Month: September 2008

Google top page analysis of s(h)n (n = 1-10)

1: no image
2: no image
3: some correct but similar images in the middle.
4: some correct but similar images in the middle. Mostly close-up lip photos so far. Correction suggested for 3 h’s.
5: a variety of right images on top. Whole face images.
6: some right images and one very wrong looking image in the middle.
7: a variety of right images on top.
8. a variety of images on top. Perhaps not as helpful as before. Correction suggested for 3 h’s.
9: a variety of images on top. A chipmunk and a spy cat appear. Correction suggested for 3 h’s.
10: funny images. Correction suggested for ohhhhhhhhhh.

I’ll settle for 5 then.

How about charging a cent per kcal for ready-made food? A 300kcal item would be three dollars. Two cents maybe?

That way, I wouldn’t accidentally consume 2000 kcal from a milkshake.

I wonder if the concept of ichigo-ichie can be truly understood only retrospectively. If so, how frustrating!

You shouldn’t have taught me in practice but let me practice the concept, my dear friend.

Every time I use an apricot flavor toothpaste, I think for a second that I forgot to wash my armpits.

A common solution to streets where only one car could pass through is to make it into a one-way street. I suggest we make a two-way bike only street.

Questions not to ask in a course evaluation survey for “repeat” courses:

Would you recommend this course to other students? Would you take this course again?

What’s it like to be the last native speaker alive?