ProffesorSmyuthe

@ProffesorSmyuthe (33)

China • Age 50

Joined myLot 19 years ago

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Family: How big is your family?

emilieespino @emilieespino (963) • Philippines 4 Jan 07

I come from a big family (13 children). Though we were hard up and we were trained to do housework, I enjoyed my childhood because there was never a dull moment and my parents were super. I also had to work my way through college...

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ProffesorSmyuthe I also come from a large family: 3 brothers and 3 sisters, not including myself. I feel that a big family is very special. It allows people to help eachother in a larger network. For example, when my brother got into a car accident, we were all able to...

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Firing guns as an alternative for firecrackers

whengcat @whengcat (1457) • Philippines 24 Mar 11

I just don't get it, some trigger happy people use guns as firecrackers. What if someone get hurt or even dies because of stray bullets? Gosh, what are they thinking!

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ProffesorSmyuthe I just don't get it, some trigger happy people use guns as firecrackers. What if someone get hurt or even dies because of stray bullets? Gosh, what are they thinking!

24 Mar 11

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Chinese Alphabet

Kylalynn @Kylalynn (1771) • South Africa 16 Dec 06

Can someone tell me how many characters are in the Chinese alphabet. I have heard Chinese is a very difficult language to learn. Is this true?

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ProffesorSmyuthe Good explanations here. The only thing that can be said to be anywhere near an "alphabet" would be the radicals, which are the most basic pictographs, such as man (ren), heart (xin), etc. These can be added together to make more complex words. For example,...

20 Dec 06

Do you know why China is better?

pongutas @pongutas (61) • Brazil 18 Dec 06

Do you know that China make a better economy 32x of U.S.A make in one year.. in one month... do you know why?!

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ProffesorSmyuthe There are several reasons why the chinese economoy is growing so rapidly. Here are a few: - businesspeople were held back for years during the cultural revolution. Now that the economy is more free, people are eager to regain lost ground and prosper. -...

20 Dec 06

Do you watch your kids' cartoons??? Be Honest now...

emarie @emarie (5442) • United States 19 Dec 06

C'mon, have you caught yourself getting into the cartoons your kids watch?? I'm not talking about Anime here, I'm talking about regular cartoons. I have gotten into some of the cartoons my kids started watching, I can't help it....

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ProffesorSmyuthe One thing to remember is that even though these shows are directed towards children, they are written by adults. Many have underlying themes and symbolism that can be interpreted by adults and children alike. A great example fot this is disney. Their movies...

20 Dec 06

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Ebay sales?

sherie @sherie (66) • United States 16 Dec 06

Is anyone else having a hard time with geting sales on Ebay? It used to be that almost everything I listed sold, and at a decent price. Now, I barely cover my listing fees. I tried Yahoo, and that was even worse! How satisfied...

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ProffesorSmyuthe it is true that ebay seems to be going down recently. i have been selling on ebay for several years, and i think there are a few reasons for this. for 1 thing, consumer spending in the USA is declining, so people are not spending as much as they were in...

17 Dec 06