Haha China was.. many things to me. Cold, An experience, a headache, beautiful. Hongz! But, all in all, too vast to describe in words (especially a single blog post)
I guess i need some time to collect my thoughts.
The Notebook: one of the things this trip taught me was how to collect my thoughts. i have a little notebook, which i write little things down in to remember. Once i got back to Singapore, i realised i was pretty disorganised, so i better start getting.. a bigger notebook.
O.o apparently, i look really really stoned in class. My mom called my teachers, and they said.. mostly the same thing. "Elliott is very distracted." Well, i suppose it never hurt to pay more attention in lectures.. but sometimes, its really a bit too much.
Then again, i may just have the.. stoned look. For PW, Miss Aw was marking me down for no awareness of audience. I wasnt making eye contact. The first time was understandable, i was trying to memorise my script and thus looked over the audience's head at.. hehe an invisible audience. However, the second time she said that. I started getting kinda suspicious. I was.. looking THROUGH my audience.
Well, okay. So before my next rehearsal, i just practiced more, with someone to watch me this time. First it was Dinah, so i looked right in her eyes and delivered my presentation. She told me i had a very glazed look. So i presented to Nick, who concluded that, i just look like that. o.O
Yeah, i guess your could say im pretty stupid. i mean.. i do (i mean flunk) my chinese A levels, then go celebrate. Then i go sign up for the Yunnan trip. Where i'll be surrounded by nothing but chinamen for a full seven days. You go Elliott! >.<
Well, better make the best of it, huh. Haha maybe if we wind the clock back, we can see what went wrong in young elliott's education. Well, yeah.. thats me. Doodling in chinese class. oh look.. its me again, standing outside of class for fogetting to do my zuo ye again. Thats me flunking Ting Xie. yeah... not a very interested kid.
Haha, as usual i must revert to the excuse that us ACS boys are known to be quite bad at chinese. hmm.. in AC, if you spoke cheena, you'd be regarded as really really weird. and NSK. Yet, most of us still managed to pass O level chinese.. go figure.
But on a more serious note. The background of the family also plays a large part in it, if they speak chinese at home or not. The daily conversation aspect of chinese probably is the most important aspect of language. As much as one studies it, without interest and continued, frequent use of the language, proficiency will eventually decline.
holy cow. im chinese okay. no really. o.O im really scared the Yunnan people are gonna think im from brazil or mexico or something. i literally get feedback like. " oh look at that guy, he must be malay." "No no, i heard him speak chinese.." "Wait, i thought that was an Ang Moh."
I'm Not Surprised Not Everything Lasts I've Broken My Heart So Many Times, I Stop Keeping Track. Talk Myself In I Talk Myself Out I Get All Worked Up And Then I Let Myself Down.
I Tried So Very Hard Not To Loose It I Came Up With A Million Excuses I Thought I Thought Of Every Possibility
And I Know Someday That It'll All Turn Out You'll Make Me Work So We Can Work To Work It Out And I Promise You Kid That I'll Give So Much More Than I Get I Just Haven't Met You Yet
Mmmmm ....
I Might Have To Wait I'll Never Give Up I Guess It's Half Timing And The Other Half's Luck Wherever You Are Whenever It's Right You Come Out Of Nowhere And Into My Life
And I Know That We Can Be So Amazing And Baby Your Love Is Gonna Change Me And Now I Can See Every Possibility
Mmmmm ......
And Somehow I Know That It Will All Turn Out And You'll Make Me Work So We Can Work To Work It Out And I Promise You Kid I'll Give So Much More Than I Get I Just Haven't Met You Yet
They Say All's Fair And In Love And War But I Won't Need To Fight It We'll Get It Right And We'll Be United
And I Know That We Can Be So Amazing And Being In Your Life Is Gonna Change Me And Now I Can See Every Single Possibility
Mmmm .....
And Someday I Know It'll All Turn Out And I'll Work To Work It Out Promise You Kid I'll Give More Than I Get Than I Get Than I Get Than I Get
Oh You Know It'll All Turn Out And You'll Make Me Work So We Can Work To Work It Out And I Promise You Kid To Give So Much More Than I Get Yeah I Just Haven't Met You Yet
I Just Haven't Met You Yet Oh Promise You Kid To Give So Much More Than I Get
I Said Love Love Love Love Love Love Love ..... I Just Haven't Met You Yet Love Love Love ..... I Just Haven't Met You Yet
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. i definitely talk myself in and out.. call me crazy. haha someday, it'll all turn out.
