Adakah kita berbangga dengan bahasa ibunda kita

Kawan2,

Selalunya saya menulis dengan menggunakan bahasa Inggeris sehingga saya agak kekok untuk menaip dalam bahasa Melayu...(masih lagi kekok ketika menulis artikel ini)....adakah kita berbangga dengan bahasa ibunda kita.

Setiap kali saya ke luar negara, terutama negara2 yang tidak menggunakan inggeris sebagai bahasa perantaraan....saya menghadapi kesukaran untuk berkomunikasi dan saya akan menyalahkan rakyat negara tersebut kenapa tak mahu belajar bahasa inggeris...kan senang nak melayan pelancong macam saya...

tapi dari satu sudut lain, saya kagum dengan keyakinan mereka yang sangat berbangga menggunakan bahasa ibunda mereka sendiri. Dan sikap mereka ini membuatkan saya malu pada diri sendiri yang kadang kala terlupa menggunakan bahasa ibunda saya. Secara logiknya, kalau anda datang ke tempat saya, anda perlu menggunakan bahasa saya untuk berkomunikasi. dan begitu jugak sebaliknya..

Pengalaman saya di France, Jepun dan German, semasa saya sibuk menggunakkan inggeris untuk mencari arah atau bertanya harga barangan,mereka buat tak tahu je sehingga saya menggunakkan bahasa melayu dan terus diorang respon dan diorang tanya, Do u speak english? barulah diorang layan saya sebab diorang sedar saya memang tak tahu bahasa mereka.

Semasa di Filipina, pemandu teksi memarahi saya dan rakan2 kerana bercakap inggeris dengan nya...Dia kata, kami orang muda berlagak , tak nak guna tagalog, sibuk guna Inggeris....selepas saya terangkan yang kami semua orang malaysia, baru dia ok ... kejadian yang sama berlaku di Bangkok..(nak buat cemana, profile saya sama je dgn orang thai dan filipine)..

Di sini, Kuala Lumpur , kebanyakan restoran di pusat2 membeli belah atau hotel2 mengambil orang luar bekerja sebagai pelayan. Pelayan2 ni tak tahu pun berbahasa melayu. nak minta menu dalam bahasa melayu pun tak faham dan mereka bekerja di Malaysia. Kalau kita bekerja di France contohnya dan menjadi pelayan..sah2 lah kena belajar bahasa france...sedangkan pergi Indonesia pun kita dah terikut2 bahasa sana...

tapi kat sini, kita ok je dengan pekerja2 luar yang tak tahu langsung berbahasa melayu. Kita masih layan mereka ini dalam inggeris..

KITA SEBENARNYA BERBANGGA YANG KITA FASIH BERBAHASA INGGERIS TAPI TIDAK SEDIKIT PUN RASA MALU SEKIRANYA BAHASA MELAYU KITA TONGGANG LANGGANG...DAN KITA MASIH MENGAKU KITA RAKYAT MALAYSIA YANG BAHASA MELAYU ADALAH BAHASA RASMI???

Tidak mustahil generasi akan datang terus lupa berbahasa Melayu dan hanya berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggeris...

FIKIR2 KAN LAH....PERINGATAN UNTUK SAYA DAN ANDA SEMUA...

What happen recently...

1. Saturday...raya open house started. 2 houses to cover in a day and1 to be cover at night. Only Malaysian (if I'm not mistaken) have this culture. Only in Malaysia too we have Pasar/Bazar Ramadhan. The first house was my ex-colleague, 1st time ever had raya open house. We arrive very early(first guest in fact) ,well I am punctual..We left when most of my ex-colleague starting to show up..Sometimes whenever it become an ex-....better not to interact anymore.. ;-)
2nd house was my ex-schoolmate (primary school). This is fun but I have to wait for an hour for other friends to arrive due to bad traffic everwhere in KL on saturday..to make it worse, its raya season.
3rd house...my long lost best friend.. her house is in my neighbourhood. 3 min driving. Me and her living at the same neighbourhood for almost 2 1/2 years but never bum to each other. How I found her...YESSSS..FB. We talk and talk and talk and talk from 8pm till...2am in the morning. The last time I met her was during her wedding and now she got 3 kids (eldest 6yrs old).... plus minus I havent meet her almost 7 years. Now, as I found her..We promise to keep in touch as long as we can...Insyaallah.. next plan to bring her and kids to have a garden picnic and play kites on one of those weekend..(since her hubby working abroad)

