Peru for another 3 weeks before going back to Buffalo and get ready for my last year in college. Seems I got a pretty busy summer, isn't it?

Right now, I'm waiting until it's time to go to Camila's concert!!!! I'm excited. Hope they will give us a fantastic performance. Take care everybody~~

[hobielover]

Your going to Camila's concert?! I'm so jealous! I think some of my friends have seen Mana, but I've never been to a concert!

I'm going to try to start subbing "Tornado" in Spanish tomorrow. I hope it turns out nice. I did my own translation, and now I want to sub the MV.