Expo

I share the flat with two other people. One of them is from Hong Kong, and the other from Norway. Last night I bumped into the latter for the first time in weeks, since he had also been traveling. He had been to several places in China, and as he was listing them to me he got to Shanghai. "Dude, you have to go to the Expo", he said, and added: "I mean, I went to Disneyland as a kid and I thought it was the biggest, coolest thing in the world... But the World Expo beat that impression by far".

XD

Piracy

I met up with one of my language exchangees today (he teaches me Cantonese in return for my Spanish), and at some point he started asking me whether I knew a Spanish word he had heard in a film called "Todo sobre mi madre". The reason why he was asking me was that the pirate CD he had purchased only came with Chinese subtitles, and these didn't translate said word. Since his pronunciation was not the best and my knowledge of Spain's slang is limited, I suggested him to download the movie with English subtitles. "But that's illegal!", he exclaimed.

English alert

My English has been under a process of decay for the last three or four months. Slowly, more or less unnoticeable at first, but horribly evident after three weeks of pretty much not speaking it. So what am I going to do about it? Write. So, dear reader, be warned: The English contained in this entry -and probably in the few that may or may not follow- will most likely be full of flaws and cringe-inducing grammatical misuses.

Eventually, my use of the language should improve enough not to stress me out too much whenever I write emails, essays or articles in English, let alone speak in public, private and (oh, no) too private occasions. And yes, I am currently scanning through several 'Learn English!' websites. I guess this could prove embarrassing for a proud non-native speaker who has been studying a language for over thirty years, but it is probably a good thing that I am neither too proud nor have I spent that amount of time learning English (mainly due to age constraints). It would also be provident to point out that my sense of humour should show signs of improvement as I gain a bit more control over the language (I swear, I am hilarious inside my mind).