by Keith | Aug 23, 2019 | Blog, Language Learning 語文心得
After graduation from NTNU, I have been reading English books of a wide variety of genres. Several years back I enjoyed reading Jeffrey Archer, particularly the Clifton Chronicles. Before Jeffrey Archer, I was reading Haruki Murakami novels and John Simmons’s...
by Keith | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog
With the theme of Thinking the Unthinkable, we discussed about what was going on in Hong Kong and how the No China Extradition movement started. On issues back home, Bot discussed the possibility of Chinese Malaysian students scoring A for Jawi, if it is to be made a...
by Keith | Aug 2, 2019 | Blog, Language Learning 語文心得
Are you struggling to speak a language fluently? Do you find it hard to select suitable words to express your thoughts? The key lies in the concept of input and output. To always speak good English, I make sure that I listen to good radio programmes. I find listening...
by Keith | Jul 19, 2019 | Blog, Translation 翻譯
Recently I am reading Lyrics, Painting and Life, a book written by veteran Cantonese lyricist Cheng Kwok Kong. I am not very familiar with his lyrics but I still respect him a lot. I would have given up teaching, if I were to keep an education officer’s job and...
by Keith | Jul 12, 2019 | Blog, Psychology Rantings 心理學所思所想
剛剛讀完鄭秀文十年前出版的《值得》，書中收錄她的專欄文章，亦憶述她戰勝抑鬱症的過程。 讀過這本書才知道她的文學啟蒙是歌德《少年維特的煩惱》。她說讀過歌德就從此陷入了文學世界，常常讀書讀得廢寢忘餐、通宵達旦。熟悉鄭秀文的歌迷也許知道，她曾經沉澱兩年，這本書亦有提及。她透過文章探討自己以往不斷追求完美的過程導致自己抑鬱，以及其後如何自己寫專欄、讀書、信教而讓自己走出情緒困擾。...
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