I should have paid attention in school when they were trying to teach me Mandarin. Its not my fault – I was traumatized by the language at an early age, no thanks to a teacher who refused to teach. So I remain pretty illiterate in the language till today.
And the reason I wish I could read Chinese is because I’ve learnt that Chinese women magazines are so much more informative if you enjoy cosmetics and fashion!
This revelation struck me while I was at my hairdresser last week. Some Mak Datin was hogging the English mags and I wasn’t interested in the Tatler, so I picked up a bunch of Chinese magazines.
Some were local, some were from Taiwan. But in the main, I was impressed. I can’t read Chinese but the pictures were sufficient. There was so much information in there!