Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Sillyness (and possibly effectiveness) of Daft Punk

O.K., what is the deal with Daft Punk, that French electric duo?! Look at those helmets!!



Maybe those helmets make music (that's my best guess), or maybe they do it to look cool, or, laughably, maybe they do it because they do not want to be seen in public. Some people might not want to be as famous as the president, signing autographs 24/7. Ask Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.

Fun fact: Both Bangalter and Homem-Christo were on a band called Darlin'. The third member was Laurent Brancowitz (a guitarist from one of my favorite bands, Phoenix). Although, Darlin' disbanded more than 20 years ago.

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Exotic Fruit & Vegetables

Sources: everintransit.com, delish.com
Recently I had a red-fleshed pitaya. That was the reason for writing this post, so more people will be aware of exotic fruits & vegetables. Without further ado, here they are:

1. Pitaya (Three varieties)

Red fleshed Pitaya




White fleshed Pitaya


Yellow skinned Pitaya


2. Durian
   


Durian


3. Kiwano

Kiwano


4. Blood Orange


Blood Orange


5. Feijoa


Feijoa


6. Passion Fruit


Passion Fruit



I got bored with this topic. So needless to say, there isn't many fruits on this list. I might update this the future, though.

GREAT SONGS PART 1

If you have Spotify, look up these songs:

