Aliff Avancemos

2011-03-19T19:25:00.000-07:00

Do people agree when I say that procrastination is an enemy? Hopefully they do. One more day left before school starts next week. I feel like time went by very fast as if the spring break just began yesterday. My plan to finish up physics report during the break did not go well as I hoped. Still, there are many parts to be done. However, alhamdullillah, I already finished the open ended section this morning.

Well, it wasn't that I did not put 'a lot of effort' to write the report ( or maybe it was :P), it just happened that the homework given was so hard to complete- I mean I have to spend most of the time thinking how to solve a question that I have to search information on internet and open the textbook to find the answer needed. I understand that this is the challenge that I must face as a student but somehow I am bogged down by this situation.

However, my mother has kept telling me that other people may have the same problems as mine or even worse, yet they could finish their work and accomplish their missions as they wished. Therefore, I cannot give up and lose my motivation because of this 'petty' difficulty.
Ya Allah, please bestow strengths and bless upon me so that I would not easily surrender to have my homework done before the dateline. Amin.

Yo creo que yo puedo hacerla!! Insya ALLAH, si se puede!!:) Que esperas? Vamos a hacer la tarea!

2011-03-16T11:05:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I posted my blog update in 2009. Now, it is already year 2011. Wow, it is unbelievable that I am almost 22 years old!! There are 2 more years to finish my studies in Arizona. Hopefully, I could get my geosciences bachelor with flying colors, Insya ALLAH and manage to get a job with Petronas.

Alhamdulillah, I woke up early this morning at 6.30 a.m. However, it is quite weird because I slept late last night at 2.oo a.m but still I could manage to get up early for subuh. Yesterday, even though I went to bed early at 11.45 p.m., I realized that I woke up late at 8.15 a.m. So, does this mean that I have to sleep late every night in order to wake up early in the morning?

What have I done during the Spring break 2011? On last Saturday, I went to Tucson Book Festival which is held annually in order to encourage Tucson community especially children and teenagers to have interest in reading books. To me, the festival was quite boring because most of the attractions were set up to appeal children and their parents to get involved in the activities provided.

I just bought a Spanish-English bilingual book because I wanted to improve my Spanish and to be able to write in Spanish better than before. Actually, I love books. I would have bought all the books sold at the festival if I had a lot of money. Nevertheless, I don't think I would have time to read all these books since I have more geology textbooks to read. Thank Allah at least I have interest in books.

Also, I have been to Student Recreation Center for three days since last Sunday for swimming. Swimming is one of my favorite sports. It is proven that this sport can help maintain our body in shape and increase our stamina and strength. Swimming is a sport that is encouraged by Islam besides archery and riding horse. I became in love with this sport since the first day I learned swimming basic techniques. Breast stroke is the most stroke I like because I don't easily feel tired when I swim using this technique.

Despite having been a student at the UA for 2 years, I have to admit that I've never finished exploring the rec center due to the fact that I just go there to play badminton. I knew where the swimming pool was, but the funny part was I could not find the way to get there. After I entered the rec center, I started searching for the way to get to the pool. I found a paper attached to the wall that stated: 'enter the swimming pool through men's locker room'. Finally, I could swim in the pool!! The water in the pool was perfect, clear and clean. The pool is designed with different depths ranging from shallow (3 ft) from one side to deep (9 ft I guess) in the other side. I hope to do more exercise at the pool more often since I already paid for it in the tuition fee.

I wish I could finish my physic report before the school starts. Alhamdulillah, I already started doing some of my homework. I will try my best to finish them! Amin..

2010-01-16T11:25:00.000-08:00

Last friday night, all of us, gathered for the first time in this year at Abg Hazrul's house to attend halaqah (usrah). Alhamdulillah, I felt very thankful because it was like I was coming back to my hometown in Malaysia. As usual, we prayed solat isyak together and discussed some controversial issues regarding Islam.

The main topic of our disscussion was about dogs and swine (pork). According to mazhab syafiee, if we touch a dog or a pig or other things that have to do with them, we need to clean the part of our body that we used to touch them with water mixed with soil and clean water. However, for other mazhabs, their scholars opined that the touched part just needs to be cleaned with clean water and soap. Only if the dog licked at place, let say a plate, then the plate must be washed using the soil water and clean water.

Also, the other isues disccused were the rulings of coloring hair and wedding in Islamic perspective. After that, together we read surah al fath verse 1-9 and its meaning. Before that, Kak Ezfa had cooked for us some food. We were served mee sup, cake and grape fruits. Wani Khaliza brought a dish they had prepared at Sahara Apartment. All of the food was yummy, mouthful and absolutely delicious. I was pretty full last night. Alhamdulillah.

Besides, they were planning to have a trip to California this summer. Most probably to LA, Universal Studion and Hollywood. I attentively listened to their conversation for I was not really familiar with those places. They seemed zealous and positive about the trip. I surmised that it would be done after all of us have finished with final exams. Nonetheless, perhaps I would not join this trip if I did not have sufficient budget. Furthermore, I am still thinking whether to go back to Malaysia at the end of the semester.

