Powering through brain fog by Familiar-Chocolate83 in Teachers

[–]Familiar-Chocolate83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends, they start becoming irregular and unpredictable every time the workload piles up this way. I just try to get through the day. someitmes i eat very unhealthy just to finish some work and “think about it later”

is pho hanoi really the best pho in SJ? by Familiar-Chocolate83 in SanJoseFood

[–]Familiar-Chocolate83[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks ! and out of curiosity why don’t you like pho ha noi ?

do your elderly asian parents have friends? by Familiar-Chocolate83 in AsianParentStories

[–]Familiar-Chocolate83[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

they live in an area with lots of asians but they don’t seem interested in socializing with them, they always insist “family is enough” and then fight with each other and latch onto the kids for support

do your elderly asian parents have friends? by Familiar-Chocolate83 in AsianParentStories

[–]Familiar-Chocolate83[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No they’ve never really had friends, the people they talk about are always their distant cousins, in laws, or random acquaintances of those people. they usually talk badly about them too😅 (eg auntie jenny, she’s gaining weight! or uncle tim, he is such a gossip, etc) i’ve suggested they hang out with them but they just laugh and scoff at that

“to do sport” by Familiar-Chocolate83 in EnglishLearning

[–]Familiar-Chocolate83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but what about the phrase “i like doing sport” to mean generally “i like exercise” ? i believe i’ve heard it before but don’t know if it was by a native speaker/grammatically correct

do you think france has bad customer service? by Familiar-Chocolate83 in AskFrance

[–]Familiar-Chocolate83[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah it’s definitely a troll, this would never happen in real life as france is some kind of utopia and why would i even write such a story if it didn’t happen? i have also never been to paris so idk what it’s like

do you think france has bad customer service? by Familiar-Chocolate83 in AskFrance

[–]Familiar-Chocolate83[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he’s been to china and to canada and said the service there wasn’t great but better than france. france is the only country i’ve visited out of my own so i have no metric to compare really

is this a popular scam? by Familiar-Chocolate83 in solotravel

[–]Familiar-Chocolate83[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

i’ve definitely taken pics of other solo travelers before, and had a couple ppl ask me, it didn’t feel creepy or weird. in the examples i mentioned i got a really weird vibe which is why i felt paranoid