1. Half a Million  -  The Shins  - "Heartworms"
2. Name For You  -  The Shins  -  "Heartworms"
3. Dead Alive  -  The Shins  -  "Heartworms"
4. Can I Sit Next To You  -  Spoon  -  "Hot Thoughts"
5. Hot Thoughts  -  Spoon  -  "Hot Thoughts"
6. Madder Red  -  Yeasayer  -  "Odd Blood"
7. Ambling Alp  -  Yeasayer  -  "Odd Blood"
8. O.N.E.  -  Yeasayer  -  "Odd Blood"
9. I Am Chemistry  -  Yeasayer  -  "Amen & Goodbye"
10. Silly Me  -  Yeasayer  -  "Amen & Goodbye"
11. Demon Road  -  Yeasayer  -  "Fragrant World"
12. Henrietta  -  Yeasayer  -  "Fragrant World"
13. Blue Paper  -  Yeasayer  -  "Fragrant World"
14. Loan Shark Blues  -  Yeasayer  -  "Cold Night (Single)"
15. J-Boy  -  Phoenix  -  "Ti Amo"
16. Lisztomania  -  Phoenix  -  "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"
17. 1901  -  Phoenix  -  "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"
18. Two Weeks  -  Grizzly Bear  -  "Veckatimest"
19. Mourning Sound  -  Grizzly Bear  -  "Painted Ruins"
20. Wow  -  Beck  -  "Colors"
21. Dreams  -  Beck  -  "Colors" CURSES
22. Dear Life  -  Beck  -  "Colors"
23. Que' Onda Guero  -  Beck  -  "Guero"
24. Go It Alone  -  Beck  -  "Guero"
25. E-Pro  -  Beck  -  "Guero
26. Girl  -  Beck  -  "Guero"
27. Mixed Bizness  -  Beck  -  "Midnite Vultures"
28. Broken Train  -  Beck  -  "Midnite Vultures"
29. Loser  -  Beck  -  "Mellow Gold"
30. Up All Night  -  Beck  -  "Colors"
31. Gamma Ray  -  Beck  -  "Modern Guilt"
32. No Complaints  -  Beck  -  "The Information"
33. 1000BPM  -  Beck  -  "The Information"
34. Hell Yes  -  Beck  -  "Guero"
35. Tropicalia  -  Beck  -  "Mutations"
36. Devil's Haircut  -  Beck  -  "Odelay"
37. Where It's At  -  Beck  -  "Odelay"
38. Timebomb  -  Beck  -  "Timebomb (Single)"
39. Wow (TOKiMONSTA Remix)  -  Beck  -  "Wow (TOKiMONSTA Remix) (Single)"
40. Silvertoungue  -   Young The Giant  -  "Home Of The Strange"
41. My Type  -  Saint Motel  -  "My Type EP"
42. Cold Cold Man  -  Saint Motel  -  "My Type EP"
43. Move  -  Saint Motel  -  "saintmotelevision"
44. Water  -  Ra Ra Riot  -  "Need Your Light"
45. The Ghost Inside  -  Broken Bells  -  "Broken Bells"
46. The High Road  -  Broken Bells  -  "Broken Bells"
47. Holding On For Life  -  Broken Bells  -  "After The Disco"
48. A Fifth Of Beethoven  -  Walter Murphy  -  "A Fifth Of Beethoven"
49. You Can Call Me Al  -  Paul Simon  -  "Graceland"
50. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard  -  Paul Simon  -  "Negotiations And Love Songs"
51. Kodachrome  -  Paul Simon  -  "There Goes Rhymin' Simon"
52. Sugar On MyTongue  -  Talking Heads  -  "Sand In The Vaseline"
53. Life Is Long  -  David Byrne & Brian Eno  -  "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today"
54. Kids  -  MGMT  -  "Oracular Spectacular"
55. Die Young  -  Sylvan Esso  -  "What Now" 
56. In Cold Blood  -  alt-J  -  "RELAXER" CURSES
57. Saint Of Impossible Cause  -  Joseph Arthur  -  "The Ballad of Boogie Christ"
58. Wheels  -  Cake  -  "Pressure Chief"
59. Pumped Up Kicks  -  Foster The People  -  "Torches"
60. Happy Idiot  -  TV On The Radio  -  "Seeds" 
61. Lampshades On Fire  -  Modest Mouse  -  "Strangers To Ourselves"
62. When The Tequila Runs Out  -  Dawes  -  "We're All Going To Die"
63. Genghis Khan  -  Miike Snow  -  "iii"
64. Ride  -  Twenty One Pilots  -  "Blurryface"
65. All We Ever Knew  -  The Head And The Heart  -  "Signs Of Light"
66. Feel It All Around  -  Washed Out  -  "Life Of Leisure"
67. Feel It Still  -  Portugal. The Man  -  "Woodstock"
68. Little Talks  -  Of Monsters And Men  -  "My Head Is An Animal"
69. Born Again  -  Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons  -  "Death Won't Send A Letter"
70. Why Does It Always Rain On Me?  -  Travis  -  "The Man Who"
71. Side  -  Travis  -  "The Invisible Band"
72. Cherry Hearts  -  The Shins  -  "Heartworms"
73. You Get What You Give  -  New Radicals  -  "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too"
74. High Ticket Attractions  -  The New Pornographers  -  "Whiteout Conditions"
75. The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness  -  The National  -  "Sleep Well Beast" 
76. Young Folks  -  Peter Bjorn and John  -  "Writer's Block"
77. Wish I Knew You  -  The Revivalists  -  "Men Amongst Mountains" 
78. Where Do The Children Play?  -  Yusuf (A.K.A. Cat Stevens)  -  "Tea For The Tillerman"
79. Fleur De Lys  -  Phoenix  -  "Ti Amo"
80. Square One  -  Beck  -  "Colors"
81. Colors  -  Beck  -  "Colors"
82. Goodbye Soleil  -  Phoenix  -  "Ti Amo"  
83. Ti Amo  -  Phoenix  -  "Ti Amo"
84. Entertainment  -  Phoenix  -  "Bankrupt!"
85. Seventh Heaven  -  Beck  -  "Colors" 
86. Fountain Of Youth  -  Local Natives  -  "Sunlit Youth"
87. Lovelife  -  Phoenix  -  "Ti Amo"
88. Trying To Be Cool  -  Phoenix  -  "Bankrupt!"
89. S.O.S. In Bel Air  -  Phoenix  -  "Bankrupt!"
90. Via Veneto  -  Phoenix -  "Ti Amo"  
91. Someone To Lose  -  Wilco  -  "Schmilco"
92. Jesus, etc.  -  Wilco  -  "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
93. Heavy Metal Drummer  -  Wilco  -  "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
94. Dear To Me  -  Electric Guest  -  "Plural"
95. What You Know  -  Two Door Cinema Club  -  "Tourist History"
96. Dead Sea Scrolls  -  Yeasayer  -  "Amen & Goodbye" 
97. Phone In A Pool  -  Ben Folds  -  "So There"
98. From Above  -  Ben Folds & Nick Hornby  -  "Lonely Avenue"
99. Little Dark Age  -  MGMT  -  "Little Dark Age (Single)"    
100. Istanbul  -  They Might Be Giants  -  "Flood" 

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Sorry

I made a lot of "part 1" posts that I haven't and may never finish. So sorry about that.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Places not to go on vacation part 1

1. Venezuela
    Continent: South America
    Source: VICE (Television show)

    First off, there is a dictator, Nicolás Maduro. Second off, he does not use peaceful opposition. And third off, people protesting him throw molotov cocktails and once a motorcycle exploded. Plus, people are starving. He literally puts up signs saying straight up, "OBEY."





