Behind the Scenes

I am not sure how many readers there are of this blog. For those of you who read this, thank you very much for sharing my stories... But it is hard to maintain two blogs. From now on, I intend to focus on just one. So I am migrating to www.luxevanity.blogspot.com.
It will be my fashion/feminine/shopping blog...


Toodles! Mwah <3

I have decided to stop using Singlish for a while. Ever since I got to Singapore, I felt that my English has been constantly deteriorating. My usage of English words, phrases, and idioms has significantly weakened as can be seen in my writings. I have also been stuttering as I speak lines and lines of straight English and have been using the wrong words frequently. I know what they say, that when in Rome, do as the Romans do, but I don’t think I should continue doing it here. My English and my communication skills in general are suffering. I need to put a stop to this.

The first step to curbing my current Singlish addiction is to re-watch Audrey Hepburn’s My Fair Lady. In that movie, Audrey Hepburn plays the role of Eliza Doolittle, a lowly flower girl who is taught proper phonetics and is transformed to a dignified lady. Hopefully, after watching this, my pronunciation can be corrected and I can once again be influenced to start speaking proper English.

The second step is to use proper English in speaking to my Singaporean counterparts. In the past, I have always resolved to using Singlish when talking to them as I feel it helps us communicate better. Luckily, I am able to control what accent I use in speaking to different groups of people. However, I feel that I am slowly losing control, hence, I need to stop and go back to my original accent before it is too late.

Lastly, I need to read more books to brush up on my English writing. I used to be able to write good articles, worthy of being published in newsletters. With my current state of writing, I can’t get my writing anywhere other than my personal blog and diary.

Singlish, I shall bid you goodbye today.