Archive for 'Study'
Triker lor HSC
Just saw on the orange.mu website that students cheated on their HSC exams, for at least 3 subjects. It was only a question of time before such things would happen.
In fact, at the time I was taking my ACCA exams in London, more than ten years ago, this was already common. We would have Malaysian [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2008 under Mauritius, Study, Web and IT.
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English
I have been complaining a lot about how the Chinese language have many words that have several meanings, making it hard for us foreigners to understand what the locals are saying, and cdn_china came up with the following:
Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:
1) The bandage was wound around the wound. [...]
Posted: February 6th, 2007 under Study.
Comments: 1
ACCA Beijing Office
I am registered with the Beijing office. I have been there twice, the last time being yesterday (Saturday). There are 3 people working there, on Saturdays only one of them work half-day. The difference between the Beijing office and the Shanghai office, is that the SH office is larger and has many people [...]
Posted: November 26th, 2006 under China, Study, Work.
Comments: 1
Moving to Beijing
I plan to move to Beijing at the end of this week, where I will be spending the next few months taking mandarin courses and looking for a job there. Now, many people have been (more than) a little surprised. If for learning mandarin, why not stay in Shanghai and do it there? I mean, [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2006 under China, Housing, Lifestyle, Study, Work.
Comments: 3
Take Chinese lessons again
It’s decided. After hearing the lady at the restaurant saying several times she didn’t understand at all what I wanted to order, I am going back to study mandarin for a few more months. I need to start practising it a lot, get back to the so-so level I was before I went back home.
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Posted: September 14th, 2006 under China, Lifestyle, Study.
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Chinese study books
Yesterday I got my study books back from China. I am so happy. :D I spent my afternoon watching tv (as always) and reading one of the Chinese books (so unusual). I didn’t realise how much I was pining for them. I miss China and being able to speak, read, listen to Chinese. I mean, [...]
Posted: March 26th, 2006 under Study.
Comments: 4