2. Antarctica
    Continent: Antarctica
    Source: My own knowledge

    It's not like it's bad, but Antarctica is just plain old boring. Also extremely frigid. Layers, and layers, and layers of jackets you have to wear. To me, that's too much of a hassle. Very little sightseeing; there is no historical monuments or stuff like that. But Antarctica is not totally dull.





3. Kurdistan & Syria
    Region: Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria
    Continent: Asia
    Source: National Geographic Student World Atlas 4th Edition (Book)

    They are not to far from ISIS groups, and also, Kurds are refugees. They fled to the mountains of Iraq, hopeful to create their own country. Turkey's dictator-to-be is refusing, although, because part of where Kurdistan will be can possibly have oil wells. And oil can make big bucks for Turkey. And with ISIS fighting Kurds, havoc is not non-existent in this unstable region.
 
    Syria's dictator wants the U.S. to help them fight ISIS. But since he's a dictator, U.S. doesn't want to say "Yes." And another reason not to go to Syria: unlike Kurdistan, they are directly in ISIS groups, which makes life harder than it already is.


These are Kurds, not ISIS.



4. Somalia
    Continent: Africa
    Source: VICE (Television show)

    Having no government for 25 years adds to the hardships of these homeless people. In recent years, people are being appointed different government jobs. But at least 1 of those people were shot. Many everyday people fled to Canada, U.S., or London. But they unexpectedly came back. They wanted their country. Their home, in actuality; no matter where they go Somalia is their birthplace and they want to fight for it, which a nation shouldn't have to do.


   


5. Philippines
    Continent: Asia
    Source: Look Now (Book)

    If you're a journalist, don't go to the Philippines. Specifically, Maguindanao. 34 out of 57 people massacred there were journalists. Terrorists attacks add to the pandemonium. To make a perfect addition to my list here, there is a not-so-good president.
 



Sunday, October 22, 2017

Beck: Songs Good and Not So Good

Songs

Good

1. Que Onda Guero
2. No Complaints
3. Dreams
4. Wow
5. Dear Life
6. 1000BPM
7. Girl
8. E-Pro
9. Mixed Bizness
10. Broken Train
11. Tropicalia
12. Devil's Haircut
13. Cellphone's Dead
14. Where It's At
15. Hell Yes
16. Go It Alone
17. Wow (TOKiMONSTA Remix)
18. Loser
19. Timebomb
20. Colors
21. Sissyneck

Not So Good

1. Sweet Satan
2. Analog Odyssey
3. Wow (Mexican Institute Of Sound Remix)

Albums
(Not In Order) (Sorry about that)

1. The Information



















2. Midnite Vultures



















3. Guero



















4. Colors













5.  Sea Change


6. Morning Phase


















7. Mellow Gold



8. Modern Guilt



















9. One Foot In The Grave






10. Odelay





11. Mutations





Beck looks like this (although his albums show pictures of him):

(Now)



(1994)

Saturday, October 21, 2017

My Trip to Chinatown, New York City

I went to Ping Seafood Restaurant and had Dim Sum with my great aunt and uncle and their son, who is 30. So Dim Sum, that is basically Chinese Tapas; tiny bite-sized pieces of Chinese food, from 3-4 of each piece. One was shrimp rolls. Another was shrimp, but with the head. I didn't bite it; I took that part off. You could see its eyes, like little black dots!

(This was not where I went)




Just walking into Ping's was exciting because there was a tank with a enormous crab, flapping his "hands". And more about Dim Sum; there was a delicious little... thing that looked like a green triangle with shrimp & vegetables inside.

Everybody went to Aji Ichiban, a candy shop. There was some (no offense) strange "candy." Such as preserved fig and wasabi peanuts. But they also had some normal candy like "Extreme Sour Warheads."





