Saturday, November 27, 2004
i made a fool of myself
oh manz...my spoken chinese is juz so poor. getting fr bad to worse. yah look wat the edu of spore has done to me...or rather i'm a pdt of spore edu system. having taken 2 first languages at pri n sec sch level, n chinese during the 1st three mth of jc, i haven really been in touch w chinese for a long time. i mean i can still speak mandarin but it's getting worse. cos i make a fool of myself w the use of chinese idioms n proverbs. i didnt meant wat i said to sarah...i'm so sori gal...damn...i'm such a disgrace...feel so sad now cos i used to get full marks for oral. well tt was lk 8yrs ago...haha...now i haf to think twice b4 i can speak mandarin fluently. roy aka ryan aka oink oink aka glutton aka air force aka scared of (______)...dear children, pls fill in the blank...hey roy, i nv let the cat out of the bag yet...so bribe me now...haha...justin had a gd laugh at me too. i feel lk digging a hole for myself then. ms chew will be v sad cos all these yrs of teaching has gone dwn the drain. oops...
oh let's start fr here...had a meeting this morning, went to get lunch, then left to meet sarah at orchard. justin joined us aft work. i was mentally n physically tired aft these few days of intensive meetings. at the end, i learnt to take things as they come. dun panic. things will turn out fine in the end. took over some duties today so much work has to be done but def not now. so tired tt i cant think properly now. then the many aka called so we met him for a drink lor. oh well the suan~ing session began. oh we got to know his chinese name aft much effort. *applause* i would say his chinese name is quite unique.
[cildren raise their hands]
children: what is his chinese name?
tr: eh...go ask him...
when we left mac slightly past midnight, it was raining cats n dogs...dwnpour...heavy rain...we took a cab back...sending sarah n justin back first while roy walked hm fr my place. by tt time, the rain has stopped. oh well, we could haf juz waited. tt $ could be better spent buying clothes. oops here i go again...but well i can get a tube w t $ lor. haha...
hmmm haf i left out anything...dun think so la...oh manz...juz a few days of meetings n i'm in such a blur state. then wat will happen to me next yr???
quote of the day: look on the bright side of life...
--- There is only one happiness in life,
to love and be loved ---
1:35 am
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