Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Language is a tool of communication that is used for communication. It perhaps is even more powerful than Nuclear bomb as it can be used by almost everyone... one need not be from royal bloodlines or rich people to be able to use it in daily lives. The impact it can cause can yield magneficient result, just like the world currently using English as international languge that saw lots of connection between people.
Let me share my experience on how powerful language is... There was a time when i was at Hawker centre in hill where i sat in front of Malay Couple. At first they were speaking in english about their relationship matters. Then, when they noticed my presence opposite them, they switched to Malay !!! Haha guess what it is of no avail, because i could still understand...
There are a few stall at redhill that i have so called "black-listed", one of them involve language. This incident happenned because i sat in the table, in front of the stall without buying their goods. At that time, the two stall owners also occupied the same table as me since they yet to have customer. Then they said in Mandarin something which i could not understand. After a while, then they switched to Hokkien dialect( probably thinking that i was able to intercept their mandarin). Unfortunately for them, the latter seem to backfire on them. I could understand what they are saying... everything !!! muhahahaha....
They were complaining about me sitting in front of their stall, in terms of criticising my outfit - since i dressed too casually(oversized T-shirt + Cotton shorts). Since that time, i never bought anything from their stall anymore...But the point that i'm trying to emphasize here is that language is a useful tool in life.
During this holiday, my plan is to continue learning Japanese language and unexpectedly Mandarin. In the past i used to hate Mandarin to the max since i don't understand the language at all. The dis-interest in the past was also contributed by the aunty and uncle who said " You're a chinese , how come you don't speak mandarin" This kind of sentence is a major turn-off to potential learner of a language, as it sounds like the speaker is mocking the listener.
Language is afterall a useful asset, mastery of a language will lead to communication which then leads on to understanding. I wished i could have realised this earlier, but even so it is still a good thing, as at least it showed that i have reached a level of critical thinking. Take a look at my post when i first started this blog- i simply vent off my emotion without doing any thinking beforehand....
simplicity
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
