Wednesday, July 8, 2009
#5 Coffee with Bread, Cooldrink with Food/Burgers...
I dont know if anyone else gets me on this, but coffee goes with bread, cheese, toast...Not cooldrink. I thought about it again today, that it could be because I don't eat jam, so maybe it's because the combination of bread and sweet juice or all other cooldrinks except Coke. Then with warm food, coffee just doesnt seem to go... You cannot wash food down with coffee? Maybe it's because coffee sometimes seems like a meal on it's own. That brings me to another random and completely disconnected thought, but I cannot drink Hot Chocolate, while eating Chocolate cake !
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
#4 Audio Bible and a Car Radio...
Or how would I really listen to my Audio cd's...
I just think this would be something good to play in the car as you are driving. Not too sure about the American accents, but this is better than nothing...
Car radio, to listen to the cd's I like... However I must admit i like the silence and the singing on my own, and the sociableness in my car because of no radio so it's a mmm? yes or no situation. Well and of course, not having money just yet adds to it...
I just think this would be something good to play in the car as you are driving. Not too sure about the American accents, but this is better than nothing...
Car radio, to listen to the cd's I like... However I must admit i like the silence and the singing on my own, and the sociableness in my car because of no radio so it's a mmm? yes or no situation. Well and of course, not having money just yet adds to it...
#3 Taking apart music...
When I listen to music, I tend to listen to it over and over until I know every beat, every bass note, the amount of counts before the next verse comes in. I don't mean to do this but it is just the way I am inclined. In fact recently I got quite excited when I listened to a Misty Edwards song where she sings " I can hear the rhythm of the lion of the tribe of judah.." and could hear the drum beats playing like a rhythm of a heart beat...
I am open to changing existing songs, but I have to say it depends. I love Sara groves take on O Holy Night... But generally I struggle when I hear the one key is not like the original when replaying and existing song. Other people don't seem to notice but I do.
I once helped a friend playing guitar, she plays really well but cannot hear the chords, I can hear by ear, but can't play by ear, just yet:) So we made music me telling her the keys to the songs, and her strumming beautiful...
Another song I fell in love with because of the background music is Sara Groves Rewrite this Tragedy. God of Wonders Thirday on the City on a Hill cd, the African Children's choir in the background on Jars of Clay - Light gives heat...The way the guys played kumama on camp it needs to sound Congolese! The Youth band of N1, playing their instruments with all the different layers, Its amazing... Carpenters, ask me to hit the beat, sing the song, sing the bass of the songs can do that for you :)
I think I should become a music producer!
I am open to changing existing songs, but I have to say it depends. I love Sara groves take on O Holy Night... But generally I struggle when I hear the one key is not like the original when replaying and existing song. Other people don't seem to notice but I do.
I once helped a friend playing guitar, she plays really well but cannot hear the chords, I can hear by ear, but can't play by ear, just yet:) So we made music me telling her the keys to the songs, and her strumming beautiful...
Another song I fell in love with because of the background music is Sara Groves Rewrite this Tragedy. God of Wonders Thirday on the City on a Hill cd, the African Children's choir in the background on Jars of Clay - Light gives heat...The way the guys played kumama on camp it needs to sound Congolese! The Youth band of N1, playing their instruments with all the different layers, Its amazing... Carpenters, ask me to hit the beat, sing the song, sing the bass of the songs can do that for you :)
I think I should become a music producer!
#2 Learning New Languages...
Ok I don't get very far with this, but I do like learning new languages and especially funny phrases. And it helps me to connect with people more, so why not? Also hope one day I would divinely just understand what the people around me are saying...Below follows a list of words and phrases I know in the languages I know, to be added as I go along (please excuse the spelling mostly learnt by ear)...By the way me posting this on here is also to remember what I learn...
English
TOO MUCH WORDS AND SENTENCES TO PUT ON HERE
SOUTHERN AFRICAN LANGUAGES
Afrikaans
TOO MUCH WORDS AND SENTENCES TO PUT ON HERE
isiXhosa
* Almost too much to put on here, but alot of basic words, example incwadi, inja,
ecaweni, ubisi, umnqwazi, basic sentences, and a song and a prayer
isiZulu
* All I know here is its mostly the same as xhosa with subtle changes e.g instead
of saying Andiyaz, you say angiyaz (I don't knwow)
Setswana
* Dumela- Hello
* Baratwa - Beloved :) (learnt this in a new apostolic church where they had a
translator)
* Kiyaleboga...Boy did I feel embarrased in Sun City when the only african
language I knew was Xhosa, and all the people were Tswana and i couldnt even say
thank you for the hospitality so I learnt this one quickly enough after that
Sotho mixed with tsotsitaal
* Rene rele daa - We were there
Pedi mixed with tsotsitaal
* Rebe rele daa - We were there
* Likei - Hi/Howyou?
Outside South Africa
Namibian-Oshiwambo
* Tangie - thankyou
* Handi Kumani - Thankyou, I'll see you? (Wait how could I forget the meaning)
Zimbabwean-Shona
* Uribo/ndiribo - Hello/how you, I'm fine
* Ofambe Jakanake - Stay well (Goodbye)
* Nditaura Shona zishoma (I speak a Shona a little)
* Shamwariango - My friend
* Then 2 Zimbabwean songs, and their meaning :)
EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
* French - bonjour, bonsois, monsier, merci, je pal francais, je me pal Chandre,
je no comprompe, Alacemen procien, Aseswa, La mais etagriab, Je vais au toilette
Je vais ala mazu ( no idea how to spell this) Je suis fatigue, Il Feshu ajaurdwy
Aurevoir Mon Ami, Mon Pot, Cu dieux (? dear) tebanese
* Portuguese - Ola, obrigado, Eu falo inglesh, nada portugese, Vamus, Corazon,
Agua, Eu vou domir, Pesh, mao, pao, and some christian words from the music I
listen to
* Italian - sono stanca, nonna, nonno, ciao bella, bruno :), destra, sinistra,
nonti preoccupari, albergo, finnito
* Spanish - gracias, voila
* Romanian - multimesc, da, nu and a song...
