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chamo41

chamo41

China

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March 6, 2007

To all the korean friends and someone who know korean,

Pls help me to translate the sentances and phrases as below into korean language:

1 A place for feet bath.

2 A room for playing chess and card.

3 Hotel or restaurant.

4 Pls go upstairs to the fourth floor.

My friend asked me, but I can't Korean, need all your help, thanks ahead!!

10:19 AM Mar 31 2007

youngstar

youngstar
Nigeria

hello mo, this is young. I just want to tell you that I am back. I just finished my exams. sorry I cant help you becos I dont understand korean.

November 23, 2006

I am not a merchandiser any more.Smile

Need an English name easy for pronunciation by foreigners, who could give me some ideas? Waiting for your suggestion.Tongue out Thanks!!

08:52 AM Dec 12 2006

youngstar

youngstar
Nigeria

hello mo,

            your name is perfect and to me it is easy to pronounce. your name is unique but if you want me to suggest , I will suggest "wonderful" "precious" "peace" "mercy" and "joy" 

October 30, 2006

I have read the Chinese edition of Walden written by Thoreau at the urging of a friend of mine (I'm trying to read the original work now, I think I'll learn more by this way.Wink). My friend is a crazy economics fan, he loves this book so much that he needs someone to share the excitement with him. Unfortunately, I have little interest in this field though that was part of my major at one time. However, the beautiful pond named Walden seemed really attractive when he described it to me at the first time.

Thoreau is the real person who knows how to enjoy his life. In this book, he showed us some trivial things about nature, such as plants, animals, worms, blue ice, colorful sand; his funny experiences of planting beans, fishing, discovering whether Walden Pond has its bottom; and his attitude of living. He wrote with his sincerity and humility as he required of other writers:“A simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land.”

In Thoreau's opinion, people demand too much from the world, and work hard under the unnecessary pressures which were created by our own imagination. We announce that we are free without knowing that we already became the slaves of our greed. “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!” That's the earnest appeal from the author, and the truth in life. “Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one.”, “If it is neccessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf of ignorance which surrounds us.”, and his wonderful theory of chairs:“one for solitude, two for friendship,three for society.” If we expect more, we must pay more, and the cost is often larger than that we gain. How many people wasted their lives in such a bargain?

The way of living chosen by Thoreau is considering himself as a harmonious part of nature. He thinks he is a leaf or mould to some extent. Squirrels don't care whether the woods will bear chestnuts this year or not, so a person shouldn't care about his harvest too much. He doesn't like the person who “loves not the beauty of his fruits, whose fruits are not ripe for him till they are turned to dollars.”

All in all, it's a great book that helped me unload some unnecessary burdens and let me think about the meaning of life again.Undecided

02:13 PM Nov 09 2006

Ixion
Germany

Hi chamo,

I read Walden last winter and found no better book to make me wish for spring again. I wanted to see the nature Thoreau described in such detail with my own eyes again after having read “Walden”. However, I was far from grabbing my things to build a hut in the forest, if you know what I mean….

Cheers

Ixion

12:30 AM Nov 03 2006

chamo41

chamo41
China

Yes,it's really worth reading!Wink

06:47 AM Oct 31 2006

youngstar

youngstar
Nigeria

Hello mo, a good one there. Good books are meant to refocus and add meaning to our lives. With the way you  explian the book I think I want to read this book........but wait a minute I am sure this guy is paying you for marketing his work..ha ha . On a more serious note, good work and keep it up.

05:28 AM Oct 31 2006

Sarah-He

Sarah-He
China

Dear mo,

Is it hard to read the original one of Walden? I have heard the book many times, but I don't know its content very much. It seems to be really worth reading!

Maybe next time you can tell me more about this book, I have an impulse to read it after your introduction. Smile

Best wishes!