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Happy Chinese New Year

Posted in Chinese on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Firstly I would like to wish all my Chinese friends, Happy New Year or Happy ‘Niu’ Year. If I am not mistaken, ‘niu’ means Ox, which is the current year in Chinese calendar.
I had some fun asking around my Chinese friends, What numerical year is it in Chinese calendar?. Most of them did not know, [...]

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Sick of Mandarin, for a while

Posted in Chinese, tagged , , on December 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I will probably vomit if I see another Chinese character. Why is it one of the most spoken languages in the world is also one of the most difficult? It does not make sense. I am starting to think that languages should be redesigned by software developers, who often put user friendliness as top priority.
Contrary [...]

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5 full days of what?

Posted in Chinese, Go, Personal on December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

My boss had just approved 3 day leave request from 15th-17th.  Together with the weekends, that means I have 5 days straight to do anything that I want! Ho ho ho… I am so happy, although I am not yet sure what to do with it.
Should I study non-stop and gain mastery of a [...]

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Chinese Road Signs

Posted in Chinese, Politics, tagged , , , , on July 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »

I can’t believe Gelakan people urged the State Government to put Chinese load signs in Penang for the ease of Chinese tourists, it’s downlight stupid. As much as I love the Chinese country, people, language, culture, food, songs and movies, I can’t agree to this.
As our Minister had said, the Malay language is written in Roman alphabet, so [...]

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I’m so into language !

Posted in Chinese, tagged , , , on June 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I said it before. TRANSFORMATION ! From computer and technology enthusiast into cultural and language guy. I have changed a lot. And also, for the first time, I intentionally clicked on a Google ad.
Which brought me to LotusEducation, organizer of HomeStay program in Beijing, with programs for learning Mandarin with Beijing Language and Cultural University. [...]

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Radio

Posted in Chinese, Personal, Travel, tagged , , , , on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »

After 4 days in Sabah, I’m finally back home. It was really tiring, I moved around really around Sandakan and Tawau regions. I also went to Semporna, a place famous for the pirates. The Sabahan who brought me to Semporna seemed to have a lot against the place.
Semporna ni nama je Semporna. Tak sempurna langsung.
Now, [...]

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Chap Goh Meh

Posted in Chinese, tagged on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I was unaware that today was Chap Goh Meh, until the Senior Director of Spectrum Planning division of MCMC mentioned so, when addressing the audience of MCMC Lecture Series.
Those who dont know, Chap Goh Meh marks the 15th day and the final day of Chinese New Year celebration. It’s supposed to be a good day for [...]

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