Tuesday, March 06, 2007 ' 4:18 AM
my heart goes out to all, suffering from the earthquake. may heaven and God bless the people in Indonesia. may God bless them.
we felt tremors from the earthquake in school today. we were all quite traumatised, but the remors we felt is definitely nothing compared to what the real magnitude was. it's the first time i felt tremors in singapore, we all felt the same. it's our first experience.
i cannot help but think, if we used to feel nothing at all for the past decades, n now we feel it at a richter scale of 6.6, so does that mean that the geographical location has somehow shifted that now singapore can get affected too? looking at the weather we are experiencing, i do think, something has changed, not on the bright side though.
sad things aside, on a lighter note.
IBSM was BUSINESS MANDARIN today. it's very very chinese, even someone who is VERY CHINESE LIKE ME, cannot take it. it's so chim, i felt i shouln't have got A1 in my O's chinese! there were dialouges, there were comprehension, lots and lots of translation of english to madarin, and vice versa. 现在我已情不自禁的，一直讲华语！！！i never knew tax benefits was known as 税务优惠 and bried report was 摘要简报。i swear i NEVER knew business madarin was so tough. OH! and that vouchers are 发票 and not 礼券 or 赠券!!! we even had to learn balance sheet, profit & loss statements, gross & net profits in chinese. i must say that gross profit is known as 毛利. did anyone knew this before hand? HAHAHHAHAS!
i'm fascinated, and amazed. i do like chinese, and i always have. now, it doesnt turn me away from chinese, but it just made me realise how poor i was when i thought i was fine with chinese. hahahhhahs!!
oh! and if anyone were to speak chinese, we would be penalised. there came a point where our group was supposed to answer the question, i knew one part of the answer was 仓储业 (which is supposed to mean storage but i thought was logistics). the tutor said the answer is right but she wants another part of the answer, which is logistics, in chinese. and logistics is 物流。we wanted to translate cargo to chinese, ALL of us had no idea.. and so Benson suggested it was 车走，in a joking manner. George actually replied: if cargo is 车走，then mango is 人走 lor!!??
omg! the whole group broke into hilarious laughter!! it's soooo damn funny at that point of time when we were all so stressed up trying to think of what cargo is.
i like my group mates, they are a fun loving bunch. they seem quiet, look quiet but when they ever speak, it's always hilarious. (:
tomorrow is the quiz, i think i'll have to read up abit on it, if not i might fail. hahahhas!
i'm looking forward to IBSM!!! (: i think i should start packing cos there's like so many things we needa bring. hahhas. i'm looking forward to jasmine dar's companion. my roomie for 12 days to come. (:
off i go. (:
-sometimes, i don't know if i'm just hanging on to something virtual, or it's just not the right time, not the right one. i just don't seem to be ale to tune in.-
♥dedicated compassion and loves.
