Q: Dude, did you hit your head on the way here?

English class had me speaking in my most broken Mandarin ever! A record sailing of craps and what not, Chin Yan Leng would be soooo proud! Hm...I can't really pretend I don't know how to speak the dang language, just cos people's got expectations, plus my group's class participation points depended on it. No prob! I'd got this game in the bag, tossed and ready to go. Attempted Sui Sin Far's In the Land of the Free, translating every English dialogue to Mandarin simply fried my brains badly that I ended up chuckling halfway through the five-page vignette.

I could tell fellow classmates were O.O ing. Couldn’t help it that I sucked that badly. But, I got a reassuring pat on the back by HeidiS. which was encouraging as they too, laughed at my antics. (People really didn’t realize that I fumbled my way thru, then again, they don’t understand a word I was saying. Score!) Then I confessed, my English is indeed a lot better compared to my Mandarin. Just what I need to put in my resume should I want to be honest to potential employers.

"That was really interesting, YW! Great job!"
“Hey, I’m no American! SO it was only to be expected?”
“Haha! I couldn’t agree more. We’re lucky to have you in this class. Say, which is better? Your English or Chinese? Surely America did a whole lot of good for your English.”
“Erm…no. My English was almost always better than my Chinese.”
“HAHAHA! No kidding!” *slaps my shoulders*

OMG…my lecturer is not buying it!
Vonnie Sing