Archive for July, 2009

Why Learn Sign Language?

Posted on July 11th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I recently prefabricated a commitment to impact on improving various aspects of my life in order to become a more substantially rounded person. For example, when I realized that I hadn’t taken any kind of class since I mark from college 10 years ago, I definite there and then that learning something new would be a priority. After a lot of consideration, I definite that I would like to learn clew language, so I recently purchased materials that will help me do that.

I’ve been telling my friends and family most my new interest, and the first question everyone asks me is why I want to learn clew language. After all, I’m not deaf or hard-of-hearing myself, nor is anyone in my immediate family. While hearing impairments would obviously be the most pressing reason to learn clew language, it’s certainly not the only one. Here are just two more reasons that helped me attain my decision.

First, I really wanted to try something different. I ever hear most friends who are studying Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, or any number of other languages, but none of those appealed to me. I would much kinda learn American Sign Language (ASL) because of its relative uniqueness.

Second, I want to learn clew module because of its utility. I can say with certainty that I’ll have a chance to use my ASL skills at some saucer in my life. Whether it’s helping a hearing impaired customer when I’m at work, or carrying on a casual conversation with someone I meet at the gym, there’s bound to be ample opportunity for me to apply my knowledge in practical situations. That’s more than I can say most my friends who studied Asian for all four years of college, and then never spoke another syllable of it after they left campus!

Once I definite to learn clew language, I just had to find a class that I could attend. Since my impact hours are ever changing, I didn’t want to commit to specific evening or weekend hours at my topical community college. Instead, I definite to check out a few of the many online resources that are available to people with an interest in ASL. I found individual classes that are delivered entirely over the Internet, as substantially as individual more courses that are offered on video (or DVD).

I chose to learn clew module via DVD because this format allows me to watch the classes on my 42\” television screen kinda than my 17\” computer monitor. I can see exactly what’s going on, and can replay certain sections as many times as necessary to attain sure I understand everything.

I’ve only been studying ASL for a couple weeks now, but I’m already making rapid progress. I can’t wait to move with my courses and develop my skills even more!

German Proverbs

Posted on July 8th, 2009 in 86 | No Comments »

Here are some of my favorite German proverbs. Let’s see if you can understand some of them.

1) Er spricht davon, wie der Blinde von der Farbe.

2) Eines Freund, keines Feind

3) Bekannt, ist halb gebüsst

4) Worte sind gut, wenn Werke folgen

5) Jeder ist seines Glücks Schmidt

6) Jedem dünkt seine Eule ein Falk

7) Wer bei’m Wolf zu Gevatter stehen will, muss einen Hund unter’m Mantel haben

8) Wer sich alle Büsche besieht, kommt selten zu Holze

9) Wer verachtet, der will kaufen

10) Borgen macht Sorgen

11) Wer zwischen zweien Freunden Richter ist, verliert den einen

12) Ein Dienst ist des andern werth

13) Hunger ist der beste Koch

14) Wenn Du die Angel ziehst zu früh, so fängst Du nie

15) Lügner muss ein gut Gedächtniss haben

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A tested way of reducing cholesterol

Posted on July 6th, 2009 in 126 | No Comments »

In February 2008, C and I went to our local clinic for blood tests just for general check-ups. We didn’t expect anything amiss as we are both healthy and exercise regularly, especially C. When the results came back, everything seemed normal except our cholesterol levels which were on borderline high, around 5mmol/l for C and [...]

Answers to the Word the Day

Posted on July 6th, 2009 in 90 | No Comments »

1) shy – schüchtern

2) pain – der Schmerz

3) sweet – süss

4) rarely – selten

5) rich – reich

6) neighbor – der Nachbar

7) mouth – der Mund

8) office – das Büro

9) later – später

10) also – auch

11) to sit – sitzen

12) vacation – der Urlaub

13) together – zusammen

14) hospital – das Krankenhaus

15) to think – denken

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Back again and feeling at home, and also Air Asia X!

Posted on July 2nd, 2009 in 130 | No Comments »

It’s been a really long time since I last wrote a blog. As C said, it was a hectic holiday home. In fact, I wouldn’t even call it a holiday, but simply a break full of commitments. It was so busy to the extent that I was only looking forward to the end of it [...]