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Matt Эллен

7:49 AM

@Cerberus I think it's fair to say, I made a mistke.

also, tis aiport keyoard is not great

@JasperLoy: a new new avatar! you're quite changable

Matt Эллен

8:12 AM

closable

Q: Get me some nice tips for developing my communication skills

Please suggest me how to develop my communication skills. i have faced lots of problem because of my lack of communication. Please suggest me to develop my communication skills. Thanks

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Matt Эллен

10:53 AM

@Kitḫ thanks - It'll be good to be back (in a few hours). It's good to be back here, of course, my second home ;)

@aediaλ so far, so good. I just have to make it across Europe alive! I'm hoping the magic that will hold up the highly elevated tin can doesn't run out.

user19161

11:49 AM

@MattЭллен Guess I'll be changing pretty often! "changeable"

user19161

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user19161

He looks very cute in this performance.

user19161

@MattЭллен Don't tell me you are on the plane right now?

Matt Эллен

12:02 PM

@JasperLoy no, no, no. That hope is for the future

there's no internet in the sky. at least not for us economy scum.

Matt Эллен

12:34 PM

time to fly!

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Cerberus

2:54 PM

Hi!

Aww just missed your presence on Dutch soil.

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Kitḫ

3:58 PM

@MattЭллен Just keep thinking "I believe in Bernoulli" and clap your hands!

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John

6:35 PM

Would some of you english experts be kind enough to weigh in here? Many thanks.

Matt Эллен

6:59 PM

I AM ALIVE

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Woohoo!

You survived!

The journey must have taken ages.

What did you do in Amsterdam?

Matt Эллен

thank you, thank you. I can't take all the credit, the aeroplane crew did some of the work

Cerberus

@John I'd say the current formula is OK.

You can bid someone welcome to a place or event.

Matt Эллен

Sadly I stayed in Schiphol.

I was too tired to do anything

Cerberus

@MattЭллен Huh I thought you flew on your own wings. Never mind.

@MattЭллен Understandable. Did you get some sleep there?

Matt Эллен

7:04 PM

I got a little, in the Library, which is neat. more places should have libraries

Cerberus

There is a library there?

Matt Эллен

yeah!

Cerberus

I had no idea.

I always go straight from the train platform into the hall and to the gates.

Matt Эллен

I have a book I'm reading, but there were books in various languages

Cerberus

Where is this library?

Close to the central hall?

Matt Эллен

7:05 PM

well, I guess you don't normally have 10 hours to kill :D

the library is on Holland Boulevard

Cerberus

Funny, just read about it.

So how was Taiwan, aside from the weather?

How were the people?

Matt Эллен

The people are really nice, despite my inability speak Taiwanese Mandarin or any other language they have over there.

Cerberus

Cool.

Matt Эллен

The cities are arranged differently to what I am used to

Cerberus

What is the coolest thing you have seen?

@MattЭллен Oh? How so?

Matt Эллен

7:13 PM

hmmmmm

@Cerberus well, everything's all together

not like people live here and work there

Hmm.

plus no pavements

No pavements??

well, there are pavements, but vespers are parked on them

oh, that's the second thing that struck me, after the heat

so many vespers

Cerberus

Here work and houses aren't separated either, at least not in the city centre, though there are more residential areas in the suburbs.

You mean Vespas?

Matt Эллен

7:16 PM

I probably do mean that. Motor scooters

like in Italy

Cerberus

I had no idea they were so popular there. I do know that scooters in general are popular in Asia.

Yeah I know, those are Vespas.

Matt Эллен

cool :)

the coolest thing I think was going up Bird Mouth mountain

it was somewhat scary, and has amazing views

Cerberus

Cool.

Matt Эллен

Taipei 101 is technically amazing, but I didn't fear for my life.

the lifts in Taipei 101 (2nd tallest building in the world, I think) go at 1010m per minute

but you don't feel it at all

very clever stuff

Cerberus

Nice.

I suppose you wouldn't feel it if they just didn't accelerate too fast.

Matt Эллен

7:24 PM

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4101309.stm

Cerberus

That's fast.

Matt Эллен

aye

Cerberus

I have to go.

Later!

Matt Эллен

cya @cerb :)

Cerberus

And welcome back.

poof

Matt Эллен

7:32 PM

thanks :)

Matt Эллен

8:00 PM

i need to buy breakfast. can you believe it?!

user19161

8:45 PM

@MattЭллен Certainly, I believe all kinds of incredible things, some of which are about to come true I believe.

user19161

@John I do not consider myself an expert in the English language, but what is written is fine as it is. It is certainly acceptable. And I can't believe I'm the only soul to reply to you! What happened to the rest?

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