Why Am I Learning Mandarin?

I'd been getting questions from friends and family members about why I'd been learning mandarin hahahaha, some believed me that I wanted to learn, some knew that I didn't know how to speak or listen to mandarin, some don't believe me at all when I say I don't speak mandarin, thinking that I was lying or just scared of being told my mandarin is bad. Oh well, the reasons and their beliefs differs, and no one's at fault here.

Here we go, the reason why I am so motivated to learn mandarin is actually a bit sad, heh, but a motivational force nevertheless. One of my friend, a malay guy sang Qing Fei De Yi during the Installation Day of SEGi University this year, and he nailed it perfectly. I gotta say, I was impressed, and jealous. That a non-chinese could talk...or, well, sing better than me in mandarin.

Of course, I'm jealous of some other too who have great mastery of english, mandarin/cantonese and malay, oh I'm so so so jealous of them. But honestly speaking, as much as I'm egotistic and all, this is not the main reason. My main reason for me to push myself hard enough to start learning is because everyone sung along to my friend's Qing Fei De Yi that night, and I was the only chinese guy who didn't understand or wasn't able to sing along. It felt cold, it felt lonely. I'm tired of being left behind, and I'm tired of being the odd one out. That's why...I'll make this promise to myself, I'll make sure I can speak and listen to mandarin by the time I graduate from SEGi University with my degree.