Yeah... well. I never regretted being very into reading - it's where I am now. But I do regret not trying to learn Chinese. I have a workable vocab and understanding, mostly because I watched drama serials at home (Singapore's good for that at least).

But my reading is poor, and my writing absymal. I've forgotten a lot of vocab now, because I haven't watched dramas for a long time and now... well. Sometimes I wish.

I rememeber when my father tried to read one of his favourite books to use a bedtime story.

he had to stop and explain each and every sentence, because we didn't get it.

He only ever got through the first half of the page describing the flag in the scene.

after that he gave up.