I miss my family very much. I am craving to eat malaysian food especially cooked by my grand mother. Yeah.. but many things must be taken into consideration such as money, flight ticket, my accomodation for fall term and problems that might appear due to my 'unresolved visa'.

Insya Allah, I will try my best to resolve all of these matters wisely, step bu step. There's a will, there's a way.

2010-01-14T12:04:00.000-08:00

I woke up early this morning at about 6.15 am and as usual I took a long shower in the bathroom- that is my habit everday for I dont know how to stop this.

My first class was comparative religion held at PAS building. I dont really like this class. The profesor, to me, talks very fast he is like mumbilng in front of other. Most of the time, I didn't get his jokes. It's kind of strange to me as the other students could undestand what he was saying. Furthermore, since this class is about religions, the profesor tends to interpret the knowledge based on his views. I still remember that he said that King Solomon was a killer. Absolutely, I oppose this opinion. I wish I had a chance to take another more interesting class.

My second class for the beginning of spring semester was indiv, which is about latin america. I felt lonely in this class though all the professors seemed attractive and eloquent in giving their lecture. Alhamdulillah, I suppose I will get to know more about south america by attending this class. Besides, this class does not requiere any textbook. That is one thing. However, it seems that I have to print out every lecture note posted on D2l, the same thing I did last year for Trad 101 eastern languages. I dont really like this part as Iwill be using lots of A4 papers printer inks. Insya ALLAH, I will try to find hispanic friends who are willing to speak spanish with me and the important thing is thatnb they are willing to be my friends.

Then, I went back to sahara Apartment and I took a nap for half an hour. Later on, I did solat zohor and I went to school again to buy notebooks. Since the price of western world religions is quite expensive, I borrowed a book from the library entitled world regions western traditions. Hopefully, this book would be helpful for me to acquire more information about world religions at the same time I would have more idea to write in my assignment. I regret that I had bought the textbook from amazon before knowing that Jenifer put the lowest-evr price for it which was 8 dollars!!!!!!! After thinking deeply, I decided to just wait the book from amazon even though the delivery would take about 8 days long!!!

Alhamdulillah as Allah had granted my prayers. Unexpectedly, I could chat with mi mujer amigo mexicano, Edgar rivera por la noche. I sent him the essay that I wrote about el viaje inovidable with him. And I suppose he's happy with it. At the same time, I had a chat with Nada. Lots of fun chatting with these two friends. Thank you Allah!

Spanish 201 winter session- I just finished it!!

2010-01-12T22:31:00.000-08:00

Alhamdulillah finalmente yo termine mi clase de espanol hoy!! Y mi profesora me dijo que saque una A para esta asignatura. Muchas gracias Allah!! Ojala que despues vaya a practicar espanol con otras personas. Quiero escribir los nombres de mis amigos que tomaron espanol 201 para semestre invierno 2009. Ellos son:

1) Jenifer- su casa se encuentra dentras de la oficina del consutados de Mexico
2) Elena- le gusta boxear. Tal vez quiesera ser una boxeadora. Tiene un grande novio.
3)Rachel- se caso con un hombre mexicoamericano. Parece joven aunque tiene dos hijos. Su espanol es bastante bueno.
4) Isabel- Hermana menor de Lorry
5) Lorry- Hermana de Isabel. Ella es buena y guapa. Siempre sentaba al lado de Danny, un puertoriqueno (puerto rican)
6)Danny- es de puerto Rico. Pienso que su lengua madre es espanol. Por supuesto el habla espanol muy rapido con nosotros. Me fascina porque para mi, es verdaduro bilingue. Habla ingles muy claro como un americano.
7) Sarah- sentaba al lado de mi en clase. Es buena y le ancanta espanol y quiere haberlo como su segunda lengua.
8)Brice James- una persona de Phoenix. El es vegetariano. Ironicamente, el fuma todos los dias. Que extrano! Es comico tambien y siempre hablaba conmigo en clase. El esta estudiando filosofia. Sabe muchas informaciones de historia del mundo.

Que fue mi profesora? Se llama Morbila fernandez. Es cubana. Se translado a EE. UU para ganar una vida mas buena que en Cuba. Vive en Tucson con su espose quien es un investigador de ciencias en la Universidad de Arizona. Ella es cantarina- le gusta cantar y tiene buen voz tambien. A ella, no le gusta deportes. Tiene un hijo que vive en Cuba. Para mi, ella es buena, simpatica, amigable y trabajadora. Ahora ella esta ocupada con su disertacion por PHD.

Sobre todo, yo echo de menos esta clase. no se porque' . Cualquier, deseo practicar y hablar este idioma. Insya ALLAH si se puede!!

Oh, my laptop is broken!!

2009-12-31T13:05:00.000-08:00

First of All, Alhamdulillah because i just finished my spanish test today and I think it was quite easy for me. However, this does not mean that I will get 100 points for the test. I hope that my mark would be more than 91 points in order to obtain an A for spanish course. Actually, I am having a problem that perhaps other people would think that it is a trivia. My laptop, acer, is broken and I just found out about this last two days when suddenly I could not turn on my laptop. Once I pressed the 'on' button, the computer immediately turned off itself.

