It is just a few more days to Jan. 11- our first Study Room class! Many parents enquired about the way we will be conducting our classes. Over the next few days, we will explain our teaching methods. I will be teaching English. I believe it is tough to do last-minute revision for languages so[…]
Do you know 巴刹 is exclusively used in Singapore and Malaysia? It is derived from the Malay word pasar. If you are chatting with Chinese from other nationalities, you should say 菜市场, else they will be wondering who you are intending to kill (since 杀sounds alike) !
It is just a few more days to Jan. 11- our first Study Room class! Many parents enquired about the way we will be conducting our classes. Over the next few days, we will explain our teaching methods. I will be teaching English. I believe it is tough to do last-minute revision for languages so[…]
I overheard this conversation at the shopping mall just now. A girl was telling her friend this, “My boyfriend is always borrowing money from me. I will literally explode the next time he does that!” Oh my. I wanted to go over to the girl and tell her this: 1. If the boyfriend is a[…]
I remember my first day of secondary school. My principal was addressing us and asked us if we knew which school we have enrolled in. Several students went up to the microphone and said “Chinese High” and the principal said they were wrong, much to the bewilderment of the adolescents. “You are not in Chinese[…]
It’s the first day of school today. Stay cheerful, have a positive attitude and ALL THE BEST FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. We are getting super excited at the Study Room too. We are getting ready for our inaugural class which will commence in slightly more than a week’s time! (check out the standee we got!)[…]
It’s the last day of 2013 and what an extraordinary year it has been for us. I am immensely happy I got reacquainted with Wallace. We have been friends since we were 19 years old in NS. We kept in touch over the years but were never in the same city after we ORD. Wallace[…]
We often sing the song “Auld Lang Syne” at the New Year’s countdown show when the clock strikes twelve. Why?Even Billy Crystal asked Meg Ryan in the movie “When Harry Met Sally.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpW1lccxogQ “Auld Lang Syne” is a Scots poem set to the tune of a traditional folk song. The song’s title may be translated[…]