tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18483755.post636651604686860316..comments2023-09-22T13:52:03.176+02:00Comments on Non Compos Mentis: A crude attempt at the translation of Li Po's poemMiao 妙http://www.blogger.com/profile/02530675682644268678noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18483755.post-48839715310404484292008-04-09T14:02:00.000+02:002008-04-09T14:02:00.000+02:00'Feeble little brain'? You give yourself too littl...'Feeble little brain'? You give yourself too little credit.<BR/><BR/>One very big problem about you is that you don't know how smart you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18483755.post-37108594599897783602008-04-07T17:17:00.000+02:002008-04-07T17:17:00.000+02:00Here's my two cents worth...There is no time...it'...Here's my two cents worth...<BR/><BR/>There is no time...it's an illusion (even though I seem to be greatly affected by my perceptions of it) and everything is constantly changing within the illusory phase of present time. The past and the future are also illusions and the only thing that is real is NOW...even though, like Li Po points out, everything is changing so much that there's almost no point in trying to grasp it at all. Even though we all do...Sphinxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318014513466058892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18483755.post-72795458615074353572008-04-07T12:14:00.000+02:002008-04-07T12:14:00.000+02:00Hey, how have you been? Remember me? It's been a l...Hey, how have you been? Remember me? It's been a long time since we last talked.<BR/><BR/>It's a pleasant surprise to see how much you've improved in English. =) I still remember that in the past I used to advise you to brush up on English by talking more to Sha, and I also told Sha to brush up on her Chinese by talking more to you... lol. Your English is fabulous now, and your Chinese is still as powerful as ever.<BR/><BR/>Nice to know that you are fine. Take care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18483755.post-83709069583966969622008-04-07T11:22:00.000+02:002008-04-07T11:22:00.000+02:00Jingo: Good to see you back again! :) Chinese shou...<B>Jingo:</B> Good to see you back again! :) Chinese should be easy for you, since you are a Chinese!<BR/><BR/><B>Wei Shi:</B> Yeah my holidays are coming soon. :D I'm looking forward to it already, even though I still have 2 upcoming German tests, one philosophy presentation and one 5000-word essay to finish (I haven't even started writing it!). I'm so stressed that I even dreamt of my professors twice. :/Miao 妙https://www.blogger.com/profile/02530675682644268678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18483755.post-50776000909884834402008-04-07T04:57:00.000+02:002008-04-07T04:57:00.000+02:00Take care, miao miao!Work and stress will be over ...Take care, miao miao!<BR/>Work and stress will be over really soon. (Your hols are coming right?) <BR/>And I'll be back! (Okay, not SO soon) but yeah, we'll all have fun then. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18483755.post-49413319723397977682008-04-06T20:27:00.000+02:002008-04-06T20:27:00.000+02:00I'll hopefully be learning Chinese in the summer, ...I'll hopefully be learning Chinese in the summer, so maybe I'll be able to read your Chinese posts in time.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I'm back!Jingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539485497791774376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18483755.post-75902003538760483102008-04-01T05:18:00.000+02:002008-04-01T05:18:00.000+02:00You jia you too, miao miao!!Meanwhile, I am counti...You jia you too, miao miao!!<BR/>Meanwhile, I am counting down to the day that I get to go home again! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com