Some faults of English Style to be avoided

I've read upon a chapter when trying to teach Zenzen better English.

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A student who tries to produce a certain effect, sometimes goes to extremes and produces a different result from what he/she intends. Some of the main pitfalls into which students stumble are given below:

Pedantry
This is indicated when the student tries his/her best to show off and pretend that he/she has great learning. He/she thus introduces useless facts and details in a conceited manner. He/she uses long & supposedly learned words to give a high-sounding quality to his/her work.

He/she prefers to say...

1. " The custodian of the law" instead of "policeman"
2. "In all human probability" instead of "most likely"/"most probably"
3. "Lunar effulgence" instead of "moonlight"
4. " The nasal organ"/"The most prominent feature" instead of "nose"
5. "Tensorial artist" instead of "barber"
6. "Maternal relative" instead of "mother"
7. "Metamorphosis" instead of "change"


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Really funny. Imagine you're asking your mum for a piece of cheesecake, you should say, " Can I have a piece of cheesecake, dear maternal relative?" ( Like not very shou with your mum)

OR

you're trying to say your nose is stucked, you should say, " Oh for pete's sake, my nasal organ/ most prominent feature is unable to absorb air particles." ( Like writing a chem/bio essay)

OR

you're trying to comment someone that he has changed a lot in appearance, you should say, " You have a massive metamorphosis!" ( Sounds like Transformers or Power Rangers)

OR

you're trying to shout to the policeman, you should say," Mr. Custodian of the Law!!! He snatched my purse!" ( I bet the thief had fled far away even before you can complete your sentence)


Enough of the lame jam, this is just one of the funny things I've found out & learnt about from the experience of giving tuition.

Memories at the little pineapple village

It's my eldest brother's birthday & we decided to have a short trip to Pekan Nanas.
- To get some vege seeds
- To get some more flowers
- To devour the famous durians ( July's the start of durian season) & pineapples there!


Located at Pontian district, this little village is one of the highest pineapple production in the world, regardless of fresh or canned, their apples with pines are undoubtedly the best!



Introducing Aunt LJ, Winnie( Wanling) & OnnOnn ( I forgot his Christian name)

So first up for the trip will be the search of fine quality vegetables seeds. We've gotten some seeds that will never grow from some frustrating sellers in town, so Uncle Yong introduced us to this shop famous for their fresh seedlets! We were told that the seeds should be planted within a week, if not you gotta put them in the fridge=) Interesting info though.

Ain't my mum pretty?

Ok, seriously this birthday boy does not look like a phD scholar in any ways any proportions any perspectives. Still, happy birthday my naughty Coco!!

Their rainbow colours capture my heart! Aren't these tiny feathered creatures the cutest? So next up, we took a brief teatime at a nearby coffee shop. No bread & milo for teatime, but DURIANS.

Here goes all the unglam photos of how people devour the King of Fruits in all sorts of ways.

Aunt LJ is a born joker. All the pictures I took of her today are extremely unglam.

I am no big fan of the porcupine lookalike fruit, but you must try their durians when you're here! Not too slimy, not too strong, not too sweet, the taste's just right.

Oh ya, and the other family group will be Uncle Yong and family who're so kind to take us city-nerds tour around the village.

Pineapples ( of some species) are actually sold at RM1.00 each ONLY.

Unglam Aunt LJ again -_-'''

Ok so this is one slightly humanlike shot.

Little yellow bananas!

After the long afternoon, we went up to Uncle Yong's old house. Two big geese greeted us with their "dinosaur roaring" gackling callings. Believe it or not, Uncle Yong claimed that these two creatures scared thieves away better than the dogs! Not only their voices are attention grabbing, but they will snatch your butt!

Neat vege beds.

Ruff ruff cute shi-tzu

Aunt Yong then taught each of us how to use the rambutan cutter to get some of the ripe red bloody rambutans. When the fruits are not ready to be eaten, the trees & garden will be in a peace. But when red fruits start to blossom, monkeys will set up their homes there! Evil huh!

Recognise the unripe dragonfruit? Even the leaves look like dragon's tail.

Cackle Cackle Cackle! But actually they're kinda cute cuz I like their round butts.

Jie Lan

I had my Hainanese Black Coffee! It tastes heavenly! Seriously Uncle Yong you should kick off Starbucks's oversweetened drinks.

& charcoal baked Kaya Bun. Highly reccommended!

This is how a happy day is formed. Visiting the little village is like reminiscing my life in Sabah. After living in the city for 3 years, I still strongly believe that one day, or when I get old & grey, I will move into a little cottage and just lead a beautiful life there in the village or hills. I thought I can drastically revamped into an IN city girl, but no. Even though my feet step onto the urban areas, my inner child is still a plain Jane kampung girl. I really love that though.

