Monday, September 15, 2008
~ 11:22 PM ~
I swear if there's going to be only one guy that's gonna touch my heart it'll be che chengjun. For those who have no idea who on earth he is, yes you are right because he doesn't live on earth. He lives in the square box that you call television. After watching stairway to heaven more than a couple of times, this guy still manages to set my heart aflutter. So to all the guys out there who have no idea how to chase a girl, do tune in to stairway to heaven on channel U everyday at 6pm. Do what he does, a dozen of girls would flock to you. He's so attractive i think i'm gonna name my son chengjun if i have one.
Anyway prelim's almost over, though it was long gone for some. I'm sorry i can't help harping on that fact. We're certainly going to make the next few days of mugging fun and enjoyable, followed by a couple of let-your-hair-down kind of enjoyment for the next few days that follows before we face results next wednesday. Not asking for much, just 5 As would be enough.
On a random note, it has come to the older generation's attention that the dilect might be dying out as more youngsters pick up less than desirable language, or simply having a mixture of Hokkien and Teochew in their daily conversations. Yes indeed, i can't differentiate between the two and i'm sure most hybrids can't too. Disturbingly, mixing of various dilects or languages can send across the wrong message, which i'll illustrated below.
My aunt came to stay with us for a few days this week. I was having a conversation with her in dilect at breakfast one of those days..
me: an zua le mian zou gang? (why you don't need to work?)
aunt: orh mai zou liao. (oh don't want to work already.)
me: le di xi deng chu? (when you going home?)
aunt: bai yi za ki (monday morning.)
aunt: wa eh chu wu se lang ma. william ma si chu guo zou gang (my house got lecher.. and william (her husband) went overseas to work)
me: huh? le an zua zai yi si se lang? (huh how you know he's a lecher?)
*aunt gives me a weird look.*
aunt: se lang la. wa eh chu se hor lang. (rent out la. my house is rented out.)
See the problem of dropping words.
