my international name!! =)
with so many new friends from all over the world, i started collecting my name in different languages... here's what i've got so far!!
English: Rainbow =)
Norwegian: Regnbue
French: Arc en ciel
Italian: Arcobaleno
Spanish: Arco iris
Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya): Upinde wa mvua
Runyankole (West Uganda): Muhangazima
Amharic (Ethiopia): Keste demena
Mtawaleza (Malawi): Chichewa
Somalian: Qanso-Roob
Eritean: Kinat Adejmariam
Nepali: Indreni
Hindi: Indradhanush
Greek: Oupàrio Tóxo
Russian: Pagyra (or something like that... the letters dont actually exist in the English alphabet!)
Indonesian: Pelangi
Sri Lankan: Vanavil
like i said before, living with so many international students from all over the place is really quite entertaining, because we're so strange to each other all the time! here's a typical conversation over dinner:
Trygve (Norwegian): (about his farm at home)... we have sheep, about 24 of them
Everyone: awwww...
Trygve: and then we eat them in the autumn
Everyone: (shocked)
Chiara, who also is from a farm in Italy: what? that's waht you do!! i would like to have sheep... and a donkey too
Someone else: so you can eat that too? (everyone laughs)
Chiara: yes! of course!
Someone on behalf of everyone: you eat DONKEYS??
Chiara: YES!! they are normal meat!
Everyone: (even more shocked than before)
Chiara, to Trygve: WHAT?!! you guys eat REINDEER! i mean, POOR SANTA!!
hehe, like i said, we're always entertaining to each other here. im working on my norwegian here too... ive started piecing together my own sentences and trying to talk to my roommates in Norwegian (Hema and Shirin are from Nepal and Iran but both have been here for 5-6 years). and Chiara's husband (from italy) came to visit this weekend and doesnt speak English, but knows some French so we've been speaking in French all weekend too. i like languages! debbie (from here) and i are thinking of living in France this summer, maybe in Bordeaux and working in a vineyard or a cafe or something, and taking some more French classes. i had the idea last week of going back to France after Uganda this summer and applying to work as a teaching assistant in a primary school for 6 months, but i think i've decided against it, and ill go back home and finish my degree and see where God wants me after that.
anyways, ha det bras (have a good day, roughly translated)! more pictures to come soon (waiting for a friend to send me some pictures from yesterday)!
love you all!
rainbow =)
English: Rainbow =)
Norwegian: Regnbue
French: Arc en ciel
Italian: Arcobaleno
Spanish: Arco iris
Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya): Upinde wa mvua
Runyankole (West Uganda): Muhangazima
Amharic (Ethiopia): Keste demena
Mtawaleza (Malawi): Chichewa
Somalian: Qanso-Roob
Eritean: Kinat Adejmariam
Nepali: Indreni
Hindi: Indradhanush
Greek: Oupàrio Tóxo
Russian: Pagyra (or something like that... the letters dont actually exist in the English alphabet!)
Indonesian: Pelangi
Sri Lankan: Vanavil
like i said before, living with so many international students from all over the place is really quite entertaining, because we're so strange to each other all the time! here's a typical conversation over dinner:
Trygve (Norwegian): (about his farm at home)... we have sheep, about 24 of them
Everyone: awwww...
Trygve: and then we eat them in the autumn
Everyone: (shocked)
Chiara, who also is from a farm in Italy: what? that's waht you do!! i would like to have sheep... and a donkey too
Someone else: so you can eat that too? (everyone laughs)
Chiara: yes! of course!
Someone on behalf of everyone: you eat DONKEYS??
Chiara: YES!! they are normal meat!
Everyone: (even more shocked than before)
Chiara, to Trygve: WHAT?!! you guys eat REINDEER! i mean, POOR SANTA!!
hehe, like i said, we're always entertaining to each other here. im working on my norwegian here too... ive started piecing together my own sentences and trying to talk to my roommates in Norwegian (Hema and Shirin are from Nepal and Iran but both have been here for 5-6 years). and Chiara's husband (from italy) came to visit this weekend and doesnt speak English, but knows some French so we've been speaking in French all weekend too. i like languages! debbie (from here) and i are thinking of living in France this summer, maybe in Bordeaux and working in a vineyard or a cafe or something, and taking some more French classes. i had the idea last week of going back to France after Uganda this summer and applying to work as a teaching assistant in a primary school for 6 months, but i think i've decided against it, and ill go back home and finish my degree and see where God wants me after that.
anyways, ha det bras (have a good day, roughly translated)! more pictures to come soon (waiting for a friend to send me some pictures from yesterday)!
love you all!
rainbow =)
posted by Rainbow Choi =) at
2:24 AM
12 Comments:
rain rain you got it mixed up for your name from Malawi - Chichewa is the name of the language, not how you say rainbow!!!
