I don't think ENGLISH is the problem

Hi everyone (^^)v

to all my Muslim friends :)

Have you grab your lunch?

I'm having mine now at Pohon Emas *or is it something else?*

I'm eating fish and chips [bajet orang kaya je kan] :3

And iced lemon tea while waiting for the office to open,

I thought that would be at 2, MalaysianTime hhaha joking

It actually opens at 2:30PM after lunch hours (sigh).

              

What's with the big question?

A little something to share while waiting because I'm a bit bored myself and somehow this topic came across my mind and felt like writing it :)

Many people around me have this issue of conversing in English.

And there's always this nonsense:

• forgetting your mother tongue
• 'lupa asal usul'
• "kau bajet speaking ni nape?"
• your putting English over the top
• "biasalaa, orang keyill~" (that's KL if you wanna know)
• "mak ang beranak tang mana ang nak cakap omputeh ni?" 
• "kawe dok pehe mu oyak gapo" (but this is acceptable)
• etc etc AND etc ... (long long long looooong sigh)

I really don't understand these kind of mentality.

You know what, haters gonna hate.

And for some very good reason, they are just being ignorant

I started conversing in English when I was in Standard 4 (10 years old that is). I started by asking my friends who are very good at it to speak along with me. And I've always had this habit of constructing the sentence 1st before I spit it out. While having a conversation, I always asked my friends to correct me if I got anything wrong in my sentences and they did help me, THANK YOU!

I regularly listens to English songs, I think those are the simplest English in life that you can understand (unless the rap part does a bit tiring to understand) :P 
Ibu and Abah never prohibit us to watch any cartoons or movies (except the 18 rated OBVIOUSLY!) and we ended up growing watching English based cartoons or movies, so we already used to the language :)

The most important thing is get use to the language, you don't need to be like Harry Potter, speaking in excellent British accent, or even speaking like a native English speakers, stop that! To be able to understand is already a bonus, in this modern world, what are you expecting, everyone is honest? We need to be prepared, no one is going to help you unless you help yourself!

Understand?

Look at the time, I need to go now, please take note to every word,

and I hope it will help :)

Good luck.

thank you,

3 bulan, 22 hari :)

Today marked the 22nd day of my 4th month here in UNIMAS, Sarawak.

Just another few days to have my final exams.

It has been a roller coaster lately, but Ibu if you read this,

Angah is absolutely fine :)

Please don't worry about me, I am perfectly fine :)

facing exams Like A Boss

*Ibu called and she said she dreamt about me,
and she also said she saw the video our 5 years old youngest brother, Irfan took,
and there's me in it*

Now I'm preparing myself for finals, hopefully to have a very productive study week,
(while  every minute) :3

Really can't help it, since most of the subjects requires me to
READ READ READ READ READ!

Therefore being extremely sleepy is a pandemic!

study hard everyone! but don't force yourself  :P

Good luck for finals everyone! Do your best!

Hwaiting!

:)

1 hour, 22 minutes, & sooo many seconds

Good evening, it's raining now, so basically I've got nothing better to do.

Ohh and ...

... to all my Muslim friends :)

What's with the title? That was actually the call duration that I got from my bestfriend last night XD

It's been sooo long since we don't get the chance to chit chat, and catching up with each other. But then she called yesterday.

*aku ni kedekut kredit sebenarnya*

At 1st it was a serious talk, she sort of having a problem at the moment.

In need of advice, I gave her laughter.

You see, when there's a problem, to cry afterwards won't get the job done, you'll just worsen the problem.

#1 my advice would be to cheer up.

Because things are already been done.

Nasi dah jadi bubur, kau nak panaskan lama2 pun, kering, tapi jadi nasi impit!

#2 think carefully, plan back on what to do next.

Even babies think of alternatives when they fall after each attempt to walk.

#3 set back your mind.

Self motivation is a must.

You don't just jump into conclusion, "I'm stupid" then die.

