I'm missing those days.. ;( Listening to Backstreet boys' songs in the radio triggered my memories during those days. After school i did homework, took a nap and then glued my eyes on TV2 or TV3. If memory serves me right, the show time for cartoons was at 4.30pm. After watching cartoons, i would ride bicycle or just walking around in the house doing nothing until 6pm then continue to watch TVB drama. When it was news time, i went to bath and get ready to sleep. My bed time was at 8.30pm. Oh my..now i know why my skin is so bad if compared to the 'younger' me, it's not due to aging, it was due to my bed time! Hmm...I'll try to sleep at 8.30 pm then.
My English back then was very poor, and not so good now either. *shrug* I didn't know how to differentiate 'before' and 'after'. I always thought that 'after' was actually before because it started with 'a'. 'a' always comes before 'b', so 'after' should be 'before'.
I never watch those Hollywood or English movies as i didn't understand. I didn't know what were they talking about unless there's Malay subtitles. I didn't know how to pronounce 'in front', i pronounced it as ' in fraunt'. I still remembered my friend was laughing at me for my bad English. I felt so embarrassed, like an idiot. T_T At that moment, i promised myself i must improve my English no matter what! I never blame my parents for sending me to chinese ed school. I just blamed myself for not working hard to learn them.
I never watch those Hollywood or English movies as i didn't understand. I didn't know what were they talking about unless there's Malay subtitles. I didn't know how to pronounce 'in front', i pronounced it as ' in fraunt'. I still remembered my friend was laughing at me for my bad English. I felt so embarrassed, like an idiot. T_T At that moment, i promised myself i must improve my English no matter what! I never blame my parents for sending me to chinese ed school. I just blamed myself for not working hard to learn them.
Therefore, i started to read english story books. After a while, i found that it was a bad idea because i didn't understand simple sentence. I gave up and i hated english! Then, there came all the boy bands: Backstreet boys, NSYNC, 911, the moffatts, 98 degrees, O town, LFO, 5ive, hanson etc. I was so in love with those 90's boy bands especially BSB. Backstreet boys' backstreet's back was the first cassette i ever bought. I have all their album, cassettes and CDs, all original. :)
Obviously i was attracted by their looks not their songs because i didn't know what the songs were about. So, i went online and searched the lyrics and copied to my 'lyrics' book'. I also cut it from newspaper and magazines. After that i got the meaning for the word that i didn't understand from oxford dictionary . I listened to the album again and again and again once i'd finished homework because i love them so much!! Without realising it, i was actually learning pronounciation while i sang along with the song. 90's boy bands really help improving my english!
I was so intimidated to communicate in english when i was first year in uni. I had never spoken in english except in MUET speaking test or once in a blue moon with english teacher. After a few months, i could even scold people in english without full stop! I'm so proud of myself.hahahha..
"Practice makes perfect". I totally agree with this idiom.
My favourite BSB song- anywhere for you
I'd go anywhere for you, anywhere you asked me to~~~ I'd do anything for you, anything you want me to~~~ ^^ Yeah, I'll go anywhere and do anything for them. I went to their concert at Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach in 2008 with my roommates. That was a memorable night for me! I've fallen in love with them since i was in standard 6 and i finally got the chance to see them up close! AAAHHhhhhhh!!! *faint*
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If you're going to polish your English, listening to English songs is actually the worst way to learn. Why? Because it's riddled with grammatical errors. But does it mean the songs are bad? heck, even Shakespeare wrote in nonsensical English too. I really dislike people go grammar or typo Nazi and think their English is superior than others.
ReplyDeleteI have one video link that proves my point very well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY. Enjoy.
By the way, Kevin sucks...oh wait, he wasn't in your BSB picture, haha!
That was then, not now anymore actually. If I were to learn English by listening to English songs nowadays, I would have to stutter uncontrollably like this- umbrella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh or po-po-po-poker face. :D
ReplyDeleteOh dear..i felt very dizzy and like want to vomit after watching that video. Not because of the content, but due to those flying words. @_@
Kevin didn’t come for that concert. Why is he sucks??
NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!! You got it ALL WRONG. It's "pa-pa-pa poker face pa-pa poker face, muh muh muh..."
ReplyDeleteKevin sucks because he's the worst vocal in the group, plus he's the oldest also. Might as well let me be a part of BSB.