Oh, What a weird thing!! Then, the next day, I tried to switch it on again. This time, I managed to have it turned on. The laptop could run as normal as it did before. Nonetheless, as I feared that it would turn off without giving any warning, so I decided to have it switched off, hoping that my laptop would be alright. It is like I was giving some time to my laptop to get a rest...huhuhu... So, I borrowed my friend's netbook (wani) to get my spanish homework done.

Unfortunately, it turned out that my laptop could not be turned on though I had pressed the 'on' button hardly.. and I did this many times. Moon, one of my chinese friends, told me the place at school that I should to get help for fixing my computer. I didn't know that MLK building exists at University of Arizona before. What a shame! Alhamdulillah, at least I already know about it right now. So, after I finished my spanish class, I went back to Sahara to take my laptop and bring it to MLk Building.

There, there was a man who checked my laptop. He said that there were two possibilities: First, my computer had a problem with the ram and the second its motherboard is damaged. At the moment, I was praying that everything would be Ok so that I could just get back home and use my computer as usual. As I already expected, its motherboard was damaged. The man, who wore an earring on his left ear, advised me to go to Acer center or factory or whatever related to Acer to get a replacement for the motherboard. I was like.. huh?? Where can I find the factory?? Do I still have the warranty?? The International warranty??!!! ..Oh, just forget it.. It seems that I have to get a new laptop right now.

The problem is that I don't have enough money to buy a new one. Tomorrow, which is friday, we (my friends and I) are going to Grand Canyon for a three-day trip. This means that I will be using money that probably costs about 200 dollars!!! I just did a survey with Arif's help. He gave me a link , tigerdirect.com, where cheap prices are offered for electronic stuff. Maybe for this time, I can only afford to buy a netbook and not a laptop (due to budget restriction). Let me see first, anyway. See how much money left in my account after coming back from the trip. Ya Allah, please help me to find a wise solution. Amin.

Belajar bahasa asing memang sangat baik tapi cintailah bahasa kita!

2009-11-12T20:58:00.000-08:00

Mari kawan2, mari dengar cerita tentang pengalaman yang kurasakan perlu diceritakan kepada semua sebagai satu nasihat dan pengajaran. Kenapa tiba2 aku menulis dalam bahasa ibundaku?? haha.. tak pelik kan?

Ya, bahasa asing amat penting untuk kita kuasai. Namun begitu, bahasa ibunda jangan kita lupakan walau di mana pun kita berada. Melalui bahasa ibundalah kita mengenal erti hidup,belajar tentang agama,menilai erti cinta, serta menjalinkan persahabatan sesama manusia. Aku sedar bahawa bahasa inggeris dan bahasa sepanyol (spanish) penting di negeri Arizona, USA. Lagipun, alhamdulillah, banyak teman rapatku terdiri daripada orang Hispanic yang aku akui tampan dan cantik belaka sebagaimana yang pernah aku lihat dalam episod telenovela yang satu ketika dahulu menjadi satu rancangan TV bersiri yang popular di Malaysia seperti Rosalinda dan La usurpadora.

Dalam keghairahanku mempelajari bahasa sepanyol yang sememangnya aku minati setelah menonton telenovela la usurpadora, satu kejadian telah berlaku dalam hidupku yang langsung mengubah persepsiku terhadap Bahasa Melayu atau Bahasa Malaysia. Seperti biasa, setiap hari setelah habis kelas kalkulus 1, aku akan berjalan pulang dengan kawanku dari Mexico, yang aku kira agak rapat denganku. Maklumlah, inilah peluang yang harus aku gunakan untuk aku mempertajam kemahiranku berbahasa Sepanyol. Alhamdulillah, kini aku lebih berani bertutur dalam bahasa ini walaupun kadang kala kesalahan tatabahasa aku lakukan- sekurang-kurangnya aku mencuba untuk mempertingkatkan keupayaanku berbahasa sepanyol.

Pada suatu petang, dia ingin berjumpa abangnya di bangunan engineering. Dalam masa yang sama, aku ingin menunjukkan gambar yang kawan aku ambil semasa malam perasmian Homecoming. Jadi, aku pun ikutlah kawanku ini untuk mencari abangnya di bangunan tersebut. Dia sibuk mencari abangnya dan aku pula sibuk menunjukkan gambar-gambar kepadanya. Akhirnya, kami sesat dalam bangunan tersebut.. Hai.. nak dijadikan cerita dia temui juga bilik di mana abangnya sedang membuat kerja. Aku seolah2 bingung tak tahu nak kata apa apabila bertemu abangnya. Nak kata hai, takut tidak dilayan sebab dia kelihatan sibuk dengan komputer ribanya. Setelah difikirkan berulang kali, aku terus mengajak kawanku untuk melihat video yang aku rakam semasa Upacara perasmian Homecoming 2009 di University of Arizona.

