Lost In Translation

Didn't do a huge amount of productive stuff today, nevertheless, it was a good day.

Myself and Tom set up the printer we got in Carrefour but there was no black ink cartridge, only colour. So, we went into town to see about getting a black one. Carrefour said that the printer didn't come with a black ink one. D'oh! Tried looking in some places in the tech shop next door but the bleedin cartridges cost more than the printer! So, after a wander around some more shops looking for an electric frying pan for Tom, we grabbed some food. Great fun trying to speak Chinese to the people working there! Some people just seem to have a block there when talking to foreigners but some people will try. I guess they are not used to hearing broken Chinese. We, on the other hand are used to hearing broken English all the time!

This is funny. We saw this sign on the tram. I haven't a clue what the English is actually trying to say! Maybe a Chinese person can look and tell me what the Chinese version actually says!



I don't know what "special to hint" means! I am guessing that an engineer did the translation. I guess it means that we foeign teachers must try harder when teaching Engineering students!

So, after coming home, I got roped into going for a few beers with the Aussies and Americans. Weekday drinking. For shame! It was god craic though. And only 2 Yuan (2 euro cent) for a pint bottle!!

Had good craic at home there. Rang a few of the folks back home using skype.

But here is a better idea. With VOIP Buster, you can actually call Ireland (and lots of European countries as well as Australia/USA/Canada for wait for it... FREE! You need to by 1 euro credit, otherwise they cut your call off after 1 minute. But even with that, it ain't bad for a freebie!