Craziness in learning English

I've been on my futile search for bookstores selling English books ever since I moved to Tianjin.

Last week, I was in Tianjin Books Building. It is this gigantic 7 storey high mega-bookstore, unlike anything that's found in Singapore. There's really lots of books of almost every kind there.

On the ground floor, there’s a huge section on books and multimedia stuff about learning the English language. I asked a shop assistance if there are English novels or books, there are none. Only the English language learning materials. This reminded me of the libraries I’ve visited in Shanghai where English books cannot be found as well.

What’s the use if someone has finally ‘learnt’ English but there aren’t any English stuff to read?





'Heroes', 'Prison Break', Desperate Housewives', etc, these are some of the English Language learning materials out there. Will this really help you pick up the language? Ask any person who watches Korean and Japanese dramas.


I received a company email offering massive discounts for company staff to attend English language learning courses (in China). The 3 months beginner course costs around S$3000! Well above what the locals earn actually.

The search for English books continue...