2. On a very peace Sunday afternoon, I witnessed A french man reverting to Islam. I attended the ceremony incidently. During the event, strange but wonderful feeling run through my vain. My heart beeping hard, I feel sad at the same time almost drop a tears. It mades my faith stronger and reminding myself I am also still green in my own religion. This guy comes alone without his friends and family but go home with strong faith of Allah, Muslim friends and family.

3. My bro lepak my house so frequent recently since he started his job at Bandar Utama...Its near to go to my office from ur house,he said..but I know the main reason he stay in my house is because I cooked for dinner and his water supply being cut off (forgot to pay bills. this is what happen if you so used to have PA to run an errands). We both love home cooking. If we want to have meal outside we prefer something different like sushi, dimsum, western food, pasta...something that I am not good to cook...;-D

We had a chat while watching TV and I flip through GLAM magazine he brought back from his office when suddenly my eyes catch a designer handbag that I really love...I said out loud " this is the handbag I am looking for,this design.." And my lovely bro take a look.."u have such a very high taste, do u know how much is that?" I was just smile....He continued "Its Birkin Hermes,not simply a handbag..Dato' Siti have 3, Fazura have 1..maybe permaisuri Agong and other kerabat Raja..let alone Victoria Beckham and other Hollywood celebs...the cheapest is RM50k...and 5 years waiting list in Malaysia....HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA...in US, waiting list is 1 year-2 years,cost USD10k and above...So, I decided to have a wanna be Birkin only which cost me thousands as well.. ;-) Havent got yet...insyaallah.

I havent realise I am into expensive handbag but I do notice my handbag collection are luxury. Yes, I only have 4 handbags but all are designer brand. Why is it very rare I buy handbag..Because I only interested in design which cost me thousands..and I have not realise it untill the day I fall in love with Birkin...*sigh*..and yet I am simple and fun living creature but can be very deatil n particular on certain things.

Puisiku II

Kasih dan SaYang.....LoVe and Cinta

Kasih dan Sayang

Elemen kehidupan yang sangat penting

Tapi sering diabaikan

Kekeliruan sering berlaku apabila

kasih pada keluarga di bentuk dengan keganasan rumah tangga

Penderaan kanak-kanak

Pengabaian ibu bapa.

Love dan Cinta

Sering DiUcap tatkala ikatan

Belum disimpul

Sering Dilupa tatkala ikatan

sudah kukuh Kerana

Memiliki tidak perlu di lindungi..

Menanam tidak perlu dibaja....adakah begitu

Limpahkan kasih setulusnya

Kepada yang bergelar insan

Tua,muda,saudara dan seteru

Luahkan sayang setiap masa

Kerana masa yang mendatang

Belum tentu kita sempat merasa

Rasa cinta hanya untuk Yang Esa

Kerana hanya Dia bersama kita

Di kala susah dan senang

Derita dan Bahagia

Gundah dan Gembira

Semai lah rasa kasih dan sayang

Agar rasa cinta akan terus berkekalan

Puisiku I

Tiba - tiba terasa nak tulis puisi..heheheh..bear with me ya...i know its broken Puisi..tapi teringin nak tulis jugak... :-D

Sepi

Sepi
Sering datang menerpa
Di saat aku sendirian
Mengenang kisah silam yang menggamit masa depan

Sunyi
Menyelubungi diri
Tatkala hari melabuhkan tirai senja
Di waktu dinihari mula menyerlahkan fajarnya

Namun
Semua itu hanya menjelma
Di kala aku dibelenggu keresahan
Gelisah mengungguli diri
Yang tiada berpenghujung

Mujur ada teman
Masih setia menanti
Masih setia disisi
Menemani dan menyayangi diri ini......

