Income from the transfer of any virtual digital assets will be taxed at 30%, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech on Tuesday. The move was prompted by India’s rapid adoption of virtual coins, putting the nation a step closer to regulating such investments following several warnings from the central bank about the risks of money laundering, terrorist financing and price volatility.
readandwrite – this article that i want to keep my record of my learning things and putting into Kindle book via Pocket. Because I always want to read things (which I like) continuously on kindle. But I find many acticle on the internet are not long enough.
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dog and pony show nounINFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
an elaborate 精心製的 display or presentation, especially as part of a promotional 推廣活動 campaign.”the department never really had a chance to get its dog and pony show under way”
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Wasp larvae 幼蟲 bento: a traditional delicacy in the Japanese mountains
link to Soranews24
ヘボ, or “hebo”, refers to the larva of Vespula flaviceps, a wasp that kind of looks like the infamous murder hornet, but is slightly smaller and less dangerous, while めし, or “meshi” means “rice”, often a rice that has ingredients mixed through it.
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Japanese capsule toy maker Tama-Kyu is no stranger to a little wordplay in promoting its strange gacha goodies, They’re the company that created protection-from-social-media-flame-war amulets 護身符 move some foodwith a fiery motif and surprising moving mountain figurines inspired by the Japanese expression “The mountain has moved.”
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squeamish 想嘔吐的 scrupulous 審慎的 一絲不苟的
◦ These are ingredients you don’t usually find in an everyday lunchbox, and if the sound of them makes you feel squeamish 想嘔吐的, it’s best you look away now, because things are going to become a whole lot visual…
🔵 Squeamish Squeamishly – Squeamish Meaning – Squeamish Examples – Squeamish Definition
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Wasp larvae bento: a traditional delicacy in the Japanese mountains
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Mirin = is a type of rice wine and a common ingredient in Japanese cooking.
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Iswearenglish
cut the Gordian knot
以堅決的手段解決難題
Shotgun – claim it is my passenger seat
Etch = corrode by acid
Etch glass = 蝕刻是指以酸性、腐蝕性或有研磨效用的物質在玻璃表面上創作的技術
by varnishing 塗漆wood , you give it an impervious 不能滲透的 layer
Wax 爉 月圓 Wane 月缺
Waxing lyrically 抒情地 歌詞
◦ eg: my fortunes have waxed and waned over the years
to Guffaw at something粗聲大笑 = laugh
bellow 吼叫 roar
cackle 咯咯笑 with laughter
Hunker down = squat = seek shelter = refuse to change
Jink 閃開
blithe 無憂 漫不經心 = doesn’t care
prop up – shore up
Kaboom – loud sound
Fall kaboom
Buttress 拱壁 shore up the cathedral
Well endowed 大波 大鳥
Endow 天賦 ⋯賦予
Dowery 嫁妝
Dower 亡夫遺產
We’re busted = we got caught doing something bad 暴露了
the jig is up 露餡了
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break this impasse 僵局 end the deadlock or break the stalement
now let move on to now let move on to
⁃ now an impassible 不覺得痛苦的 不能傷害的crater.
⁃ belief in an impassible God
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resin 樹脂 is a solid or highly viscous 黏性的 substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers 聚合物
聚合物 天然有蛋 人工有塑膠
Polymers range from familiar synthetic plastics such as polystyrene to natural biopolymers such as DNA and proteins that are fundamental to biological structure and function.
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Multiple commenters were reminded of the time when Akaginyugyu, makers of the Garigari-kun brand of shaved ice popsicles 冰捧 (another delicacy very near and dear to the hearts of Japan’s snack lovers), apologized for a 10-yen increase in their prices, which had also been held incredibly low for many years.
