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EddieColeslaw

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    I kind of stopped posting because there weren't many threads to post in, really. I liked the ones that got a big debate going, which I would learn from but also have a laugh at the jokes within. Moar effort needed for new threads? Not that I'm being a brilliant poster, I disappeared due to college business and lack of laptop for a few months...

     

    But yeah, main reason seems to be that everyone is growing up and finding other things to do. Less time and effort spent on here = less activity and appeal. Inevitable, really, but it would be a shame as this is the only forum I got into to this degree. I miss ReZ and his artichokes. I experienced something similar with the J-rock community, I used to be really into it a few years ago but I pretty much know nothing about it anymore. Growing out of N-E would be ok if some awesome newcomers arrived to keep it going instead of it dying a quiet death, I think! Better than everyone forcing themselves to take part if they don't actually feel like it. I'm not sure how it works, but maybe some advertising is needed (aware that someone already mentioned it a few pages back)? :)

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    @EddieColeslaw...wow, you are quite a linguist. I feel incredibly guilty as a British person, because as a whole, we seem to only speak the one language. Whenever I go to Belgium, I'm always impressed at the level of English that a lot of people I meet can speak. They've got a totally different attitude to languages than we have. So, yes. Guilty.

     

    I think it's like that for most of Europe - they are fluent in their own language as well as English at the very least, then probably fluent-to-semi-fluent in a neighbouring country's language. Some Dutch kids came to my secondary school for an exchange program before, and they spoke Dutch, English, and French o___o

     

    Irish people are guiltier - we spend at least 10 years in compulsory Irish classes, then everyone seems to forget it immediately after the last exam! There is absolutely no motivation to be able to use it here, apart from some professions (e.g. if you want to work in the government). It's a damn shame, 10 years is a lot of Irish classes and time spent on learning it.

     

    The problem with language learning is that you have to have some kind of motivation. It's been easy to learn English, since all the video games, guitar magazines and most of the internet stuff were / are in that language in the first place! And when you have English, what motivation is there to learn anything else? : o A bit of a double-edged sword there...Anyway, Japanese is one language and culture that does interest me, but not so much that I'd subject myself to the pain of playing games / watching anime in Japanese only... o_O

     

    Don't forget movies, books, YouTube videos, online tutorials, ebooks... :)

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    My dad is always going on about how he treats fruit as his meals, and it must work because the doctor always declares him as fit as a teenager.

     

    I like fruit but I don't like the pith, so I will often spend ages carving out the insides of grapefruits and oranges. I don't like seeds either, and will refuse to eat watermelon before all of the seeds have been pinched out. Apples are boring. I like plums now. I like fruit in general :D

     

    Why are people so against pineapple on pizza?? It's just food :( Go to Korea, they put POTATO on pizza. And mayonnaise. Actually, I want to try that...

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    In my mind, Love is when all questions stop asking themselves. It can be both conditional or unconditional. It is an uncontrollable mass of goo.

     

    Love is total unconscious (I don't think this is the right word; what I mean is that you don't decide or question it, you just know and it just is) acceptance, which transcends appearance and gender. I think. Or maybe that's just loving someone's mind. idk.

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    My first language is Cantonese (I abuse that as an excuse whenever needed >:D), and I learned English when I was born here and got thrown into primary school.

     

    Learned Irish, French, and German in secondary school. Used to talk to quite a lot of German people on Myspace/online etc., but no more. My reading and comprehension is still ok though. I can read French, but no conversation. I swept Irish out of my brain as soon as I left secondary school :P

     

    Learned some Japanese and Mandarin during college, unfortunately I don't have much interest in Mandarin and accidentally forgot all of it. Learning Swedish and Korean on my own, with stilted progress...one summer I encountered a lot of Eastern Europeans at work, so learned some Russian and Polish phrases.

     

    I should really get on with learning a langage properly to the point where I'm semi-fluent...probably Swedish or Korean. Don't really know what's stopping me, probably laziness, because I used to love learning other languages.

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    Singapore's favourite airhead blogger shows you how to make eggs.

     

    I kind of like eggs, sparingly. I like egg and cress sandwiches. When I was younger I used to only ever eat egg mayonnaise at restaurants and hotels.

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    Come again?

     

    Excellent people-watching! If you're at the airport, it means that you're heading somewhere different, or returning from somewhere...good connotations! Mind you, I only like modern airports with nice architecture and good shops...Heathrow and Hong Kong International are my favourites so far.

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    I'm going to Dallas, TX at the end of August to see my boyfriend! Woop! Haven't been abroad since summer 2010. I get to travel ALL BY MYSELF! I'm a grown-up now! I like airports, so I'm looking forward to the travel just as much as arriving there. To 40°C weather, probably (it's 34°C right now, night-time...). Has anyone ever been to Dallas?

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    Just watched it for the second time, in 3D (2D the first time).

     

    Andrew Garfield's chin/jaw is really narrow and it distracts me :(

     

    Loved all of the dodging and evading, and use of web. Liked how Gwen/Peter are younger and look more like the characters they're portraying in that respect. I always hated Kirsten Dunst as MJ, so it wasn't hard for me to like Emma Stone. The Lizard was genuinely scary and gross, which I liked - never felt that with the villains of the previous trilogy. Hated the soundtrack. Dialogue was a bit shallow and all relationships were underdeveloped - it could've been longer, to counteract that?

     

    I dunno, I can't say I love it but it was still entertaining the second time around. HIS CHIN IS REALLY SMALL OR SOMETHING OMFG.

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    Hot Toys should make wax (er, plastic!) figures, those figures sure beat Madam Tussaud's offerings. I just realised that I've unknowingly walked past their only store in Hong Kong before.

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    The extremely lifelike figures by Hot Toys (officially licensed) are coming out in December, I think.

     

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    LOOK AT IT!! *______* (Excuse my Loki bias.)

     

    hot-toys-loki-avengers-figure-1.jpg

     

    Too bad they're like, €200 :( The most I've spent on an action figure is like €30 on FFVIII Play Arts Squall!

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