If you have any suggestions, then that would be great!!
Rebecca :)

Australians love nicknames. That's how Australians turn into Aussies and Filipinos become Filos. Nicknames work with people's names. If your surname is Webber then you'd most likely be known as Webbo. If your first name is John chances are you'll be called Johno.

Nicknames work for common words too. A barbecue is a barbie. Afternoon is arvo. A beer is a Coldie. A biscuit is a bikkie. Breakfast is brekkie. Football is footy. Kindergarten is kindie. Lipstick is lippie. Maccas (pron. "mackers") is McDonald's. A mosquito is a mozzie. A poker machine is a pokie (Filos will think that's naughty). A present is a prezzie. University is uni. Relatives are rellies. A kangaroo is a roo. And of course, a day off sick from work is a sickie.

So when an Aussie says, "Johno, chuck a sickie this arvo, mate. Bring a slab of Coldies to my place. I'll fire up the barbie, throw in some snags and we'll watch the footy" you know you're in for a mighty good time.

"But what would you like to order?"

"A Big Mac and large Diet Coke."

What We Hear: Full as a goog.

What They Mean:  Drunk or eaten to excess.

What We Hear: Going to the dunny.

What They Mean: Going to the toilet.

What We Hear: Pig's bum.

What They Mean: That's wrong.

What We Hear: Doing your block.

What They Mean: Getting very angry.

What We Hear: Fair dinkum.

What They Mean: Someone really genuine.

What We Hear: She'll be apples.

What They Mean: Everything will be OK.

As you can see Aussies are proud of their insanity.  Well, I'm off to have the naughty...or is it having a blue?...crap, mayby I've got the wog...

Hey Players! GameZo here!

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I'm sorry i haven't posted yesterday :( But I'm here posting about the new game Added on AddictingGames.com: Madagascar ESCAPE 2 AFRICA Based on the new Movie in Cinema's madagascar 2!

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The Point of the game is a Lion driving a JEEP to save his Animal Friends and once you finish the level It say's YOU WIN! and i think thats the whole game,But there's a Cool feature added also you can make your own Game Level of the game... It's pretty simple and a little cool but the game is pretty Boring :P

Review:

Story:

6/10

Music/Sounds:

7/10

Controls:

3/10!

Difficulties:

1/10

Addicting:

0/10

Overall:

4.5

I Suggest not to play this Game...

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Here is the link; http://www.addictinggames.com/spotlight/madagascar.html

Hope you enjoyed this Review of the game Madagascar Escape2Africa!!!

Game on!

-GameZo

 Unlike 引きこもり or ニート, this word was born in 2ch. Surprisngly, 2ch bugs came up with this to claim themselves...that is 自宅警備員[jitaku keibi'in], or home security guard. As you know, people who dwell on 2ch are sitting at the desk and obssessed with the screen. So they sarcastically insist they are surveilling home. Their job is to keep their home safe, so they have to be at home. 自宅[jitaku] means home, and 警備員[keibi'in] means a security guard. Eventually it is equal to be a ニート...Havin said that, 警備員 sounds better than 引きこもり, no? ^^ It makes me laugh a bit. Come to think of it, jobless women(in other words, female NEET) can be called 家事手伝い[kaji tetsudai]. Ugh, I can't put it into English. Housewife? Nah, they are not married. Not correct. Anyway, their job is to do household chores. But what if they don't do it? 結局ニートじゃん！Know this is only for women. Jobless men at home end up being a ニート or プー太郎[pu-tarou].

 Comparing to above, 自宅警備員 still sounds okay(?). And when they get kicked out of home by parents[雇用主, employer], they recieve 自宅警備員解雇通知[jitaku keibi'in kaiko tsuuchi] to mean a dismissal notice of home security guard. They are sacked, so they have to leave home...and where are they going?

 Yes, they are headed to the internet cafe to stay. Taking a shower, grabbing a snack, and finding a day labor...they eventually stay at the internet cafe. From place to place, they are wandering...so they are called ネカフェ難民[nekafe nanmin] or an internet-cafe refugee. They don't have a home, but wander from internet cafe to another. This is also a serious social matter.

