mobile? mobel?

I heard Ryan Secreast saying '[moʊbəl] app' on the radio. It took me a few minutes to figure out what he meant. 

It's actually [mɛʊbaɪl] (mobile)! HAHA.

P/S: I googled the phonetic symbols.Google solves people's problems. 

F is for ...

I heard this in one of Glee's episodes.

"F is for fame and fenomenal (note: it is supposed to be phenomenal)."

She is, of course, phonetically correct because 'ph' is prounced as /f/.

If I was not concentrating, I would think that it is correct. But, the character saying this line is supposed to act like a bimbo.

I think the show sends out the wrong message to someone who can barely spell (like me).

We live in men's world.

I am currently doing assignments for Language and Gender course. We were asked to find any sources that can be discussed in our journal. So, I was looking at Glamour magazine to see if there's anything related to the course. In one edition, I found four articles. Great!

I didn't know gender stereotypes occur in women's magazines as well. I thought women's magazines are supposed to have a feminist point of view. Don't get me wrong, there are some feminist views. But then, there are contradictions to their statements.

"You will be die!"

My six year-old niece was playing video game with my brother and their characters were fighting. In the middle of the game, my niece shouted to my brother confidently, "You will be die! You will be die!"

I was laughing so hard that I had to wake my sister up and tell her the story. I should not have laughed because this might embarrassed and hinder her from speaking English in the future. 

But, the way she said it was really funny that I just had to laugh. I'm mean like that.

Errrr..

I was sick last Thursday and I told my friend that I needed to go home. We live in hostel and most of the time, we tell each other where we're going so that the others would not be worried.

As I was about to leave, my friend said, "Drive safe."

I went blank, smiled and walked away. I thought of saying thank you but then, it would not be appropriate. 

Then, I realised that giving replies is awkward for me because I don't know what to say. People say thank you, I smile. People ask, "one?" I nod.

I think it's because it will take too long before I can find an appropriate answer/ reply so I just don't bother.

What do you call your mother?

I was watching Keeping Up With Kardashians this evening. I've watched the show many times but nothing is good on TV these days. 

There was a scene where Kris Jenner (the mother to the Kardashian clan) was calling Khloe Kardashian (one of the Kardashian sisters) and Khloe said, "oh, it's the Satan calling." 

She called her mother Satan! She's probably being funny. But, sorry I don't find that funny.

I am 110% sure that there are more than enough nouns and adjectives in the dictionaries to describe her mother nicely. 

I also find it weird that sometimes orang putih call their parents/ step-parents/ in-laws by their first name. Or is it just on TV? Someone please explain.

It's not as easy as ABC

I don't know what to do after UBD. Well, I know I need get job as soon as the exams end because I cannot depend on my parents anymore and I have a holiday trip with my friends in July. My parents have given me more than enough financial support.

From the start of my undergraduate year in 2008, I have known that pursuing Masters is the right thing to do because I am the type of person who does things halfway. If I get a job first, then the idea of pursuing Masters is definitely out of the window.  

I talked to my mum & she seems fine with the idea. However, my dad retired from his job last year and everyone knows that money does not grow from trees. 

We have a family business though and maybe I'll just sit around in my parents' shop and greet customers. Just maybe.

Sometimes I wish life decisions can be determined by just flipping a coin. Head: 'pursue Masters'. Tail: 'get a job soon'.

I wish.