hmm, just for reference purposes, i din make it to the finalist. and man, was i pissed off for awhile. haha. but i've moved on.
now communication is my topic here. no, i'm not gonna talk abt mobiles n ipod n stuff like tat, i'd stick to the good ol' conventional way of communication, speech.
now wat u're gonna hear next wld be a quite narcissist preference of mine in terms of communication in speech n text. well, to be quite frank, it doesn't take a genius to tell i'm an english educated. being originated from ipoh, my mother tongue was cantonese, which i'm only mediocre at. i excel best in cantonese speaking when i'm bullcrapping, thrash talking n swearing. i excel better in the languages i picked up at school to be precise.
english for example, was best used by me to express myself in all sorts of situation. the national language, which i hold not much pride in, was mastered due to my constant reading of a thrash local comic named 'Ujang' back when i was in secondary school n further enhanced when i entered my ex uni, UTP, where the racial composition was so 'fair' where there's 90% malays quota. having no choice but to communicate, i've used watever arsenal of my vocab n malay, n thus, i do hav an edge in communicating in the national language as well.
meanwhile.. my exposure in mandarin is bad. n i din really like the language to be exact. i did some mandarin when i was in kindergarden. then when it was primary school, i did some additional class, but i started to loathe it and skipped it pretty much. never ever liked the language anymore as time pass by. yes, i'm very sceptical towards the language. when i was chucked into my ex uni, heck! most of the chinese wasn't speaking english nor cantonese. i was like. wtf! thank god, they gave in to me n started speaking english to me. though i hav to admit, their fluency ain't tat high of a level, but thank god, at least i still do understand. now i'm in tar college, hmm.. guess wat? it ain't as bad as wat i thought. i mean, the thought of a college where all chinese can go to.. wat's expected? mandarin filling all over the place, hate to be languist (racist for language), but excuse me, tat was wat i had in mind at the 1st place. well, stereotypin is often wrong. my group of frens happen to be english ed, n they're great! haha. tat's y i said, life is cool for me!
hmm, just to draw some conclusion here, (how come my entry is similiar to essay writting or experimental reports?) i just hope whoever who happens to read this blog, wld know wat language wld i prefer to commune with, especially to frens who are gonna meet me for the 1st time.
p.s. screw ah bengs!
proud to be english ed
robb