Sheesh, what's with the seriousness, Chinaman? Are you using F to spy on your neighbours? Is HF a front for you to get access to sensitive Taiwanese information? (I'm kidding and interested, mind).
So, are you a "pervert in real life as well, or is that mostly on line persona? have you become less pervie since meeting your soon-to-be
victim wife? Is she just as much of a pervert as you?
I know you make jokes abnout being a little chubby Chinese guy, and I've seen your photos, but how tall are you, really? (also, not chubby
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If you had to move to any other country in the world, which one and why? And why not Belgium
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We all know those "tongue-tied" phrases in English; which would you consider the worst of that kind of thing in Chinese? Please put something resembling phonetic in there as well because I can't read either simplified or normal Mandarin
Women in bathing suits vs women in lingerie: which do you prefer?
I'm pervy in real life, though also in a respectful way.
I used to be painfully shy when I was a teenager. My first girlfriend was when I was 17, and it only lasted about six months, and the furthest we got was kissing. She broke up with me because I was, basically, boring. (And she did have a point) Later, I went to university, and before I flunked out I spent a lot of time online, playing a MUD, which is basically a text-based MMORPG for anyone who doesn't know. There I met a woman from Wisconsin, and we struck up an online relationship. On the MUD, there was no trace of my awkward real-life self. I was confident, I was friendly, I was funny, I was studly, I was happy. However, I also told her how I had trouble socially in real life. My online name was Sheltem, named after the main antagonist from the Might and Magic game series. And one day, she said to me, "You know, if you let Sheltem out in real life every now and then, I'll bet things will look up for you."
So I started doing that. But the caveat was that I had to stop caring what other people think about me, to utterly let go of self-consciousness and simply be myself. And I think I've taken it too far in the other direction now. Nowadays I don't care if people think I'm a pervert. To me, I'm simply being honest about the desires and thoughts that go through my mind, the ones society has deemed unacceptable to express. Why should I not be allowed to tell someone I've recently filled up another 1TB external hard drive with porn? Why should I not be allowed to giggle when someone says they have trouble masticating after their dentist appointment?
Having said that though, I realize that I am in the minority. So, in the interests of not making people uncomfortable, I only let my perviness out after I've reached a level of familiarity with someone. I wouldn't go into a job interview and compliment the interviewer's butt, but I have female friends who are happy for me to compliment their butts, because they know I'm being honest.
My fiancee is also interesting. She's a born again Christian, which means she's adamant that we shall have no sex before marriage. And I've respected that boundary, and never pushed her to break it. She grew up in a very conservative and strict family, so when she went to university (where we met), she also had no idea how to interact with the opposite sex. Then I came along, in my pervy and respectful way, and swept her off her feet. That was nine years ago. We've become something of a balancing force for each other. I help her open up to stuff relating to sex, and show her that sex is not something shameful or dirty. She helps me realize that, despite what it may seem like sometimes, sex is not the be-all and end-all of life, the universe, and everything.
Of course, this does mean that after we get married in less than a month, I'll probably have to teach her the birds and the bees. Hope I can remember how everything works.
I'm 163cm tall, around 5-foot-2 or 3. And I have a BMI of around 34, which isn't healthy by any scale. I used to be a nice and fit back when I was a teenager, but as I grew older I kept putting on the pounds. I lack the willpower to either change my diet or get off my ass. Food is simply too yummy, and if I had to choose between computer gaming and going jogging, well, it's really no contest to me. Still, though, it would be nice to get healthier, since I'm getting married soon and I'll have a responsibility to be alive and healthy for my wife. Wouldn't do to have a heart attack at age 35.
I've lived in the US and the UK before, and if I had to choose I'd probably pick one of those two. I can't really decide which one though. Maybe the US, since it has a larger Chinese population, so my skills as a translator and interpreter might be more in demand.
Chinese has its own tongue twisters, some of them diabolically hard. My favorite one is this one:
石室詩士施氏,嗜獅,誓食十獅。施氏時時適市視獅。十時,適十獅適市。是時,適施氏適市。施氏視十獅,恃矢勢,使是十獅逝世。氏拾是十獅尸,適石室。石室濕,氏使侍拭石室。石室拭,氏始試食是十獅。食時,始識是十獅,實十石獅尸。試釋是事。
As you may know, Chinese is a tonal language. This means that the same phonetic sound can mean different things depending on the tone, whether it's rising, falling, etc. This passage consists of the same phonetic sound "shi" throughout, and each character only differs in its tonal properties. So, when you hear it, it basically sounds like "Shi shi shi shi shi, shi shi, shi shi shi shi..." It's about a guy who wants to eat stone lions.
I'd say I prefer women in lingerie, because of the implications of sexytime.
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Can you make it to the 29th stroke?
Masturbation for me rarely lasts less than five minutes, so yes. Yes I can.
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Do you have any hobbies?
What is the biggest misconception about Taiwanese people?
What other profession would you like to attempt?
What is you curse-word of choice? English and Mandarin, please.
My hobbies consist of porn and games. And maybe porn games. I'm a big consumer of porn, though I've never paid for it, so the porn industry probably hates people like me. And I'm a pretty avid PC gamer, though my rig's not the best these days so I can't play the newest releases like Bioshock Infinite. My favorite game is probably Dwarf Fortress, I can pick that game up and play it any time.
When I was abroad, the two most common things that would happen when I said I'm from Taiwan would be "Oh you're from Thailand?" and "Oh you're from China?" For the first one, seriously, did I stutter or something? Taiwan and Thailand are very different places. For the second one, people in Taiwan are generally (and increasingly) against the idea of being called Chinese. We really don't like it when people say we're from China.
If I had the chance, I'd like to become a professional gamer. International assassin is also an acceptable, though far less likely, option. If Taiwan had a bigger voice acting industry, I'd also love to give it a shot, since lots of people have said I have a nice voice. Which comes in handy when I work as an interpreter.
My preferred swear in Chinese and English are the same, "fuck" and its Chinese equivalent "gan" 幹. The Chinese one is just as versatile as its English counterpart.