he and i, in terms of our medium of education should be the same... but he has been more productive in embracing the chinese language while i have deviated to try to master a language where i had to start from scratch...
our conversation turned to my english... so i have a good enough command of the language... not brilliant, but i can converse and write well... proficient...
truth be told, i got good in english after i figured out that i would not be good in other subjects, therefore i made it a point back then to excel in this language... however, i found that i was always playing second fiddle to someone else... in a way it was quite disappointing to know that what i thought i was good at, i wasn't the best in it...
then there is chinese... i am proud to call myself a chinese person... of chinese heritage... therefore i have since embraced my roots and try to familiarize myself with the language... it is far too complicated... i only know a little of the surface... true, i can converse well enough in it, but i fear being exposed as not proficient enough in it...
if i were to converse with people who have been educated from young in good chinese, then i would fall way way behind... they would probably think i am some under-developed person with a speech impediment... my friend reminded me that if someone sort of like made some nasty remarks about me in complicated chinese, i probably would not know what was said or meant...
back to his chinese-language blog... i am envious... of his chinese writing skills... that ship has sailed... for me to completely master the language... or has it... maybe i am too lazy...
even as i write this, i feel that my english is half-assed...
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