 Remember Nagisa Kaworu in Evangelion said 帰る家があるのはいい事だよ[Having a home to go is a good thing]? Umm, come to think of it where is his "home"? OMG, could he be a ネカフェ難民? Just kidding.^^

“¹chill” \’chil\  vb chilled; chill·ing or chill·in’ [ME chile chill, frost, fr. OE ciele; akin to OE ceald cold] : to pass time in an unstructured, relaxed manner, usu. At a residence – syn _{LAMP, LOUNGE, HANG, KICK IT}

- cold chill :  to pass time in an especially chill manner – chill out : to calm down, release stress

“²chill” adj : all right, good, acceptable “_{NO THANKS, I’M CHILL}”

The following article was written for Kidstuff magazine a year ago.  Not sure if I have 6-year-old and 7-year-old readers out there for this blog, but I'm certain you could use this somehow.  By the way, Math-Tinik came from "matinik", a Filipino slang meaning unusually well-versed.

Be Math-tinik

[How to Do Well in Math for 1^st and 2^nd Graders]

By: Wacks Cagampan

You’re in your early grade school.  And everyone is having trouble with the subject called “Math”.  Well, you don’t have to worry.  Here are some tips on how to make your Math life easy to begin with:

1.    Solve puzzles.  Math is just a bunch of puzzles.  Solve those puzzles at the back of juice drink packs and you’ll be ready for Math in no time.  Have fun!

2.    Sleep early for 8-10hours.  You need to be alert and awake in your Math class.  And remember, no sleeping in class!

3.    Do skip counting.  Do it by 2’s, and then by 3’s, then up to 9’s.  This will help you a lot with the other lessons.

4.    Follow each lesson carefully.  You can’t learn Lesson 2 without knowing Lesson 1 first.  And so on.

5.    Ask questions.  Teachers give the secret formula only to those who ask.  Don’t be afraid of your teachers.  Math teachers even love students who ask questions.

6.    Do all seatworks and homeworks.  If you get used to them, you can ace all math tests with no sweat.

7.    Do homeworks right away.  Do the Math homeworks first before the other homeworks.

8.    Ask Mom and Dad.  Let them help on your math homeworks.

9.    Teach.  If you know the lesson well, teach your classmates during free time.  Learn more while meeting new friends.  And it’s always good to help others.

10. Last but not the least, love Math.  It’s the easiest way to learn it.

[Note to parents: Want to know more on how to guide your kids in Math?  Email pogingwacks@yahoo.com.]

Shortening words and phrases to simply a few letters is an easy way to get your point across in a short amount of time.  To learn this new short-hand, all you need to do is visit a site like craigslist.org or manhunt.net, and you will be fluent in a matter of days.

1. verb: man for man / woman for woman; used in the search for a sexual partner online

Turco Takey: When Marty Turco leaves the net to steal the puck from the opposing team, who are attempting to chase it into the defensive zone

Louibot: Nickname of Loui Eriksson, after he revealed himself to be an evil robot in pictures of their practice.

Skating the track: Refers to a defenseman’s ability to appear anywhere on the blue line to stop the puck and hold it in the offensive zone- pertaining particularly to Stephane Robidas.

Cheesy Rebound: Borrowed from this video, refers to a shot set up for the purpose of providing a rebound.

More to come at a later date!

Who's peed in your cheerios?

Letteralmente "chi ha pisciato nei tuoi cheerios?": é un'espressione slang usata per chiedere a qualcuno se si é alzato con la luna di traverso. La ho sentita in One Tree Hill (puntata 5, stagione 6) ed essendo cosí pittoresca non potevo non farvene omaggio!

Anyway,Lets Get back on talking about tuberockers,In short: Guitar Hero + Youtube = TubeRockers. My first rhythm game in flash. It’s really very similar to other games out there in terms of gameplay, scoring, etc. You should still give it a try as it uses YouTube videos for music and background. This means two things. The game looks cool (in my opinion) Possibility of new tracks is endless. Who could ask for more? (Actually you could ask for a smoother, less choppy gameplay on systems that hasn’t got a dual core cpu) Right click and select “low quality” it helps.

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 Currently theres only 2 Songs to choose from

 Here is a Video i made of Me playing the Song Die Hard on TubeRockers!

Lol i know I'm pretty bad :P

here is the Link to the game: http://www.gamereclaim.com/2008/09/tuberockers/

Enjoy!

-GameZo

News.com.aureported this week that an Adelaide zoo has been forced to stop promoting free entry for "Rangas" due to the overwhelming messages of offense from the redhead population. Apparently it came as quite a shock to organisers of the event, who had not thought that the common contraction for "Orangutan" - "Ranga" could be offensive to those of a ginger predisposition.

Offensive? Being labelled with the slang term for a monkey? Perhaps at this point I should disclose my editorial bias on this issue. I am a ginger, redhead, blood-nut, fanta-pants or 'ranga if you please. Personally, no offense taken. However, it really isn't news to people that these terms do offend the majority of the redheaded population and perhaps rightly so. Who amongst us likes to be singled out for a physical characteristic we were born with? 'Vertically challenged' ringing any bells for the short people out there? How about a 'ditzy' blond?

