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    8 minutes ago, Kenzi said:

    weirdly enough, I can see my old bio when I click on "Edit Profile" but it doesn't show up anywhere else

    it could be a bug or maybe I just haven't looked hard enough

    I see the same thing. It's pretty weird that our birthday/gender info comes up, but not our bio.

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    On ‎6‎/‎3‎/‎2016 at 8:43 PM, machine said:
    On ‎6‎/‎3‎/‎2016 at 9:08 PM, Ryo said:

    Right! new layout may have been the trigger haha 

    OMM 3: I think this is most active DCW's ever been since I joined last year :blink:

    *cackles*

    Now all that's left is devising a plan that will ensnare those lurkers so they don't leave again >:'D

    You have to realize though that the number of people who took note of the change and popped a post = number of people who lurk but don't post = number of people who we need to kick

     

    On ‎6‎/‎3‎/‎2016 at 7:25 PM, .MK. said:

    Hey. Goodluck. I mean it.

    Thanks fam :D

    The new SAT was actually pretty easy compared to the old one I took in December. There were no obscure vocabulary words and having 50 minutes to analyze an article made for an essay that I could actually be pretty satisfied with (I'm used to writing book reviews, so analyzing isn't as hard as developing a flimsy moral-oriented thesis in 25 minutes). I did better on the math sections too, but I think it's more in part of me having actually completed Algebra II instead of the test getting easier. Reading was pretty easy, though there was this one question I was iffy on.

    Overall, I think I did pretty good for someone on 4 hours of sleep and didn't even bother to do the practice sets on the website hehe-onion-head-emoticon.gif

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    23 hours ago, machine said:

    I wonder how the Olympics will go this year considering all that's happened 

    Do you mean at what point someone who's only fluent their native language would consider themselves bilingual or almost bilingual? Though I can't speak for everyone, I'd consider myself, and anyone learning an additional language, to be bilingual once they were at a conversational level in terms of both speaking and reading/writing. Fluency sounds very difficult to attain unless one's in an environment where they're frequently exposed to the language they're learning, and are able to practice it regularly, and since not everyone is in such a position, it seems a bit unfair to automatically discredit or undermine all the work someone's put into learning another language, just because they can't quite reach fluency. 

    Sorry if I came off like that, but discrediting people's efforts wasn't my intention. I'd been looking into SAT subject tests for both Chinese and Spanish, and it struck me that the distance I still had to go with Spanish was far greater than I'd thought. Comparing the thought process I have for the two languages really put that into perspective, and my post was written to reflect a "what-if" scenario where I didn't have Chinese as a marker for "fluency".

    Being bilingual has always been a prevailing factor in my life because my internal "voice" "speaks" (yay tons of quotation marks) in both languages. English may be my primary language now, but there was a period in my life when I could actually feel the "voice" shift from being Mandarin-centric to English-centric, and as a small child, it was very hard to adjust. (I'm still very fluent in Chingrish.)

    Despite being a Spanish student of 6 years (though I didn't really learn much in the first 5), I can't imagine ever having the same problems I do with being a English-Mandarin speaker, and thus, in a sense, that same level of fluency. Perhaps I'll one day be able to communicate in Spanish in a conversational setting, but this sort of proficiency won't have some of the defining traits of bilingualism that I feel with Mandarin. With Mandarin, it's completely without thought, while with Spanish, I'm forced to procure a written form of the audio clip in my head, translate bits and pieces, then rearrange it to better accommodate for my English-orientated mind. It's a long and arduous process, and exactly what I've been telling my parents not to do for all my life, only that it's me who's now struggling to find a more efficient process and realizing there are none. Again, I'm not trying to brush off languages students in the classroom. It's quite the opposite really--I probably understand the laborious efforts too well.

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    13 hours ago, Neo Balthazar said:

    i finished the lat one

    i never miss an episode

    Nice. I wish I could say the same thing; it's a really fun show.

    13 hours ago, .MK. said:

    Okay :P *puts this one too in the bucket list*

    Yeah, that's more like it. While you're on it, add NCIS and House to that list too. Or have you already watched those?

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    19 hours ago, Neo Balthazar said:

    I guess, i will have to go with modern family

    Oh yay! Join the fam~ I haven't been following it lately though since I just watch it when it comes on TV. What season are you on?

    10 hours ago, .MK. said:

    I still have to watch BBC Sherlock. :3 Is it really good?

    Ummmmmmmmm I want to say yes but I don't feel that yes is a sufficient answer... *dies* (again)

     

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    5 hours ago, Ryo said:

    Me too! Although I like thriller added to that. 

    Any recs? To be totally fair, I haven't gone deep into the thriller genre yet. thus shouldnt be making these generalizations but oh well I think it was my recent meh experience with Gone Girl that sort of turned me off.

    4 hours ago, Kenzi said:

    In that case, I'd recommend you try reading The DaVinci Code

    ...on the assumption that you're not a hardcore Christian or anything

     

    The thriller aspect of the book is a pivotal component to what made it a captivating read

    I still have quite a few nitpicks with the story, but this novel should give you the idea that not all thrillers are most effective on the big screen

    Ah, that's at the top of my TBR pile. I've been putting it off because I have the "watched the movie lolz" excuse, haha. I really should get to it :D

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    Anime: No Game No Life

    Genre: fantasy/comedy

    Plot: A brother and sister pair of NEETs (shut-ins wholy devoted to games, anime, etc) suddenly find themselves in the fantasy world of Disboard, where all conflicts are settled through games. The story follows their journey to defeat Tet, the one and only god of Disboard.

    Why I like it: It's silly, full of fanservice, and without a true ending, but I really enjoyed the over-the-topness of it all. Disboard has a bright and colorful, out-of-this-world design that melds well with Madhouse's superb animation, and the games they play are usually derived from simple games we play but blown up to whole new levels. (Seriously, some of it's just crazy.) It's a fun series that has little baggage, but I'm sure many will enjoy the ride.

    Rating: 4/5

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