DESPITE no one in her family speaking the language, a woman from Butterworth, Penang, was so passionate about learning Mandarin that she pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Chinese Language and Linguistics at Universiti Malaya, reported Sin Chew Daily.
Haifa Afrina Zulkifli (pic left), the second of six siblings, first learned Mandarin when she attended a Chinese vernacular school at the age of seven.
