No Need to Learn a New Language

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Relatives and friends tell me I should learn to speak Chinese. 

I am an ethnic Chinese who lives in the Philippines where I am fluent in the national language, Tagalog. I also am adept in English, which is my first & primary language.  But I don’t speak Chinese; I never learned to. 

I agree fluency in Chinese would have been a plus, but I’ve not done too bad with Tagalog and English. 

There may have been lost opportunities for not learning to communicate in Chinese.  But I believe my mastery in English had given me an edge in crunching contracts with clients and in debating technical & legal jargon with service providers & suppliers. 

It would have been nice to be fluent in Chinese, but I don’t see the pressing necessity to learn. 

I’m satisfied with the languages I know.   

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