Malangnya, video berkenaan tidak mempunyai suara. Aduhai, kenapalah dengan kamera aku ini? Kawanku mengatakan bahawa mungkin aku hanya merakam gambar tapi tidak sekali dengan suara. Ya, logik apa yang dia katakan. Dengan rasa malu dan sedih, aku meminta maaf kerana tidak dapat menunjukkan upacara gilang-gemilang di universiti ini. Beberapa minit kemudian, abangnya keluar dari bilik tersebut dan tiba-tiba datang seorang gadis berkulit sawo matang dan berambut hitam manis menyapanya. Sementelahan itu, kawan aku, abangnya dan gadis itu berbual-bual dalam bahasa sepanyol yang aku kurang pasti butirnya. Walaupun aku tahu berbahasa Sepanyol, aku masih 'merangkak-rangkak' dalam memahami apa yang dikatakan oleh mereka kerana sudah pasti mereka bukanlah menggunakan bahasa sepanyol standard tetapi dialek mereka.

Tidak tahu apa yang perlu dilakukan, aku berpura-pura membelek-belek kameraku untuk mencari butang yang boleh meninggikan suara rakaman video. Agak lama juga mereka berbicara. Ingin sahaja aku mencelah 'no les entiendo' ( aku tak faham korang), tapi kupujuk hatiku supaya bersabar. Aku rasa hanya satu perkataan yang bisa aku faham yakni ' depende' ( depend atau bergantung). hahaha.. sekurang-sekurangnya ada juga perkataan yang biasa didengari. Setelah habis mereka berbual dan mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada gadis hispanic itu, kawan aku pun memperkenalkan diriku kepada abangnya. Pabila ditanya namaku, aku menjawab "Aliff". Kemudian, mereka adik beradik bercakap sesuatu mengenai namaku.. oh rupanya si abang kurang pasti namaku.. Si abang berbual denganku dalam bahasa inggeris. Si adik mencelah, " El puede hablar espanol".. (dia boleh cakap bahasa sepanyol). Aku agak gembira kerana kawan aku ini begitu bersemangat 'mempromosikan' kepada abangnya yang aku ini boleh bertutur bahasa mereka. Dia berulang kali memberitahu bahawa aku bisa berbahasa sepanyol. Akhirnya si abang seolah-olah akur dengan adiknya- dia memulakan perckapannya dalam bahasa Sepanyol. Alhamdulillah, aku masih dapat memahami apa yang ditanya oleh si abang tentang diriku dalam bahasa sepanyol. Mahu tidak mahu, aku pun membalasnya dengan bahasa ibunda mereka.

Aku menceritakan tentang bgaimana aku mula belajar bahasa ini, untuk tujuan apa dan di mana aku belajar. Aku juga memberitahu si abang tentang agama Islamku dan ternyata dia mempunyai pengetahuan umum tentang Islam. Dia menyatakan kepadaku, " Orang Islam baca Al Quran, kan?" Aku menjawab "ya". Kemudian, dia berkata lagi, "Kamu semua 'pray 5 times kan?" Agak kagum dengan ilmu amnya, aku terus menjawab, "yeah, cinco veces (ya, 5 kali )". Di kesesakan laluan utama pelajar di bangunan Student Union, si adik yang dari tadi tekun mendengar perbualan kami tetiba mencelah dan memberitahu abangnya, " He is proud because u know about his religion". Sudah tentu aku bersyukur dan berasa sangat bangga dengan keislaman aku. Islamlah agama dan jalan hidup yang paling sempurna.

Kebisingan dan kesibukan laluan di bangunan Student union beransur kurang setelah kami keluar dari bangunan tersebut.Si Abang bertanya kepadaku dalam bahasa Sepanyol tentang sesuatu tetapi aku tidak mengerti kerana butir katanya terlalu laju untuk aku yang baru dua tahun mempelajari bahasa ini. Aku mencebikkan mukaku kepada si adik dengan mnggelengkan kepalaku tanda aku tidak memahami. Lantas si abang menjawab, " Oh u dont understand??!!". Kemudian, dia mengulangi pertanyaannya dalam bahasa Sepanyol satu persatu bagaikan mengajar budak yang baru mula membaca! Pada dasarnya, aku berasa malu dengan tindakannya itu. Namun aku hanya memendamkan perasaan tersebut dengan niat ingin belajar. Biasalah, adat orang ingin belajar, kalau tak tahu mesti bertanya, kalau tidak akan sesat. Hmm.. aku lupa apa yang aku bicarakan dengan si abang.. oh ya , dia bertanya,"Que' vas a hacer?" Aku menjawab," Quiero ir a la oficina de espanol para preguntar sobre la clase de espanol durante el invierno." Mereka berdua menganggukkan kepala, tanda mengerti.

Seterusnya, aku meneruskan perbualanku dengan mereka tentang pengalaman yang aku rasakan pahit, manis, lawak, sedih, geram bagiku ketika mempelajari bahasa mereka di Malaysia. Aku menceritakan tentang... hmm rasanya biarlah ia menjadi rahsia.. Sebelum berpisah, aku seperti biasa akan bersalaman ala amerika dengan rakanku. Aku juga berbuat demikian dengan si abang. Tiba-tiba, si abang bertanya kepadaku tentang sesuatu yang tidak pernah aku fikirkan sebelum ini. Pada mulanya, aku tidak berapa dengar apa yang dia ujarkan. Aku berkata "what?" Dia pun mengulangi pertanyaannya, " How to say mucho gusto/ nice to meet you in your language?" Aku terdiam. Masa umpama berhenti seketika. Aku berfikir.... Namun, jawapan tak kunjung tiba... Aku berfikir lagi... Hampa.. benakku kosong.. tak tahu untuk aku terjemahkannya ke dalam bahasa Melayu (Bahasa Malaysia).

