Bilingualism

I was talking to Adelina over MSN just now.


Willy is only human, not Cylon... says:
Why are u on channel 8?

I'll be on channel 8 tonight 930pm program (last segment) says:
commenting on Eldershield and Medishield

Willy is only human, not Cylon... says:
fwah...

Willy is only human, not Cylon... says:
are u like the foremost expert?

I'll be on channel 8 tonight 930pm program (last segment) says:
no but i'm one of the rare young bilingual advisers around

Willy is only human, not Cylon... says:
god bless River Valley! hahaha

I'll be on channel 8 tonight 930pm program (last segment) says:
haha bilingualism very impt now. i may be entering HK n China mkt in one or two yrs time thru the company so better practise my cantonese now too

Willy is only human, not Cylon... says:
ho yeh ar

Willy is only human, not Cylon... says:
i can't believe within a span of 10 years we've become from uncool chinese-speaking ching-chongs to ppl with actual real skill sets which triumph over the covent/ ang mo-pai school graduates.

I'll be on channel 8 tonight 930pm program (last segment) says:
isn't it fabulous? hehehe

Willy is only human, not Cylon... says:
i thk it's damn interesting

Willy is only human, not Cylon... says:
i've friends who tell... "eh you MUST capitalize on the fact tt you are biliginual while i wish i could; i'm only monolingual..."

Most of my friends, I'll say up to 70%, can never hold a decent conversation in Mandarin. And we were mocked these very same people 10 years ago for going to Chinese schools, speaking Mandarin. Some have a very good command of English while some are truly monolingual, speaking only Singlish.

Eh, I used to know FOUR (count 'em, bitches) Tang Dynasty poems! The rest of the hard disk space was used to store the entire Marvel and DC Universe history and facts.

In any case, those people who used to tease us are mainly from English schools calling us "ching-chong", etc. In a certain way, they could be right. Some of my secondary school mates were so meek that they dared not protest about anything. If you are thinking about using your linguistic ability to carve a niche in an overseas market like China, just remember you are facing a nation of 1.4 billion very success-hungry people. And that's a real bitch...