The Greatest Lost.....our Storyteller..Late Yasmin Ahmad

Not too late to extent my deep condolence to Yasmin Ahmad family. I'm nobody to her. But she is something to me. I feels connected via her movie,her work,her pieces. She had left so many precious masterpieces to Malaysian. I'm so inspired,so moved,so touch by her movie.

I started knows her work piece from Film Rabun. The first time I watch it, i knew she is one of a kind. After that I became her follower...I keep waiting whats next. Keep reading her blog which now, No More. Sepet,Gubra,Mukhsin,Muallaf(havent watch this yet and sooooo dissapointed of our Lembaga Penapisan),Talentime.......I watch it all and I love it all. I always want to be the first to watch her movie.

She is sincere,honest,brave enough to voice out her opinion and all of that being portrayed in her movie. She deliver the fact of life, teach u how to appreciate yourself and others surrounds you,live a life to the fullest without being judgemental, without follow what is norm but follow what is fact because....norm does not always right...and norm does not always the fact. If you want ONE MALAYSIA, she already set it and deliver it. iTs either you realised it or not.

HOwever..like people always said, True might hurt, true might makes us feel uncomfortable..She's been said invited controversy from her film,and yet she's been recognised abroad. I am not surprise if her movie being Recognised locally after this because She Is GONE..the Norm in our country,oNce u gone, then we recogniselah. And give her all those title...forget it..

I will definitely missing her Iklan Hari Raya...Her iklan kemerdekaan...Her brilliant movie....and the moment me and my friends seat down, having tea discussing about the her movie everytime we come back from watching it..

May Allah Bless you Yasmin.....Semoga Anda di tempat kan bersama orang2 yg di kasihi Allah...Al-Fatihah....

I wonder who can continue her legacy.......

SushiGroove is Now TokYo G

Yeah..sushigroove is now Tokyo G..same menu,in fact have additional but still nice...still love it. Just change the name. I went there for 3rd time (will be more)nad had different menu this time. Let me post the photo..its a bit shaky cos I'm soooo hungry while taking this picture..

Below is AVATAR ROLL...consists of tuna,salmon,unagi,telur ikan(dont know what its call)

Above is SMOKE SALMON ROLL.....this is the best so far....highly recommended

BABY DRAGON ROLL..ada udang..

SALMON SKIN ROLL..sedap jugak

ZIGGY ROLL..ada cili padi...very asean

Eneryone who has not try it....u should. The service is slow ...(yes,like waiting forever) but once u receive ur order, it keeps going. While waiting ur order its best to have A bowl of kind of nuts..I dont remember the name. It will occupy ur waiting time..

Its just a job,not a career...

Hi frens...blogger...whoever...

Most of the times, when I get too tense with my job..I started dreaming of new job. Why is that? I think because I look at it as a job.....not my career. At the age of almost 32, I have not get my dream job/career that I proud of. I only go to work everyday...get it done and go home...I'm tired but I'm working and I'm still not satisfied.

I used to think maybe if I earn more money, bigger paycheque I will be happy. But its not. I had that moment where I got BIG paycheque but end of every month I'm still not happy not because less money but less time for myself.

How many of us lucky enough to have her/his job as a career for them to go on and on and on....To me, as long as I look at my job only as a job.....there is no room for me to feel satisfied and to look at what I am doing now as a career..this is not what I wanted.

When I was a little girl..I always dream of being young boss...going to the office wt briefcase...wear a suit....then when I was teenager, being so close to my dad, my ambition changed......I want to be an engineer (my dad was a technician, technical guy who doesnt know how to express love but he's very sensitive and cool in his own way).

My dad wants me to be an accountant ( i dont know where he got the idea)....luckily I'm not a good girl obey to all what parents say....I choose engineering...and here I am.

I am happy of what I have now but I am not satisfied because this is only a JOB not A CAREER...