My last blog

How does this happen? This is my last blog during my bridge course. Maybe the only words I can say are just, “time flies”. Yeah, I have never sensed that this will happen so soon. What should I say in this blog? Searching the internet and gaining some ideas? Telling you a little funny story? Planning the next five free days? Or just talking about this week’s class topic, like divorce? No, no, no, all of those seem to be no meaning if we put it as the last one. Maybe I should try to think about all of the past days during the bridge course: what have I improved and learnt and what is the real meaning of these not very long times’ studying?

Many times, when I chat with my relatives or my friends in China, they would ask me, “how is your English now? It must be fantasying, isn’t it?” At that time, I always don’t know how to reply. Thinking about the first time we came to Singapore, communication seems to be such a difficult and terrible thing to us. No matter going to watch movie, or just shopping, we would feel very nervous when we had the chance to talk with the local in English (maybe we are also the same today). And we always think that after years’ staying here, everything will be so different, then a beautiful world appeared in our brain.

Then, five months past. We are still playing with the limited letters we remembered in China. And we are still talking with others in very strange English which the local always don’t understand. We also still can’t understand the aunty who serves us in restaurants or bookstores. We always chatting in our room that we are still the ones as five months ago like. Poor English, we improved nothing. We are just like the seedlings under the sun, to bask in the sun every day, without any changes, just bask and bask. But actually if we look into it, all of those are not correct. “Sea, show me with a river and then I will let you know how strong I am”, actually, we are seedlings who bask in the sun every day, but if give a little wind, then you can sense that you are much stronger than before. At least, today we can enjoy Mehdi’s beautiful English and his joy on Monday. We can learn from Sonali’s patience to teach us and her beautiful view to study and life on Tuesday. And, Ms Leo Kwang Lin, she seems knowing everything in our daily life, we can get so much knowledge and information from her on Wednesday morning. Also Mrs Esther Soo-Chee, her jovial and many games on Wednesday afternoon impressed us so much. What’s more, Ms Yap, our lovely Thursday tutor (and also my mentor), always can bring energy and joy to the class. All of them show us that English communicating also can be so interesting. And through the process that we feel nervous to we can speak loudly and can understand their words more or less, we have the confidence to say that we have improved. Our oral reports become much easier than before, every time I watch myself in the video, I will feel very good inside. Also answer question in class, do the homework like essay or blog, even the debate.

Life is built by many small things, just like the Great wall in China. I think many small changes have already taken place, we just don't notice it, or we just don’t have the chance to show the changes. All in all, at the end, thanks to all of our wonderful tutors, we experience a really wonderful time through the course, and because of these we surely have the confidence and passion to win in our road, not just about language, but also our way in life.