abacus....not the food one

• udontknowme

  8 Apr 08, 03:59

  anybirdie here had to do abacus in primary school...????

  what was the purpose of it?

  dunno why just now when i was writing my test i suddenly thot abt learning how to use the abacus in primary school.......

  

• ChoCoChips

  8 Apr 08, 04:01

  me!

  i loved it back then haha

• Karma88

  8 Apr 08, 04:22

  It`s to train the kids mental calculation .

  Or that`s wat i heard

• TehJarVu

  8 Apr 08, 05:26

  no learn in school
  but my house used to have 1

  my mum knows how to use it

• angel7030

  8 Apr 08, 09:05

  when young, i use it as skate board

• manyu882

  8 Apr 08, 09:44

  purpose to calculate stuffs lo...

   

  donoe what jia yi jian 4 that kind of stuffs.. no need much memory to do it also... lol

• FireIce

  8 Apr 08, 13:40

  if u can master it, u can calculate faster than pressing calculator

• the Bear

  8 Apr 08, 13:42

  true.. but i've seen those children who mastered it.. and made to do mental sums..

  they were all gesturing around with their hands in the air as if to click the beads on the abacus.. their actions looked... very.. disturbing

• angel7030

  8 Apr 08, 15:58

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  if u can master it, u can calculate faster than pressing calculator

  
  ya, rite, unfortunately most guys prefer to mastered the other mastur with a bate

• gunner77

  8 Apr 08, 16:20

  i learn tis in primary 1

  but i don see wats the use of learning tis

• FireIce

  8 Apr 08, 16:23

  tts the prob of our education system
  touch and go nia
  
  let u know a bit of this a bit of that
  jack of all trades

• angel7030

  8 Apr 08, 16:36

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  tts the prob of our education system
  touch and go nia
  
  let u know a bit of this a bit of that
  jack of all trades

  
  ya, jack of all trades, but master of bate

• hegu

  8 Apr 08, 21:35

  Originally posted by udontknowme:

  anybirdie here had to do abacus in primary school...????

  what was the purpose of it?

  dunno why just now when i was writing my test i suddenly thot abt learning how to use the abacus in primary school.......

  

  this abacus looks weird, how come got 2 beads on top? i tot 1 is enough?

• alwaysdisturbed

  8 Apr 08, 21:54

  Originally posted by hegu:

  this abacus looks weird, how come got 2 beads on top? i tot 1 is enough?

  
  older version

• wonderamazement

  8 Apr 08, 21:55

  I still have mine! Last time P1 bought for $10 then P2 stopped using... The ones at the top is the "Tens" if i recall... And got food called Abacus meh?

• kopiosatu

  8 Apr 08, 21:57

  ASPARAGUS LAH

• ^tamago^

  8 Apr 08, 21:59

  i also noe hw but so long nvr use liao
• udontknowme

  8 Apr 08, 22:01

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  ASPARAGUS LAH

  
  u drunk oredi arh....????? hahahaha....

• kopiosatu

  8 Apr 08, 22:03

  Originally posted by udontknowme:

  
  u drunk oredi arh....????? hahahaha....

  where got food called abacus???

• udontknowme

  8 Apr 08, 22:08

  GOT LARR!!!

  the i think it's a hokkien dish....? use yam paste and rice flour (I THINK) to make one. some kind of chinese gnocchi =p
  you want you can go google: 算盘�

• wonderamazement

  8 Apr 08, 22:10

  Originally posted by udontknowme:

  GOT LARR!!!

  the i think it's a hokkien dish....? use yam paste and rice flour (I THINK) to make one. some kind of chinese gnocchi =p
  you want you can go google: 算盘�

  
  OH that one. CHEH... Like dessert liddat la.

• kopiosatu

  8 Apr 08, 22:12

  i don't think its called an abacus :S

• wonderamazement

  8 Apr 08, 22:14

  In dialect it's called so...

• FireIce

  8 Apr 08, 22:15

  yes.. 算盘�
  translated as abacus seeds
  
  hakka dish
  can find in some foodcourts.

• kopiosatu

  8 Apr 08, 22:16

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  yes.. 算盘�
  translated as abacus seeds
  
  hakka dish
  can find in some foodcourts.

  is there like a chinese name?