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oh cool, I hope he joins, I need a HSV fan to laugh at when we thrash them on Easter Sunday Seriously though, there are still a few people missing; Chadwell, Torsten, Joel, jobosno. Teo is not joining us then, I take it?

Did anyone invite Chadwell to the new forum?

We should, and I think we will, but the margin is so small we could still end up in a relegation playoff if everything goes against us. I think Ingolstadt and Darmstadt are definitely going down, but they are not playing that bad and it will be tough until the very end.

What a beautiful run: 13 points, 4 wins/1 draw and only 2 goals conceded in the last 5 matches. Now it's important to win or at least draw against HSV (probably will be the deciding match of the season) and Ingolstadt, and get as many points as possible against Freiburg, Hertha, Köln and Frankfurt, and then we should hopefully be safe, although the fight for survival is soooo tight again this year, anything could still happen. If only it was that exciting at the top of the table, haha... Regardless of how it goes, I hope Alex Nouri will get a new contract. It's refreshing to finally see a manager who actually has a concept, adapts the team tactics and formation to the opposition, and reacts on what's going on on the pitch.

Watching movies with subtitles is great, listening to radio is great, just reading news and books is great - all this helps you build passive knowledge of a language, but it's crucial to actually practice talking (or at least writing) if you want to gain active command of it, there's no way around it, I'm afraid.

Or just go to your profile and there's a "write a public message on your own feed" - I suppose it's the same status thing?

No wonder, otherwise they'd have to tell you all about your government helping create the conditions that allowed Pol Pot & Khmer Rouge to seize power and secretly supporting them for over 15 years Seriously though, after talking to many people from various countries, I realise that education in LT was ace.

Pol Pot?

Certainly heard of the Khmer Rouge though?

I should really start learning Khmer, but damn it's a weird language...

And Estonian.

Cool! How did you like it in Hungary? I was considering it a while ago too, together with Czech Republic.

Where in Eastern Europe did you live? I'm weird, I don't get Heimweh at all.

I'm actually in Cambodia, hehe. I prefer SE Asia to the rest of the world, so ideally I intend to stay here for as long as I can, but there are a lot of countries I'd consider if I had to (actually considered moving to Panama, Malta or Georgia (country, not the US State) a while ago, but decided to stay here for the time being). I'm very flexible and don't particularly care, so no idea where I might end up haha.

No, no such plans haha.

hey, when you come from Lithuania in the early to mid 90s, Milwaukee seems like paradise, I think No, things are not that great in LT. It used to be pretty cool in 2000-2007 when the economy was growing fast, but it's not very rosy these days. Cost of living is rather high while the salaries are still low, emigration rate is immense, we lost over 15% of our population in the last 10-12 years. Working-age population is declining, social security system will inevitably collapse in the (near) future. Corruption and bureaucracy are still a problem.

Two of my cousins actually live in the US. Their family won the green card and moved to Milwaukee some 20 years ago, they were living in Chicago later I think, maybe still are.

He sounds like a tool

Not necessarily, knowing a Lithuanian is not particularly surprising as we're spread all over the world like a bunch of gypsies, haha.

It's two completely different languages (Lithuanian is Baltic, Russian is Slavic), if you could understand parts of it that was probably Russian swear words as Lithuanians like using those

You evil you, ruining people's days like that!

Just substitute it with breadcrumbs

I'm extremely into seafood, so my favourite Thai is still Tom Yum Kung, it's a masterpiece... Not that much into Chinese, but I love the local Chinese seafood restaurant, they offer brilliant crabs, fish, clams and mussels. Also Peking duck is always nice when prepared properly!

Yes, a ot of Thai dishes uses coconut milk, especially curries. The key to Thai cuisine is balancing the five major tastes by combining various spices, herbs, sauces and pastes, so the flavour is very complex and rich. Lemongrass, kaffir lime, galangal, coriander, fish sauce, palm sugar, shrimp paste, chili peppers, garlic and basil are the essential ingredients. What's Cuban food? Never had any!