حاول أن إستعمل العربية مرحبا. أنا من مالزيا. أدر في الجامعة مالزيا الترنجانو. أحب العيش هنا.إلا احيانا أحزن بالشيء و أريد أن أرجع الى قريتي. أحب قريتي جدا. هي في مالزيا وهناك موجود النهار لأسبح. حاليا, أدرس اللغة الربية و أحاول أن أستعمل اللغة العربية في الأحادث. فأذ كنت راغب لتعليم نفسي, ف أحلا بك. شكرا لأنك قرأت هذا دفتر. وأذا أنت تصحيح عن هذا دفتر, فأتمنى أن باركالله لك. :-)

Rat Race. I believe everyone has heard of the term 'Rat Race'. Nowadays all we do is participating in the rat race, whether we realize it or not. I would like to describe myself as a free soul, who has their own insight of life, who already has a plan for their life in mind. It's not like I'm trying to be an outcast in the society, it's just that I don't fancy most of the things that the society fancy. I have my own presumption on the definition of 'beauty', 'happiness', 'wealth', 'nice' and so on, therefore I don't want to be affected by other people's definition of such things. I love to listen to other people's insight, even though they would somehow be different from me, as I believe that everyone's life differs from the others. I don't have trouble respecting other people's opinion even though I am disagree. I decided that I won't be participating in the rat race, just because I don't pursue things that other people do. So why would I get in their way by participating in the rat race, when I don't even have the will to? That's my personal opinion about the rat race. I hope I would successfully pursue my dreams and be among the people that manage or organize the rat race, rather than participating in it. I wish you all the best for your dreams too.

Take the Risks or Play It Safe?

Most of us know, how important it is for us to be able to take over risks. However, after all the thinking, every risk-taking acts and behavior always get us back to playing it safe, don't you think?

 

As when I thought I was challenging myself and pushing myself out of the comfort zone, by doing challenging things but then suddenly realized that I'm trying to save myself from being as normal as others. I'm not so sure if myself is really different from the others (peers especially), or I was just acting to be different, eventhough honestly I do feel different. 

 

Am I just trying to save myself from being ordinary because the real world needs extraordinary people? If I am, wasn't that a situation where I am trying to play it safe?

 

So... how do you differentiate 'taking the risks' from 'playing it safe'?

5 Days Eidul Adha Trip in Kelantan. (1) Assalam (Muslims) and hello (Non-Muslims)! My mid-semester break started yesterday. I was planning on visiting my friend in Kelantan, which means I won't be going home (Perak) during the (coinsidently also) Eidul Adha break. Currently I'm Terengganu, nearer to Kelantan (3hours) compared to Perak (10hours). That's quite a reason for me to not-heading-back to Perak. Plus, I was wondering how do they celebrate Eidul Adha in Kelantan? Some of my friends told me that Eidul Adha celebration is merrier than Eidul Fitri in Kelantan, while in other states (including my hometown in Perak) the Eidul Fitri is merrier than Eidul Adha. Therefore I decided to go to Kelantan and visit my friend who was my coursemate in UiTM. It's gonna be more like a homestay trip, as I would stay at her home and live temporarily with her family. The trip begins yesterday, and I was sent to Kelantan by my roommate's father. It took almost four hours, and I reached Kelantan at 6 pm. My Kelantanese friend who I called Nik, picked me up at Kota Bharu. She brought me to a restaurant to buy dinner and we got back by 7 pm. Initially, she wanted to take me to a mosque on the night but we were already late. So all we do was telling stories of what we were up to, these few months. Well, we haven't seen each other for almost a year. It is quite a long time for us, who had been living with each other since the last 3 years. We chat and watched 'The Ring' on the television together, and go to sleep around 12 am. That was because we have some plans for tomorrow, which requires us to wake up early. That's the end of my first day during the trip. There's nothing much, it was just like two friends who haven't seen each other for months gathered. All the things we talked about was the things only we know, and not necessarily be posted here in Italki (huh huh). Anyway, please feel free to correct my entry. Thank you!

It's my first day working! Today I'll be working at a new place. I went for an interview yesterday and was asked to start working today. It's quite shocking for me, but have to go through the challenge. WORK. It's not gonna be a bed of roses, I know. I just hope it won't be the worst. All the best for me (English). Jia You (Mandarin). Bittaufiq wannajah (Arabic). Ganbatte (Japanese). Thailand, mai ru krap :-(

That's nice, I'll be looking forward to it... :-) How do I say this in your native language? 'you' here means every one of you, who read this. Please feel free to let me know... I'd be so glad if I could tell someone how grateful I am, during my sudden travel. Thank you, everyone!

I'm looking for new friends! As I know, friends are pang yao (mandarin), saddiq (arabic), kawan (malay). These are, by my limited knowledge. So, how do we say "Let's be friend..." or "I wanna be your friend...", in your native language? Any language you're familiar of.