When I first came to Singapore, some people curiously asked me, do Sabahans live on trees & in longhouses? I was a bit annoyed, but if you ask me again this time, I will smile & say, Yes, some do, and it's the best thing in life.

Read my previous post first

Before tuition started, I brought Wanling out for our teatime at Secret Recipe. Everything sounded and looked pleasant. Wonderful Saturday.




Check out her awesome bangs! & her Oreo Cheesecake.



Ok please don't check out my bangs that is not awesome at all. I had Yogurt Cheese.




But check out my straw weave bag! I got it for only Rm9.00 at The Store & added on my favourite pink flower. We had Chocolate with Whipped Cream.

& I thought what a wonderful Saturday it was.

Right after our teatime, a stupid car nearly banged us ( in our car), at the + Junction nearby the market!!!! That darn woman!!! If it wasn't me fast enough to step on the break, both of us would have been in the hospital now.

I AM NOT KIDDING.

Worse or what, that darn darn woman didn't stop, but she continued to dash away!

Now I guess it's understandable why I declare myself as potentially unabled to withstand the shock of the aggressive road dashers, not only along the causeway, but everywhere here in the city. I never see such ridiculous people at KK=/

What a WONDERFUL saturday it was.

Not a Potentially Abled Driver... YET

My favourite funny funky aunt. I can't stop laughing at this pic.

To Hueyjia & Aueyeong & Jas:

Sorry sweethearts as I'm still certified as a beginner driver with a footnote written " Potentially unabled to withstand the shock of the aggressive road dashers along the causeway", and I am disallowed to drive alone =((((

Don't worry, I will get to school again! & meet you guys! & of course, Bras Basah Chicken Rice hehe.

& I gotta meet up alot of babes to catch up with them =D! Yippee!

July's here??!

This is the mural painting at Serangoon North Avenue 6 Block 3xx something ( forgot) & Block 303 ( if not wrong). Done a year ago. By the whole art gang & 40 plus students.

My design of course. I am kinda proud of it. But after that Nafa interview, I felt like all the efforts are totally useless. 14 of us have actually prepared our portfolios weeks before the interview. The panel judges even emphasised to bring our artworks.

Fine. So I drove to Nanyang JC, plead Miss Hew to 'lend' me my artworks ( Can you believe it, I even have to borrow my artworks. My artworks belong to the school & un-returnable even if I've withdrawn from the school??!!), rummage thru the art storage room for a whole sweaty afternoon, went to Artfriend and spent hundred bucks to get a new rectangle bag & transparencies, brought the portfolio ( that weighed an elephant) to Nafa, cracked my ankles ( thank you my trusty heels) ...

& I was the last to get into the Boardroom so I waited for 2 hours.

Blankly... I didn't even know any of the other 13 students.

I accidentally heard some girls at the other corner gasping that the chairman only asked some questions. The portfolio was untouched.

* Blink my eyes* Exactly what happened to me when I stepped into the cold Boardroom. There were 6 people, only 1 woman. Asking me some questions you find it hard to answer.

" Why do you think you deserve this scholarship?"

" Blah blah blah"

It was like ," Gosh, can you stop asking me questions? My answers are all at my artworks." But all these were left in my flabbergasted expression.

Really sucks big time. I felt horrible after that. & nvm, after that, when I took a bus home, I was holding too many stuff ( ya thanks to the big bag) & I fall down at the slope of the bus stop when I got down the bus!!!

Did I hear someone laughing in the bus? Bloody passengers! Even the people drinking coffee at a shop opposite the bus stop stared at me!! Bloody Coffee drinkers!!

Ok. So that's how suay I was that few days. I'm fine now. Phew. Basically I'm just staying at home to enjoy the rest of my holidays. Can you believe that I've not been studying since November last year? A good long break & I love it!

I stayed at home to learn how to be a tai-tai, did house chores, renovated our new house, did gardening, played the piano, smacked my volleyball, drove the car, made cards, drew shoes, & gave tuitions & art classes. It's better than what I can imagine to actually just stay at home & earn money. Especially giving out tuitions & art classes. I really revised a lot of my forgotten knowledge & earned back the blings blings 8)

& I've reorganised all my old and newhandpainted shoes collection in a blog. My partner is Wanling, my favourite art class student! =) Do check it out everyone!

http://www.tenladytoes.blogspot.com/

Hehe so this time there will be no fingers. ^-^

The only 3 things I gotta sighed for this holiday is, no time with Jeffrey, no time with my girls, no time for my shopping. I am always a person who eventually spent money on art stuff. Why why why??!

Have a nice day! Time to have my beauty sleep.