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Lost in Translation

Umm… Wait, what?!

Today’s Daily Prompt: A misused word, a misremembered song lyric, a cream pie that just happened to be there: tell us about a time you (or someone else) said or did something unintentionally funny.

I found this gem of a sign in the men’s toilet at the Red Theatre in Beijing. I guess they’re tryng to tell us that the floors are slippery. I really hope nobody would take this sign literally!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign (WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT. 18 and over only)

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As the dailypost page said, ‘foreign’ can be applied to “things outside of or different from your normal environment”. When I’ve read that the theme for this week’s photo challenge is ‘foreign’, I immediately thought of Amsterdam’s Sexmuseum, which my girlfriend and I visited last year. To me, the museum embodies ‘foreign’ in many ways. For one, it is outside the country in which I live in. Also, the idea of having a museum which, in a way, celebrates sex seems out-of-this-world to me. I was raised in a Catholic community and I am now working in the (primary) education sector- both of which restrict, if not forbid, any mention of sex, let alone in an in-your-face manner in which the Sexmuseum does. In addition, this post completely steers away from my blog’s theme.

It is amazing to see how much people still stay clear of publicly showing interest in, and openly discussing the topic of sex.