:) Hapi Singapore National Day 2012

[alvinkhoo]

so how's your thai learning..?

[Mahindrasarath]

Happi SG day to you all there! Anyway I'm curious is SG is from the word" Singha Buri, Singhapura" The king of lions states???

[misterA]

thanks but i unfortunately no longer feel as patriotic as the times of schooldays singing national day songs and anthems or even just a few years back..
u may even note visibly that nowadays, the HDBs are no longer brightly coated with the state flags as before...
the off/rest day is the only thing cheering me up!

I can't help but notice, you sound like you need a good long vacation alvinkhoo.

[alvinkhoo]

I can't help but notice, you sound like you need a good long vacation alvinkhoo.

I can't help but agree..i do, indeed....but all we do here is work and work and work and work and work and work and work and work and work and work and work and
work and work and work and work and work and work and work and

[Marie]

Hi Alvin,

Now we understand why you often have "that mood" when you come to chat at TCB. Then further aggravated by frequent involuntary logouts. Or am I wrong? Anyway, wish you well! :-)

[alvinkhoo]

Hi Alvin,

Then further aggravated by frequent involuntary logouts.

yes this is an immensely severe puncture!! LOL

thanks for well wishes..how's the flo0d situation there now..? gosh...

[yy]

so how's your thai learning..?

Still progressing, thanks... But not as quickly as I had preferred because there is not much spare time on hand... Soon after u emailed me those goodies, I printed them out as hard copies and are still working on them.

[yy]

Happi SG day to you all there! Anyway I'm curious is SG is from the word" Singha Buri, Singhapura" The king of lions states???

Hi Mahin, long time no see, I'm wondering if it's me who has been more infrequent here or you have not been posting much lately?

Yes, you are right, SG comes from the Malay word "Singapura" which means something like what you said about lion state. This name comes from a local myth that the founding prince sighted a lion on the island when he first landed here centuries ago while trying to escape an uprising or similar in his country.

[alvinkhoo]

ok..fighting fighting na!!

[alvinkhoo]

whilst we aren't in the best conducive learning place/environment (the country of the language itself), all and every learning opportunity has to be seized like:
translating every thought in your mind into thai...every sign u see...even food u eat...think thai, see thai, eat thai...

i have cores of drafted sms-es on my mobile inbox (coz this devices goes almost everywhere with u)..mostly in our native language, waiting to be translated into thai..
every/any doubts i have are immediately drafted and waiting to be learned..this way, u dun miss out on what u often wanna say but forget..
u can make your lifestyle teach u the desired language..

there's always time for learning..especially when u are in a queue...those minutes are all so precious