Having to study Mandarin/Chinese as part of my education in both primary and high school in Singapore, I can totally understand the difficulties for anyone to pick up the language.

Even though I’m Chinese, we hardly spoke Mandarin at home. Our conversations were mostly in English and Cantonese.

So, ShaoLan’s way of teaching Mandarin definitely makes the learning pains a little easier to bear.

This might inspire me to improve on my Mandarin language skills.

(via TED Blog)

Video: TEDTalks - Learn to Read Chinese … with Ease by ShaoLan originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on May 9, 2013.

Beautiful footage of a scientific icebreaker going through the ice in Antarctica’s Ross Sea.

I, particularly, like video of the sunrise (around the 3:35 mark).

(via Boing Boing)

Video: Condensed Footage of Two Months on an Icebreaker originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on May 9, 2013.

… as 1st April 2013 is the 10th anniversary of his death.

Here are a couple of his songs that I grew up listening to:

Remembering Leslie Cheung (張國榮) … originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on March 31, 2013.

“Less apps, more apples”

Video: Ad for Somersby Cider originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on March 29, 2013.

(via Curious Rat)

Paper is Simply Much Better for Some Things … originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on March 14, 2013.

Amazing! Must watch to the end for the reveal.

(via The Loop)

Video: Speed Painter originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on March 12, 2013.

Congrats to Paperman to winning an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in the 2013 Academy Awards!

Hopefully, there will be more incentive for it to be made into a full feature animated film by Disney as I had hoped in my previous post.

Here’s an inside look of the making of “Paperman”:

Disney’s “Paperman” wins Oscars originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on February 27, 2013.

What a beautiful, touching and meaningful song by Michael Card!

(shared by Lucian from Tribolum.com)

Video: Sunrise of Your Smile - Michael Card originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on February 15, 2013.

A great video to share on Valentine’s Day.

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

Happy Valentine’s Day originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on February 13, 2013.

Here’s wishing you a prosperous and healthy Lunar New Year!!

Happy Lunar New Year! 恭喜发财！ originally appeared on Isaak Kwok dot Com on February 9, 2013.