我是新加坡的华人。我的国家的教育体制大多数是使用英文。在小学和中学时，教数学、科学、社会等、什么科目都是使用英文来教的。只有华文课就使用华文。（华文是指普通话，只是在新加坡我们比较常用华文这个单词）但现在我都要成为大学生了。学习中文的机会会计较少了。

虽然我提过我的华文不是那么好，但是在对话时我比较喜欢用华文，除非对方不懂华文。如果是写作的话，我的华文就不行了。

我的父母都说会华文，但是他们不太会说英文。我是从我的父母学习怎么讲华语的。英文是从学校学的。大体上我能看得懂华文的常用的字。如果是商业用的华文的话，我就不行了。很多次我用华文谈话时，有时会遇到一个单词我不懂在华文怎么说，就用英文说。比如说我在Orchard Road买了jeans。在一个句子里就用到英文和华文。我其他的华人朋友也是有时把华文和英文混在一起。

我最讨厌成语。在中学时我只会用一些简单的成语。例如，一举两得。在写作时没有什么用到成语。

但是我希望能多学习华文。现在很多中国人移民到我的国家工作，所以我把我的华文给搞好。

I am a Singaporean Chinese. The education system in my country mostly uses English. During my primary and secondary school education, almost all the subjects such as Mathematics, Science and Social Studies use English as a language of instruction. Chinese is also used in Chinese lesson. Now that I am going to be a university student, the chance to learn Chinese has decreased.

Although I have mentioned (in the title) that my Chinese isn't good, but I preferred to use Chinese in conversation, unless the people I am speaking to can't understand Chinese. If it's writing, my Chinese can't make it.

Both of my parents speak Chinese, and yet they don't know much about English. I learned Chinese from my parents, and English from school. I can understand common Chinese words, but when it comes to Chinese used in business settings, I cannot make it. When I speak in Chinese, sometimes I would come across words that I don't know how to say in Chinese, so I would use English to replace it. So a sentence will have a mixture of Chinese and English in it. My other (Singapore) Chinese friends also speak this way.

I hate Chinese idioms (cheng yu). I can only use simple idioms. During my time in my secondary school, I use little or no idioms in my essay writing at all.

But I hope I could brush up my Chinese. Currently there are a lot of Chinese from Mainland China coming to Singapore to work, so I would like to improve my Chinese.