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November 2011
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好久沒po~! [Long time no post!] →
Nov 21st
好久沒po -- Long time, no post.
Hello all~ Lara and I have been back in the States for a while but we still have millions of photos to share! I’m graduating this winter and will theoretically have more time to post photos and finish up entries for our Taiwan blog and Japan blog, which have also been extremely neglected. It’s just that every time I go to update, I get INSANE WITHDRAWALS about living abroad. ...
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thosedistantstars asked: You should put a link to your Japan trip blog in your About page thing!
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“Q: 三分熟牛排和五分熟牛排爲何見面不打招呼？ A: 因爲他們還不熟!”
– Q: When the rare steak met the medium rare steak, why didn’t they say hello? A: Because they’re not familiar with each other (cooked) yet! The character for “cooked (of food)” is the same as the character for “to be familiar”: 熟. Another Chinese pun.
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March 2011
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Mar 25th
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烏來與北投：溫泉仙境 -- Wulai & Beitou: Hot Spring Haven →
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January 2011
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“Q: 小偷最怕哪4個字？ A: OICU.”
– Q: Which four letters are a thief most afraid of? A: OICU (Oh, I see you).
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“Q：不雅的話，猜地名。 A：髒話。 （彰化）”
– Hint: Indecent words. Guess the name of the place. A: Obscene language. (Changhua) “Obscene language” in Chinese is zang hua (髒話). “Changhua” is the name of a city and county in west Taiwan and is pronounced zhang hua (彰化). However, when saying this joke with a Taiwanese...
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“Q: 超人保護地球，什麼保護城市？ A: 螢幕保護程式。”
– Q: Superman protects the world, what protects the city? A: A screensaver. … what? So, the answer to this riddle is actually a pun and takes some knowledge of Chinese characters and pronunciation to understand. For those who don’t know already, Chinese is a tonal language and each...
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“Q: 什麽東西往上升永遠掉不下來？ A: 年齡。”
– Q: What goes up but never comes down? A: A person’s age.
Dec 31st
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“Q: 歷史上哪個人跑得最快？ A: 曹操因爲說曹操，曹操就到。”
– Q: Which historical person can run the fastest? A: General Cao because speak of General Cao, here he comes. General Cao is a famous leader from the Three Kingdoms Era of ancient China, as well as a notorious character in “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms” （三國演義）. The conventional...
Dec 29th