16
Nov
A picture is worth 10 words
Xin: I will show you a picture of my goddess. See here.
Me: She is very beautiful Xin. Well done Xin, well done. So this is what you do all day? Stare at her picture?
Xin: Yes, I stare at it like a dog… drooling thinking of her.
Me: Xin, of all the ways to describe your affection! I don’t think you’d want to tell her how you feel when you look at her picture. She might get scared. You should say something romantic – I look at you like… like an astronaut looks at the earth.
Xin: Oh man, that is difficult. You know, there is this chinese saying – I love you like a mouse likes rice.
Me: Xin, what kind of a metaphor is that? Who would tell his girlfriend that he thinks of her like rice?