Today is a special day for eight of us as we started our learning class. In hornor of Sayagyi U Wynn Naing, we name the group "Singapore Symposium". Here are some ground rules for the group.
- starting from today, we will study together for 2 months
- we will meet at least 80% attendance
- we will pay SGD 5 if we are absent from the class with notice, SGE 10 without notice
- Reflective learning journal (writing journal) of three hundred words will be submitted by Wednesday midnight; those who miss the first deadline will submit 500 words by Friday midnight; we will try to use the words we shared in the journal
- two of us will sponsor a program (a talk for 20-25 mine and Q&A 20-25 min) on each Saturday
- one of us will take the role of class leader to ensure the group's learning agenda is met
- we will share 1 word, 1 phrasal verb and 1 quotation/proverb each at each session
- we will have listening (20-25 min) and discuss about the subject
- we will pay fine 10cent/ use of Singlish and Myanmar
20 Mar 10
Words we shared today
susurration; presumptious, mezzanine; solitude; tweak; scout; swastika; sleaze
Quotes we shared today
- Pen is mightier than swad.
- Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Home is where your heart is.
- Everything will be alright in the end; if everything is not alright, then it is not the end.
- April showers bring May flowers.
- Birds of the same feather flock together.
- Time and tide wait for no men.
- Like a water off from the duck's back.
Listening for today
Netrimony: Online dating in India
Next week's sponsors are K Khaing and Cherry
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It has been almost half a decade since I was in a class with fellow learners of English . My learning English language has been almost stopped during my stay in Singapore apart from reading English fictions for my leisure and once in a while I might do listening in solitude when I feel like it . Here I am one of the Learners of English and we inaugurated our Singapore Symposium named in the honor of Our beloved Saya Gyi U Wynn Naing last Saturday , 20 March 2010 . Thanks to Ah Kyi ma and Ag Ngae Ma for proposing such a good idea and of course My appreciations must go to Ma Saint who made it happened and the last not the least to all members of Singapore Symposium for their presence .
Our first class kick off by setting ground rules , followed by sharing words and Quotes . I was surprised hearing words like mezzanine , swastika , susurration , sleaze and presumptuous. Frankly I am not so good at remembering either quotes or proverb , however as we are in a group , I believe it would make me easier to memorize and recall it later when I am in need of using them . Surprisingly , the way people pick up a new word is rather different . I for one , usually notice some words through reading , but always fail or lazy to look up the dictionary and I would prefer guessing the meaning . Only after I come across many times , then I will find out the exact meaning . No wonder , my vocabulary is very limited.
Netrimony : On line dating in India has been fun listening yet , give you a small wonder how people can click with their soulmate on line and happily ever after . But then it is so much daunting to put your profile on internet which let people find out who you are and let alone forgetting about you are selected due to your qualification rather than love or romantic introduction . After all , it is the world we live in , failing to think about our own heart and looking for more conveniences .
Needless to say , We were fined a few times as we were addicted to using Singlish like lor , can and Jarlat as these words become part of our every day usage and we should deter using them if we really love to speak good spoken English .
Reflecting our learning journey of that day ,overall our Skills have been covered in ashes though we have quite a good starting and I strongly believe that classes will make us polish and enhance our command of English in four skills as well as strengthen our friendship and accumulated fined money . The last , I shouldn’t forget to say thanks for tantalizing Myanmar Dinner , should I ?
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