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Glass etching , or “French embossing,” is a popular technique developed during the mid-1800s that is still widely used in both residential and commercial spaces today Etch glass = 蝕刻是指以酸性、腐蝕性或有研磨效用的物質在玻璃表面上創作的技術
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(youtube) Perspicacious 有洞察力的 (Samson is a perceptive person 反應敏銳的人 discerning = meaning: able to judge quickly – and correctly what people and situations are really like (youtube)
Her political acumen 敏銳 won her the election.
◦ Eg even though the judge was normally a Perspicacious 有洞察力的 woman, she found it hard to not be affected by the guilty man’s plea
◦ it offers quite a few facts to Perspicacious 有洞察力的 reporter
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Umaibō (うまい棒) or “delicious stick 美味棒“ is a small, puffed, cylindrical corn snack from Japan. It is produced by Riska and sold by Yaokin.
Nor does it skimp 吝嗇 捨不得給 on flavor, as there are dozens and dozens of different flavors, from salty to spicy to sweet, all with large numbers of fans.
skim milk skim = remove
Taxi driver in Japan
Read and Write
Read: よむ 読む
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best takoyaki in Osaka!”
The driver thought for a moment, and then his eyes brightened as he appeared to remember something.
Driver: “Ah, that’s right — there’s another store across the main street…behind the police station…”
And without another word, they were off again, and that’s when P.K. noticed something odd.
P.K.: “Ah, Mr Taxi Driver, it looks like the meter isn’t running.”
Driver: “Oh, it’s only a few hundred metres so I’ll do your ride for free. And your request is pretty unusual!”
P.K. felt a little bad for the driver, telling him he wasn’t after a free ride and didn’t want to put him out, but the driver wouldn’t hear another word of it, saying:
“No, no, we’ll be there when we just cross this main road.”
P.K. was filled with gratitude for the driver’s kind efforts to fulfil his strange request, and when they arrived at the takoyaki shop, P.K. thanked the driver, who smiled and replied:
“Enjoy Osaka!”
Write かく 書く
As I said i invariably stress in Hong Kong. One of stress is crowded traffic. Taxi service too, that’s why there is uber niche on the market.
To cope my stress is reading the website Soranews 24. It is funny , sarcastic and more. Above i read on 2022 Jan 28 before CNY and HK suffering covid the 5th wave. The articale recall me some bad feeling taxi service in Hong Kong and good memories while traveling . If you read above , what feeling do you have?
Japan is well known with their politeness level. I feel good while i read above taxi driver attitude .
I am not putting a pox 唱衰 on Hong Kong. I noticed that there are a plethora of excitement in Hong Kong when I realized that chatting with my foreigner + rel (related) = expatriate (mycode = foreignerrel) 移居國外的(人) English teacher. For instance (example) , a sleepless city: Hong Kong. You call just go downstair at the am 3 o’clock to 7-Eleven.
Two bad English recently learnt
Recently learned Endowment or endow … or similarity words. We may know endowment can mean 資助 或 天賦. But if we say “Well Endowment ” can mean (of a man) having a large penis.”the cast is all female apart from a couple of well-endowed chaps”(of a woman) having large breasts.”the blouse was displayed by a well-endowed model”
the other one is two hander. In normal situation it can be
informally, it can be someone penis is as long as two hands width (see explanation on urban dictionary)
Empty Gesture 只講不做
On TVB, just learnt “ Empty Gesture 只講不做 “ and it recall me I learn a similar idea before
“ all mouth and no trousers “


Haha
Regarding this post: i have been learning English for 10 years seriously, now that i want to make this post as a English tools that when i discover some interesting and intriguing English, i will drop down to assist myself to ameliorate 改善 my English
akimbo 叉腰 – not a pronunciation of Japanese 
Once I saw a Chinese girl who standing with 叉腰 （cantonese) then I was thinking how to use English to describe it, no double turning to internet to get my mentor 良師益友. Then saw ” akimbo” . What? some kind of Japanese, something want wrong and error by my searching, i don’t give a hoot 貓頭鷹叫聲 of it （kind of blasé attitude. ）不在意. I tried again to searching and go for dumb teacher – dictionary. What the…. that’s true.
akimbo : with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward.
