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Crisis.

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I was doing some photocopying for a customer at work & I had no idea what I was copying but I glanced at the content of one particular page. I saw this: "In Chinese, the word for disaster is the same as opportunity " I swear, the Chinese impress me so often with their wise ways. Look up Chinese proverbs & you'll be amazed to find your fave quotes amongst them. I read how with their culture being based upon yin & yang, everything must be balanced.. so for something to be negative, it must offer a positive. Right down to their words. I love the way language works. If I had ever gone through with my plans to go to university, English is what I would have studied without a doubt. Maybe I will yet! In my opinion though, as complex as it is, the English language can be straight forward & dull in comparison with others. For instance, we have one or two words for love. LOVE , that phenomenon that you can never explain, the emanating feeling that just resou