I got a D7 for my GCE 'O' Levels English result, so you can imagine that I'm actually not good in English language. My vocabs, comprehension & compositions, etc suck big time. This applies to my conversation in English too. At most time, it's broken English I'm speaking to people around me.. Oh not forgetting.. Singlish too. I guess by this 1st paragraph, readers might have captured alot of mistakes in my post. (I'm trying my best to write properly)
After my high school, I studied in Tertiary schools obtaining my Technical cert & Diplomas, and they are all for Engineering courses. Being in Engineering courses doesn't help in improving my English, because most of the time, we do calculations & formulas, & when questions were asked in test/exam papers, they were usually answered in point forms. Teachers & lecturers don't bother much about spelling mistakes & missing punctuations as long as you get the answers & fundamentals right. Now, I cared so much to improve my writings & conversing in English.
At work, my bosses are westerners. I'm always impressed listening to how they talk. They speak so fluently & confidently. I like that & hope to talk like them one day. I especially liked it when they joke or talking sarcastically. Initially I would not understand what they were talking about. Sometimes I laughed when I'm not supposed to laugh making me looked like a dumb bimbo (I'm not ofcourse) but having been around them for the past 5 years, I've learnt their way of talking & expressing. Maybe it is in the western culture to talk like that. I'm not sure but maybe.
Nowadays, I have an interest to look out meanings in dictionary. I recently learnt a word I've never used in my life!! Copulate; which means - to engage in sexual intercourse. Wow!! The word copulate sounds much more clever & decent than saying "engage in sexual intercourse". I'm so lame.
Anyway.. I intend to post today about writing well in English. I want to write properly because I'm doing a degree course in Business Management. Since there will be alot of assignments & essays, I need to buck up with my writing skills. A problem which I have, I don't know how to express my thoughts well into writings professionally . Like now, I'm trying to express myself but I'm writing it in a way I will say it. But to express it professionally in writing, I seriously have that big problem. When I read books, I'm impressed by how the author's ability to use bombastic words & laying out expressions so well that it interest his readers. To all my blog readers, do you find my post interesting? Be kind (or bad) enough to leave a comment. Blogging will be my training ground for writing. I hope readers will highlight my writing mistakes along the way.
PS: I'm going to the bookstore & look for a book "Writing Guide for Dummies" if that book does exist.
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