Diet 日本丹麥的國會 not 節食
i think 98% hongkonger knowing what is the meaning of diet 節食. For myself. i am doing hardly to implement Ketogenic Diet in Hong Kong. But today when i read a lovely acticle on soranews24 that Yoshi no ya 吉野家 is serving kuro ge wagyu ju 黑毛和牛重 くろ げ わ ぎゅ じゅin its only branch (You cannot mosey 漫遊 inside directly unless you are some sort of politician of business related ) in its ” National Diet Building “. The Diet here is not mean 節食 the way of eating, actually here means 國會 parliaments. And dictionary shown that it happens in Japan and Denmark too. Hahaa, it is epiphany 顯現節 頓悟 to me.
Limbo 被遺忘的事物
Today read the dictionary of the meaning, discovered meaning of it
more. It is out of my expectations , as i only use it as 被遺忘的事物 the things are oblivion . But even more serious ：地獄的邊境 in abeyance 擱置 中間的位置
Here is dictionary on https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/limbo?q=Limbo
Cambridge Chinese and English examples which i super like:
Until we have official permission to go ahead with the plans we’re in limbo.在該計劃得到正式批准之前，我們一直處於停滯狀態。
Spoil Alert – this post is very selfish post that keep rhapsodize 熱情洋溢地談論 any movies i watched. Now that it is totally talking my feeling. So i don’t think i will not mince my words.
Weathering With You : 誠makoto 新海shinkai
written on 15 Aug 2021
I like the great gimmick of the appearance of Taki瀧 and Mitsuha 三葉 Miyamizu from “Your Name” in this animation to become cameo 大人物小角色 多彩浮雕寶石. Two miracle stories happened in one city：Tokyo , reflecting the nature of Japanese. I found people who cringing in some way of innovative hope is far more better than people who don’t have hope, especially people who they are suffering (from something). People need make their own happiness if there isn’t exist in their life.
Reading those reviews are mixed, i knew “Your Name ” is no doubt top-notch, but i think it’s not necessary reach the level as amazing as sky high, so that you bluntly add a lot of people dead or whatnot. i feel comfortable as its ending. Serenity is well-being
Netflix still can watch this movie in Hong Kong while 11 Aug 2021. i watched it several times, and it sucking me into an otherworldly dream that there is still has hope and serendipity where a disparity 巨大不同 contrast 對比 對照 between the world i live in right now . A least it give me more moment relief from my confined 受制的 real world. i can understand that why people tend to live in dreams rather than real just like Tom Cruise’s Vanilla Sky. 魂離情外天
Ashin of the North《屍戰朝鮮》外傳《屍戰朝鮮：雅信傳》(Kingdom) (Netflix)
Because of Jun Ji-hyun 全智賢, it is the main reason to watch this Movie whatever how success of Kingdom. But the more expectation you got , the more disappointed you have. I am not saying it is bad (Such as Quiet Place 2 is bad). I find the story is smooth in the side story and it’s connected Kindgom smoothly . No big excitment and no big too boring scene.  But more than that,  I read a lot of history around this story, it was intriguing me from the beginning of their history and their geography, and from the Kingdom story there has a lot of Japanese pirates annoying so Korean people (Joseon 朝鮮  more precise 正確）
A Quiet Place 絕地無聲 2 Second 2021
I don’t why some critics give it acclaim 歡呼. I like the prequel 前篇, it was innovative as no film ever use no wording to make a exciting film, it got off a flying start 旗開得勝 by such gimmick .
