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. 

Trolley vs Shopping Cart

A friend of mine was in Florida, USA, last summer. She and her husband wanted to go to Orlando Premium Outlet to get cheap designer goods. So, being foreigners, the wisest thing is to ask the locals. 

They asked a local how to get there and he said, "You should get a trolley."

They were like, "TROLLEY?! What do you mean?" My friend asked the local 'what do you mean?' repeatedly because she wasn't sure she had heard the right thing. 

It turned out that this is trolley. 

In Brunei, this is trolley. Or Tru-li as Bruneians say it.

I am pretty sure that they thought that they would be carried around like this. Haha.

p/s: this post makes me think about my AE. nyeh.

This is a filler post.

To be honest, this post is just to fulfill the 'blog-twice-a-week' mission because Chinese New Year is on Monday (or Sunday)! I know I won't have the time to write a post after tomorrow.

I want angpow. 

 

I have been so immersed with assignments and watching TV series that I forgot CNY is coming soon.

On the other hand, I still have not decided between Phonology and Bilingualism. Being indecisive is my thing. I change my mind in split second which annoys my siblings very much.  

This week, I learnt that lady's finger is also called ...

OKRA!

I got it while watching Everyday Exotic. I should stop watching TV and read more tabloids/ magazines academic books.


Happy Chinese New Year everybody! 

We accommodate =)

The above scene is from an American TV show, Modern Family. 

I find what Gloria (the woman in pink) said about Americans not making an effort to learn other people's language is the complete opposite of Bruneians. 

There is no such thing as bad English. I think.

I went to the UK last December for my sister's graduation. I was trying on some clothes in the fitting room and the clothes did not suit me. Before going out from the fitting room, my sister said, "If she (the person waiting at the entrance of fitting rooms who collects the items that we don't want or need) asks if they're any good, say 'no good'." 

I laughed because 'no good' seems incomplete and what I would call as 'Bad English'. Moreover, the staff looks like an English person whom I believe can speak proper English.

I replied 'no good' to the staff's question anyway because the person before me said the same thing.

It seems that bad English does not exist as long as the other party understands you. 

Uni kampung

I am new to this. i read other people's blogs but have never intended to set up one for myself. 

Last Thursday (12.01), we had our first EL 4306 class at ICTC. There were questions whether the class will be held at the new ICTC or the old ICTC. We (at least, three of us) decided to go to the new building.

When my coursemate, Zyda, and I were waiting at the new place, we had a conversation, more or less like the one below:

Me: Lawa oh sini  (It's pretty here).

Zyda: Awu, macam uni banar (Yes, it looks like a real university).

Me: Campus tani macam uni kampung (Our campus looks like a village's university).

Hehe. I am still grateful, though =)