Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 37th Edition
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some stupid ones are like a pomposity of professors and.... a gaggle of women
btw, i'm not joking about the latter
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When I started Club 30, it was partly because I found the bad English in the other forums an utter eyesore!Originally posted by fudgester:Well, I've been trying to keep my standards up by reading lots of magazines (Time, Newsweek, the Economist) in my spare time. My elder sister is a GP tutor at a local JC, and she brings home such magazines on a regular basis.
I also try to write entries in my blog as fluently as I can. I hoped that Club 30 would be a place where we'd all try to write well and exchange ideas.
And then, I succumbed to Singlish because it was too rampant to stamp it out altogether. Besides, it kinda fosters camaraderie amongst us.
However, I'm all for us putting in an effort once more to write well. Since a few of us are already complaining of our declining standards in the language, why not consider this forum as a channel to improve upon our linguistic skills?
I used to read tons of gossip mags and women's mags but these days, I'm so aghast with my declining standard in English that I've been making myself read Time, Focus (BBC's Science Mag), New Scientist, and other more 'serious' publications, in order to jolt my mind back to work again!
Soon, I shall have to enroll in Nursing School for my Post-Grad Dip and etc so I'm trying to gently wake my brain up! Hey, buddy, time to get going soon! -
i did that and i got a c6. i think the examiner didn't like my pointsOriginally posted by av98m:I love the fact I aced my GP without EVER reading those
You know how there'll always be questions on environment, poverty etc, that require lots of reading of notes? I'd just pick the 'odd' questions that are impossible to study for e.g. Why is color important? 
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I frown on people who read those magazines just for the sake of doing well for their GP. Once their A Levels are over, they would just toss them aside...Originally posted by av98m:I love the fact I aced my GP without EVER reading those
You know how there'll always be questions on environment, poverty etc, that require lots of reading of notes? I'd just pick the 'odd' questions that are impossible to study for e.g. Why is color important?
I once asked a former JC classmate of mine about his opinion of the collision between an RSN ship and a tanker near Pedra Branca a few years ago. When he looked stunned and asked me on how I knew about it, I told him, 'Well, it's all over the news.'
His response? 'Wah.... you still read the newspapers after the A Levels har?!?!'
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Trick question. YOu can only answer 'Yes' to that because if you were to use 'No', the entire sentence construction would have to change to 'No, I am NOT a cockroach.'Originally posted by stellazio:English is terribly difficult.
One day someone asked me this.
Its a very simple question, all you need to do is answer Yes/No.
____, I am a c0ckroach.
You can be cheeky and say, 'Perchance, I am a cockroach?' and introduce a whole new dimension to that sentence! -
*cracks up remembering the hilarious news article with the PM encouraging teachers to utilise rap/hip hop to teach good English to students*
OMG and years after that we have the post 65 MPs dancing hip hop!!
Someone high up in the PAP is obsessed with hip hop!!!! 
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Originally posted by the Bear:some stupid ones are like a pomposity of professors and.... a gaggle of women
btw, i'm not joking about the latter
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does that mean i have to leave?Originally posted by Rhonda:When I started Club 30, it was partly because I found the bad English in the other forums an utter eyesore! I hoped that Club 30 would be a place where we'd all try to write well and exchange ideas.
And then, I succumbed to Singlish because it was too rampant to stamp it out altogether. Besides, it kinda fosters camaraderie amongst us.
However, I'm all for us putting in an effort once more to write well. Since a few of us are already complaining of our declining standards in the language, why not consider this forum as a channel to improve upon our linguistic skills?
I used to read tons of gossip mags and women's mags but these days, I'm so aghast with my declining standard in English that I've been making myself read Time, Focus (BBC's Science Mag), New Scientist, and other more 'serious' publications, in order to jolt my mind back to work again!
Soon, I shall have to enroll in Nursing School for my Post-Grad Dip and etc so I'm trying to gently wake my brain up! Hey, buddy, time to get going soon! -
not really it could be a reply to are you a rat? and you answer no, i am a cockroachOriginally posted by Rhonda:Trick question. YOu can only answer 'Yes' to that because if you were to use 'No', the entire sentence construction would have to change to 'No, I am NOT a cockroach.'
You can be cheeky and say, 'Perchance, I am a cockroach?' and introduce a whole new dimension to that sentence! -
Oh yeah... that one.Originally posted by av98m:*cracks up remembering the hilarious news article with the PM encouraging teachers to utilise hip hop to teach good English to students*
That made it to the 'Wacky News' sections of quite a number of newspapers around the globe.
It just goes to show how far out of touch he is with the situation on the ground.
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Hell, no!Originally posted by hisoka:does that mean i have to leave? It just means that those of us who choose to, can make a conscious effort to write well. Those of us who don't want to, just carry on doing whatever they're comfortable with!
Afterall, languages are meant to be used for communication, not hamper it.
Write on, hisoka! -
or was it rap?Originally posted by fudgester:Oh yeah... that one.
That made it to the 'Wacky News' sections of quite a number of newspapers around the globe.
It just goes to show how far out of touch he is with the situation on the ground.
and years later we have MPs dancing hip hop -
okiezOriginally posted by Rhonda:Hell, no! It just means that those of us who choose to, can make a conscious effort to write well. Those of us who don't want to, just carry on doing whatever they're comfortable with!
Afterall, languages are meant to be used for communication, not hamper it.
Write on, hisoka!
hmmz why does my english suck so much that i couldn't improve it if i wanted to? -
Wah! So clever!Originally posted by hisoka:not really it could be a reply to are you a rat? and you answer no, i am a cockroach -
must be the minister of cultural arts or sth like that. i mean, what the heck does he do anyway?
so its probably him who came up with that idea. -
Habit. If we don't bother with doing something well, we soon fall into a rut, and then lo and behold, when you finally decide to get yourself out of the quagmire, you discover that you're too deeply entrenched liao!Originally posted by hisoka:okiez
hmmz why does my english suck so much that i couldn't improve it if i wanted to? There's still nothing like Singlish for good emphasis! -
OK... one tee shirt into my luggage. Good progress...
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Originally posted by Rhonda:OK... one tee shirt into my luggage. Good progress...
if it was me, i would just chuck what i think i need, close and neevr look back. -
hmm.. at that rate of progress you'll be done by... 7 July?
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Well, you can always buy a few new t-shirts there.Originally posted by Rhonda:OK... one tee shirt into my luggage. Good progress... -
YES its 6! going home now. cya peeps.
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In other news I'm still extremely horny just thinking about that korean babe >
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that's the trick for vacations but the cult leader says she's not going out of the hotel or something?
hmm.. maybe one tee is enoughOriginally posted by fudgester:Well, you can always buy a few new t-shirts there. -
Originally posted by the Bear:that's the trick for vacations but the cult leader says she's not going out of the hotel or something?
hmm.. maybe one tee is enough -
ur office got no pretty & sexy ladies meh?Originally posted by av98m:In other news I'm still extremely horny just thinking about that korean babe >
my company have, but on the upper floors.
but i always chen ji go up even if its just a piece of paper.