There are reason why you have those certain age, why don't you just die before? *aite?*

*and why am i talking about die here?*

My point is,  NEVER GIVE UP  :)

As long as you're still alive,

there's a chance waiting for you to make it happen, there's still hope for a brighter future, there's still some space for improvement.

These are actually for you guys out there.

Anyone, anybody, no matter who you are.

*and that includes you, the I'm talking to last night!*

p/s: so nice to get a chance to talk to you last night, gelak sampai lupa diri,, and it seems like you'll be having so much more to face in your part 4 this coming December.  Just cheer up and do your very best. I know you can do it. Make them proud this time ok?  

And don't stress out! 

with love,

"To my dearest Shiro, I'm sorry for not being there"

Salam Tahun Baru Hijrah :)

Assalamualaikum w.b.t. and good morning

I think it has been awhile I haven't updated my blog. I even got a request from my junior in Muar to update it.

But I never thought I would be writing about this :'(

It's been few days I've been chasing a very small cat here in UNIMAS :)

A toddler I would say, quite a newborn. 4 of them were born around late last month. And I've been trying to touch them ever since, even the mom got scared sometime XD

*as if I'm going to cook them*

But just few days ago, I only saw one of them (if it was them). The same mixed-colored kitten, quite bigger in size, wandering alone by itself, quite a 'penakut' too, and I never saw the others anymore (so I assume he/she is one of them).

And luckily, it was easy to approach him (let's just call it 'him' alrite). You just point out food, or come towards it slowly, he won't budge.

Then i missed my dearest baby at home, his name is Shiro :)

[this picture was taken during the early days]

Can you see his blue eye on the left side, and green on the other side?

That's what makes him special, among the reason why I was able to raised him, and dad won't let it away :P

Just like other cats, how can you not love them when practically every day,

facing all this?

[this was at our previous home, Port Dickson]

[this was 2 days before, was about to bring him along to the beach]

[at grandma's in Salak Selatan]

[among our latest house in Bandar Tasik Selatan, taken last year]

He has been a very naughty little boy too. When the first time we got him, he was extremely tame *manja gila woi* and so we thought he was a girl, he was first called Shiru *not much of the different aite?* XD (hijau + biru)

Until we had an accompany for him, 'another female cat' X3

[her name was Dippy, she died late last year]

Shiro seems to be more vicious than before, being less friendly as before, *jealous much?*, after a few months, than we know it was a 'he' :D But the thing is, why being mad at Dippy? (this is sooo not the mating issue) XD But before she died, they were like best friends, always running here and there, battling (I was about to say fighting, but that doesn't sound right), never failed to make me and the rest of my family smile :)

Then after a few months, than we know, "it's a BOY!" and no wonder for that sudden distance between us and him *kucing jantan kan sombong* but that doesn't last long, he became tamer after Dippy died.

[bila terlepas pandang X3] @ Bandar Tasik Selatan

Now here I am, doing my first Degree in Sarawak and before this, my Foundation program in Puncak Alam for a year. Somehow we were distanced. Haven't had the chance to spend a lot of time with him. After my Foundation, while trying to get along with him almost 3 months, I got a job, so I'm staying at my grandma's while he's staying with the family at BTS. And before entering UNIMAS, got a whole week to be with him :)

But that is when my heart breaks. To see him collecting scars and countless wounds. I often visited our home to check on the family, and what would i be for not visiting him as well :) But every visit, all the wounds increases and getting worst, he's been into a lot of fight. And we got running around dogs in Rawang (just moved there).

To hear him brought to the clinic twice while I am here in Sarawak, which forced him to be caged and not letting him out as a precaution, how does that make you feel? He needed surgery to one of his legs. My heart dropped.

You're here, knowing nothing what is happening there.

And now to know that Shiro died 3 days after Aidiladha?

What do you expect for me to respond?

Suddenly, a flash where teachers and lecturers kept saying this,

"no such things as leave when your cat died", that hit me hard.