Before the candy shop, there was a "tchotchke" shop. I got a small hard ball that when shook a bell inside it rung. After the candy shop, we strolled to a playground. Then after an uneventful casual few hours there, we were walking around with a lot of time on our hands. There was a stand selling durians. In contrast to popular belief, they didn't have an unbearable stench. there was another place selling dragonfruit. We got some, and even up to now I haven't tried them.

Alas, my family and I had a ferry to catch. So we hurried up leaving, but the line for the ferry was at least 10 minutes. That vessel could get to a very high velocity! Well, it didn't have cars; which makes it lighter. In about an hour's time, we ported in Rockaway then drove home.



Friday, July 28, 2017

Funny Simpsons quotes part 1

1. "So she was made of chimps"
    -Homer, talking about Marge after a magician does a trick on Marge
2. "'Cause then I could rescue you and be a hero and maybe the city would give me a coupon for free guitar lessons."
    - Chief Wiggum, after discovering the Simpsons hiking.
3. "I don't get it. Everyone love rats but they don't want to drink the rat's milk."
    -Fat Tony, after being arrested for milking rats.

Fat Tony
 

  
 

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Saying "Happy New Years" in different languages

Afrikaans - Gelukkige nuwe jaar
Albanian - Urime Viti i Ri
Amharic - መልካም አዲስ አመት
 Arabic*
Armenian - Շնորհավոր Ամանոր
Azerbaijani - Yeni iliniz mübarək
Bengali - শুভ নববর্ষ
Basque - Urte berri on
Bosnian - Sretna nova godina
Bulgarian - Честита Нова Година
Burmese - မင်္ဂလာနယူးနှစ်များ


Catalan - Feliç any nou
Cebuano - Malipayon nga Bag-ong Tuig
Chinese - 新年快樂
Corsican - Felice Anghjul'Anne
Croatian - Sretna Nova godina
Czech - Šťastné nové roky
Danish - Godt nytår
Dutch - Gelukkig nieuwjaar
Esperanto - Feliĉa Nova Jaro
Estonian - Head uut aastat
Filipino - Maligayang Bagong Taon
Finnish - Hyvää uutta vuotta
French - Bonne année
Galician - Feliz aninovo
Georgian - გილოცავ ახალ წელს
German - Frohes neues Jahr
Greek - Καλή χρονιά
Gujarati - સાલમુબારક
Haitian Creole - Ala bon sa bon nouvèl ane
Hawaiian - Happy New makahiki
Hindi - नववर्ष की शुभकामनायें
Hungarian - Boldog új évet
Icelandic - Gleðilegt nýtt ár



Igbo - Obi ụtọ na New Afọ
Indonesian - Selamat Tahun Baru
Irish - Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit
Italian - Buon Anno Nuovo
Japanese - 新年おめでとう
Javanese - Sugeng Warsa Taun Anyar
Kannada - ಹ್ಯಾಪಿ ನ್ಯೂ ಇಯರ್ಸ್
Kazakh - Жаңа жылмен құттықтаймыз
Khmer - រីករាយ​ឆ្នាំ​ថ្
Korean - 행복한 새해
Kurdish - Sersal pîroz be
Lao - ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ປີ​ໃຫມ່
Latin - Bonos annos novos
Latvian - Laimīgu Jauno gadu
Lithuanian - Laimingų Naujųjų metų
Luxembourgish - Schéint neit Joer
Macedonian - Среќна Нова година
Malagasy - Tratry ny taona
Malay - Selamat tahun Baru
Malayalam - പുതുവത്സരാശംസകൾ

Maltese - Is-sena it-tajba
Māori - tau hou hari
Marathi - नववर्षाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा
Mongolian - Шинэ оны мэнд
Nepali - नयाँ वर्षको
Norwegian - Godt nyttår
Nyanja - Zosangalatsa zaka zatsopano
Polish - Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku
Portuguese - Feliz Ano Novo
Punjabi - ਨਵਾਂ ਸਾਲ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ
Romanian - La multi ani
Russian - Счастливого Нового года
Samoan - tausaga New Fiafia
Scottish Gaelic - Happy New bliadhna
Serbian - Срећна Нова година
Shona - Makorokoto e gore dzva
Sinhala - සුබ අලුත් අවුරුදු
Slovak - Šťastný nový rok
Slovenian - Srečno novo leto
Southern Sotho - Ho thabile lilemo tse ncha
Spanish - Feliz año nuevo
Sundanese - Senang taun anyar
Swahili - Heri ya miaka mpya
Swedish - Gott nytt år
Tajik - Хушо соли нав
Tamil - மகிழ்ச்சியாக புதிய ஆண்டுகள்
Telugu - నూతన సంవత్సర శుభాకాంక్షలు
Thai - สุขสันต์วันปีใหม่
Turkish - Mutlu Yıllar
Ukrainian - Щасливого Нового року
Uzbek - Yangi yilingiz bilan
Vietnamese - Chúc mừng năm mới
Welsh - Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Western Frisian - Lokkich nijjier

