What do you catch if you hear this sentence? 'Just push the button.' I wanna know why someone laughed at me when I said the sentence. Is it because my pronunciation or is it because the sentence is ambiguous?

Are these two sentences the same? It's way too extreme = It's really extreme. I heard it somewhere. Thanks

Itsmevinaforsure Pt. 8: Misunderstanding Leads to Friendship Good afternoon!!! I'm a bit confused about what I should write here in Italki, but I do really want to write everyday in English. I just remembered about my experience when learning Japanese. I've learned Japanese since 7-8 months ago and still do. One of my method of learning Japanese is posting something in Japanese then some native speakers review it, just like I do in Italki. One day, I wrote about my dream house. A section in my story should be 'I will place a bed facing a closet.' The reviewers commented in Japanese too (I really had hard time translating these, since I can't read Kanji well). The main point was 'Good! Good! You have improved,' so I thought they took the same meaning as I wished. Until the last reviewer commented in English, 'Wow! A bed inside a closet is really inspiring.' And I just shouted to myself, 'What?! Am I Doraemon or what?!' That made me curious about how the native speakers really thought. I asked the last reviewer to translate it frankly in English and we ended up talking a lot. Now he has become a friend of mine. ^^ Learning new languages always has this kind of story, but misunderstanding doesn't always lead to friendship. This is only one of my story. I hope you enjoy the story and never give up on everything you are now learning. ^^

Itsmevinaforsure Pt. 7: Have you known SIPA? I know that you have already known Bali. But, I doubt you know Solo. It's the city I live now. It is a small city, but it has a lot of international events. The most recent event was SIPA. SIPA is Solo International Performing Arts. It was held on the end of June 2011. It performed many traditional and theatrical dances from many countries. On the last SIPA, the delegations came from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Korea, USA.

Hi!!! ^^ はじめまして。。 私 は vina です。 Italki で英語を勉強 しています 。でも，余所 で日本語 を勉強 しています。会う ので，ここにいます。 日本語 をすこしだけ 出来ます。 お会い 出来て 嬉しい です。よろしくお願いします。 I hope you can understand what I wrote. Hehehe. Ja. (_ _)

Itsmevinaforsure Pt. 6: Summer Mocktail I am watching 8-11 show now. It's talking about how to make 'Summer Mocktail' now. It's easy. You just have to take approximately same amount of strawberry, red grape and orange, then blend them altogether with sparkling grape juice and ice. It looks very yummy because Indonesia is really hot nowadays. ^^ Try it! I hope you'll like it. Have a good day.

Itsmevinaforsure Pt. 5: Reveal the Answer.. Good evening. I have given you almost half-day to think. Now is the time to reveal the answer. Below is the steps to divide 16L of water into 2 parts equally, using 16L-pail, 9L-pail, and 7L-pail. Step 16L 9L 7L 1> 16 - - 2> 7 9 - 3> 7 2 7 4> 14 2 - 5> 14 - 2 6> 5 9 2 7> 5 4 7 8> 12 4 - 9> 12 - 4 10> 3 9 4 11> 3 6 7 12> 10 6 - 13> 10 - 6 14> 1 9 6 15> 1 8 7 16> 8 8 Now we have 2 parts of 8L of water. Good night all. ^^

Itsmevinaforsure Pt. 3: Challenge for You!! Do you know Die Hard? A movie with Bruce Willis roled as a detective (or a police?). Do you remember the scene where he had to disactivate a bomb by replacing the weight of a stone with 2L of water? Good. Now the challenge is, divide 16L of water exactly into 2 parts of 8L of water.You are given three pails only as tools to solve the challenge. The first one can hold exactly 16L of water, the second one can hold exactly 9L of water, and the last can hold exactly 7L of water. The assumptions are: 1. The pails are well made from a super strong material that will not allow any changes of water state or even a small leakage occurs 2. You are not clumsy and very strong so you will not spill any water when you try to solve the challenge. Good luck! Have a nice day!! ^^

Itsmevinaforsure Pt. 3: My Opinion About Italki There are a lot of online language courses. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. As for italki, it stimulates the students to be creative because there is no certain rule about what they should write, except for the introduction post. But also because of this, people end up writing their personal life, including their problems. I hope the writers can be wise as much as they can on deciding about what they will write. In spite of the matter above, I really appreciate italki for its existence. It is not merely forum for studying language, but it is an international forum of understanding and appreciation amongst people of the world. Breaking down the stereotypes, unifying all the people in the world, showing us that we shares the same hopes and dreams.