"Travel down memory lane with Dexterine"
Topic posted was selected based on theme in various subjects/activities. Retrospective or reflective method is used for recording and analysing some events. Descriptive or narrative method is applied to other topics. A photograph can speak a thousand words. Hence, digital image may speak for itself. Yet, to make it clearer, I may use retrospective, reflective, descriptive or narrative caption to illustrate it.
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"Teochew opera, or Teochew-hee 潮州戲 – an amazing synthesis of drama, music, singing, poetics, acrobatics, colourful costumes and folk art, is the highest expression of the Teochew culture. And rightly so, after all it is a show for the deities."
"Conversational Teochew In A Month" is the ideal self-learning course for any English speaker who wish to speak Teochew competently beyond the customary greeting, " 汝食饱了未?" (have you eaten?").
Adapted from the Chinese publication 《潮州话一月通》, originally edited by 林伦伦 and 朱永锴, it contains both written and audio materials. Using situations in daily life, it introduces commonly-used phrases and expressions through conversations presented in 20 lessons.
Each lesson also includes a supplementary vocabulary list. The lessons covered are:
1. Greetings; 2. Introductions; 3. Looking For A Job; 4. Chatting; 5. Relatives; 6. Numbers; 7. Being Guest; 8. Food; 9. Social Customs; 10. Asking For Direction; 11. Taking Public Transport; 12. Shopping; 13. Socialising; 14. At The Post Office; 15. At The Bank; 16. Travel; 17. Seeing The Doctor; 18. Screen Media; 19. Sports; and 20. Congratulatories.
"Conversational Teochew In A Month" is available in two different digital formats:
1. mp3 sound file + .srt subtitle (suitable for computer, Android tablet and smartphone use); and
2.Audiobook (.epub file) (suitable for iPad, iPhone, Android tablet and smartphone use)
He is a representative figure of Chinese crossover musician, skilled at creation, singing, and national music instrument performance. He was born in Beijing on Sep. 21, 1971. He graduated from Central Conservatory of Music. In 1992, he formed “Again Band”, the first college rock band in China. In August, 2010, his album “The sound from my heart” was released, in which the album enabled him to win the 2011 Taiwan Golden Melody Awards respectively for Best Lyricist and Best Arranger in the category of Traditional Arts and Music. In February 2010, “Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace” enabled him and Ma Yo-Yo et al. to win the 52nd Grammy Awards for Best Classical Crossover Album. He also won the 2011 Golden Horn Awards for the Most Internationally-influential Crossover Singer in China, and the 2012 China Institute’s Annual International Musician Award. He endeavored to seek the common development of the coexistence of Chinese traditional music and world music, always making continuous efforts in international collaboration in crossover music. For many years, he has devoted himself to stage performance, but he always keeps a low profile in his behavior and life.
