hsm:

Are u using iphone or ipad? There are quite a few apps for his books!!


Search under the apps - 倪匡 or 卫斯理. There are some free ones!! and some costs US$0.99 or $.199 only

tamarind:

Hi MyBaby,
Many parents have been buying direct from http://www.dangdang.com, this is the largest online bookshop in China with a huge variety of Chinese books. Any book that you want can be found there and they offer big discounts which bookshops do not offer. Even including shipping, books from dangdang are very cheap compared to Maha Yuyi.

http://buy4u.peeka.sg/ is a service that helps us order and ship from http://www.dangdang.com or http://www.taobao.com.

tamarind:

I think that the teachers marking the PSLE essays cannot even write like that, they will probably give perfect scores to any student who can write better than them.


倪匡 admitted that he is a huge fan of 金庸 who has a superb command of the Chinese language. Any student who can finish reading all of the 金庸 novels will not need to spend time learning Chinese

markfch:

MyBaby:

You are welcome, markfch. Glad my post is in someway useful to you. BTW, when you order from Peeka, are the books published in China (that is, words not printed vertically and using simplified Chinese)?

I haven't bought any books from Peeka yet. When I buy books from Popular written by Chinese authors, they're usually printed horizontally and in simplied Chinese. When I buy books from Taiwanese authors, they're usually printed vertically but I make sure they are being translated to simplified Chinese (since I intend to get ds to read the more suitable ones in future).

That's why to me, it's impt to read a few pages of each book before I buy. That's when your url will come handy in future

MyBaby:

You are welcome, markfch. Glad my post is in someway useful to you. BTW, when you order from Peeka, are the books published in China (that is, words not printed vertically and using simplified Chinese)?

markfch:

ksi:

I agree if one can write like that, it would guarantee lifetime royalty collection from books published but if one can write like this, there is no guarantee of A* in exams.

Why leh? Is it because by the time one finishes describing the scenario, time's up already so don't have time to go into the main plot of the essay?

The succintness (is there such a word?) of the description is amazing. In the short paragraph posted by Brenda10, I can actually visualise and hear what the author was trying to express.

markfch:

Thanks MyBaby,

I can use your link to check out whether those books I intend to buy are within my level of comprehension. Then I can go Peeka to order (reading too long from screen gives me headache). That'll be very useful.

ksi:

If you can read that para...means your Chinese not bad leh.... :salute:

markfch:

ksi:

I agree if one can write like that, it would guarantee lifetime royalty collection from books published but if one can write like this, there is no guarantee of A* in exams.

Why leh? Is it because by the time one finishes describing the scenario, time's up already so don't have time to go into the main plot of the essay?

The succintness (is there such a word?) of the description is amazing. In the short paragraph posted by Brenda10, I can actually visualise and hear what the author was trying to express.

ksi:

I agree if one can write like that, it would guarantee lifetime royalty collection from books published but if one can write like this, there is no guarantee of A* in exams.

Pen88n:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"markfch\"]Whoa Brenda, the language is beautiful isn't it?


If my ds can write like that, confirm PSLE CL A*, HCL A*, 'O' level A*, 'A' level A*.

Hi markfch,

Certainly!

天下无难事 只怕有心人！

Brenda10:

markfch:

Whoa Brenda, the language is beautiful isn't it?


If my ds can write like that, confirm PSLE CL A*, HCL A*, 'O' level A*, 'A' level A*.

Hi markfch,

Certainly!

天下无难事 只怕有心人！

Brenda10:

Pen88n:

Anyone has tried the new series from 倪匡, the 卫斯理武侠 series? Wonder how good it is? His latest venture into new arena......

Hi Pen88n,

Read some part from dangdang:

[卫斯理武侠系列]一剑震八方

在线试读部分章节

三月中，残雪还未融尽，漫天的风沙已然吹起了。天地之间，一片灰蒙蒙、黄澄澄，所有的声音，全被呼号着的风声压了下去。
当风声萧萧之际，可以听到沙粒滚动时的沙沙声。一层一层的浮沙，在古道的路面上滚过，像是滔滔不绝的波涛一样。
古道两旁的老榆树，已经长出了一两株新芽来，可是在这样风沙蔽天的情形下，却也绝不能使人感到有一丝春意。
在古道上，不是没有人来往，但每一个人都是缩着头，而每一个人的身上，也全是黄色的，那是被风扬起的黄沙，又落在人身上的缘故。
到了傍晚时分，风更急了，在夕阳昏黄的光照下，一匹马疾冲进了好力堡。

I may try to borrow some books when I visit the NLB next trip.

markfch:

Whoa Brenda, the language is beautiful isn't it?


If my ds can write like that, confirm PSLE CL A*, HCL A*, 'O' level A*, 'A' level A*.

Pen88n:

Anyone has tried the new series from 倪匡, the 卫斯理武侠 series? Wonder how good it is? His latest venture into new arena......

Pen88n:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"tamarind\"]Hi Brenda,

Thanks for reminding me about 寻梦, I must go buy this.

atan,
I also borrowed all the books from the library when I was a teenager, could not afford to buy back then.

Hi Tamarind,

Beside 卫斯理 series, I also like 原振侠 series. The novels like 天 人，迷路，灵椅 etc all are very interesting.

Hopefully can find all these books in 简体字。

Brenda10:

tamarind:

Hi Brenda,

Thanks for reminding me about 寻梦, I must go buy this.

atan,
I also borrowed all the books from the library when I was a teenager, could not afford to buy back then.

Hi Tamarind,

Beside 卫斯理 series, I also like 原振侠 series. The novels like 天 人，迷路，灵椅 etc all are very interesting.

Hopefully can find all these books in 简体字。