...is in 2 weeks time. Prepared everything you needed? Bought new clothes? I guess this year I might have a low-key celebration on CNY. Nothing happen, just feel like staying at home if possible. Of course having reunion with families is a must but the rest of the days? Reunion with friends I perhaps if anyone would call me. Or else, you will know where to find me ;) Anyway, wishing everyone a prosperity new year. Gong Xi Fa Chai... 恭喜發財。。。
Adapted from The Star written by Vance Carson " Whether it is used in the process of making new friends or breaking the ice at parties and business meetings, having a good sense of humour and the ability to crack a joke is an asset to social interaction. Laughing at a person who slips on a banana skin or who receives a cream pie in the face are things most humans snigger at once in a while. Whether or not it is mature or moral to laugh at others, we just can’t help ourselves. A drunken man falls on his bottom, and we laugh before we run to his aid. It is the wicked side of human nature, but a side which also keeps us sane. If we don’t laugh, we go mad. Therefore, it is an important part of learning a language and understanding a different culture that we come to grips with the jokes, gaffes, pranks and all manner of witty asides which we may encounter. Aside from the rather more slapstick events which we find amusing, jokes or amusing comments can help others to warm to us. How...
I have found this article in www.yahoo.com.sg and it seems a little funny on how un-gracious WE Malaysians are. Why are we not educated in that way instead of being selfish and being ... corrupted? SINGAPORE : Singaporeans may be more conscious of the need to clear their plates at hawker centres but are still not showing enough courtesy on the roads, according to a graciousness survey conducted earlier this year by the Singapore Kindness Movement. Some 1,000 people were polled in the survey which is into its second year. The respondents, who are mostly locals, were asked if Singaporeans are gracious in six areas “ including behaviour on public transport, at work and while driving. There was an improvement in about half of these behavioural traits and a drop in the other half, compared to the results last year. One particular area of improvement is the clearing of plates and trays after meals. According to the Kindness Movement, more people seem to be doing so — from 7 ...
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