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French class
The hectic week of euro working hours at work has left me pretty exhausted and spent. I struggled to get out of bed this afternoon and contemplated not going for class. Really wanted to make it for the French singing class at 1pm but that was the time I woke up. Sigh. Thank God I made it for the 2.30 weekly class. I'm glad I went. Totally enjoyed today's lesson. More grammar, more vocabulary and though I can't speak french that eloquently yet, its erm.. well getting there. :) I was telling dom that it would be a dream come through if i can converse with him totally in french one day. We shall see, eh?
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Caught this after class with Fang, my friend and theatre/musical khaki. This was superb and highly entertaining! Tres bien. Ii desu yo! I had many laughs and I'm sure Fang enjoyed it too. It was a rather spontaneous crowd today and there was hardly a dull moment. I bought the soundtrack because I was highly amused by one of the songs in it.. its aptly titled 'Parking Pontianak'. For those who don't know malay or are not locals, 'pontianak' means ghost, usually referring to female ghosts. Parking Pontianak refers to our local car parking attendants who patrols car parks checking that car owners have put enough car coupons for parking. They are typically stereotyped as muslim ladies commonly known as 'Fatimah'. Anyways, Pam Oei did a wonderful rendition of a 'Fatimah' with her thickly muslim-scented english and boy, that sure sent the audience rolling in our seats with laughter! Bagus I tell ya. She was awesome!
'he cha, chi tian xin, tian xin tian xin' !! :P
National Day
Bonne fete Nationale Singapour! Last year's national day, I remembered being a MC at my friend's church wedding (and still having my braces on). And look how fast time has flown. She's gonna be celebrating her one year's wedding anniversary! And what braces? Now they are replaced by retainers! no more metallic smile.. :)
Yes, back to our nation's 39th birthday. I could dwell on this and go into a discussion about our tumultous nation building years, the trial and tribulations, and our sweet success as a nation.. how we come so far from being a tiny country, a small red dot on the world map to where we represent today. In fact I remembered some of this discussions with my aussie mates back then in university. And does anyone remember the 'Remaking Singapore' committee that was set up, which collected papers from singaporean overseas on their views on remaking Singapore? I am proud to say that I was in the student team in sydney which contributed a paper back then. I think I covered the historical aspects of the papers.. yes I was a history major if you were wondering. Don't ask me why I am working in a bank now. I wonder sometimes too.
National day national day.. I am proud to be a Singaporean and though at times the pastures do look greener on the other side, I know I can never fully uproot and migrate. I still want to pursue my post graduate education overseas or/and work overseas, but to give up my citizenship.. I would never do that. No matter what, this is still my home where I grew up. Home is where the heart belongs, how true that is.
Happy National Day Singapore. Omedatogozaimus.
The hectic week of euro working hours at work has left me pretty exhausted and spent. I struggled to get out of bed this afternoon and contemplated not going for class. Really wanted to make it for the French singing class at 1pm but that was the time I woke up. Sigh. Thank God I made it for the 2.30 weekly class. I'm glad I went. Totally enjoyed today's lesson. More grammar, more vocabulary and though I can't speak french that eloquently yet, its erm.. well getting there. :) I was telling dom that it would be a dream come through if i can converse with him totally in french one day. We shall see, eh?
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Caught this after class with Fang, my friend and theatre/musical khaki. This was superb and highly entertaining! Tres bien. Ii desu yo! I had many laughs and I'm sure Fang enjoyed it too. It was a rather spontaneous crowd today and there was hardly a dull moment. I bought the soundtrack because I was highly amused by one of the songs in it.. its aptly titled 'Parking Pontianak'. For those who don't know malay or are not locals, 'pontianak' means ghost, usually referring to female ghosts. Parking Pontianak refers to our local car parking attendants who patrols car parks checking that car owners have put enough car coupons for parking. They are typically stereotyped as muslim ladies commonly known as 'Fatimah'. Anyways, Pam Oei did a wonderful rendition of a 'Fatimah' with her thickly muslim-scented english and boy, that sure sent the audience rolling in our seats with laughter! Bagus I tell ya. She was awesome!
'he cha, chi tian xin, tian xin tian xin' !! :P
National Day
Bonne fete Nationale Singapour! Last year's national day, I remembered being a MC at my friend's church wedding (and still having my braces on). And look how fast time has flown. She's gonna be celebrating her one year's wedding anniversary! And what braces? Now they are replaced by retainers! no more metallic smile.. :)
Yes, back to our nation's 39th birthday. I could dwell on this and go into a discussion about our tumultous nation building years, the trial and tribulations, and our sweet success as a nation.. how we come so far from being a tiny country, a small red dot on the world map to where we represent today. In fact I remembered some of this discussions with my aussie mates back then in university. And does anyone remember the 'Remaking Singapore' committee that was set up, which collected papers from singaporean overseas on their views on remaking Singapore? I am proud to say that I was in the student team in sydney which contributed a paper back then. I think I covered the historical aspects of the papers.. yes I was a history major if you were wondering. Don't ask me why I am working in a bank now. I wonder sometimes too.
National day national day.. I am proud to be a Singaporean and though at times the pastures do look greener on the other side, I know I can never fully uproot and migrate. I still want to pursue my post graduate education overseas or/and work overseas, but to give up my citizenship.. I would never do that. No matter what, this is still my home where I grew up. Home is where the heart belongs, how true that is.
Happy National Day Singapore. Omedatogozaimus.
posted by Shazza at Saturday, August 07, 2004
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