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I’m Canadian! …And Chinese. « verba volant, scripta manent — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:20:54 +0000

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By: mel

mel — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:57:27 +0000

banana here too! i am a chinese straits born (baba) and i speak not a single chinese dialect. I would be enthused to join the banana club! add me on msn: mmel_cchg@hotmail.com

By: powerless

powerless — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:34:45 +0000

I am a banana too. But need to survive in Mandarin-speaking environment. Still doing fine. Will improve my Mandarin grasp in time to come..

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By: Alvin

Alvin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:15:21 +0000

I understand ur feeling !!!
So sad when i read ur blog course i am also a banana !!!!!!!

People like us are difficult to live wif other chinese people !

The worst part i don’t know any cantonese or hokien !!!!

Haiz

By: angeline

angeline — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:49:48 +0000

by the way, i think you should really create a new race : Bananas.. and i’ll be the first to join.. XD

By: angeline

angeline — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:46:49 +0000

nice post!! being a banana myself, i think that your facts are kinda true.. lol..

By: Tommy

Tommy — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:39:02 +0000

Hey this is a cool website and i enjoted every bit of the ‘bananas’ issues u were talking about. id like to keep in touch with u.i am from sabah,malaysia. i came back from Aus for almost a month now and i like to be frends with ppl who are Westernized….

my email is tommy-mercy@hotmail.com

By: kaiyuan

kaiyuan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:26:55 +0000

wow!
entertainment!
thoes thing you do for others to be entertain,are simply NOBLE!
(i dont know what the heck i’m talking,just wanted to say thats very entertaining.)

By: calibre2001

calibre2001 — Sat, 12 May 2007 06:21:16 +0000

Here’s my take on clarifying the use of English Ed rather Malay Ed. It’s really a reference to the kid’s family/linguistic background rather than the language their educated in. Their parents are typically English/dialect speaking or english educated, usually illiterate in chinese. It is quite common to find a number (in fact alot) who can speak/read Chinese. Ultimately, chinese literacy is the acid test. There are some who can do all, but they are the exception, rather than the rule.