Dengan rasa malu, aku menjungkit-jungkitkan bahuku, tanda tidak tahu. Dengan nada sinis, si abang berkata kepadaku," You learn spanish but you forget your language?!!" dan dia terus mentertawakan aku. Hinanya rasa diri ini... Malu apatah lagi... api kemarahan makin menyala-nyala dan menjulang tinggi. Sebelum sempat mereka berlalu pergi, aku menahan mereka dan berkata," Es el idioma and each language has their own characteristics." Mereka menganggukkan kepala. Entah faham entah tidak. Namun, peristiwa ini telah meninggalkan kesan yang mendalam terhadap diriku.

Setibanya aku di apartmentku, komputer riba terus aku buka. Bertubi-tubi soalan kuajukan kepada rakan-rakanku di YM. Segalanya aku ceritakan tentang kejadian ini. Daripada A sehingga Z. Malah, setiap butir perkataan yang dilafazkan, masih segar dalam ingatan. Bak kata kawanku hazamir," nah, ambik ko! Kecepek!!!". Aku tergelak apabila membayangkan seolah-olah sebiji kek dilemparkan tepat ke mukaku.. fuh.. malu betul!! Marah, geram, lawak, rasa nak tumbuk dan macam-macam lagi rasa di hati.. Ingin sahaja aku lempang muka si abang... Huhu.. Akan tetapi, rasa sabar masih menebal di hati.. kita perlu berakhlak mulia dengan sesiapa pun walaupun mereka menyakitkan hati kita.. hmmm.. bagiku, amat susah juga untuk meredakan api kemarahan ini.. Alhamdulillah, aku akhirnya mampu juga membendung rasa geram tersebut setelah mendengar nasihat daripada beberapa orang kawanku.

Malam itu, sebelum tidur, aku menulis terjemahan 'nice to meet you' ke dalam Bahasa Melayu sebagai 'seronok bertemu awak' di atas sehelai kertas kecil. Aku menambah lagi beberapa perkataan mudah yang selalu digunapakai setiap hari seperti apa khabar, sihat, terima kasih, dan sama-sama. Kesokkan harinya, kuberikan kertas tersebut kepada si adik untuk diserahkan kepada si abang. Ketika si abang menerima kertas tersebut, lantas dia membacanya dan cuba menuturkannya kepadaku. Aku kembali ceria. Maruahku seolah-olah dibela kembali. Sebutan si abang agak baik, aku kira. Memang tidak dinafikan bahasa Melayu agak serupa dengan bahasa sepanyol dari segi sebutan perkataan. Jadi, agak mudah untuk seseorang yang tidak tahu Bahasa Melayu dan Bahasa Sepanyol menyebut sesuatu perkataan walaupun maknanya tidak difahami.

Aku juga memberitahu si abang bahawa aku tidak lupa bahasa ibundaku. Cumanya, jarang 'seronok bertemu awak' digunakan dalam kehidupan masyarakat melayu apabila berkenalan dan berjumpa untuk kali pertama. Si abng menegaskanbahawa walaupun dia sudah menetap di Tucson selama 5 tahun, bahasa sepanyol tetap tidak dilupakan malah dia masih mampu bercakap dalam bahasa tersebut. Ingin sahaja aku membalas, " Memanglah kau tak lupa sebab dekat sini banyak orang Mexico!! Apalah!!??"... tapi aku fikir, lebih baik aku mediamkan diri. Jadi, pergaduhan dapat dielak.

Yang hairannya, pada hari yang lain, si abang begitu ghairah mempraktikkan perkataan-perkataan tersebut apabali bertemu denganku. Aku sebenarnya ternyata berasa gembira. Ada juga orang yang ingin belajar bahasa ibundaku. Pangajaran yang aku peroleh melalui peristiwa ini adalah aku perlu memartabatkan bahasa Melayu ini dan tidak melupakannya. Aku berasa kagum melihat bangsa lain yang begitu bangga dengan bahasa mereka walaupun kepentingannya tidak setaraf dengan bahasa inggeris. Selain itu, penguasaan bahasa asing perlu dipertingkat dan dipertajam sentiasa kerana banyak kelebihan yang bakal diperoleh dengan mengetahui banyak bahasa.

Alhamdulilah, aku mampu mengajar bahasa Melayu kepada kawan Mexicoku dengan terjemahan bahasa sepanyol dan inggeris. Walaupun Spanishku tidak selancar bahasa Melayu, aku bersyukur ke hadrat Allah kerana dengan kebolehan berbahasa Spanish, aku mendapat kawan dari Mexico. Insya Allah, Aku akan terus berusaha untuk merperbaik kemahiran komunikasi dan menulis dalam ketiga-tiga bahasa ini. Yang penting usaha, dia dan tawakal!!