Xhosa - Nwabela unyakhomtsha
Zulu - Unyaka omusha omuhle

Next new years, say "மகிழ்ச்சியாக புதிய ஆண்டுகள்" instead of "Happy New Years"! 

*Arabic, Pashto, Persian, Sindhi, Urdu, Yiddish, and Hebrew were impossible to copy and paste because they are written right to left.














































3 People who won the Nobel Peace Prize and imformation about them

1. Malala Yousafzai
    Malala is Pakistani. She was born in 1997. A Taliban gunman tried to kill her (what did she ever do?). Luckily, she survived. After recovering from the injury, she started a non-profit fund called the Malala fund and became an education activist. In 2014, she was rewarded the Nobel Peace Prize and is the youngest laureate yet.
2. Aung San Suu Kyi
    Aung San is Burmese. She was born in 1945. After she graduated from the University of Delhi in 1964 and the University of Oxford in 1968, she worked at the United Nations for three years. In 1972, she married Michael Aris and had two children. She was prominent in the 1988 uprisings in Myanmar. From 1989 to 2010 she was a political prisoner. In 1991, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
3. Dalai Lama
    Dalai is Tibetan. He was born in 1935. When he was four years old he was recognized as a Dalai Lama. In fact, that is not his real name. Dalai Lamas are important monks from the Gelug school, which is the newest school for Tibetan Buddhism. His real, religious name is Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso. When Dalai was fifteen, there was the PRC's (China's) invasion of Tibet, where he began to have full political duties. In 1989, he won the Nobel Peace Prize.


Malala Yousafzai


Aung San Suu Kyi


Dalai Lama

Emoticons

1.      :)                      -Happy
2.      :(                      -Sad
3.      :0                      -Yawn
4.      :Þ                     -Sticking tongue out
5.      ;)                      -Wink
6.      :x                       -Kiss
7.      :'(                      -Cry
8.      :')                      -Tears of happiness
9.      :D                      -Laugh
10.    :I                        -No expression
11.    :/                        -Skeptical
12.    0_0                    -Shock
13.    ><(((*>              -Fish
14.    @>-->--            -Rose  
 

Monday, June 19, 2017

Funny quotes from Futurama Part 2

1. " (this quote is not understandable written, so I'll put a picture of it below)


-Philip J. Fry
2. " [Bender]: [Dancing to communicate with bees] Hello, fellow bees. How's the abdomen? Swollen with nectar, I trust?
       [Bee]: Duh. "
3. " [Bender cut off part of a sign that says 'Freeway ends at corner' so it just says 'Free corn']
       [Chicken lawyer]: Free corn? that'll suit me just fine! [speeds up in his car and suddenly crashes]"
4. " Your mistletoe is no match for my toe missile. [Robot Santa Claus suddenly blasts a giant missile at Fry and Leela] "
       -Robot Santa Claus
5. " [Conan O'Brien (to Bender) ]: There's something you'll never have: a soul!
       [Bender]: Eh.
       [Conan O'Brien (to Bender) ]: And Freckles!
       [Bender]: [starts whimpering] " 
       

