Terrorism Awareness
Terrorism Awareness
Attended a talk on Terrorism organised by some Ministry.
The content of the Talk was great, but what gnawed at my bones were the delivery, and the deliverer of the presentations. I do not expect wonderfully made-up powerpoints (eh, this is Gahmen body for godsake) nor do I expect finnesse and great articulation of the subject matter by the presenter. But I do expect a certain kind of minimum standard of English, both written and spoken.
Meself is no guru of English either (as exculpatorily evidenced from this blog) but it irks me to no end when a high ranking officer spout half-baked english in a setting that should pride a high level of standard in communication.
For example, emblazoned big and clear in the powerpoint presentation was this phrase;
"THIS ITEM CAN BE MAKE BY USING AMMONIUM..."
So I thought that it was a typo of sort but then the presenter himself said, "This Item can BE MAKE....". Sigh. Am not sure if self is just picky to make up for the frustration of having to attend the Talk, or was truly concerned for the standard of english presented by our officers of higher offices.
The presenter also took it upon himself to be as clear and comprehensible as possible and seems to have decided that talking like how one would at a kopitiam meet the objective. Fortunately no free play of Singlish, but then again there were totally no sentence construction, or attempt to make one. Then theres one who, without fail, would punctuate his sentence with "OK". Every single time. Really. Not only was he oblivious to the giggling and mocking "ehem" from the audience but was somehow....encouraged? Perhaps that, and his other kopitiam antics were part of his social repertoire to touch base with the audience. Touched he did, our funny bones.
OK. Enough complain already. In all fairness, it was a good and informative session, albeit the tendency to repeat points already made half a dozen times irritates one to the core.
Am tired. The fasting month is into the 2nd day, and so far so good for meself. Lena is fasting too, and sometimes me worried about her exerting herself this way considering that she is into her 8th month pregnancy.
Attended a talk on Terrorism organised by some Ministry.
The content of the Talk was great, but what gnawed at my bones were the delivery, and the deliverer of the presentations. I do not expect wonderfully made-up powerpoints (eh, this is Gahmen body for godsake) nor do I expect finnesse and great articulation of the subject matter by the presenter. But I do expect a certain kind of minimum standard of English, both written and spoken.
Meself is no guru of English either (as exculpatorily evidenced from this blog) but it irks me to no end when a high ranking officer spout half-baked english in a setting that should pride a high level of standard in communication.
For example, emblazoned big and clear in the powerpoint presentation was this phrase;
"THIS ITEM CAN BE MAKE BY USING AMMONIUM..."
So I thought that it was a typo of sort but then the presenter himself said, "This Item can BE MAKE....". Sigh. Am not sure if self is just picky to make up for the frustration of having to attend the Talk, or was truly concerned for the standard of english presented by our officers of higher offices.
The presenter also took it upon himself to be as clear and comprehensible as possible and seems to have decided that talking like how one would at a kopitiam meet the objective. Fortunately no free play of Singlish, but then again there were totally no sentence construction, or attempt to make one. Then theres one who, without fail, would punctuate his sentence with "OK". Every single time. Really. Not only was he oblivious to the giggling and mocking "ehem" from the audience but was somehow....encouraged? Perhaps that, and his other kopitiam antics were part of his social repertoire to touch base with the audience. Touched he did, our funny bones.
OK. Enough complain already. In all fairness, it was a good and informative session, albeit the tendency to repeat points already made half a dozen times irritates one to the core.
Am tired. The fasting month is into the 2nd day, and so far so good for meself. Lena is fasting too, and sometimes me worried about her exerting herself this way considering that she is into her 8th month pregnancy.
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