SangeethaJaikumar

Friday, June 23, 2006

I say NO to road-o-plane

Yesterday, unfortunately, my hubby dropped me in office (Only I know how much I yearn to go with him). It was an occasion. He was so much worried that I have to come alone. But I joined my colleagues in auto way back home.

I stay a little near to my colleague's place...5 minutes by s(c)hare-auto. I have never tried the double-decker bus and this new s(c)hare-auto. Yesterday, I was happily waiting to board this road-o-plane only for a worst experience.



I missed two road-o-planes and was desperate that I have to board the next one. One well-dressed road-o-plane stopped by and enquired my destination. I and (the pilot too) knew that there were no vacant seat. Puzzled, I refused to tell my destination and waited for my next flight. Slowly, I understood that it was no worth waiting but board the flight with RAC ticket.

The pilot waits for you to plant the first foot and it is upto you to find a seat or a a place in the foot board...ultimately how you place yourself is your problem. But you get dropped in your destination.

Monday, June 12, 2006

Japanese and I

It all began with a small fight I had with my sister the other day. While she was learning German I wanted to embark on this language. I chose this language just because the institution teaching Japanese was nearer to my house.

Ogay…now…lemme tell something about the language:
There are 3 types of alphabets in Japanese viz. Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.
- Hiragana is first taught in school; has 46 letters; phonetic symbols or pronunciation guide for kanji.
- Women were banned to use Hiragana in olden days. So, they created katakana, (corresponding to every hiragana) which eventually was used to write foreign words and names in modern times.
- Kanji arChinesese characters. There are about 3000 characters and 18000 combinations. This is what makes learning Japanese a challenging job.

You gotta pass four levels [4(basic)-3-2-1(advanced)] to study the language completely. I am pursuing level 2 and I work as a translator.

Dare to learn the language?

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