Netflix: Blue Mircule
9:06 PM Tue 1 Jun
Just want to remember those meaningful / larger than life things / story what boost my spirit. For example , I watch Netflix: Blue Mircule and learn the turn story of Casa Hogar which is a organization providing shelter food and educational opportunities to underprivileged boys in Cabo San Lucas. When they won the tournament, one said: ” Money isn’t splitting up the cash for each member to enjoy. According to a press release , every last dollar will be go into the organization they have benefited from, Casa Hogar…. that good , is very good. On top of we can always see heave is on the Earth （When I was in Japan admire those earlier cherry blossom Cerasus lannesiana in Kawazu zakura 河津櫻, we found the brightness side of human on the earth yet the Rapture of Jesus and Church still on the way. Kingdom of Father sometime is on the earth. That is so move, Larger than life 意義非凡, meaningful. Then I have words to Jesus that: Just keep such halcyon 幸福美好的things in my hard and thanks father , son , spirit’s love. and praise 讚美他 him .
Jesus want us always happy. 這是萬世前父在主基督耶穌裡向我們定的旨意。Father thanks.
On the other hand, he don’t want me to look into my own deed 功德 and behavior 行為
although I do nothing , he want me happy and in my halcyon states.
我離了祂甚麼都不能作。Like Paul , only as dead in front of the sun light of Jesus 在大馬士革的路上。
Sun 8 Aug i got off from MTR The University station at Island line, exit b2 mtr university , u turn, and go into south lane, found the restaurant immediately

this restaurant i learn a little from on internet, but i was there while has had tea set, so i skip it . maybe next time.

but those information shown it looks very good, and it almost close as soon as 10 minutes. it’s nice a rain check.
and i found myself is clever that now i am sojourning /staying in pacific cafe
 
i am in a pacific coffee to a rest.
today my target is Locofama, 11 Fuk Sau Lane, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, 5421 4578, WhatsApp: +852 6223 1665, hello@locofama.com, http://www.locofama.com for dinner , in case there is not good , i will have contingency 應急措施 plan: nood food ：2/F., Kinwick Centre, 32 Hollywood Road, SOHO, Central 中環蘇豪荷李活道32號建業榮基中心2樓 32 Hollywood Rd, Central

it’s really ketogenic for me
around 7 pm , sweating a lot,
inside Winstons Coffee
Shop 4, G/F Rich Court, 213 Queen’s Rd W, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong
+852 2559 5078
https://goo.gl/maps/2pvhuK5E4mGoEEYJ7
not crowded, stay / sojourn here has a rest, i got lost and passed original planned restaurant , so i think my next destination is nood food
Yuen Long Bistro 元朗冰室
10 August 2021
As my plan i am here
元朗冰室
網址: https://s.openrice.com/QrbS0fRm800~u26oHAA
地址: 尖沙咀金馬倫道48號中國保險大廈地下A2號舖
電話: 26032686
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bear in mind , i was not in Yuen Long, i was actually in Tsim Sha Tsui


The first impression was good here , cozy tiny . i had my own cubicle like seat / booth seat 卡位 廂坐 without bumping to others in this pandemic situation.
i was sitting beside the hassle and bustle streets , a big window with big poster, but i could still see whatever i like.
after i got the receipt , i realized they had a lot of addition dishes: a soup du jour ,薯茸 mashed potato and garlic bread . so i am very regert that i added spaghetti by HKD 8.
 
you can see the smoke / vapor 蒸氣 from the iron plate
and i like the sunny side up 太陽蛋

I never imagine that the size is so big, so i tried to cancel the spaghetti. They allowed my cancellation without any hesitation.
in nutshell, i feel everything nice. ( i tell you in Hong Kong sooooooo many thing trigger you in anger, ever a single meal, a long queue writing but turnout bad service. But thanks God, if you gooooo deeper, off the bitten path, you will find your solace 安慰
Flying Pig Bistro
i had my dinner set-all- i -can- eat under HKD 218 today. To fulfill my keto no carbs diet, so i picked it for my dinner. With only meats and veggies all i can eat, it will not contradict my live style . i started before 7 pm, not many clients at that time. When i almost finished, there were many people outside the restaurant. The staff asked me to move my seat to other comfortable chair politely , since i almost finished, i am not begrudging to yield, i even beckoned her again the foreign staff and said i am actually finished. But she insisted to let me to sojourn and said she was giving me a dessert. It is a huge disparity between today Hong kong new younger generation which i meet commonly.
