Wow… It was a memorable day with
90 minutes of Cantonese listening and no talking at all. Don’t it sound funny.
Not by watching TV. Not by listening
to Radio. Not by listening to a conversation in a restaurant with
strangers.
It was in the official meet up
with my Hong Kong Computer Society – FACE Club friends Meet up to celebrate the
4th Anniversary of its inception. There were 8 Face Club Exco
members, 2 admin staff of HKCS. I was lone non-Chinese member.
When President Cally started off
with Cantonese and seeing me changed to English mode, I had the courage to tell
her to continue in Cantonese itself. From then on, the entire meeting went on
in Cantonese.
Though I am living in Hong Kong for more than 20 years I am yet to master the
language. In these 4 years, they always conduct the meeting in English.
My maiden attempt participating in
the Cantonese Radio Drama two days before helped me a lot. The courses attended in the past year paid off
very well. It is my Cantonese day as I was able to get many details.
The only Cantonese word I used
today was “jat wun faan mei”, one cup of rice. My friends translated few items when
I asked about the context which I could not understand.
When I thanked my group for
giving me listening practice, they encouraged me telling that I must start
talking in the next meeting. Hope I can
live up to their expectation.
23 March 2019
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