BAWO NI

I remember Puisan trying to teach me Mandarin and giving up rather quickly. She said I didn't speak Mandarin; I squeaked it. Fine, so I don't have a deep voice, sue me. As long as I can remember I've never been particularly good with languages. I took up some Japanese classes a few years back and hell, of course I've forgotten most of the stuffs. All the curse and bad words you're interested in, never to be learnt from classes but always the internet anyway. I can't even recall 1-10 in French which Isya struggled to teach me.

And you can forget about German.

And then there's someone like Michael who's been picking up Malay very quickly. He went from apa khabar to umur saya 23 tahun in just a few days and he didn't even have to write them down. It drives me up the wall a bit. In turn, he tried to teach me Yoruba but I gave up after good morning, how are you, I'm in good health and thank you. I figured I could probably mime the rest.

I think it's a shame not having the ability to quickly pick up another language. I try to compensate by learning about other cultures but it's just not the same.

It's very nice dropping a few Malay words here and there and refusing to explain them to my boyfriend so he has to google them. This is how I fight back.

CHEAT

The other day we were watching R. Kelly's hip-hopera or something like that called 'Trapped in the Closet'. Yea, I'm a bit slow. Apparently this thing has been going on for quite some years. Anyway we got to Chapter 12 or 13 thereabout (that thing gets old very quickly) and then my friend and I started talking about cheating on gf/bf. Him being more of a decent person than I am said he wouldn't do it because it's stupid and he wouldn't risk what he has with his gf.

Well, kalau tak adventurous tu, cakap je la. Okay fine, I completely agree anyway. But it can be quite a challenge and let's face it, you've got to have balls to cheat on someone. Either that or you're just a complete bitch.

From there, we got to this episode of South Park where they take the mickey out of Scientology and Tom Cruise ("Mom! Tom Cruise won't come out of my closet!").

OMG, I can't wait for the new term to start. Between these and the Jeremy Kyle Show, I'm driving myself up the wall. Fourth year!! Come on, it's not like summer is going to come back anyway. But oh I've finished The Catcher in the Rye. Ha, if you think I'm bitching, read the fucking book. I actually went online and read the SparkNotes for this novel. How nerdy is that? I remember all those years in Langkawi and Banting unwillingly interpreting novels. Wait, I can block this out..

So yea, I kinda like the novel although it annoys me that Holden Caulfield is just a boy who doesn't want to grow up. But did you know that John Lennon's murderer was obsessed with this novel? Hmm.

YET AGAIN

A long time ago, I ordered a set of dvds for my sister; for the very first time not through amazon or play.com. I figured if the site is a dot co dot uk, it shouldn't be too bad. A few days later, I was direct debited but the dvds never did arrive; I haven't the slightest idea what had happened to them. So I did what everyone in my place would do; I wrote an angry email to whoever in charge of the site.

Okay, maybe not what EVERYONE in my place would do.

The angry email was only short of the mf word, but it sounded pissed off enough to me. I think it wasn't too bad for a girl who doesn't know much curse words (heh). Naturally, there was no response from the site for 5 days. Assholes. So I sent another email; this one started with a Dear Sir slash Madam and ended with the most polite Thank You and Sincerely, my name. The very next day, I was promised to be refunded within 72 hours.

There's something I can learn from this, but I'm just refusing to.

If you can't get angry with a person you've never met and probably never will especially when you're living in a big city, I mean what's happening to the world? Give me a break.

Or it's just too early in the morning and I'm cranky.

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I finally finished reading The House of God by Samuel Shem, the supposedly Catch-22 with stethoscopes which apparently every medical student should read. I'd say err yea, give it a go. It's an amusing read but I didn't get much out of it.

Usually I spend my summer rereading all my favourite books (yes, I'm geeky) but since I'm here and they're all back with my family at home; sitting idly on the shelves gathering dust and turning yellow, I have to go out and buy new ones. Any chance to throw away some money, put it on my to-do list will ya. But don't you love the smell of a brand new paperback and the smooth feel of the yet unwrinkled covers? (yes I'm not helping the geekiness)

Imagine being nerdy is the way to fit in in high school instead of being cool. Just imagine.

See nothing comes to mind. It's just inconceivable. However it won't help the suicide rate, and the shootouts will be carried out by the same kind of people anyway.

THREE

1. A boy.

2. A button mushroom.

3. A lesbian.

Ouch.