I was raised in an English speaking environment because my mom didnt know mandarin (WM last time no teach chinese). I was not exposed to the chinese language until I was in Kindergarten, which started teaching very very simple mandarin words. It was still an English speaking Kindergarten, so, yeah.

Then I entered a chinese SJK© primary school. At first, I had a little bit of trouble trying to relay my messages as everyone around me was speaking in mandarin and my brain just couldnt process the words fast enough. Before this, I only learnt mandarin from TV series and babysitters.

Of course, this had an impact on me. I can speak fluent mandarin from the day to day conversations with all my classmates up till now. But, I have sort of put the chinese language as a 2nd priority.

I can read, write the basics, which I feel is enough to not get conned if a china guy wanted to con me. So, I guess thats sufficient enough for me.