Friday, June 27, 2008

• Saya anak Malaysia

  I'm just trying to see if I can still write in Malay.
  
  Masa berlalu dengan cepat sekali. Saya sudah balik ke Ipoh selama dua minggu dan akan kembali ke Boston beberapa hari lagi.  Dalam masa cuti ini, saya telah banyak mencuba makanan tempatan seperti char kwey teow, nasi ayam, dan laksa.  Semuanya enak sekali!  Saya juga mengujungi Singapura selama dua hari - masa terlalu singkat.  Tetapi saya tetap dapat menikmati karaoke bersama kawan-kawan.  Pada masa lapang, saya membantu emak mengemaskan rumah dan membelajari bahasa Jepun.  Semoga saya akan melawati Jepun lagi kerana kawan-kawan di sana sudah berkali-kali memanggil saya supaya menjenguk mereka.
  
  Pfft, my Malay is so bad now, I haven't spoken a word of it in 10 years.  This is probably the standard of a third grader. Maybe fourth. -_-" Wait, if I've learned it for 12 years and not use it for 10 years, I'd probably be left with the level of a second year learner, right?  And to think that's supposed to be my first language*.  Dang, I shall not embarrass myself further.  
  
  *I don't actually have a concept of a first language when people ask.  I started speaking Cantonese at home when I first learned how to speak.  I was then enrolled in a Chinese primary school  where everything was taught in Chinese for six years.  The next five years were spent in a national type secondary school, so Malay was the language of instruction.  I learned Biologi, Fizik, Kimia and Matematik. When I moved to Singapore for junior college and college, everything was taught in English.  So what's my first language?  Cantonese?  It's not technically a language - it's just a dialect. So I don't know.
  

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