Amazing Life

What is life all about? What's the significance of life? Most people would ask this kind of questions and try to seek the answers during their whole lives.

Obviously it's a big question and there're millions of answers.
Some would say life is like a journey. Different departures, the same destination. We should appreciate the scenery during the journey, no matter what and how it is. Others would say life is a process reaching to happiness. Everything we do is to make us and people happy.

Have you ever seen the movie Match Point? There's a line which is significant to me.
There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck, it goes forward and you win or maybe it doesn't and you lose.

It sounds kind of fatalistic but it is how life works in my opinion.

Here're some other views.

Life is all about the journey - finding that deep inner voice within and listening to your calling.
- Cenaiyda

Life is a card. One side, you can not identify what it is. On the other side, your life has already planed out.
- Zoe

I think of life as a series of steps, a circuit of moments, and a continual cycle. We walk the path in forward motion. Sometimes we’re clear about where we’re headed, and other times it seems a mindless stroll. But along the way, we embrace the joy, the love, and the satisfaction we find with others, the beauty of nature, and the sweet taste of success in relationships, jobs, and personal accomplishments.
The paths we choose to take, embodies the life we choose to have. Even more telling, is the way we handle the obstacles that occur along the way. I find life interesting, challenging, awesome, thrilling, beautiful, painful, but most of all, meaningful. We share it with others, but we live ours alone. It’s because of God’s grace, we have life; it is a gift. Life, therefore, is about giving back, appreciating, learning, loving, sharing, and being grateful for it.
- Sonja

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Studio 3 - Forse Un Angelo (2006)

Genre: Pop
Country: Italy

01. Solo te
02. Forse un angelo
03. Ali
04. Potrei
05. Ora lo so
06. Quando crescerai
07. Party
08. Non ci sei
09. Prova sara
10. Oltre il vento e la sabbia
11. Senza di me

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What Language Should You Learn? (Quiz)

A little interesting quiz tests what language you should learn.
Just for entertainment:)

Have a try!
http://www.blogthings.com/whatlanguageshouldyoulearnquiz/

Here's my answer:

You Should Learn Swedish
Fantastisk! You're laid back about learning a language - and about life in general. Peaceful, beautiful Sweden is ideal for you.
And you won't even have to speak perfect Swedish to get around!

Some Interesting Quotes About Languages

To have another language is to possess a second soul.
- Charlemagne

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
- Lily Tomlin

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.
- Christopher Morley

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
- Aphra Behn

The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart.
- Unknown Resource

Σάκης Ρουβάς - Live Ballads (2006)

Genre: Ballad
Country: Greece

01. Χωρίς καρδιά (The blowers Daughter)
02. Είσαι όλη μου η ζωή
03. Σ' έχω ερωτευτεί
04. Μια ζωή μαζί
05. Υπήρχες πάντα
06. Να μ' αγαπάς
07. Πες της
08. Δεν έχει σίδερα η καρδιά σου
09. Ξανά
10. Κάποτε θα 'μαστε μαζί
11. Το χρόνο σταματάω
12. Σε θέλω σαν τρελός
13. Without you (Δώδεκα)
14. Αγάπα με
15. Ό,τι ονειρευόμουν
16. I'm in love with you (Σ' έχω ερωτευτεί)
17. Χωρίς καρδιά (The blower's Daughter remix)

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The Hardest Languages To Learn

There are over 2650 languages in the world plus over 7000 dialects. Deciding which language is the most difficult to learn may not be as simple as you may think. Different languages present different challenges, and what constitutes a difficult language depends a lot on the individual studying it.

Your mother tongue is an important deciding factor when it comes to difficulty. For example, native speakers of Italian seem to learn Spanish and Portuguese rather easily despite the complex grammatical structures of the Spanish language. On the same basis, Chinese speakers will probably pick up Japanese faster than people whose first language uses the Roman alphabet. In fact, Chinese has no grammatical system per se, which makes it easier to learn than many Western languages once you have memorized the basic characters.

Individual aptitude is another factor. Some people have a natural talent for learning new languages, while others struggle through the basics. Factors such as environment, materials used, motivation, and even environment also play an important role in how difficult a language is to learn.

All that aside, the British Foreign Office conducted a language study recently and concluded that the most difficult language to learn is Basque, spoken in parts of Spain and France, followed closely by Hungarian, which has 35 cases of noun forms. On the other hand, German and Russian languages use a punctuation system said to be among the most difficult ones in the world. Languages that use characters may seem hard to read and write to users of the Roman alphabet, but they are not always that difficult. Experts agree that Chinese and Korean can be learned rather easily by speakers of Western languages; Vietnamese and Japanese, however, are much more complex.

While many native speakers see to forget this, English is actually quite difficult to learn because of pronunciation issues and irregular verbs; in English, many words are spelled the same but sound different depending on the meaning. This makes the English language hard to understand even for people whose native tongue is a related language.

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I'm a Chinese, having learnt English for about 10 years. At first I just found English very interesting and easy to learn, and I enjoy speaking English a lot cuz it makes me feel happy and confident. As growing up I've been into many other languages and I come to realize that the world of languages is so fantastic! I hope someday I'm able to speak as many languages as possible:)

I had learnt German for a while and it is really a big challenge. Although German and English belong to Germanic Language Family, German is much more complex than English. However it is also fun cuz you can learn a lot about Germany and its culture at the same time:)

Here's my top 10 of The Hardest Languages To Learn:
(excluding my mother tongue Chinese)

1. Arabic
2. Hebrew
3. Hungarian
4. Greek
5. Japanese
6. Icelandic
7. Finnish
8. Irish
9. Russian
10. Czech

Actually neither language would be too hard to learn as long as you set up your mind and keep practising.

Looking forward to your answers:)

Friðrik Ómar - Annan Dag (2006)

Genre: Pop/Ballad
Country: Iceland

01. Annan Dag
02. Farinn
03. Kannski
04. Þessar Dyr
05. Ef Að ég Má
06. Ég Treysta Vil á þig
07. Þvílíkt Líf
08. Ef þú þiggur það
09. Ískalt Augnaráð
10. Hef ég Sagt það Hátt
11. Lifð'í Mér
12. Það Sem Verður

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