Me Time!

[phtthp]

Heavy rain now, flooding in Bukit Batok, Chua Chu Kang


https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen

[Estéema]

West side seems most areas flooding. Chinese Garden covered in wide pool of rainwater. All the lake flooding almost to brim.



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[phtthp]

Hi Esteema,


The hiragana characters look very hard to learn. How long take to master hiragana characters ? 5 years ?

Are there any nice Japanese song to hear, something equivalent to Korean "Winter sonata" that type of love song ?

[Jennifer]

with ah boy at Bugis Junction, almost could not locate Challenger unit B1-26

[phtthp]

Year end holiday mood, in the air. Everywhere u go, at shopping centre, see crowd. Christmas mood in the air. Jingle bell, jingle bell …

[sharonkhoo]

starlight1968sg:

There are chinese characters in jap words and at times, can figure the meaning

There seems none in Korean words.
The names of Koreans, however, are written in Chinese characters.

The Chinese characters in Japanese are incorporated into the written Japanese language. The Chinese characters in Korean are another way of writing a particular syllable, and is just part of the history (because of Chinese influence in the past).

Korean writing is phonetic - every part of each syllable makes a definite sound; they look like \"characters\" because they are arranged in a block instead of linearly like an English word. Korean is easy to learn to read (like hypy), but you can read the syllables without knowing what they mean! If you look carefully at Korean texts, the spacing differs slightly - the spaces between syllables is narrower, and the spaces between words (which can have more than 1 syllable) is wider. In Korean school, students will learn 1,800 Chinese characters, and these are mostly used for names, but the names can also be written in the Korean script.

[ChiefKiasu]

Estéema:

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I only know it only makes sense to read the chart from right-to-left, top-to-bottom...

[Estéema]

phtthp:

Hi Esteema,


The hiragana characters look very hard to learn. How long take to master hiragana characters ? 5 years ?

Are there any nice Japanese song to hear, something equivalent to Korean \"Winter sonata\" that type of love song ?

No 5 years or 10 years lah. Owise I'll hv to retain uni le. Did it in 2 years intensively. Fun when u're overseas with Int'l students. Come to think of it, I didn't even learn any Japanese or Korean songs. Was only captivated by Winter Sonata then coz of its soft music & love story.

[starlight1968sg]

phtthp:

Heavy rain now, flooding in Bukit Batok, Chua Chu Kang


https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen

Super heavy at Hillview

[Estéema]

Chief,


Never mind don’t get reading direction right for Chinese or Japanese script, so long as u don’t need it for earning a living. But for sense of direction for driving don’t get it wrong owise will be going in circles.