I never thought I'm feeling all this.

Despair, frustration, shocked, ultimate sadness.

Some would say it's just a cat. Well not me.

What's worst, is the way he was found. My little brother said it was my dad who found him. Abah was already like a father to Shiro. Even mom said so :)

Abah have been the one taking care of him ever since I got busy with studies.

And I wonder, what did Abah felt? Was it the same like I do?

Everything happen while I'm not around, I lost 2 valuable things while it is not in my possession. But why it has to be Shiro now? -I'm out of words-

"To my dearest Shiro, I'm sorry for not being there."

love,

it has been 4 weeks

Good Morning :)

May you have a pleasant day ahead :)

From the day i stepped out of the plane, here in Sarawak, it has been 4 weeks now.

Not much of an improvement in my sleeping habit :p

*i meant on the time i wake up from my sleep*.

Since the time here is a bit different from Semenanjung, i do have my hard time to wake up at the earliest hour.

In Semenanjung for me to wake up at 6 is already like a miracle

*i mean, THAT EARLY?!*,

but here in Sarawak, you'll be seeing the sun from 6.30AM!

*a bit exaggerating, isn't it*

Everything seems different here and you can say that i'm still adjusting, trying to adapt to the lifestyle which does makes me look like i'm living overseas *not in the context of i'm studying in Malaysia, across the Laut China Selatan*.

I did not put myself in a place where i cling with soo many friends just like during my schooling years where i have gangs or besties. I tried to be neutral in anything, not too close, not too 'sombong'.

Like a very good friend of mine once said, i'm changing into the new me, which i thought very involuntary since i don't think i'm changing, at all. Even i don't plan it this way *pelan retiss gagal bermula* xp

Throughout all my life here, i spent half of it by myself, wandering here and there to find food and stuffs, finding place to get online since everything have been technologized (don't use in essays!), and also trying to keep updating about any event here in UNIMAS including classes and so through text with course-mates which alhamdulillah, are great people around me :)

If it was me in secondary school, i would have been dragging Syahir or Syafiq (my best-est buddies!) or maybe both whenever i go *and vise versa, sometimes i was dragged around by them* :p

SINI SUSAH CARI MAKANAN!

AKU SELALU ...

JADI BILA DAPAT PELUANG MAKAN ...

hhehe that's all for now :p

the power of FAITH :)

Assalamualaikum w.b.t. and good evening!

Classes have started and I had my Modern Economics this morning *or is it in noon?* so we entered our syllabus already since it was our 3rd meeting. 
Bluntly, i tend to fall asleep. There is no such thing as not enough sleep though since that reason, is nonsense! With nothing to do *i mean tutorials and assignments* at the moment how come not enough sleep is the reason?

And so a person said to me, "hoi, itu terlebih tidoe laa!" , since I told her from when until when I went to sleep. Truthfully, it is. I think I have overslept since I took 6 hours of sleep *which is supposedly less than 5 hours, thanks to me for being sooooo stubborn to wake up early* XD

And then I remembered something during the sleepy state,

breath in and out!

Simple and easy, so I want to share you this tip to avoid sleepiness in class.

Whenever you felt sleepy in class, you tend to do some simple exercise like moving your foot, stretching, waving hands or even taking off your shoes *i did that*, but basically that doesn't work that much :(

Do you know that when you felt sleepy, actually there is something wrong with the oxygen flow in your body. Therefore in school most teachers would suggest you some methods to help this circulation. The one that I suddenly remembered was the breathing method.

#1

You sit up straight, find you comfort position and stay still.

#2

Relax, enjoy the seating for a bit.

#3

Take a deep breath by using your nose, gently please, don't do it horribly.

#4

Then breath out through your mouth, not with "HAH!" sound, then again, calmly..

