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First of all, thanks to all of you who read my blog and leave comments on my blog. I really feel very happy. Since write in English can get more supporters, here comes my 2nd post in English. Hope that I can get continuous support from you all.

I would like to take this opportunity to thanks Kelvin Tan who leave a long comment on my previous post. From the comment, I get some idea to start on this topic – simple English.

What is simple English? English is just a language, no point to discuss on it, so just focus on ‘simple’. What is simple? Everyone knows that simple means not complex, but did you notice that we do not have an international standard for us to define what is considered simple? Something that simple to you not means that the thing is simple to everyone!

For me, simple English is not that simple. The English words that categorized as simple words by me are definitely less than you all (since young I didn’t focus much on basic English learning during primary school). With the limited simple words, how to put them together and make a simple sentence is also not a simple job. May be I should say it the other way, how to make a simple sentence to be interesting to read is super extreme complex.

Kelvin Tan comment that language is not an issue for everyone as long as he/she is willing to try and improve. Previously I don’t agree with this. I always thought that learning language should start since young during the language learning golden period (before ages 5). I start learning English during primary school, that why my English is so ‘geng’… Until I saw 2 success cases around me. 1 is my university friend and 1 is my uncle. They not from Chinese school, but by self learning, my friend can read more than 80% Chinese common words, my uncle even can write! I continue give excuse, all Chinese are Descendants of Dragon, they have Chinese blood in their body, learning own language sure easier la. But there is a question I am not able to answer, my father is Hakka, mother is Hokkien, I have both bloods in my body, why my Hakka so so only, Hakkien langsung bey hiao gong… That should be talent problem (still giving excuse)…

I start to agree with what Kelvin Tan’s comment when I truly understanding these Chinese words, 勤能补拙, hardwork can overcome bungle! There is nothing can stop us on self improvement, except ourselves. As long as we want to do it, we sure can do it. Your only enemy in this world is yourselves, let’s beat it! (Those who don’t know how to start, go listen to Michael Jackson’s song – Beat It.)^_^|||

Since English post have more reader, I will try my best to write more in English. Of cause this has to depend on my mood la, since I am a typical Aquarius. ^^, Thanks for you support.

What?! KC Lai updates his blog in English??? Unbelievable!!! Although it is hard to believe, please trust the analysis result that made by your brain, it did a great job in processing light signal that input from your eyes and tell you the truth.

Really don’t know what to write in English… Ok la, let us talk about why 凯杰(the Chinese version of KC) don’t like to write in English. Before that, let me tell a story:

Once upon a time (most common story’s opening), a rich but illiterate man hopes his son have education chance, so he hire a teacher to teach his son writing. The teacher starts teaching the son how to write simple word:

1 –> 一; 2 –> 二; 3 –> 三.

After the son learned these three words, he feels very happy and go and tell his father he already knew how to write all Chinese words. The father was also very happy and thanks to the teacher. Few days later, father ask son to write a letter to his friend, Uncle Wan (万, means ten thousands) and invite him to visit their house. Few hours passed, but son haven’t complete the letter, father go and ask what had happened. Son answer, why his name is Wan? One is a horizontal line, two is 2 horizontal lines, three is 3 horizontal lines, Wan means ten thousands horizontal lines! Till now I only finished 3 thousands plus lines…

Story not logic? Ya, other than number, there are so many other words. Let’s see a more logic story:

20 years ago, a Chinese background little small boy starts learning English. Teacher told the class, at first we have to learn the basic 26 characters, A, B, C, …, X, Y, Z. After learn these 26 characters, he feels super happy and he thought he already knew English.  Start from that day, he always not listen to teacher and play around during English class. Till exam, only he found out that sometime characters are joint, but sometime are separated. Does teacher type wrong question? That exam he got an egg, but he still doesn’t understand, after E is F then is G, why efg will become egg…

To protect the little boy, I won’t make public his identity. Let’s go back to our main topic, why the Chinese version of me don’t like to write in English? I think you all get the answer already. Yes, this is because my writing skill in English is very “lao bey” (borrow my colleague words)… Sorry to make you all get bored… I have tried my best to write it in more interesting way, but looks like this is not the case, may be some of you don’t understand what I trying to tell, even myself also not clear on what I trying to tell… In addition, this article is full of grammar mistake… (1st try, give some face lo…)

Although typing in English is easier and faster, but the time to complete an interesting sentence in Chinese is much easier for me. Since small I already know my language talent is not strong, so I have to focus on 1 language. Since I born, I already predict that 21 century is Asia century which will leaded by China. So Chinese will be the most important language in this world! So I choose to focus on Chinese by start learning 300 poems of Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Anyway, thanks for your support. I believe there are many people will move their mouse pointer to top right corner and click on the cross symbol after read few sentences… I would like to say thanks to those who read till here. With your support, I feel that it is worth to spend 2 days to come out this blog… Thank you very much!

