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Do you dream in your mother tongue or other languages?

On Twitter, I posed the question, “Those of you bilingual (or tri, etc). Do you dream in your mother tongue or the other languages as well?” Interesting and varied answers from some of my Twitter contacts are listed below (will update more as they roll in): I dream in Lao and English. Less Lao now, since I’m not near my family. both! weird, I just realise it. Brilliant question! both, sometimes just the mother time, sometimes the other language, sometimesRead more
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Book Experiment

Inspired by a friend on Facebook. Thought I’d try it here: Rules: * Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. * Post that sentence in the comments below. — Mine: “He found Francisco the Man, like a monolithic chameleon, sitting in the midst of a circle of bystanders.” From One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Read more

The Twitter Post

A phenomenon has swept across the internet. Twitter. No, it’s not new, in fact it was developed in March 2006 according to Wikipedia. I personally started using it in March of 2007, after reading Kottke proclaim: “Twitter is the first thing on the web that I’ve been excited about in ages. Like years. The last thing was probably Flickr.” I used it consistently since first joining, updating at a steady rate of about 1 ‘tweet’ per day. I approached itRead more

Unfortunate incidents

Two days ago, an Indonesian co-worker died from complications related to surgery (malpractice was whispered more than once). He was laid to rest shortly thereafter and a memorial service was held last night. The younger sister of two other Indonesian co-workers was visiting the memorial, and on her way home via motorcycle was hit by a large truck; killed instantly. Terrible coincidence. Both had families and children. I don’t know what else to say.Read more