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Season's Greetings Chaps,

Since we're the wise old people on the forums, I thought we should set an example to the youngins 'ere and list our New Year's Resolutions.

Also, how about organising an SR get-together some time. The last attempt failed when we found out that paintballing in Autumn would be cold - how about doing something in London - seeing a film and going to the Trocadero - if there is still a big arcade there? Any more suggestions.

Specially-Reservingly,
SonicRav


NB. My resolutions are as follows:

* Become conversationally fluent in Japanese
* Learn lots of Mandarin
* Become a vegetarian - or at the very least, learn a lot of vedgy recipes.

Jú§t Tinká wrote:
> Ahah. Good look on learning them. Oriental language looks so confusing
> never mind learning them.

Writen Japanese is hard - spoken Japanese is very very easy - far easier than English

Suprisingly, spoken Mandarin is NOTHING like Japanese... however, the kanji (writing system) is the same (more or less).

SonicRav

Ahah. Good look on learning them. Oriental language looks so confusing never mind learning them.

Jú§t Tinká wrote:
> Oh ok. I mean if I had to learn 2 languages they wouldn't be them.

Ah, I see! Well, I think the point was that he learnt good Russian while travelling, and Ukranian. So, after I learn Mandarin and Japanese, I'll be able to read many other languages - like Cantonese - and will be able to pick them up far more easily.

SonicRav

Oh ok. I mean if I had to learn 2 languages they wouldn't be them.

Jú§t Tinká wrote:
"I hate to be a burden, but do enlighten me on, why does he speak these languages?"


Well, I'm not completely sure, but will guess at two reasons:

1) He's a big traveller - decides to just head out to places he's never been and meets people to hang about with there. So, he now has lots of friends in Moscow and goes back from time-to-time.

2) He has/used to have a Ukrainian girlfriend

Sonic

===SONICRAV---> wrote:
> 2) He speaks Russian and Ukranian - so he takes care of things in
> Russia and I take care of things in China.


I hate to be a burden, but do enlighten me on, why does he speak these languages?

I mean, was it down to choice?

===SONICRAV---> wrote:

> Fantastic - I plan to do the whole continent one day, but would like
> to learn Spanish first. How did you find the linguist difficulties?
> Oh, and were you doing a hotel trip, or a rough backpacking tour?
>
> Sonic

I speak a bit of Spanish and a bit of Portugese, as did Algy. Or at least I did then, forgotten it all now. It was me and my sidekick (Algy), hired a car and drove. Mostly hotels or hostels, but the occasional night in the car. Just got flights via the USA. Hired a car at the airport. It all went surprisingly well. Would highly recommend it, at least in the more stable regions, i.e. not Columbia.

La Paz = magnificent.

===SONICRAV---> wrote:
>
> Yes It would - it would be in Mandarin!
>
>
> "Oh, one last thing. Why is your dentist going with you?"
>
> Well, a number of reasons:
>
> 1) My dentist is a good family friend and is a party animal - a trip
> with him would be great.
>
> 2) He speaks Russian and Ukranian - so he takes care of things in
> Russia and I take care of things in China.
>
> 3) They say you need to go with a few people to make the
> trans-mongolian a great experience.
>
> 4) He could land a few punches while I run screaming in a bar fight!




I wish all dentists were like that.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> It sounds absolutely nuts. Never been to Asia, but I'm sure it will
> rock. I did a tour of the South Americas once with a friend. Best
> holiday ever.


Fantastic - I plan to do the whole continent one day, but would like to learn Spanish first. How did you find the linguist difficulties? Oh, and were you doing a hotel trip, or a rough backpacking tour?

Sonic

Dark Mark™ wrote:
> My New Year's Resolution is not to make any more New Year's
> Resolutions ever again, which I think I can stretch to. :P

i think ill follow suit there! :P