Capital of every country Part 1

Country           Capital
        
Afghanistan    Kabul 
Albania           Tirana (Albanian : Tiranë)
Algeria            Algers                                                                                 
Andorra           Andorra la Vella
Angola             Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda       St. John's
Argentina         Buenos Aires
Armenia           Yerevan (Armenian : Երեւան)
Australia     Canberra
Austria      Vienna (German : Wien)
Azerbaijan       Baku (Azerbaijani : Bakı)
Bahamas          Nassau
Bahrain            Manama
Bangladesh      Dhaka (Bengali : ঢাকা)
Barbados        Bridgetown
Belarus           Minsk (Belarussian : Мінск) 
Belgium         Brussels
Belize             Belmopan
Benin              Porto-Novo
Bhutan            Thimphu 
Bolivia            La Paz and Sucre (there are two capitals)
Bosnia & Herzegovina        Sarajevo
Botswana        Gaborone
Brazil              Brasilia (Portuguese : Brasília)
Brunei             Bandar Seri Begawan 
Bulgaria          Sofia (Bulgarian : София)
Burkina           Ouagadougou
Burundi           Bujumbura
Cambodia        Phnom Penh (Khmer : ភ្នំពេញ)
Cameroon        Yaoundé
Canada             Ottawa
Cape Verde       Praia
Central African Republic      Bangui
Chad                  N'Djamena
Chile                  Santiago
China                 Beijing (Traditional Chinese : 北京)
Colombia           Bogotá
Comoros            Moroni
Congo                Brazzaville
Costa Rica         San José
Croatia               Zagreb
Cuba                  Havana
Cyprus               Nicosia
Czech Republic      Prague (Czech : Praha)
Democratic Republic of the Congo        Kinshasa
Denmark            Copenhagen (Danish : København)
Djibouti              Djibouti
Dominica            Roseau
Dominican Republic        Santo domingo
East Timor          Dili
Ecuador              Quito
Egypt                  Cairo
El Salvador         San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea       Malabo
Eritrea                 Asmara
Estonia                Tallinn
Ethiopia               Addis Ababa (Amharic : አዲስ አበባ)
Fiji                       Suva
Finland                Helsinki
France                  Paris
Gabon                  Libreville
Gambia                Banjul
Georgia                Tbilisi (Georgian : თბილისი)
Germany              Berlin 
Ghana                  Accra
Greece                 Athens (Greek : Αθήνα)
Grenada               St. George's
Guatemala           Guatemala City (Spanish : Ciudad de Guatemala)
Guinea                 Conakry
Guinea-Bissau      Bissau
Guyana                 Georgetown
Haiti                     Port-au-Prince
Honduras              Tegucigalpa
Hungary                Budapest
Iceland                  Reykjavik (Icelandic : Reykjavík)
India                      New Delhi (Hindi : नई दिल्ली)
Indonesia           Jakarta
Iran                  Tehran
Iraq                  Baghdad (Kurdish : Bexdayê)
Ireland                  Dublin (Irish : baile átha Cliath)
Israel                     Jerusalem 
Italy                       Rome (Italian : Roma)



 

 

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Funny quotes from Futurama Part 1

1. " The butter in my pocket's melting! "
       -Philip J. Fry
2. " Comedy is a dead art. But tragedy, now that's funny! "
       -Bender Rodriguez
3. " Like my granny used to say back in her tar paper shack on Montego Bay, "If you want a box thrown into the sun, you got to do it yourself."
       -Hermes Conrad
4. " (This quote is not understandable written, so I'll put a picture of it below)
       
 

       -Bender Rodriguez
 

Weird Cyrillic

Wнy does the Cyrillic alpнaвeт (Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serвian, Uкrainian, Belarusian, and мanу oтнer  alpнaвeтs coмвined) looк so weird? I'm noт saying Englisн is normal, тнougн. Wнo caмe up wiтн the leттers X and Q? Wнy noт jusт use "Ks" and "Kw"Anyway, in the Cyrillic alpнaвeт тнere's a leттer that looкs liкe 3:З. Suppose you're a Russian мaтнeмaтician and you're reading a book and doing equations. You look at the letter "З" and then your math equation that is 33+4,007. Can you tell the difference? Probably not.
  In Cyrillic, there is no letter that is equivalent to C. That makes sense. In English, the only time we need to use C is when we're doing "Ch", and the Russians have a letter for that:Ч. 
  In Cyrillic, there's another letter that looks like a number: Ч.
  The letter that I'm about to talk about is super ridiculous. It is 7 O's and dots inside of each O. It's hard to explain, so I'm going to show it to you: ꙮ. They don't use it anymore. That's a good thing because it would take 10 seconds to write one letter.
  Usually you only put an umlaut (¨) on one letter, but since Ы looks like two letters, it seems that Ы  is sharing an umlaut: Ӹ.
  Look at these 2 Cyrillic letters: Є and Э. They're mirror images! If you're going to make a letter, you've got to choose which way it's facing.
  This letter looks like someone's spying on you through binoculars: Ꙭ.
  As you can see, Cyrillic is weird.