Maybe the real story here should be how the adverse reaction to the zoo's campaign has totally detracted from their message about the real endangered 'ranga - the Orangutan. How many news organisations gave front page column-width to that story in the last 12 months?

Ninguém gosta de um dedo-duro ou (al)cagüete (= tattletale; telltale), aquela pessoa com a desagradável mania de relatar o que o outro fez de errado para alguém em posição de autoridade (professor ou pai, por exemplo). Conforme o código informal de conduta no colégio, dedurar ou "entregar" o coleguinha (= to tell on sb; to tattle on sb; to snitch on sb; to rat sb out; to rat on sb; to finger) é crime punido com ostracismo social.

Delatar pode ter conseqüências piores ainda quando o má ação é de fato um crime. O informante (=informer), vulgo X9 (= snitch, narc, supergrass), pode ter um triste fim se sua traição for descoberta.

Mas nem tudo é intencional. Às vezes, é sem querer que se bate/dá com a língua nos dentes ou se deixa escapar (=let the cat out of the bag) e, quando se vai ver, já se contou o segredo de alguém (tell sb's secret). Quem comete indiscrições assim com freqüência é um blabbermouth, ou seja, alguém que tende a blab.

Cá entre nós, nesse caso, a pessoa provavelmente já merece o título de fofoqueira ou mexeriqueira (=gossip; busybody; talebearer) e intrometida (=nosy). E os fofoqueiros, todos sabem, não têm limites: entregam os podres (=dish the dirt) e até espalham boatos (=spread rumo(u)rs). Por sinal, dish, assim como gossip e tittle-tattle, também é palavra usada para se referir a fofoca ou mexerico.

No entanto, a boataria (disse-me-disse, diz-que-me-diz) às vezes acaba na justiça. Comentários difamatórios (=defamatory) podem levar a um processo por calúnia, injúria e difamação (=defamation, que pode ser uma slander ou libel, a depender se tiver sido feito oralmente ou por escrito*). Ainda no tribunal, nem sempre são aceitas informações de segunda mão (hearsay or secondhand evidence).

E eu, que já falei tanto, que não tenho mais nada a dizer (=I'm all talked out), termino com o começo: formas de se abrir uma maledicência. 

• "Dizem as más línguas que..."/ "Reza a lenda que..." (="Rumor has it..."; "As the story goes..."; "As the story runs...");
• "Tão dizendo que..." ("Word on the street is..." )
• "Você (não) tá sabendo das últimas?" (="Have(n't) you heard?"; "as últimas" =  the latest dish);
• "Ouvi dizer que..." (="I heard through the grapewine that...")
• "Não diga que fui eu que falei" (="You didn't hear it from me").

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*Para ser mais preciso, segundo o Modern Legal Usage de Brian Garner, "slander" é feito oralmente e de forma fugaz, ao passo que "libel" costuma ser por escrito e publicado, mas pode também ser oral desde que tenha sido registrado ou transmitido por alguma mídia.

This bit of lingo is one of the few things from Japanese that I've found that I've adopted into my English speaking as well. It's basically a grunt of agreement, which is usually written in Romajii as "un" but sounds a bit like "ugh." In conversation it's usually said quite frequently to let the other person know that your'e both interested in what they're saying and also that you understood it. Since I'm of course not a native speaker or fluent, I use it more frequently for the latter. Both men and women say it, but men tend to say it more an a grunt.

Here's a sample conversation:

Japanese:
A: その映画好きですか？
B: うん。

Romajii:
A: Sono eiga suki desu ka?
B: Un.

English:
A: Do you like that movie?
B: Yeah.

Llegamos a Nagoya a las 9 de la mañana, el calor húmedo nos golpeó en la cara nada más salir del avión, tomamos el tren, entramos en un vagón cualquiera y nos sentamos en unos asientos que no nos correspondían (sin querer). El vagón iba casi vacío pero una señora llegó y se sentó al lado de Iván (le habrá caido bien, pensamos) . Después, entró un señor y empezó a dar vueltas por el vagón y a mirar mucho a Kristian, que extraño! Al rato llegó el revisor y nos explicó que el asiento de Kristian estaba reservado para ese señor, de hecho todo el vagón estaba reservado. El pobre señor no se atrevió a decirnos nada! A partir de entonces nos fijamos siempre en el letrero de "Reserved" antes de subir al tren. Que verguenza pasamos.