* Dutch - can read and generally understand what I am reading... Ik ben zo blij
* German - ich liebe dich (and I was taught the correct way to say it) Meine
tasha :),
* Swedish - hey door (or that is how it sounds), sheetbolla :)
ASIAN/Middle East
* Chinese - Cantoese - ho oy lei,jahusan punyow, Mandarin - Ni hau
* Arabic - Tiramu Kasi, Shoekraan, Slamat :)
English
TOO MUCH WORDS AND SENTENCES TO PUT ON HERE
SOUTHERN AFRICAN LANGUAGES
Afrikaans
TOO MUCH WORDS AND SENTENCES TO PUT ON HERE
isiXhosa
* Almost too much to put on here, but alot of basic words, example incwadi, inja,
ecaweni, ubisi, umnqwazi, basic sentences, and a song and a prayer
isiZulu
* All I know here is its mostly the same as xhosa with subtle changes e.g instead
of saying Andiyaz, you say angiyaz (I don't knwow)
Setswana
* Dumela- Hello
* Baratwa - Beloved :) (learnt this in a new apostolic church where they had a
translator)
* Kiyaleboga...Boy did I feel embarrased in Sun City when the only african
language I knew was Xhosa, and all the people were Tswana and i couldnt even say
thank you for the hospitality so I learnt this one quickly enough after that
Sotho mixed with tsotsitaal
* Rene rele daa - We were there
Pedi mixed with tsotsitaal
* Rebe rele daa - We were there
* Likei - Hi/Howyou?
Outside South Africa
Namibian-Oshiwambo
* Tangie - thankyou
* Handi Kumani - Thankyou, I'll see you? (Wait how could I forget the meaning)
Zimbabwean-Shona
* Uribo/ndiribo - Hello/how you, I'm fine
* Ofambe Jakanake - Stay well (Goodbye)
* Nditaura Shona zishoma (I speak a Shona a little)
* Shamwariango - My friend
* Then 2 Zimbabwean songs, and their meaning :)
EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
* French - bonjour, bonsois, monsier, merci, je pal francais, je me pal Chandre,
je no comprompe, Alacemen procien, Aseswa, La mais etagriab, Je vais au toilette
Je vais ala mazu ( no idea how to spell this) Je suis fatigue, Il Feshu ajaurdwy
Aurevoir Mon Ami, Mon Pot, Cu dieux (? dear) tebanese
* Portuguese - Ola, obrigado, Eu falo inglesh, nada portugese, Vamus, Corazon,
Agua, Eu vou domir, Pesh, mao, pao, and some christian words from the music I
listen to
* Italian - sono stanca, nonna, nonno, ciao bella, bruno :), destra, sinistra,
nonti preoccupari, albergo, finnito
* Spanish - gracias, voila
* Romanian - multimesc, da, nu and a song...
* Dutch - can read and generally understand what I am reading... Ik ben zo blij
* German - ich liebe dich (and I was taught the correct way to say it) Meine
tasha :),
* Swedish - hey door (or that is how it sounds), sheetbolla :)
ASIAN/Middle East
* Chinese - Cantoese - ho oy lei,jahusan punyow, Mandarin - Ni hau
* Arabic - Tiramu Kasi, Shoekraan, Slamat :)
#1 Left-Handedness
I know this may seem weird, but I just love the uniqueness and watching the way left handed people write, and very unique people in my life all turned out to be left handed. And lately I discovered left handed female friends are really great! I generally enjoy deep, relevant conversation, Politics, Poverty, Culture, etc... Though I am a girl, I cannot speak for too long about shopping, manicures, etc. And find many a time the girls in my company do not really express their views on the things I speak about, so end up chatting to the guys until recently realised my left handed girl friends tend to be the same as me :)
According to Wikipedia "Left-handedness is the preference for the left hand over the right for everyday activities such as writing. Most left-handed people exhibit some degree of ambidexterity.[1] Left-handedness is relatively uncommon; 90 to 93 percent of the adult population is right-handed"
According to http://www.lefthandersday.com/tour2.html The brain is "cross-wired" so that the left hemisphere controls the right handed side of the body and vice-versa and hand dominance is connected with brain dominance on the opposite side - which is why we say that only left-handers are in their right minds!
If this is true then I really am a left handed after all I click with my left hand, and hold my knife in my left hand though I'm starting to lose that. At the same time the Right brained attributes come naturally, but the left brained attributes are there too and what I enjoy...
I don't know, but what I do know is I like Left handed people :)
According to Wikipedia "Left-handedness is the preference for the left hand over the right for everyday activities such as writing. Most left-handed people exhibit some degree of ambidexterity.[1] Left-handedness is relatively uncommon; 90 to 93 percent of the adult population is right-handed"
According to http://www.lefthandersday.com/tour2.html The brain is "cross-wired" so that the left hemisphere controls the right handed side of the body and vice-versa and hand dominance is connected with brain dominance on the opposite side - which is why we say that only left-handers are in their right minds!
If this is true then I really am a left handed after all I click with my left hand, and hold my knife in my left hand though I'm starting to lose that. At the same time the Right brained attributes come naturally, but the left brained attributes are there too and what I enjoy...
I don't know, but what I do know is I like Left handed people :)
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