Great week of class!

[contride]

It's being 2 weeks since training started, and there is not a day that I went home early! There are always appointments to attend and stuff... Today I finally made it home before 10! Yeah!

Training this week has been a ball of fun! An external instructor from British Council came over to give lessons on communication skills. Gosh I never had

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[wodypeck]

hmmmm..... where's my dinner??
keke

[contride]

Sir, please wait to be served.

Hahahah! :p

[everyman_tales]

haha can't wait to see u turn into the male version of the Singapore Girl :p

[contride]

Please loh, I have too much of a dick to be a Singapore girl! Keke.. :p

[johant143]

tsk tsk. it seems that you need to attend more brit council lessons. what is "loh"??? lol...

[johant143]

ahaha. i get a kid to pinch/smack ya butt. doubt u can haiiiiiiya/kacha/kick any1 lor. =P

[contride]

Then I will say, "Little boy, please do not pinch/ smack my butt. I do not like it."

Hahaha!! Hmm... sounds so weird! :P

[johant143]

ahaha. are you allowed to say BUTT to minors? hmmmmmm...

[contride]

Well if he actually pinch/smack the butt, then it might be kinda hard to see him as a minor, no?

You are right though. Supposed to just say, "Please do not touch my BACK blah blah blah..." :)

[geroithe]

it's MASS role play. mess role play sounds odd...

you do sound like you're having fun dear. don't tire yourself out with all those sai gang k? *muacks*

[contride]

Haha!! Hmmm.. Ok lah changed liao! :p

Aiya somebody needs to do the saigang one lah.. Anyway almost done.

Hugs! :)

[rush_n_roll]

Those sessions sound really useful. Watching a recording of my final presentation when I was on exchange in NY made me realise just how different I sound from "native" speakers and how hard it might be for people unfamiliar with my lazy pronunciation.

Even in informal social situations there was an urge to use "lah". But I resisted it and said what I said without the "lah" - which kinda backfires because if you take away the "lah" you take away some of the meaning and sometimes sentences sound rude without the "lah" as a filler.

Hope ur having fun

[contride]

I guess in order for your sentences not to sound too rude, a lot of it lies in the intonation..

There are three ways to politely engage another person: visual (through your body language), verbal (your choice of words) and vocal (the use of appropriate tone). Consideration of each of the above should make you sound more approachable, without the use of Singlish. :)

I'm having loads of fun! Keke... Thanks for asking! :)