Being Close while 11k Apart

This afternoon i wrote a summary of a detective book for my German tutorial program. I am always lazy to bring my dictionaries (2 dictionaries, exactly — Indonesian-German and German-Indonesian. The pocket dictionary is not enough when i write something — i always look for some strange words which are not on that small dictionary). That is why i always find myself sitting down in front of the computer near the window (my favorite place lately!) in Self Language Learning Center in university. There i can use internet and borrow books for improving my German (err... most of time i use internet to check my accounts in some social media webs, though :p).

Okay, back to main story :p

Based on the book, i wrote that the character was drunk and drove his car. Because of his stupid action, the car accident happened. My problem was that i was not sure whether it is right to say 'he hit on someone by his car' or not. I thought that the verb 'hit' is like an action that you hit someone with hand, not with car or bicycle. I checked on google translate and i found 'hit'. Because sometimes i did not believe that website (well, we can not believe translator for 100%), i wrote a tweet asking to my friends. In less than 5 minutes my friends in senior high school, a college classmate, and a friend in flashmob replied me and said that 'hit someone by car' is right.

I find that it is the good thing being connected in social media. I can keep touch with my friends, although we are 11,087 KM apart. I can get fast response, finish my summary soon, and write a blog post like now. :D