Lay Jeon Hin's great article take 1!

Several years ago, my parents gave me the opportunity to study in Singapore. They are still waiting with hope that I can develop wider visions and better communication skills in an environment where English language skills are vital. However, I did not cherish the opportunity. In secondary school, I chose to speak to speak Mandarin rather than English to make my life easier and more comfortable. Of course, that also made my academic life a tough one, especially when preparing for O-level. Unfortunately, I still refused to pay attention to the problem, until the day I went for an interview of internship opportunity to Oxford University. Of the three candidates, I was the only deprived of the opportunity! The confusion shown by the interviewer from the university already suggested that he failed to understand my English before I left the interview room! Yes, with consideration of my silliness, I would never ever work inside the university again after losing this opportunity to others! I just lost to others on the skill of communication! I did not value English adequately in term of speaking. That is why my friend, who read English story books and watched SBC (Scottish Broadcast Channel) and MTV Asia everyday, received good results and ended up studying in National University of Singapore, oh my god! After the interview, I finally stepped up to salvage my English! I commenced to communicate in English with others, even during the time of talking claps. I switched my phone setting to English. I watched Channel 5 rather than channel 8.

Due to my effort, I have made the life of my lecturers easier since nowadays they save a lot of effort in understanding me! Perhaps what I need to do in the future is to make English story books interesting to me which is a challenging task!

Editted 16.9.2015