A mind that is stretched

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

 

  -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Find the right numbers...

Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have anything you want.

 

 -- Brian Tracy

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Finding the right numbers is a simple work sometimes, yet, it can be hard and become a mission impossible at time!

We are learning how to do it naturally, and I always believe that whatever we have, is the best combination that could had happened.

Just live the way it is and do the best we can.

Dexterine Ho

略窥潮汕话的古汉语身影

略窥潮汕话的古汉语身影——你在其它方言中见到了吗？

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1、古人说“吃”，全部都用一个“食”字解决，如食饭、食糜、食水、食馒头……而今只有潮汕话保留了这一点，而如普通话等则早已是吃饭、喝粥、饮水、啃馒头；

2、在现今潮汕方言语汇中有不少是见之于秦汉或唐宋的古籍中，如：“东司”、“翘楚”、“姿娘”、“腰佝”、“书册”、“眠起”、“起厝”……等等。

3、沽酒（打酒）、行（走）、走（跑）、勿（不要）、伊（他或她）、打秩（收拾、教训）等等。

4、潮汕话还保留了许多神传文化中修炼与信仰的内涵，如：出世（出生），老去（逝世），未来事先知（指具有宿命通功能，能预知未来之事），圣公嘴（指有功能的人说的话能把事定住），还有冤业（冤孽），“道”（道行）”，等等。

5、潮汕人祖先远离烽烟战火的中原来到安定和平得多的潮汕地区，过上了较安稳的生活。而中原的战火基本上没有燃及这“世外桃源”，中原地区的一条变革也就与这一地区关系不大。在这地区居住的中原汉人，他们原来所过的生活习俗和所操用的话语也就大体保留下来。潮汕地区的“时年八节”（春节、元宵、清明、端午、中元、中秋、重阳、冬节）就是古代习俗的延续。同时，古汉语的许多特点也在潮汕话中表现出来。

6、潮汕话的确很难学，由此有些人说“潮汕话很土”，其实，“潮汕话是古，不是土”。潮汕话有八个声调，分别为阴平、阴上、阳去、阴入、阳平、阳上、阳去、阳入。读法如“分、粉、训、忽、云、混、份、佛”。（用潮话读出）这与古汉语的八音读法是一样的。而现代汉语却只有四个声调，所以，在掌握声调方面，更不用说让那些只有两声调的欧美人学潮汕话了。一句“潮汕话最难学”（用潮语）就让他们满头雾水，目瞪口呆即使练得舌头打结也难以正确说出！

7、潮汕话因具有古汉语的特点，特别是八声读法，拟有些用普通话读起来不押韵的古文，若用潮州话来读，会变得很押韵、琅琅上口！如《陌上桑》。

8、潮汕话保留古汉语八声读法的同时，也保留了大量的古词用法。如“目”、“新妇”，相当于现代汉语的“眼睛”、“媳妇”等。这些词在古汉语和潮汕话里大量使用。

9、潮汕话中至今仍保留着大量单音节的古词，其中一些常用的古词是现代汉语少用或不用的。如潮语中说“索”不说“绳”，说“齿”不说“牙”，说“铰”不说“剪”，说“箸”不说“筷子”说“食酒”不说“饮酒”等等。

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潮汕话

《为什么潮汕话排名中国十大难懂方言第一位？》


潮汕话，属汉语方言八大语系之一的闽南语系，但它比闽南更特别。它的词汇丰富，幽默生动，富有极强的表现力，并保存着很多古汉语的成份，被人称为“福佬语”或“学老语”（意为一辈子都学不会的语言）。


潮汕话是全国八大方言区中闽南方言的次方言，潮州人的方言，也是现今全国最古远、最特殊的方言。据有关史料载，潮语初始于秦、汉时期，成型于唐、宋，到了明末清初，才形成自己独立的语言体系。主体是中原的古汉语，混杂问方言，音韵与现在的闽南话大体相同。
现在的潮州人与闽南人仍可用一些简单的生活方言交流。潮语的特点概括起来就是语法特殊、词汇丰富、音韵独特、古语义多等。如现代汉语是四声拼读，但潮语仍保留着八音拼读的语音系统；潮语中客人 叫人客，母鸡叫 鸡母，步行叫行路，铁锅叫鼎，瓶子叫樽等等；潮语中古汉语保留较完整，潮语一字多义，一个 “食”字，几乎包括了喝、吃、饮、吮、吸等所有的口腔饮食动作，如食（吸）烟、食（喝）酒、食（啃）蔗、食（饮）水等。


现在使用潮汕话的人数大概有3000多万，1000多万在粤东的潮州，汕头，揭阳三市。另外的就是分布在海外的1000多万的潮汕华侨。潮汕人占香港人口的六分之一，潮汕帮又是香港第一大黑帮，因此香港第二语言就是潮汕话，就是为什么我们经常能在香港电影听到有人用潮汕话骂人的。东南亚使用最广泛的方言就是潮汕话，潮汕人遍布全球，其中在新加坡就有70万，在泰国有500多万。所以潮汕话排名十大难懂方言第1位..


