my friend sent me these pictures of some korean park with interesting sculptures...
if you think the sculptures were interesting, then look at the design for the toilets...
this one is the men's toilet...
there won't be mistakes... the ladies' toilet is denoted with this sign...
since being a bit out of touch with constantly writing english... and for that matter constantly speaking english, i feel my grasp of the english language is begining to loosen... while i find the irony in these pictures, i just feel there is nothing i can do to improve the situation...
worse still, you can't get to practice your english with the townfolks... not many speak it well enough for you to have any sort of meaningful conversation without resorting to having explain things in either mandarin or malay...
my uncle is in the midst of intervewing form 5 leavers to fill post in government and he commented that their english were also not up to scratch.... most don't speak it... they can understand it but cannot speak a single word of english...
what is the use of changing the local education curriculum to english when the students don't take the effort to master the language... just because you speak bahasa or mandarin at home does not mean you are master of those languages... english is not that widely spoken so one has to put in effort to at the very least have a basic understanding of the language... or be able to form simple sentences...
back to me... i'm in the middle of a crisis... my deteriorating english is cause for concern... it is one of the subjects that i am good at and now i feel like i am loosing grip...
people here don't really want to make the effort to speak good english... they feel it is too difficult... if you explain the correct use of the language to them, they just brush it off as you being a show off... and the odd thing is the so-called professionals here tend to mis-use the language too...
so i hope i have not reached a point of incurrable lateness to my current conditions... otherwise... i am destined to just be a blogger with broken english...
pictures courtesy of china's drive to improve its english...
because of guests, we had our dinner at the famous crab-eating place near the sibu bus terminal at pahlawan... as usual, we ordered the famous dishes there... one of them was their version of philippines pig trotter...
we also ordered the bidin... in red wine but that did not taste as it should... probably they did not put in enough red wine...
the center-piece of our dinner.. the famous crab... these were cooked in egg sauce... it has since increased in price... but still worth it... there were many people there for a thursday...
truth be told, the black pepper one tasted better.... one complain.. the meat was a bit on the tough side...
we bought this box of strawberries for NTD100 from street venders... and believe me when i say they were sweet...
these were small strawberries but they were sweet... unlike those in australia which most of them tasted sour...
too bad we could not finish them...
while in taiwan... i tried this burger introduced by moss burger .... it was made with scallops...
the burger was sandwiched in between two rice patties and has a japanese-type sauce... it was really yummy... the scallops were naturally sweet (as far as i could tell)... i don't know if the offer is still available...
one of the few things i would have for my breakfast, in the place of laksa (sibu laksa taste horrible) is the tom yum hungan (rice noodles stick)... served at this cafe near the pahlawan bus terminal called "chuen jia fu"...
the dishes here tend to be bigger than town because of the location and cheaper rent... their business is not bad... they are actually located near where the famous crab eating place in sibu....
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one of the few dishes that i enjoy here is this... inside this dish of tom yum delight contains... fish... chicken... veges and sometimes tomatoes... it cost rm3.50 per dish...
it was still far too big... i could hardly finish it...
i had dinner at this restaurant called osaka near the new pahlawan bus station... it has been opened for a while and i have frequented the place... i have always wanted to bring along my camera... finally i did and took these photos of the dinner i had there...
inside the restaurant, it is decorated with as much of the japanese-themed as possible...
i had my usual... katsu-don... actually it is pork katsu don... with a type of miso soup and a small salad...
this set cost me rm7.90 and with the green tea that i ordered (rm1.20), my total meal was rm9.10 but somehow there was a discout and all was rm8.00
for april, the shop has a special of 15% off the price of the food... so if you are in the area... please do not hesitate to go and try it out... at the very least i have heard japanese people exclaiming "oishi" there...
i tried inari before... OK... my friend said the sushi selection is on the thin side... their selection is not that big... i really wanted to eat the gyozai... which they don't have... :(
here is the latest fashion to hit the catwalks of the world top designers... pay particular attention to the latest in hand bag accessories...
where do they get their inspiration???
probably they want to break into the vast china market...
the cell is a great accompaniment to our daily lives... we practically take it everywhere... even when we are taking a relaxing bath...
so you don't want this to happen...
in order to prevent this... some cells are now equipped with water guard...
so now u can continue to go back to taking that luxurious bath in the tub and not worry that a whoops would not only short circuit the phone, but u...