#5

Repeat step 3 and 4 when necessary

*uke bajet lab report jea aku nieh*

There you have it, simple without aggressive, violent hand gestures to wake you up for the whole 2 hours lectures *i manage to feel fresh fully when i saw the clock, half an hour before the lecture ends*

Please take note, at any cause, at any condition, basically everything will come back to our own beliefs. We can try all sorts of methods but if we don't have the heart to believe, then no point at all for you doing it. Your brain controls everything, if you resist, then it won't work. Have a little faith, that's the power of your mind :) arasso?

Still sleepy?

Give it a try :)

Saudara Baru :)

Salam sejahtera buat semua pembaca *bajet retiss*

Rasanya masih belum terlambat utk saya ucapkan

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin!

dan

Tajuk saya mudah, dengan sekali baca rasanya dah dapat bayangkan blog post ini berupa apa. Tapi jangan risau, tidak timbul sebarang racism disini, cuma saya ingin mengetengahkan suatu kejadian yg sgt baru & saya rasa wajar utk dikongsi sbg pengajaran kpd semua lapisan masyarakat terutama sekali utk saudara se-Islam saya :)

Baru beberapa hari lepas saya menaiki bas utk pulang drpd UiTM Shah Alam atas sebab urusan penting bagi melanjutkan pelajaran di peringkat ijazah kelak. Saya menaiki bas berkenaan serentak dgn seorang lelaki yg dipercayai berbangsa India. Sepanjang perjalanan saya duduk berhampiran dgn beliau tetapi tidak bersebelahan, maka hampir kesemua perbualan beliau dgn kawan disebelah beliau dpt didengari.

Isi perbualan tak dpt nak saya nyatakan disini kerana takut tersilap dgr dan kesahihan cerita pula bukanlah dlm pengetahuan saya, tapi apa yg dpt saya simpulkan, beliau merupakan seorang saudara baru dan telah melalui peristiwa penindasan yg mana sgt menyedihkan. Sudah terang lagi bersuluh terdapat kebebasan beragama di negara tanah tumpah darah kita ini, Malaysia, jadi bagaimanakah boleh timbul isu ini dlm pada negara kita sudah merdeka selama 55 tahun? Merdekakah saudara baru kita ini?

Kalau di negara lain terdapat penghapusan terhadap sesuatu bangsa/kaum, kenapa perlu negara ini mengorak langkah yg sama seolah-olah sifat perikemanusiaan itu adalah satu pilihan?

Ayuh kita renungkan..

29 Ogos 2012

Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan al-Mubarak :)

Salam 1 Ramadhan and a very good morning! 

Dah sahur? Kalau belum, *nak suruh pergi makan pon bukannya boleh kan?*

hmmm, esok jangan lupa sahur! that's the best i can say

Dalam bulan puasa nie, macam-macam dugaan.

Mungkin akan ada yang  (faktor cuaca kan).

Maka mulalah adegan TERminum ,

sakit perut ,

lapar sangat ,

dan *satu jam sebelum berbuka* .

Sebab itu kena banyak bersabar dalam bulan puasa, Ramadhan memang mengajar umat Islam untuk bersabar. Puasa ialah menahan diri daripada makan dan minum serta perkara yang membatalkan puasa *ayat skema yang tak tau betul tak*.

Kan mengajar erti sabar tue?

Maka, dalam bulan puasa nie jugak kenalah banyak tahan :)

• Tahan 
• Jaga pandangan masing-masing 
• Tahan nafsu makan tue 
• Tahan diri daripada   (tapi kadang-kadang tue ada  jea  yang selamba badak buat, ) 
• Owh, lupa nak pesan yang nie. Kurangkan mengumpat  (nak kata jangan pon, bulan lain pon tak boleh mengumpat, buat gakk)

Jadi, perbanyakkanlah amalan di bulan puasa nie, tak ada laa pikir sangat nak makan kalau macam tue. Buat aktiviti sikit, bagi tak bosan. aku kerja Ok?

Selamat menjalani ibadah puasa di bulan Ramadhan ini.