在潮汕。

有一种萝卜叫菜头。
有一种菠菜叫飞龙。
有一种土豆叫康同。
有一种菠萝叫风梨。
有一种粥叫糜。

 有一种萝卜干叫菜脯。
有一种瘦子叫K脯仔。
有一种年轻人叫后生仔。
有一种儿子叫孥仔。
有一种漂亮的女人叫雅姿娘。

 有一种可爱叫趣味。
有一种炫耀叫划扑。
有一种2B叫熬浪。
有一种茄子叫乐苏。
有一种女人叫扎亩。

 有一种疯子叫做小。
有一种水叫做醉。
有一种厉害叫做浪险。
有一种好厉害叫做过浪险。
有一种惊讶叫走胆。

 有一种白痴叫白仁。
有一种傻瓜叫砂帕。
有一种没办法叫无便。
有一种拉稀叫漏屎 。
有一种荔枝叫耐果。

 有一种龙眼叫肉嫒。
有一种单车叫脚车。
有一种奇怪叫怪浪。
有一种瞎子叫青夜。
有一种淤血叫乌青。

 有一种老师叫做啊姥。
有一种父亲叫老政府。


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用漫画读懂潮汕人！

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用漫画读懂潮汕人！

关于潮汕人、

潮汕男人、潮汕女人、

潮汕话、拜老爷，

充满趣味性，值得一看！




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LAS visit to LKCMedicine's Clinical Sciences Building and Medical Library on 29 Mar 2018

Visit to Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) in Novena Campus.

Photo credit: courtesy of Ms Jenny Wong, Programmes and Social Committee, LAS

Programme:

• 2.45 pm - Assemble at Reception, Clinical Sciences Building, 1st Floor

• 3.00 pm - Introduction of LKCMedicine and tour of Clinical Sciences Building and Medical Library

• 4.30 pm - Light refreshments

• 5.00 pm - End of programme

Car park details: Limited parking is available at the HQ building and an open-air car park along Mandalay Road. Car park charges are about $2.50 per hour.

The address of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (Novena Campus) is:

11 Mandalay Road Singapore 308232

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About the campus:

Here are some information I extracted from the NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine's web page http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg/aboutus/Pages/Dual-Campus.aspx

NTU Novena Campus is situated close to LKCMedicine’s partner teaching hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, to facilitate students’ seamle​ss integration into clinical settings. 

The brand new 20-storey Clinical Sciences Building (CSB) offers LKCMedicine students state-​of-the-art future learning spaces, including a Learning Studio, custom built to support the School’s IT-enhanced Team-Based Learning (TBL) approach; the Anatomy Learning Centre, which consists of a cluster of 11 alcoves distributed around a central teaching core; and the Centre for Clinical Simulation, which consists of a practical skills lab, simulated four-bed ward, which can be configured to a range of clinical settings, and a communication suite with 10-paired consultation rooms, so that students can practise their skills in a realistic and safe environment. 

The CSB will also be home to LKCMedicine researchers, with the laboratories interconnected through collaborative spaces.

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I enjoyed the visit and was impressed by:

* New lift concept: all the floor bottoms were outside the lift.  The intelligence lift system will allocate the lift that move passengers going to the same floor together.

* The library is on the top floor, the 20th floor.  This is the first library of which the library readers and visitors can have a 360 view of the city.

Here is the extract about the library from:
http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg/aboutus/MedicalLibrary/Pages/Medical-Library.aspx

Crowning the Clinical Sciences Building is the rooftop Medical Library which not only boasts an impressive collection of medical journals, textbooks and unique collections such as the Medical Art Print Collection, Children’s Health Collection and Singapore (SG) Doctors, but also a panoramic view of Singapore’s city skyline.​​​

The Medical Library is divided into four conceptual spaces:

• Quiet Study area, where the print collection is located. The library shelves, which you can sit on, provide a welcoming environment to browse books; while Study Pods and tables provide a conducive environment to focus on work.
• Collaboration space, provides general use computers. Quick discussions can also be held in the semi-enclosed meeting spaces.
• Flexi-Space, a multifunctional room that can be used to hold seminars, workshops or events. During exam periods, it is transformed into a study hall.
• Café area, where you can unwind or hold informal meetings over a drink or meal.

Between the Flexi-Space and Café area, there is an outdoor terrace accessible to anyone looking for a space with fresh air, some greenery and a scenic view of Singapore’s Central Business District. 

What sparks the light in you ...

You have to know what sparks the light in you so that you, in your own way, can illuminate the world.

---  Oprah Winfrey

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Our best ...

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions. Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.

  -- Fernando Flores

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