Aviso para mis amigos que aprenden Spanish

2009-11-12T18:40:00.000-08:00

Alhamdulillah...siempre gracias a Allah por todos en mi vida!!

Ya saque amigos que hablan espanol como Edgar, Elena, Vicky, Sergio, Marisa, Mariana, Prof Francisco y Jenifer. Para mi, ellos son simpaticos y buenos. Aqui, tengo buena oportunidad para hablar y mejorar mi espanol. Por eso, Insya ALLAH, voy a tomar la clase de espanol el inveirno de 21 de deciembre a 12 de junio. Aunque la clase empazara' muy temprano todos los dias a las 8 hasta a las 11.50, pienso que esta bien para mi. Ojala que pueda aprender y reciber mucha informacion de espanol en esta clase. A mi amigos que ya estudiaron este idioma en Sri KDU, no les olviden a continuar aprender y leer espanol. Si', estoy de acuerdo que estudiar nuevo idioma es deficil pero crea en ustedes.. y siempre rezar a Dios para ayudarles en entender la cultura, la gramatica y todas las cosas sobre el idioma. Insya ALLAH , si' se puede!!! Gracias a mi maestra, senora Rocio para ensenarme espanol. Entonces, Vamos amigos!! Vamos a continuar aprender spanish!!

2009-08-23T18:30:00.000-07:00

It has been a week since I arrived in Tuscon Arizona. Today is the second day of ramadhan, Sunday Aug 23, 2009. Indeed, this is the second day I celebrate ramadhan abroad, far away from my country, family and friends.

Alhamdulillah, I got a chance to talk with my mother and father via Skype this morning. I asked them to mail instant food, graphing calculator, ikan bilis and minyak gamat for I really need all the stuff here. However, the conversation did not last longer because I got plenty of mosquito bites. These mosquitoes were really annoying and exasperating. I was satisfied after beating and smashing a mosquito to the glass window.

Worried about food to have for breaking the fast, I asked my mum some recipes; ayam masak macam turkey and fried rice with the cube knor given by Khaliza. Alhamdulillah , I was lucky to have the recipes with me- I typed the ingredients and the methods while my mum told me what I should do. I was relieved because today I managed to cook the fried rice, fried chicken and hot dog. How about drink? I made a glass of grape juice. Somehow, I poured some orange juice into the grape juice in order to make it taste a little bit sour.

What a yummy menu today!!!

My roommate, Ridzwan, cooked spicy red fried rice together with some carrots, beans and eggs.

I suppose he has improved his culinary style as the fried rice looked better than yesterday's one.

Tonight, we -aliff, ridzwan, wani, khaliza and Hariz will go together to the Islamic center, which is situated near to the international student center, by foot!! Even though it is far from sahara apartments, my house here in Arizona, the journey to the center is enjoyful as we can observe and explore interesting places in Tuscon. Hence, this helps us familiarize with this place.

Which University??

2009-07-27T22:53:00.000-07:00

Once I got the IB result, I felt very joyful... Allah has granted my wish that is to pass the exam with flying colors. So, the next step is to mull over my university option. I put UBC as the first choice because one of the reasons is to travel in the beautiful Vancouver which I believe all people would like to enjoy their vacation there. No one can deny the panoramic view at the place.

What is my second choice? Absolutely, the university of Alberta. I don't really know why I've chosen this University. Perhaps...yup... I got Bijan over there, my old friend who is really helpful, cheerful and affable person. Furthermore, I am attracted to one of the accommodation provided that is the International House.. Not all Students can live in the house..Only the selected lucky one would be chosen to be there for 8 months..For I wanted to get a place there, I strived to finish two interesting essays about why I am eligible to stay in International House..The funny thing was I included about traditional games such as batu seremban, galah panjang, congkak , teng teng and tuju selipar. I promised to teach them to all the occupants and I added that I was impatient to cook Malaysian food once I got in..though I know that I am that good at cooking.

Alhamdulillah, I have been offered to live in the internatinal House at U of Alberta for 8 months starting from Fall term through winter term. I had told my parents and they were satisfied with my choice. For them, it is already fine as I have got a place there. Thus, this has reduced their worriness as Canada is a cold and far away from Malaysia. Besides, they have become more confident to let me go for Bijan is sudying at the Uni; they know Bijan and his family since I was in MRSM PDRM ,my secondary school.

As I was enthusiastic to know to which Uni Pet would send me, I called one of the officers at The EDU department. He told me that I must go to U of Alberta as this was the only Uni offer I got in the option. I had not been offered to pursue my studies in Vancouver-but it does not mean that I cannot visit the place. Perhaps, I' not cut out for it. Never mind. I have already forgotten about that. Get back to the story, I tried to ask the officer to place me at the U of Arizona as I have admitted there. Somehow, he asked me where I wanted to study.. Indeed, I was not sure. He later explained that The U of Alberta would be my choice for that time. Actually, I felt like flying to Arizona as well. I love Alberta but at the same time I care for Arizona.

So, I accepted the fact that I will fly to Canada. I started to tell my parents, relatives, friends and other people that I will study Geology in Canada. I imagined how my life would be in Canada-playing with the snow, taking pictures of the mountain rocky, teaching other people about Malay traditional games and admittedly traveling along with Bijan and my other friends throughout Edmonton Canada...

