Language

Some people say I don't update my blog enough. The last entry was quite some time ago I guess. I was thinking about it. Some people actually blog every day, and their daily blog is pretty long! How does one find so many things to talk about? And the energy to put them all down in words too..... Maybe I just don't have enough to talk about. But then again a lot of people say I always have a lot to talk about. hmmm.....

Well I suppose there are a few group of frequent bloggers out there. One group would just treat it as their personal diary, talking 'bout every single feeling they have every single day (much like what this is becoming...). Another group assumes a fictitious persona such as Darth Vader or something, or maybe just prose; the aspiring authors I suppose. How 'bout those who like to comment? Just commenting about everything under the sun especially politics. Now, it might come across to some indivduals that these "comments" appear to be more like "complaints". So that leads to the conclusion that locals "complain" too much. Firstly, what happened to the first amendment (oops wrong country!)? Why bother if people like to comment/complain? Secondly, if "comments" in local blogs really do end up to be lots of "complaints", maybe it really means some things need to be changed/improved, not that we are a society of "complainers".

Nuff said. Now lets talk about language. I'm a sticker for good language, be it spoken or written, though much has to be said of my own mastery of my second language. Did u guys watch that dating show on Channel 8 at 8.30pm? Well, basically its on Channel 8, so its a Chinese show. Most of the participants could barely finish a sentence in Chinese without breaking out into English. That just shows the state of Chinese language education..... What's even more amazing is that I know some Higher Chinese former classmates who pretty much gave up Chinese after Secondary school and now can hardly read or write. So much for Higher Chinese, the creme de la creme......

Speaking of language, my favorite magazine is "The Economist". Ah, that nice British magazine or shall I say periodical? On page 36 (Lexington) of the Asian edition this week, there is a typo. "There is no clear conservative partly" should be read as "There is no clear conservative party". This is not the first typo that I've found in "The Economist", and yes, I do read (almost) all the articles. When I used to read Newsweek (younger days) and Time (even younger days), I never found that many typos. Come on you guys, mind your language!