Well since economy is the future in our world, people tend to learn Chinese so that they have a bigger chance to find a job later because of the huge rate of the unemployment nowadays :-)

I hope the trip home was nice.

I've thought about what books to recommend on Norse mythology, especially since I haven't read so many books about it myself. Here are some suggestions:

"The Norse Myths" by Kevin Crossley-Holland

The Sagas of Icelanders

"Gods and Myths of Northern Europe", by H.R. Ellis Davidson

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Ya, I meant the great wall.

Norse mythology is to a large extent a warrior mythology, meant to encourage men to fight and die in battle, after which would await them an eternity of partying in Valhalla, together with Odin, Tor, and the rest of the gods.

It's interesting that how the Vikings imagined apocalypse (the end of the world), as an eternal winter, sounds very much like what the world would experience after a global, nuclear war.

Children do learn about norse mythology in school, but I wouldn't say that many Norwegian adults care much about. It's more for people who are especially interested.

Are Chinese people usually very interested in the ancient history of China?

Are you interested in mythology in general?

I have watched some historical documentaries about China, regarding the original Quin-dynasty, the building of the Chinese wall, and the fight with the Mongols.

Have you ever visited the Chinese wall?

You're welcome. I'm glad to be of help.

I usually do not enhance my photos in an image editor, unless I have a particular purpose for it. Making strong changes in such as contrast, brightness, and sharpness removes information from the image, and I want to preserve as much of the subtle colour nuances and details as possible.

The exception is for cropping; Meaning when I cut out a part of the image.

When I do use an image editor. it's not Adobe Photoshop, but Paintshop.

There are a lot of languages that we can learn at university, about 20, but in high school we have less possibilities : LV1 English is obligatory, and then we can choose : LV2 german or spanish and in lv3 : latin, chinese, italian and so on...

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There are many ways to compensate for shaky hands.

First is to increase the shutter speed. I'm guessing you're using automatic settings on your camera, which means that it chooses aperture and shutter speed for you. Instead, look up in the manual to see how you can set the aperture manually. The value for aperture will looks something like this: F4. The smaller the number behind the F, the larger the aperture. Set the number as low as possible. The increased amount of light will allow you to use faster shutter speed without getting dark photos.

Second, using wide angle gives less blur than when you zoom in.

Third, if you buy a DSLR or a system camera, you can choose what lens to use with it. For example, you can buy a lens that can be used at a very large aperture. -Or, a lens that can be used at a very wide angle. Some lenses also comes with IS (imagie stabilisation) which compensates for shaky hands.

Canon will soon launch a new lens for Canon M, a 11-22MM lens with IS. If you shoot photos at 11MM with IS on (Under good light conditions), I'm guessing your photos will look nice and sharp, even with shaky hands.

It's very hot in France too, but these days there are a lot of storms.

I'm french so of course I know how to speak in French haha. As for german I did learned that in high school but I really sucked at it, that's why I'm learning Chinese right now.