U Joe

Two years ago, in 2016, I wrote this: http://ujoelee.blogspot.com/2016/08/im-just-language-learner-not-polyglot.html Let's see how far I...

Einstufungsprüfung @Goethe-Institut Kuala Lumpur: Reading comprehension & grammar: Borderline A2-B1 Speaking: A2 Test date: Thursday,...

You know what? Gossipers never ask me about things, but they tend to ask those who interacted with me before. And from there they jump to th...

I think this is what I experienced with certain people. Whatever I do or did for them is never good enough. Somehow there will be a fault so...

As defined by the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. I don't want sympathy or pity. I appreciate empathy. ===== The differen...

Sometimes it's easy to close a chapter with someone. Sometimes it's not, for a whole lot of reasons. Often it's easier to write ...

----- Background Story In recent weeks I have been having so many thoughts on my participation in the local salsa dance scene. I need to ad...

[NOTE: I wrote this on 22 November 2005. Its content still holds much relevance today.] Two hands are needed to clap. Can you clap with one ...

(Written on June 26, 2013) The day I stop caring, it means... 講得啱，人哋係大人唔係細佬哥，佢做乜嘢都係自己擔當，我做得最多都係到此為止。 Well said, SbM.

(Written on June 20, 2013) A lot of people don't bother to listen. That's why they can't learn. Dahlah sendiri tak faham, lagi m...

(Written on June 20, 2013) Some are good at memorizing sentences. Unfortunately they memorized blindly without understanding. So when I ask ...

(Written on June 5, 2013) Malay proverb: "Yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendong berciciran." It means you can't get what you ...

(Written on May 31, 2013) A very soothing song, good for those learning English. Clear and proper pronunciation, meaningful lyrics, simple...

(Written on May 25, 2013) I've said it before and I'll say it again. If you want to improve your command of the language, you must s...

(Written on March 30, 2013) Healing takes time. It could be days, weeks, months or years. Most important is that it's complete. There wi...

What I wrote around 9 pm today: "In three hours or so it'll be 2013. I can't say that 2012 has been a good year for me, but I...

Yes! We made it! KF & I passed the PADI Open Water Diver course at B&J Dive Centre, ABC Beach Pulau Tioman over the Hari Raya weeken...

At times it seems that one's life is a failure and everything is down, down, down. Feelings of depression set in and cause the downward ...

I just looked at some articles I wrote for publication years ago. Comparing them to more recent works, they seem to express a mood that has ...

On Tuesday, 6 March 2012, I went to a place I last visited in March 2010: Xiao En Centre 孝恩馆. A salsera had passed away in tragic circumstan...