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24 april 2003
Baby Steps To Mandarin
Winamp is blaring: Tony Leung & Andy Lau - Infernal Affairs (Mandarin version)
Aaah...so nice to have Winamp blasting in the background! =)
Still using 56k dial-up to connect to the Internet...Streamyx is behaving very badly...*smack, smack*
First, to answer Ee-Lin's comment about 'Hedgehog'...er...no idea lor. He calls me 'Teddy' so I just called him 'Hedgehog' back...have no idea why it's like that. =)
Winamp is blaring: Ah Du - Yi Ge Ren Zhu
I've decided that I want to learn how to speak some Mandarin. Really, it's disgraceful (for me at least...I dunno about others) that I as a Chinese can't speak Mandarin to save my soul. Alright, alright...so I know a few phrases. Let me list it out for you (be forewarned, my han yue pin yin sucks therefore I shall just type out the pronounciation and translation):
Winamp is blaring: Matchbox Twenty - All I Need
1. Wo ai ni - I love you <-- This just so happens to be the phrase that I can say almost perfectly! Ironic, huh?
2. Ni hen pen - You're stupid <-- Basic way of scolding...hehe
3. Ni hen chung ming - You're clever <-- Good way to cover up if 'You're stupid' accidentally came out...*grin*
4. Ni mei you tui ar? - You don't have legs ar? <-- My mum lar...play scolding us kids
5. Wo pu ming pai - I don't understand <-- Very good for acting blur
6. Wo pu tse tau - I don't know <-- Universal for general blurness
Winamp is blaring: Matchbox Twenty - Push (Acoustic)
There you go...the few phrases that haven't escaped from my sieve-like mind. Anyway, I've got the dinner gang to help teach me Mandarin in a way. Although, I'm quite sure they get a real kick out of hearing me mispronounce and destroy Mandarin. Oh well, practice makes perfect, I guess. Gonna need to carry a little notebook to jot down Mandarin phrases.
Seng & Thomas also suggested listening to lots of Mandarin songs to get the feel of the words...even though I wouldn't understand at first. Might give that a try...once I find nice Mandarin songs to listen to. Currently, I've only got songs from Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung and Jay Chou.
Here's some pix of my seniors
This one is Seng & Shuk Khuen.
This is of Shuk Khuen, myself & Thomas.
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Winamp is blaring: LiT - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Today, went to my Marketing Management group member's home to take some photos for our advertising campaign...when it's done I'll post them up (also if Streamyx begins behaving again!)
Got Seng & Thomas to tag along. I asked Seng to come 'cuz he could help with taking the photos since he's quite experienced in the photography field. Spent about 2 hours there.
Winamp is blaring: Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
After the photo-taking session, Jase and I had to go back to college for a photo session for IACT's new ads. It took about 1 1/2 hours before we were done! I was SO hungry when it was 7.30pm. The dinner gang had already eaten so they were just sitting around at Uptown Hawkers chatting, in Mandarin of course. Penn (our lecturere who was also the photographer) got Jase & myself to pose all kinds of ways. I even had to 'climb' on the back of a chair...that's the best way I can describe it. But in the end, there were a few nice shots. Just hope that they choose the ones Jase & I think are nice otherwise it'll be like *ugh*.
Winamp is blaring: Evanescence - I Believe In You
I hate having to be relegated to 56k...but at time like this, what can one do but make do?
Oh yea...remember I said that I had singing practice on Tuesday night at Mel's place? Well, ended up that we didn't even practice a full round! Why? We ended up watching the last episode of 'Roswell' from 9-10pm, then sat in Mel's room talking about old hit songs, old cartoon series and TV dramas (Chinese/English). Funny bunch we are, aren't we? Hehe.
Anyways, this Saturday will be the full-dress rehearsal at Mantissa Institute. Again, remember to wear layers of clothing!! Don't wanna freeze my butt off!
Winamp is blaring: Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment
Goodness, it's actually taken me more than 15 minutes to retrieve my email via POP3...nearly 40 emails to retrieve although more than half of it was junk crap. I hate spam email!
Winamp is blaring: Sister Hazel - Change Your Mind
Lemme think, what else is there to say? Nothing much lor...except that I just sewed up a hole in one of my cargo pants pockets. Now I can wear it with peace of mind! Tomorrow will be going to college at 8am with 'The Breakfast Club' people (Jase, myself and Sean). Gosh, it's been ages since we've had breakfast together since this semester most of our classes only start around 12pm. =) Too bad not everyone gets to have just a 6-hour study week like a certain someone. =)
Alright, alright...enough for now. *teddy hugs*
Teddied by redphayze at 24 april 2003 00:47