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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6552 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 57 of 141 06 May 2011 at 11:16am | IP Logged | |||||
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I have never heard about a Kitty Airport in Taiwan, but on the homepage of my travel club there is a report about a visit to a place outside Tokyo in Japan (Sanrio Puroland), where hartcore Kitty-lovers can revel in kittyology to their hearts' delight. Unfortunately the article is in Danish, but the pictures should give an impression of this strange environment.
PS: It appears that there is a "Kitty lounge" at the Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan. How Kuikentje found out about that is beyond me.. Edited by Iversen on 06 May 2011 at 11:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6228 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 60 of 141 07 May 2011 at 3:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
No, I didn't see the Helly Kitty lounge. I actually bought my son some Miffy stuff when I was passing through the Amsterdam airport a couple of years ago. I think the connection to Hello Kitty was that the Miffy creator thought Hello Kitty was a ripoff of Miffy. Edited by newyorkeric on 07 May 2011 at 3:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6228 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 62 of 141 24 May 2011 at 5:38am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm up to lesson 85 in Assimil. So about three weeks left to finish the lessons and then some more time to revise. I don't do the active wave so I will move on to a new course once I understand more or less all the audio.
I've given up on Pimsleur for now. I like Pimsleur a lot, but I can't find 30 minutes in the day to dedicate to it. (My usual Pimsleur time is in bed at night, but we have a new addition to the family, and my caterwauling wakes her up!). I want to continue focusing on listening so it's not such a big deal but I feel a bit defeated not finishing it. Oh well, maybe I will come back to it in the future. What I am doing in place of Pimsleur is listening to CLO podcasts. There are sequential, which I like, and there is no banter at all. It's quite well done so check it out if you are looking for a podcast that doesn't waste time. (Cantonesepod101 banter: Guy host: Hey, do you know Jackie Chan? Girl host: Yes, hehe. Me: Ugh.) Edited by newyorkeric on 24 May 2011 at 9:31am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6228 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 63 of 141 31 May 2011 at 1:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm through lesson 91 of Assimil. A couple of more weeks to go...
I've also gone through the first 21 lessons of CLO. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| TRENDY Diglot Newbie Spain Joined 5011 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 64 of 141 31 May 2011 at 5:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Keep it up newyorkeric,
i´m also taking the Chinese assimil course, i`ve finished last week (lesson 105) and now i`m back at the beggining for the review. Edited by TRENDY on 31 May 2011 at 5:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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