I kinda feel the same way about the Welsh and the Welsh language - given how the vast majority of Welsh people do not speak any Welsh and I feel so strange being fluent in Welsh, a language the Welsh people don't speak. Did it occur to me to learn Irish? Well, yes but no, I am not going to do it - even my mother-in-law who is Irish doesn't know more than a handful of Irish words, like seriously, hardly anyone in Ireland speaks it. Besides, even though Welsh and Irish are both Celtic languages, being fluent in Welsh doesn't help much when it comes to speaking Irish - some words share the same roots but it is like trying to read German when you are an English-speaker: you will recognize a couple of words but otherwise it is a totally different language. Happy new year everyone, many thanks for watching.
Thursday 31 December 2015
LIFT Vlog Episode 59: The Rural Irish Edition
Hi guys, the final vlog for the year is from the time I spent in rural Ireland just before Christmas. I do have this love-hate relationship with the countryside: on one hand, when I get there, I'm like wow fresh air, look at the beautiful nature, I can take long walks and just appreciate nature. And within a few days, I'm like, I'm really bored and I wonder how far I am from the nearest big town. The difference between the Irish countryside and the British countryside is that the signs are all bilingual in Irish and English - though I must say, I've not heard any Irish spoken at all whilst I was there. (Thankfully, at least I still hear a lot of Hokkien and Malay in Singapore today.) I will include another funny Irish short film that I like - I don't get it with these Irish people: you've kicked out the British after so many years of colonialism yet you still don't want to embrace your own language? What gives?
I kinda feel the same way about the Welsh and the Welsh language - given how the vast majority of Welsh people do not speak any Welsh and I feel so strange being fluent in Welsh, a language the Welsh people don't speak. Did it occur to me to learn Irish? Well, yes but no, I am not going to do it - even my mother-in-law who is Irish doesn't know more than a handful of Irish words, like seriously, hardly anyone in Ireland speaks it. Besides, even though Welsh and Irish are both Celtic languages, being fluent in Welsh doesn't help much when it comes to speaking Irish - some words share the same roots but it is like trying to read German when you are an English-speaker: you will recognize a couple of words but otherwise it is a totally different language. Happy new year everyone, many thanks for watching.
I kinda feel the same way about the Welsh and the Welsh language - given how the vast majority of Welsh people do not speak any Welsh and I feel so strange being fluent in Welsh, a language the Welsh people don't speak. Did it occur to me to learn Irish? Well, yes but no, I am not going to do it - even my mother-in-law who is Irish doesn't know more than a handful of Irish words, like seriously, hardly anyone in Ireland speaks it. Besides, even though Welsh and Irish are both Celtic languages, being fluent in Welsh doesn't help much when it comes to speaking Irish - some words share the same roots but it is like trying to read German when you are an English-speaker: you will recognize a couple of words but otherwise it is a totally different language. Happy new year everyone, many thanks for watching.
Hello Limpeh, I have spent the past few days reading so many of your posts, especially those about Singapore's parenting , tuition, education system, horrible mentality, and all of that and it spoke right to me , those are things that i have absolutely been thinking for countless years in the same way and I finally found somebody who expressed it succinctly through words.
ReplyDeleteI am 18 years old , 1 semester through Year 1 of a computer engineering course in poly and i absolutely hate it. I am about to drop out due to both the meaningless curriculum (which is filled with non-computer engineering modules) and my classmates which are just obnoxious beyond reason, as I have thought long about it and I strongly feel it would help my sanity and mental health. I absolutely dread going to school each day and I can't take any more of it.
So right now I am planning to escape overseas and escape National Service before they grab me by my two legs (or two years of my life), I have zero faith in Singapore's both way of life and government, and I'm hoping to hear your wisdom or advice of what to do in my situation.
However I am in a state of panic and shock as I have never thought so hard about being independent and doing all these things that I am about to do. All the career advice, all the life lessons that my parents have given me are bullshit and i have believed them for so long. I don't want to end up like my parents! they are unhappy and poor people.
I could just stay in the course but don't show up for lessons to prevent Mindef from bugging me , and work for flight tickets and a few months of rent. However I have no idea if I should start working, or continue studying once I get there. (I am really tight on cash, I come from a poor family)
Please help!
Hi and thanks for your comment. My first instinct is that this is a well construed message from someone trying to get money out of me - and that's not going to happen. I will however, give you the benefit of the doubt and take you at face value and offer you some real advice about your situation. I am guessing that what I have to say to you will well and truly exceed the word limit for comments here, so I am going to compose a proper post for you today, please wait for it.
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