Archive | December, 2008

16 December 2008 ~ 231 Comments

How to do music notes, love hearts and other symbols in Facebook status updates and chat

Facebook symbols for status, heart, sun, music notes

You now know how to add Facebook emoticons to your chats, but do you want to know how you can add hearts, music notes and other cool symbols to your Facebook status and chats? There are two ways! 1) Copy Facebook symbols from here! ♥ – love heart ♫ – big musical note ♪ – [...]

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15 December 2008 ~ 6 Comments

How rumours start…

02-blackcock

Until recently, 95% of Chinese textbooks were printed in Ghana. However, contracts with publishers in Africa have recently been reviewed by the Chinese government due to suspected ‘subliminal messages’ being implanted into the minds of the youth of the country. I’m not sure there is any hard evidence though.

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13 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Song for Saturday

Cheesie sent me this song, I think as an example of how two people who have a musical crossover ratio ™ of around 0.5% can find common ground through the magical art of remixing! If you can’t see the video then here’s the link: Capsule x Daft Punk x Beastie Boys – Starry Sky YEAH! [...]

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11 December 2008 ~ 3 Comments

Keep your friends close…keep your colleagues closer…

THIEF!

When I returned from one of my classes I found this cleverly worded note from a colleague, who will only be referred to as JAKE. He really puts the EF in THIEF.

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10 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

The big story

earkiss

A young lady lost her hearing after a passionate kiss from her boyfriend in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. “While kissing is normally very safe, doctors advise people to proceed with caution,” wrote the China Daily. Police have arrested one 25 year-old man on suspicion of whispering sweet nothings with intent. …. Full story: BBC News China [...]

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08 December 2008 ~ 4 Comments

Ghetto christmas

Ghetto christmas

This Christmas will be just the second I have spent away from my family. Although I do, of course, love my family very much, I don’t really mind being away from them (clearly – I live in China). Last year could have been pretty melancholy (I hate that word), as we spent Christmas in my [...]

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08 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Define intervention

WIDE LOAD

In most countries you’d have to make a choice, but anything is possible in China.

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