woohoo. my TA gave me the green light for my research proposal!

i am gonna be studying the dental fricative of the Singapore English language. what does that mean?

do you notice how 'tree' and 'three', 'den' and 'then' sound similar? the technical term for it is "homophones". homo=same, phones=sounds. this is because in Singapore English, we do not have a noted distinction between the dental fricative [eth] [th-] and the plosive stop [t] [d]. our consonant chart has a reduced number of "characters" as compared to the british english (where we are stemmed from).

fascinating no? i love the fact that i'm one of the first few singaporeans to study linguistics in the University of Calgary. makes my research a very wonderfully exciting read.

valerie anne
in my 20s and wonderful.
dressed to dress you.

QUOTE VAL

. i would do you, but i can't. it's just the wrong season right now.

KEEPING COUNT

I've been in canada for days.

THE BOOK IN MY BAG

. in need of a recommendation



. tattoo
. rolex
. prada bag
. hermes birkin/kelly
. hermes scarf
. prada penguin coin purse
. suped up VW jetta mk3 '97
. 911 Turbo
. WRX
. smoked e-codes/fogs
. porsche deep dish rims
. my driver's license
. a shaven head for my 18th


. be a somebody
. make {gravi.tee}
. snowboard
. own my first car
. travel: NYC, all over europe, japan, mexico, chile, argentina, spain, greece, laos, vietnam, bali, dubai, amsterdam
. publish a book entitled "you better quote val, or else" - recommended by derek goh
. fashion school
. travel: roadtrip canada
. travel: roadtrip USA
. move out
. own a house
. ride the dragon in tokyo
. go fish/camping for a weekend
. open a cafe/boutique
. horse-riding
. speak korean/japanese/spanish/french
. skydive over mauritius waters
. white-water raft above level 3
. bungee jump from a suspension bridge
. break the world record for the longest time on a loop-the-loop roller coaster ride
. save an endangered species
. AND prove to my mum that i'll be married before 35.


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