My Black & White Life

Monday, January 26, 2009

Chinese NIU Year!

Hi! It has been such a busy and tiring day, we went visiting for CNY, after that I thought I would ahve some rest before heading down to my grandmother's house for some lucky streak, however that was not the case with more relatives visiting us right at home, after they came and went, we had a 30 minutes break and went down to my grandmother's place, it was then that I realise that THERE WERE MORE RELATIVES! Haiz.... Such a wet blanket, O well, it is inevitable though it is not all bad with all the red packets rolling in. Hahas! At night, we played some cards though I lost like 5 dollars but I have gained something which is priceless and that is the time we spent together as a family A.K.A Family bonding time.. =)

Random Thoughts

Well, I had this thought long time ago but was unable to share it due to not being able to remember to blog it once I get back home that day. Anyway, here's what I thought about: Could there ever be dictionaries for the different dialects? Since being able to be eloquent in dialects is an advantage when looking for jobs especially bank jobs, why didn't anyone think of coming up of dictionaries for the different dialects? To tell you the truth I can't speak my dialect well for nuts but I am able to understand most of it, I am keen to learn but what are my sources? My family members, it will be so troublesome because I have to get my family members to spare some time for me which maybe such an uphill tasks at times considering the things that are needed to be done at home. Then again, you may say that some words are slangs for dialects and all, my answer would why not start a new course? Or maybe gather a group of the oldest people for each dialect group, they would be able to come up with a dictionary given that they are the oldest around and they should have lots of time to spare? These are my thoughts, if you have time, think about it too, I am sure you will be like me, lots of doubts and expectations. Thats all I guess, have to sleep soon to be able to face DAY 2 OF CNY! Nites! =)

God Bless,
Joshua Yeo

This is the time.. January 26, 2009