榴莲，我想大家都知道那是什么了，除非你不是马来西亚人，否则无法原谅。

从小就喜欢吃榴莲，可以榴莲当饭吃。在上大学前，每逢榴莲季节，我爸每周至少会买一次榴莲，以满足他儿子的食欲（当然包括他自己的食欲^^）。根据我妈的说法，她怀着我的时候，适逢榴莲季节，爸爸常常买榴莲回家，但家里人都很少吃，我妈就为了避免浪费而吃完它咯（其实她自己也爱吃^^），所以搞到我那么喜欢吃榴莲。原来我不止从小就爱吃榴莲，而是在妈妈肚子里已开始吃榴莲了。

上大学后，也许年纪大了，对榴莲的食欲开始没那么强烈了，品尝榴莲的次数开始下降到一季节一次的可怜程度。

大学毕业后，来到槟城工作，这里的榴莲还蛮出名的，有红虾和葫芦。到了榴莲季节，发现我两个室友都是超级榴莲迷，看到他们就想起以前的自己。

前阵子有个同事提议周末一起去吃榴莲，就勾起了我沉睡已久的榴莲食欲。由于我的时间无法配合，我没能参与。但我的食欲已被唤醒了，怎么办呢？嗯，得想个办法才行。那个周末父母和妹妹会来槟城找我，然后去吉打，因为妹妹考上北大（UUM，北马大学，不是北京大学）了。好吧，就用父母当借口吧，看我多孝顺^^|||

可是我不懂在哪里有好榴莲吃，而且以父母的性格，如果我问的话，他们一定说不要的……

天助我也，父母到槟城后，叫我约堂姐一家出来吃午餐。哈哈，吃午餐时我选了个最佳时机在堂姐夫面前问父母要吃榴莲吗？果然如我所料，我的奸计得逞了^^

终于尝到了我梦寐以求的红虾和葫芦了，实在太好吃了，我个人比较喜欢吃红虾，哈哈……

当天学到一些关于榴莲的新常识。用榴莲壳喝水可避免热气，我想大家都听说过吧，有无科学根据就不得而知了。除了这个，那榴莲小贩还告诉我们，吃完榴莲后用榴莲的种子洗手能消除手上的榴莲味！吃榴莲长大的我还是第一次听呢。（想问我用榴莲种子怎么洗手？拜托，当然是手握着种子，然后用水冲啊！第一，别告诉我用肥皂洗手时不用水？第二，没看见‘洗’字有三点水吗？）

星期一回到公司发现同事们没去吃榴莲。抱歉啊，我已尝过了^^

事情已过了一个星期了，为何现在才写呢？原因如下：

在说出原因前，想问问大家的意见，榴莲香吗？

你会得到的答案有两种：喜欢吃榴莲的人当然答：还用说，当然是超级super的香！反之，讨厌榴莲的人会答：拜托，请你去查下字典，别侮辱了‘香’字的意义！

对我这吃榴莲长大的人来说，我会给那种答案呢？当然是第一种？嗯，我也那么认为，直到我发现榴莲也有臭的时候……

这两天B君（我的室友，有留意我blog的人都应该懂他是谁了，他常出现在我的blog，像《交待》、《人性》、《破门事件》、《生气？》等）买榴莲回来吃。可恶的他竟然没邀请我吃。不让我吃就算了，更可恶的是竟然允许那可恶的榴莲味飘进我房间！虽然他在他的房间吃，但他却没关门！我那单薄的房门又如何能抵挡那从刚打开的新鲜榴莲里释放出来的无形‘香’气呢？原来不止吃不到的葡萄是酸的，就连吃不到的榴莲也是臭的！难怪公司不允许员工带榴莲到办公室，真是明智之举啊。

他今天吃的已是屋子里的最后一个榴莲了，希望他别再买了，我可不想从此讨厌我在妈妈肚子里就开始喜欢的水果啊！