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11/26/2016

I'll be waiting for you, and until then, here are my 99 wishes:
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Friday Mornings, in Purple Jammies

11/18/2016

Friday mornings are my favourite:
Sequestered under heated coverlings
Room darkened beneath my squinched lids,
The last remnants of my subconscious
Rebelling against full-on awakening,
Pulling me back into that last dream...
What was it about? Where was I?
I want to go back in!
Surrendering,
I allow the bright light into my bedroom
With the slit of one eye,
Then the other.
Ah, glorious sun, even you can't force my rise!
I can lie here as long as I wish
(or until my bladder screams).
I can have as many cups of chai as I desire,
With extra honey!
Read what I will,
Write, create, all in my purple jammies;
The fuzzy, warm ones with little white bows
And juvenile polka-dots.
The squirrels chitter: "Get Up!"
Far-away trains sound their long alto: "Time!"
It's after 8:30
Even the sound of traffic is sleeping in.
My Friday mornings are free,
And I refuse to wash my face until noon,
(She cries defiantly!)
Another hour of reading,
Then perhaps I'll greet the day upright.
But for now, time for the second cup.

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촉감 한국을 알아요 and a little...Mandarin...?

11/15/2016

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(I know a little Korean... and a little Mandarin...?)

Sigh. Just learned to recognize (barely and vaguely) my first Chinese written character. Can't say if it's Mandarin or Cantonese, or another dialect. But I don't know if dialects are verbal/aural only, or if they are part of written language as well...?? (Ex.: ya'll, youse guys, you'ins -- all supposedly regional English, though American-English)
아이구 !
Korean evolved from Chinese, so maybe that gives me a head start, but Korean is easy (well, that's subjective!)
I should clarify that learning the Korean alphabet was easy, and pronunciation isn't too hard, but an entirely new vocabulary to add to my English-base is definitely a challenge. Not to mention honorifics (like 3 ways to say hello depending on to whom you are speaking, their social status, etc.. For example, "hello":
안녕 , (Hi! (For kids)
안녕하세요 , (adults and equals)
안녕하십니까 (seniors and bosses)
aaack!)
Then there is "thank you":
고마워요 , Thanks
고맙다 , thanks
감사합니다 , thank you
고맙습니다 respectful thank you

At least Latin use similar letters and (near-Italian) pronunciation, which made it easy to learn! You know Latin, you can speak most European languages with ease... subjective opinion, again!

I guess I better hurry up and get fluent in Korean this next year, so I can begin my study of Chinese, which looks seriously daunting....
The kewl thing is, when Koreans hear me speaking and look around for another dark-haired Han, but then find their language coming from The Blonde! ㅋㅋ

Oh, and by the way, since Chinese is written as "characters", I learned the symbols for Tao are a person walking down a path from two symbols of a person with hair, path, and movement. Can you see it???

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