Flying Pig Bistro
62 High St, Sai Ying Pun
2540 0311
https://goo.gl/maps/Uzc6qp8xpKbrtqtg8
https://goo.gl/maps/kELo9ttAe6jpAzkT7
so long lyrics
SO LONG (2012 Remastered) – YouTube Music
朝asaの光hikariが まだ(still)眠nemuってるあなたの顔 kao =
朝の光が まだ眠ってるあなたの顔 =
Asa no hikari ga mada nemutteru anata no kao =
Your face where the morning light is still asleep
やさしく包tsutsuんでる 今のうちに出てゆくわ=やさしく包んでる 今のうちに出てゆくわ=Yasashiku tsutsun deru ima no uchi ni dete yuku wa=I’m wrapping it gently
Ahー あなたほどの 愛をくれる人はいない =
あなたほどの 愛をくれる人はいない =
Anata hodo no ai o kureru hito wa inai=
No one can give you as much love
Ohー 閉toじたままの 心の ドア(doa-door) たたいて(knocked)くれた = 閉じたままの 心のドアたたいてくれた = Tojita mama no kokoro no doa tataite kureta = He knocked on the door of my heart that remained closed
*たたいて(knocked in japanese
副歌 chorus Refrain
だけど(however) ごめん(sorry)なさい(do)あなた 私素su直nao に なれないの = だけどごめんなさいあなた 私素直になれないの = Dakedo gomen’nasai anata watashi sunaoninarenai no = But I’m sorry you can’t be honest
だから (so)もう一度(again) 一人に もどって (modotte 戻って return） やりなおして (to do over again )みたい( -like , sort of , similar to) = だからもう一度 一人にもどって やりなおしてみたい = Dakara mōichido hitori ni modotte yari naoshite mitai = So I want to go back alone and try again
※Oh Goodbye My Darling
Good Luck I Say
Goodbye My Beautiful Dream
Oh So Long※
置oき手te紙gami には さよならsayonara と だけ 書kaいておくわ = 置き手紙には さよならとだけ書いておくわ = Okitegami ni wa sayonara to dake kaite oku wa = I’ll just write goodbye to the letter
目meをさまさない よう に そっと(gently quietly) ほほ (cheek 頬）に 口づけ(kiss) を（question mark) = 目をさまさないように そっとほほに口づけを = Me o samasanai yō ni sotto hoho ni kuchidzuke o = Gently kiss your cheeks so as not to wake up
Ahー ずっと(zutto = forever) 二人futari いられるほど強tsuyoくないの = ずっと二人 いられるほど強くないの = Zutto futari i rareru hodo tsuyokunai no = I’m not strong enough to be two people forever
Ohー まだ私は やりたいことがきっとあるわ = まだ私は やりたいことがきっとあるわ = Mada watashi wa yaritai koto ga kitto aru wa = I’m sure I still have something to do
だから ごめんなさいあなた これが最sai後goのわがままよ = だから ごめんなさいあなた これが最後のわがままよ = Dakara gomen’nasai anata kore ga saigo no wagamama yo itsuka mōichido… = So I’m sorry you this is the last selfishness
いつか (someday )もう一度(again) 出de会aえるその日まで 忘れずにいたいから
二人の日々を忘れはしない きっと幸せになって欲しい= 二人の日々を忘れはしない きっと幸せになって欲しい=
そっと(gently)ドアを閉めたあとでも= そっとドアを閉めたあとでも = Sotto doa o shimeta atode mo = Even after gently closing the door
きっと=kitto=surely.. I Love You
だから ごめんなさいあなた これが最後のわがままよ= だから ごめんなさいあなた これが最後のわがままよ