I had planned to apply for visa together with maryam and Lingges.. I was ready to commence my new international student's life in Canada...until one day, I received a call from Mr. zafril as I just went off the Maybank building, Balakong branch after I had made a bank draft to be given to canadian embassy. I was told that I would be sent to Arizona..My heart broke.. My dreams disappeared.. Everything seemed dim and dark around me... I was extremely shocked upon hearing this heartbreaking news.. At that moment, my father and I were in an eletrical shop, right in front of the Maybank, to fix his shaver.

As I had fallen in love with Canada, I gave him plenty of reasons why I must choose Canada.
" I have a friend there, who has promised to take me at the airport and acquaint me with the new environment. Furthermore, I have a permanent accomodation there and I have paid 500 canadian dollars to reserve a place. " He replied," we're just worried about you. Perhaps you cannot bear with the coldness and this might affect your health and study." What he said, made sense to me. Can I survive there? Can I bear the -30 degree celsius temperature during winter?
Khaliza and Ridzwan were also listed to fly to Arizona. To make the story short, I asked him to give me some time to mull over this matter.

Starting from the moment, my life had been so confusing. Both uni have lots of advantages and disadvantages. In order to ease this tension, I perfomed Solat Istikharah to ask help from The Benificent. Thank Allah, my mind became less tense and I could feel the equanimity and peace.
But still, I had no idea about my future university. I have asked many people about Canada and USA. As I expected, they got different answers and reasonings. Some say that canadanian culture is better than Arizona; some say that I will be more enjoyful to live in USA, and even some say people in USA are rough. Hence, What Uni is the best for me? The answer is in my hand. I myself must think in the long run because I will be staying there for 4 years not other people.

Lastly, I decided to leave it to Allah The most gracious. After some time, I started to think that Arizona is a better place for me. It is situated in a desert, it has hot and dry climate and it is ranked as one of the top Universities for geology. I am used to hot climate as I live in Malaysia even though the air in the desert is dry, not humid. I told my mum about my anxiety if I lived in Canada and Arizona. According to her, health is more vital. Most probably, my health may be affected by the cold weather in Canada and this may affect my studies. In Arizona, perhaps I will still be able to bear the hot weather albeit I have to use lip balm, apply lotion on my body, and buy sunblock to avoid sun burn.

After considering all the factors, I phoned Mr.Zafril in front of my family to seek help from him. I asked him about the education at both Universities-which one is the best for me. He was silent for a while. Later, he advised me to write an email to mr. rasyidi to register my name at the uni of Arizona. Finally, my university choice has been determined that is university Of Arizona. At first, I was startled as I hoped that I would not get a place there for I wanted to study in Canada as there are four seasons there. However, I had to accept this fate. My mum knew that Arizona was not my uppermost choice in my university list but she convinced me that I would be easily adapt to its weather as it is not as cold as Canada.

Alhamdulillah, I am already in Tuscon Arizona right now, living at Sahara Apartments with other malaysian students-Khaliza, Ridzwan, Wani, Winnie and Andrew. I wish that everything would be fine and I would be able to finish my four-year studies here at the university.

Aliff and Wildcat , the University's mascot

Old main Building at University of Arizona

My IB result

2009-07-27T07:29:00.001-07:00

Alhamdulillah, finally I know where I am going to study after this which is at University of Arizona.
I was really excited when I passed the IB exams with flying colors. Though my point is not that high if compared to my friends, at least I passed the Petronas Cut off point.

I should be thankful and grateful because there are many other scholars who did not pass 35 point. I feel sorry for them. I don't know what I would do if I were in their position. Whatever happens, we have to carry on our life as usual. Furthermore, we are still young and have lots of time to fix anything that we are not satisfied with. This is only my opinion. If other people do not agree with it, it is alright; everyone has freedom to opine what they think is right but it must be bound by the rules and regulations and the uppermost is by Islamic laws.

My body shook and my feelings were mixed on the day my result came out. At first, I logged on the IB Results website to check the exact time to see the results. The time was 9 p.m. sharp. However, it appeared that the result time would be released at 1.20 a.m for Malaysia time. My mother insisted to see the result with me but I refused to let her know it for I was nervous and not confident with myself.... I suppose I was really restless that night; I could not even close my eyes though my bed was tender and soft for me to relax on.

Several minutes before 1.20 a.m, I went to my parents 's room to switch on my computer and indeed to get my results. Thank God, the rest of my family had fallen asleep except my third younger brother. I emboldened myself and told myself to accept the result even if i did not pass the cut off point. Slowly but in full of zealous, I key in the username and password and subsequently logged in. Abruptly I pulled down the laptop screen before I could see my result.. I did this as I was really scared, frightened, insecure and flustered... Only Allah Almighty knows how nervous I was at that moment.

Trying to summon my spirit, gently I pulled the screen up and continued looking at my result.
My Malay A1 teacher was right; I attained 7 points for the subject. Immediately, I scrolled down the online transcript to have a look at my overall point. Alhamdulillah, I passed the cut off point. everything has paid off.. Excitedly, I woke my mum and told her about it.. She hugged me tightly. I was really touched. Later, I showed her my result and I called my younger brother to see it as well. My mum congratulated me and I knew she was grateful and joyful with my unexpected result.