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Jess Versteeg, at Sun Feb 11, 08:48:00 AM
baaaaaaaaahhh. sheep. =p
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steph, at Sun Feb 11, 02:22:00 PM
oops! if chichewa is the language, my name must be Mtawaleza!! =)
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Rainbow Choi =), at Sun Feb 11, 03:22:00 PM
hola arco iris! yeah, i've heard that it's fairly easy to get a job in France...and just live and work there for a bit! do you have anything to do before you go to Uganda after you semester is done in Norway? instead of bumming around in Norway, maybe you could spend it in France! c'est bien :) (i have no clue what that means..."that's good"??)
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debbie, at Mon Feb 12, 02:09:00 AM
so jealousssssssssss. i considered joining you in France for a couple minutes, rain rain haha
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Jess Versteeg, at Mon Feb 12, 07:09:00 AM
debs, yah that's the plan, hopefully anyways! living in Bordeaux or Toulouse in July, and maybe even June too? ce sera tres bien!! (it will be very good!!!) vas-tu venir???
and wynja ninja, consider for a couple more minutes!! =D hehe... even if you dont have bucketloads of money being thrown at you, eh? ;) we could be spending 6 summers together and by 6 i mean 2. lol... i laugh every time i hear depolitization of development now haha..
and steph i still owe you an email! its coming...!!!
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Rainbow Choi =), at Mon Feb 12, 03:15:00 PM
je veux aller, mais j'ai some weddings to go to, je n'ai pas d'argent ET je serai dans l'universitaire (my last semester, and applying for jobs!) :(
i have a friend in Toulouse though! i stayed with her when i was in Madrid last year, and she's great! she's doing her Masters right now, and if anything, it would be a great spiritual encouragement...for the both of you! maybe she can help you find a job...? email me if you're interested and i'll pass on her info..i realize this is months away, but you never know :D
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debbie, at Mon Feb 12, 06:01:00 PM
RAINBOW!! ma belle arc en ciel!
great to hear a quick update on life...i wish our dinner conversations were as funny as that! hmmm...it's really making me think about going on some random exchange sometime...
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Chara, at Mon Feb 12, 10:06:00 PM
ooh yah debs, ask away and ill see what my options are!! =D im almost certain ill be in Bordeaux for July.. well at least leaning that way! but maybe for June in Toulouse??
chara!! viens me rendre visite!!! hehe... we had our share of random dinner conversations with jenny tang in our midst. haha.. je t'aime!! =)
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Rainbow Choi =), at Tue Feb 13, 06:04:00 AM
hi good to know you have a blog :) if you would like take some pictures form me they are on:
www.xanga.com/zzana or www.xanga.com/zzana1
papa zuzana
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Anonymous, at Tue Feb 13, 06:40:00 AM
oh!! Rainbow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'll start visiting your blog more often!!!! i like your West Uganda name: muhangazima! It makes me think of someone laughing "muahahahhaha^^" lol~
but wow, those cookies look absolutely delicious!! Did u guys use a cookie cutter?!? i want to make heart shaped sugar cookies...
u seem to be on a roll with travelling now!! the idea of going to france to work on a vineyard or cafe seems really cool! totally living the French life.. but then, we'd miss you too much Rainbow!! ><
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Aimie, at Wed Feb 14, 09:27:00 PM
ahahhaa... oh aimie! i never would've made that connection! lol... i miss you too!!
ill send you my sugar cookie recipe... and nope, i didnt have a cookie cutter... at first, i tried to shape one by bending a yogourt container into a heart but at the end i just drew hearts with a knife, which was just as good and my friends all drew their own! =)
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Rainbow Choi =), at Thu Feb 15, 01:53:00 AM
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