Gong Xi Fa Cai to all my friends!
I finally met up with Audrey for Pacific Coffee at the Red Dot Museum yesterday. I really enjoyed talking to her :)

Today we talk about tenses. I am sure most people are familiar with the humble Present and Past tenses. Things get a little more complicated when you get into present continuous and past continuous tenses. Present continuous tenses are used for actions happening now and continuing, for example 'I am blogging about something really dry right now', maybe after you have read this you will think, if thats present continuous, how is it different from simple present tense? Simple present tense is used for repeated events, timeless truths, and the instantaneous present which does not continue, e.g I blog. Or Singapore is small. Beckham kisses Posh Spice. Beckham is kissing Posh, that would be present continuous.

Past Tense, pretty much in a similar vein. I blogged yesterday - simple past tense. I was blogging last night - simple continuous. The perfect tenses - present perfect or present past, now thats where most people start scratching their heads. I have absolutely no idea why they are called 'perfect' tense but basically you can tell its perfect tense when there are -ed participle forms or when 'been' is in the sentence. Past perfect - She had queued outside the stall for 3 hours. Present perfect - He has been told to dye his hair black.

Therefore, Past perfect continuous - It was already afternoon and he had been asleep for the last 12 hours. Present perfect continuous - I have been studying for the last 12 years of my life. Present perfect continuous tense is used to describe an action in the past that continues into the present or is just finishing.

Yawn. My eyes are closing now, but I know if I move on to something else, say DOTA, I will immediately perk up.

I really like this photo from the reunion dinner btw.