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I got marked down on pronounciation, however I think the system doesn’t hear words all that well, there were some words it was forever telling me I got wrong, no matter how many ways I changed them, even if I put the exact intonation in that the speaker had. For example: “Nice to meet you” (Trevligt att träffas), one of the first phrases I learnt and I know I say it right. Also the word thirsty (törstig) just kept telling me I was wrong, and the word for tie (slips). Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to accept that this is a glitch and I can’t get perfect scores all the time. Still, it makes me a bit mad.
Rachael's Life List
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1. Use my time more effectively
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2. Carry out 43 romantic surprises for my husband
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3. Get back into regular exercise
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4. write
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5. Get a full-time job in Sweden
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6. Walk at least 5,000 steps each day
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7. Lose weight
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8. Lose 20 pounds
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9. Eat five fruit/vegetables a day
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10. Always have something to look forward to
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11. Complete Levels 1 - 3 of Swedish with Rosetta Stone
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12. Read all the books I own
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13. Find my creative niche
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14. Donate blood
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15. Find out my blood type
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16. Write 43 Haikus
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17. Rasterbate
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18. Sew a Christmas Quilt
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19. Finish this monster!
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20. Be fluent in another language
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21. Learn Swedish
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22. Travel
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23. Have children (someday)
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24. Foster or adopt a child
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25. Make the most of my 20's
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26. Own my own home
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How I did it: My 10,000th cheers went to sitruunapuu on her goal, Identify 1000 things that make me happyI try and cheer people as much as they cheer me. I am rather behind at the moment (I'm 3 pages into my 'cheers received' page, but I'll get there, eventually). Read how I did it…
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How I did it: First I was looking through some YouTube videos on how to cut your own hair, layers and such (I was rather fed up with one layer hair). And then I came across this little gadget called the creaclip, looks very much like a clip you put on food in bags to stop the food going soft/bad with a comb inside and a spirit level. You can see more info about them hereAnyway, that's how I did it, and it's a tool I can use again and again to trim my h… Read how I did it…
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How I did it: Since we had two weddings there was loads of planning involved, and a lot of help from my parents in England because many things we just couldn't sort out, living in Sweden as we do. Our English wedding was not deemed 'official' since you can't get married outside in England, but it was official to us, since it was on the 2nd of July, exactly four years after we first met in Stockholm. I have written about our relationship in many differe… Read how I did it…
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I’ve found the rest far too repetitive, as I’m on Level 1, which is very easy for me. Maybe by the time I’m up to a more difficult unit/level, I’ll need the repetition, but for now I’ll skip it. I’m currently on Level 1, Unit 2.
A lot of the free Kindle books Amazon has available are classics, which means quite often I can find Kindle version of the books I have left on the DS. Or if not there, through one of the other many free e-book websites (along with other great classics). Why would I want to do that when I already have them on my DS game? Well, the DS screen is much smaller than the Kindle’s, it is also backlit which means it hurts your eyes in the dark, and you can’t read in the bright sunshine. Plus, you only have to press a button to change pages, not drag along the screen with a stylus.
At the moment I’m taking a mini break from the DS classics list, though, and reading a few other books instead. I just finished the two last Austen books I had to read, and now I’m reading Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett. I love the Discworld, but I still have a lot to read.