Unos días después, estabamos en Kyoto, otra vez con la "empanada mental" que no caracteriza, tomamos el shinkansen para ir a Osaka y nos subimos al Nozomi, que es el más rápido y el único de los trenes bala que no podemos utilizar con JR pass. Nos cayó una buena bronca (menos mal que sólo fue una bronca), lo bueno es que llegamos en 10 minutos. Otra vez que verguenza.

Como el karma no perdona, el día que fuimos a Hiroshima desde Osaka, tomamos el Kodama, que para en mil estaciones y tardamos unas cuatro horas en llegar. A la vuelta tomamos el Hikari, con muchas menos paradas, y tardamos sólo dos horitas. Definitivamente comprendimos que el Hikari siempre es la mejor opción.

Here's a small selection for you (enjoy):

Cut and Paste - To open a patient, discover that there is no hope, and immediately sew him up (or almost immediately - sometimes young surgeons practice surgical techniques for a while).

Frequent Flyer - Someone who is transported to and from hospital on a routine basis (also someone who spends more time at the local hospital then most employees and is known by all staff members including Environmental Services)

BUNDY - But Unfortunately Not Dead Yet

Donut of Death - CT scanner

GLM - Good Looking Mum

Go to Ground - fall out of bed or chair

Granny Dumping - dumping elderly relative in A&E; often happens just before Christmas or family holiday aka the hospital granny-sitting service

DUB - Damn Ugly Baby

FABIANS - Felt Awful But I'm Alright Now Syndrome

File 13 - The Trashcan

GOA - Gone On Arrival (police turn up, ambulance turns up, fire brigade turns up, patient doesn't)

God's Waiting Room - intensive care unit and/or geriatric unit

Leave comments below if you know any more!

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Esta noche un concierto más que recomendable al que no faltaré. Hace tiempo que me invitó a ir y además debo hacer de cámara improvisado para que la no menos grande Patty le haga un bonito clip de su directo con The Capman.

Acérquense, hombresymujeresdedios, que merecerá la pena seguro.

This is a crime! Once again placed purposely in a negative fix I often wonder what will it take to get our youth out of this horrible portrayal of what it actually means to be black. Something has to change and it begins with the element of good parenting. It's a responsibility that's been totally overlooked and disregarded. Shame on you and thanks for nothing. IDIOT!!

1) Meeting new people has shed light on the fact that my choices in slang are odd. Without thinking about it, I often walk into a floormates room and greet them with general "supfaaace!" before realizing that I have really only known these people for five days and probably think that is strange behavior.

2) I enjoy choosing my words carefully (when I actually take the time to think about it, anyway). Yesterday I met a fellow who appreciates word choice and use of proper but unique grammer just as much as I! In fact, I forgot what I said but his response was that it was "metaphorically delicious" and I may very well have laughed in awe for five munutes at such quick wit and such an unheard of phrase! This bullet point might not make very much sense. Oh well!

3) The tradeoff curve of wearing pretty sandals versus comfy but not pretty Rainbows is pretty steep. Steep, as in the hills (mountains, really) that you must climb to get from classes to dorms. In case you have not heard me complain about it previously, UCLA is built with the dorms on one hill, and all classes on another hill. So you must walk down and then up to every location, no matter where you are. While I do not generally support discussion of feet, I will tell you that I have a blister on the bottom of my foot from deciding that my silver T-strap sandals would be a good choice for a day full of walking. Answer: no!

4) My floormates and I have spent the last few nights out in Westwood and all around. Besides the traffic and ocassionally unfavorable weather, I like Westwood and the surrounding UCLA area a lot!

5) While I am not particularly into Harry Potter, everytime I hear people say that they are a "first-year" or "second-year", it reminds me of the series.

6) My room is quite nice. I will show you some pictures next time.

7) I live on the fourth floor of the building Fir. A few nights ago, we needed a floor cheer for some event or another, and my contribution to brainstorming was "FIR FOUR, FIR SHORE". Approximately three people thought I was funny, two others laughed politely, and the rest looked at me like I was a bit odd (see #1 from this list).

8) Classes start tomorrow; I have had a fun week but am excited to figure out my actual school routine. These past few days have been all over the place, I have had this browser tab open for three days now with an uncompleted blog post in it, simply because I have not been able to sit down and finish it. On the subject of classes, also, I am ready to use my brain. It has not been used since the Junior year, and I am excited to do some thinking.

This bland post brought to you by lack of sleep, many firsts, die-cut robots, and the twenty-four hour undying bass that booms next door. Much more about college next time.