my sis just showed my her friend's blog where some stranger all the way from the other side of the globe (i.e. US) scolded her right in her comments page about her not using proper english plus whatever other shit. of course my sis was fuming about it as she sees no right in that guy scolding her friend about her usage of language. which is partially true. so my sis had to go give that guy a blasting on his own blog comments page. heh. and then being the kaypo me, i felt like putting my GP skills to use so i went to email that guy and ramble on and on about Singaporean students having most blogs with improper English and the significance of Singlish in our daily lives, and of course, shooting him indirectly by commenting that since we are all not native speakers of the universal language, it is therefore natural that we dont converse and write in proper English sentences. Of course, the email i sent was in nice proper English so that he wouldnt think it was bullshit.

but as i think about it more, i realise that it seems as though when we were at the age between 13-16, we seem to like to use shortforms and abbreviations in our emails, and chatting. as i grow older, i would prefer to use more proper english, though it aint extremely proper. but you wont catch me using words like "dun", "issit", "onli" etc. one big problem of me blogging here is that my punctuation is usually gone. except for the commas and foolstops obviously. but i still make coherent sentences right? *grin* maybe at the particular point in life, everbody seemed to be using those form of language for communication and you feel a need to fit in and use the same lingo as everybody else. or else you might just be thrown aside and considered an outcast. which can be very hard to get rid of. i know. or maybe it wouldnt be that extreme. but i know that people from my sister's school usually converses in mandarin, so it's not surprising to see them have their thoughts made out in chinese first, then put on paper or the web in english. which may sound weird once it is out in black and white. i used to do that too, but now rarely. i usually think in english and put them now nicely. or maybe for the fact that i rarely write in chinese nowadays. which is quite a sad thing. to think i used to "tou gao" to friday weekly and get all excited at seeing my pieces coming out on paper. not to mention, keeping a steady flow of income into my bank account but that is besides the point.

i know i need to write to get my emotions and feelings out. that's why i blog or write in a diary. maybe that's why i perform better for my languages. maybe that's why i make a great letter writer. hee. im blabbing on again. as usual.

my bad habit. *grin*