いつか(someday)もう一度 出de会aえるその日まで 忘れずにいたいから = いつかもう一度 出会えるその日まで 忘れずにいたいから
so long lyrics
SO LONG (2012 Remastered) – YouTube Music
朝asaの光hikariが まだ(still)眠nemuってるあなたの顔 kao = 朝の光が まだ眠ってるあなたの顔 = Asa no hikari ga mada nemutteru anata no kao = Your face where the morning light is still asleep
やさしく包tsutsuんでる 今のうちに出てゆくわ=やさしく包んでる 今のうちに出てゆくわ=Yasashiku tsutsun deru ima no uchi ni dete yuku wa=I’m wrapping it gently
Ahー あなたほどの 愛をくれる人はいない =あなたほどの 愛をくれる人はいない =Anata hodo no ai o kureru hito wa inai=No one can give you as much love
Ohー 閉toじたままの 心の ドア(doa-door) たたいて(knocked)くれた = 閉じたままの 心のドアたたいてくれた = Tojita mama no kokoro no doa tataite kureta = He knocked on the door of my heart that remained closed
*たたいて(knocked in japanese
副歌 chorus Refrain
だけど(however) ごめん(sorry)なさい(do)あなた 私素su直nao に なれないの = だけどごめんなさいあなた 私素直になれないの = Dakedo gomen’nasai anata watashi sunaoninarenai no = But I’m sorry you can’t be honest
だから (so)もう一度(again) 一人に もどって (modotte 戻って return） やりなおして (to do over again )みたい( -like , sort of , similar to) = だからもう一度 一人にもどって やりなおしてみたい = Dakara mōichido hitori ni modotte yari naoshite mitai = So I want to go back alone and try again
※Oh Goodbye My Darling
Good Luck I Say
Goodbye My Beautiful Dream
Oh So Long※
置oき手te紙gami には さよならsayonara と だけ 書kaいておくわ = 置き手紙には さよならとだけ書いておくわ = Okitegami ni wa sayonara to dake kaite oku wa = I’ll just write goodbye to the letter
目meをさまさない よう に そっと(gently quietly) ほほ (cheek 頬）に 口づけ(kiss) を（question mark) = 目をさまさないように そっとほほに口づけを = Me o samasanai yō ni sotto hoho ni kuchidzuke o = Gently kiss your cheeks so as not to wake up
Ahー ずっと(zutto = forever) 二人futari いられるほど強tsuyoくないの = ずっと二人 いられるほど強くないの = Zutto futari i rareru hodo tsuyokunai no = I’m not strong enough to be two people forever
Ohー まだ私は やりたいことがきっとあるわ = まだ私は やりたいことがきっとあるわ = Mada watashi wa yaritai koto ga kitto aru wa = I’m sure I still have something to do
だから ごめんなさいあなた これが最sai後goのわがままよ = だから ごめんなさいあなた これが最後のわがままよ = Dakara gomen’nasai anata kore ga saigo no wagamama yo itsuka mōichido… = So I’m sorry you this is the last selfishness
いつか (someday )もう一度(again) 出de会aえるその日まで 忘れずにいたいから
二人の日々を忘れはしない きっと幸せになって欲しい= 二人の日々を忘れはしない きっと幸せになって欲しい=
そっと(gently)ドアを閉めたあとでも= そっとドアを閉めたあとでも = Sotto doa o shimeta atode mo = Even after gently closing the door
きっと=kitto=surely.. I Love You
だから ごめんなさいあなた これが最後のわがままよ= だから ごめんなさいあなた これが最後のわがままよ
いつか(someday)もう一度 出de会aえるその日まで 忘れずにいたいから = いつかもう一度 出会えるその日まで 忘れずにいたいから
Hong Kong basic bitch learn English 