One of the (many) things about the Chinese language that absolutely irritates the heck out of me is how there are like a gazillion names for different relatives. For instance, instead of a simple title such as "Uncle," there's like jiujiu, shushu, bobo, guzhang, yizhang, etc. (?) (yea, I know my pinyin ain't so great.) Multiply this by however many titles there would be in English, and you get an approximate idea of the [problem]. Add to this the fact that Chinese people like being called by their titles as a greeting (especially by visiting ABC's, I think =P) and you start to realize why visiting relatives can sometimes be a rather stressful occasion, haha.

Here's that Chinese dictionary-ish site I gotta remember; I'm always having to look it up again when I need it.

*In other news, I've joined a kendo class over here- mainly cuz my relatives were getting on my case about not just watching tv all day. Well, it's, umm... [different], I guess you could say, haha. I think it's really an exercise in concentration more than an exercise in the sense of an aerobic/anaerobic workout- but hey, whatever get's you like Kenshin, right? =P Yea, but one thing that really throws me is how the basic sword stance basically goes against half the stuff you'd do for a fistfighting stance- wacky.

**Oh yea, in other news, today is my blog's birthday, haha, WHEEEEEEEEEE!!! =P "Another day another dollar..."