Having come from a Kebangsaan School background, I do not read or write chinese. Not that I am complaining, but since my pre-school kids are having chinese (or Mandarin to be exact) as a subject, I decide I should also learn some too. Luckily, I can speak and understand chinese, mainly due to using it at home (Hokkien), watching the Singapore TV dramas when growing up in Johor (Mandarin) and being forced to speak Cantonese while living in KL/PJ. Now I can even understand Hakka, cuase my hubby's family is Hakka, though I can't speak it yet.
So here I am writing basic chinese in my big square excercise book. I figure if I learn 5 new words a day during the weekdays, I will be reading and writing chinese like a pro soon. NOT.... I don't seem to remember them after I wrote them down. Signs of getting old I guess.
But I will persevere. I have to know more than my pre-schools kids. I am their mother!
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