User Comments - sebire
sebire
Posted on: Singapore
January 7, 2008 at 7:40 PMtvan, I believe that there are four official languages, English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.
Posted on: Singapore
January 7, 2008 at 6:15 PMAuntie68, would you say Peranakan was a culture or a race or what? My mum is a nonya, though unfortunately I can hardly speak any malay, baba or otherwise, because apparently she got fed up translating into English for the benefit of my dad. I think we need to start up a revival movement!
Posted on: Trip to the Chinese Doctor and a Special Guest
January 5, 2008 at 10:25 AMmelitu, same here! My mum has always been making soup out of them: she thought it was funny that it was suddenly being marketed as health food. Maybe we're both healthy then?
Posted on: Tennis Anyone?
January 2, 2008 at 11:59 PMI love tennis! But I can't play in the winter because there are no indoor courts around that are cheap :'( How do you say "I want to play tennis more often"? Do you use 多 or 更? Or can you just say 我要经常打网球? 我要其它
Posted on: Year of the Rat and Minimum Wage
December 30, 2007 at 11:06 PMI'm a rat! And I've bought a bright red coat for when I go to China, rather coincidentally.
Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 9, 2007 at 4:38 PMJust looks like a woolly hat to me.
Posted on: Feng Shui and Surgical Masks
December 8, 2007 at 12:07 AMWhat on earth is a toque?
Posted on: Mainland & Taiwan Lingo: Transportation
December 6, 2007 at 10:48 PMThe best bit about the Millennium Dome was that I discovered that it got hotter on the tube in the summer than is legally allowed for cattle transport. I've never understood this concept of blocks.
Posted on: Key Card
December 6, 2007 at 10:31 PMIsn't 间 a measure word for room too?
Posted on: Singapore
January 7, 2008 at 7:44 PMAnd guys, what you really want to eat is char kway teow and laksa ;)