As much as I find Italians to be one the most charming, intriguing, witty, and friendliest people that I know. Their hyperness really makes me tired just by watching them talk.
Imagine seeing this peppy face all the time. My jaws would hurt still just trying to match an Italian’s hyperness.
I think I need a nap now.
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Maybe all that pasta gives them the extra energy :P
Your Italian is so good! (of course I don’t really know how to judge that, but you speak more fluently now!)
damn funny video btw! maybe u want to put subtitles using the youtube caption features?
Ahaha, rice is pretty much the equivalance to pasta so I think it’s really the coffee that gives them the extra drive … hehehe
And naaah, my Italian still has a lot more to go before I’d even consider myself fluent. There are loads of times I kept hanging at the right words / verbs / adjectives to use. Urghh …
Oh … maybe I could use subtitles yeah? Extra work though .. *grumble grumble*
ah yes, the coffee! must be that. pretty damn strong coffee they have, i heard? i will never know coz i don’t drink coffee…
You should see Hannah throwing a tantrum, sounds the same, but in English and it takes hours. Obviously I don’t want social services giving me a visit, so instead of shaking her, I just reduce the time she gets on X-box, no treats or if it goes to the extreme, or no school… She loves school!
Haha … I’ve never heard of threatening of not sending them to school as something that would work. Hannah sounds such a precious :-)
Gah … it’s been years since I’ve seen you and your kids.
Marina, I think kids here scream at their parents to get what they want. I cannot stand the kids here… too obnoxious and noisy. Most teenagers are even worse cos they’re rude.
Like some Italian women, they can keep talking and talking non stop…. I pity their partners.
Really? Kids do that in Venezia? Here in Rome I don’t see much kids screaming here to get stuff from their parents … perhaps its more of a culture here for kids to be drama-mama-mini-diva and whine the socks off their parents.
I think we italians are all born and grown up in a sort of a big “Commedia dell’Arte” stage:-) By the way there are lots of differences between italians: at the north we ofter consider romans more expressive than us, actors in the real life.
But do you really behave like this when you meet a friend in S’pore?? Ayooo, very different, in here we would think this friendship is experiencing some troubles :-)))
What troubles! We talk to each other calmly so that we can focus on what was being said and respond appropriately rather than being all theatrical or ala soap opera of the week :p
The first week when I arrived, when my father in law was talking to me, I really thought that he was angry with me or something because of his animated way of talking. No one in Asia would talk like that. But slowly I got used to it – this is really a cultural shock that I had to get over with.
Hey there girl!
I’ve been following your blog for a while now because so many of the things you have gone through, I can relate to, and I have SO many questions to ask you!
First off, I study Linguistics in university and I specialize in Romance languages, and I am uber impressed with your Italian! Molto bene! I probably shouldn’t comment too much though, because my main focus is Spanish… but both languages are related, so why not? Hahahah.
Second, I’ve been wanting to live in Singapore for as long as I can remember. I’m currently still in my early 20s, but I would give everything to settle in Singapore. I can’t actually believe I’ve found a Singaporean blogger! And someone who’s so free-spirited and such a sophisticated world-traveler! I feel as if I was meant to find you and your blog all along!
Third, y’know what really brought me to your blog? Your acne history. I was searching for real-life experiences with a certain contraceptive pill that was supposed to help with acne (Diane 35), and I found your blog!!!!
I just wanted to say that you are such a wonderful, gorgeous, inspirational woman to share your life to the rest of the world.
Quick question and I hope you don’t mind me asking, are you still on the pill? I’m thinking of going on it for my acne (which is actually very mild, but it still makes me feel horrible).
Hope you get to reply!
Grazie, bella!
Hi Emm,
Thanks for writing a comment here, it’s really nice to hear from blog readers :-)
My Italian language has still a long way to go before I’m really fluent. Even in the video, Cart mentioned that I made a lot of grammatical mistakes. Ehhh …But Spanish and Italian are very similar to each other. Kind of like Malay and Indonesian language.
Anyway, no, I’m not on the pill anymore. I used Diane-35 to control my zits about 6 months before my wedding and I’ve been off it ever since. The doctor said that it’s not wise to use it in prolonged time for over a year because of the health risks such as liver failure. Also, I’ve reached 30 years old so my hormones are more or less stabilised, so I don’t get as much breakouts as I did as a teenager.
But I think that you could give Diane-35 or Yasmin a try anyway for a short term to control your acne and then give other natural therapy a try. But most importantly, ask your doctor what other viable solutions and suggestions to do :-)
Let me know how it goes for you