3 'M's

Maddening weather

It's the rainy season again. The hot afternoons and wet evenings conspire to drive me into depression... Ok, maybe not that bad, but enough to cause some discomfort and inconveniences. Give me back my clear skies!!!


Missing Kelly

Wonder where that girl is right now. Said that she will be back on the 18th, but haven't heard from her at all. Sylvia couldn't reach her on her original HP number, and I haven't been able to meet her on MSN. Houdini would be proud of her...


Mixed languages?!?

It seems English has impinge into the speech of Chinese in China. Mr Colin Goh gave a brief review of the use of Chinglish in his column in The Sunday Times on 19 Nov. Perhaps in the near future, the Chinese government will be brainstorming for ways to preserve the Chinese language, the same way the Singapore government is trying to promote the use of the Mother Tongue. Well... the cross-pollination of languages is an inevitable product of globalisation; I guess everyone will just have to accept it. Regardless of the measures and campaigns in place, there will always be purists who hold on to the notion of a single language in speech, and there will be people who prefer a 'rojak' language - whether by choice or circumstance. Elsewhere, people around the world are busy picking up Mandarin with the aim of establishing business ties with the Eastern dragon...