Right after that, I signed in YM and joined a conference invitation from my friends who were still awake. Obviously, they were satisfied and truly contented with their IB results. Nonetheless, not all of my classmates passed 35 point. I pity them. Alhamdulillah, they could accept the fate. I hope the best for all of my IB friends. Allah's blessings and bounties are everywhere. Do pray and strive for what we want, insya Allah He will reward us.

Here, I would like to thank all my parents, teachers and friends who continuously give me support and useful advice. Without your help, I don't know whether I could achieve this triumph. Muchas gracias todos!!

2009-01-08T02:01:00.000-08:00

Dear diary,

Even though my parents asked me to go to the mines shopping center, which is located in Serdang, for having fun and ‘peace’, i refused to go there. Actually, I have my own reasons why I was reluctant to hang out with them. Today, I was quite happy as I have almost finished my university applications – UBC and the University of Minnesota win cities. I could say that I nearly became insane and lunatic as I had to translate all the documents such as certificates and testimonial to English. At the same time, I feel grateful because this situation has trained me to become a translator-my second ambition in my life.

Translating a document is not an easy thing to do. Sometimes, when we translate word by word, the sentence would not make sense. However, sometimes, it does work. I realized that I need to read more English and Malay news so that my vocabulary in both languages would increase. Today I got up very late in the morning – 11 p.m. Lately, I went to sleep quite late at night. I don’t know why it happened to me. As the school reopens this coming Monday, I have to correct my sleeping time so I could wake up early to school and sleep before midnight. I think that getting rest and enough sleep is vital in my life as an IB student; I would feel fresh, vigorous and energetic to do all my works.
Thank God because I have taken supplement which is fish oil capsule. It contains vitamin A, E and D. What do I feel after taking this capsule? Hmmm.. I still need to wait for the result.

I am afraid to get back to school because I have not finished homework that my teachers gave me last year. Huhuhu.. What to do now? No turning back. Whatever happens, I am compulsory to get it done because I don’t want my teachers to be upset with me soon. I have heard one saying ‘burning midnight oil’. Perhaps, it is time for me to practice as what mentioned in the saying. I wish I could get 35 points in mock exam which is around the corner. Practice makes perfect. I still remember, last time, one of my friends used to say this “Bukan senang nak senang, bukan susah nak susah”, and I agree with her. Imagination is one of the ways to encourage yourself to be more motivated. I have always imagined that I am in my future university and there are lots of other students who are around me studying and talking to each other. Then, I would be full-spirited and full of zeal to continue doing my homework and revising the subjects that I take in IB.

I have got to go because I feel very sleepy now. I wish I can have a better life from day to day. Insya-ALLAH.

2008-12-19T03:58:00.000-08:00

Dear diary,

I think i feel quite lugubrious today because many things have happened to me. I don't know why i should feel unhappy about these occurrences. However, i realized that i have committed lots of misdeeds. As a weak human, i cannot deny that i have my weaknesses and shortcomings. Never mind, i ll assume all this matter as motivations for me in facing this life. Indeed, life is full of obstacles and hurdles which can make someone fall down and hurt in his or her life.

What should i do if someone who i really resent, is very close to my parents? what can i say if someone rebukes me over my weakness? should i backfire or ignore it? Many questions have occurred to my mind and i don't know how to answer all the questions. Thank God because i have answered some of them but still i cannot find out all the answers. Is it because i did not ask other people on how to answer the questions ? or because i lacked reading books? These questions also remain unanswered.

Maybe i feel depressed as i have to do lots of works such as writing university essays, revising all the subjects, and also completing my homework. Last time, my teacher had told me to make a list of jobs that we wanted to do so we would not be depressed so much. Ok, later i ll do what my teacher has told me and i wish i could reduce this depression. As the eldest brother and the first son in my family, i need to be a role model and at the same time i need to show a good example to my siblings. i pledge to myself that i want to do my best in this life in whatever situation i face. yup, Si se puede!

I am impressed with Tun Mahathir Mohammed. Even though he has resigned as the Malaysian prime minister, he is still active and prolific. Just now, i read Utusan Malaysia and there was one section about Tun Mahathir. According to the news, he has invoked teenagers to get involved in blogging because it could help to sharpen the writing skill. He also mentioned that bloggers are free to write whatever they want but they must still abide to the rules so our country will remain peaceful without any uproar. i will keep writing my blog as long as i could so i can sharpen my writing skill too and at the same time, i can improve my language skill.

Last night, i spent my time surfing internet and reading the current news. i was taken aback when i read the title of the news "Hijab barred in American courts". To me, this is really inappropriate and unjust to Muslim women who choose to don veils in their daily activities. Hijab is not an oppression; it is a dressing code in Islam and not a religion symbol displaying one's affiliation. Hijab ban has only sparked anger in Islam World as it obviously violates the teachings of Islam. i totally disagree with this ban because it disdains Islam and denies human rights.

Replanting trees in the forest

2008-10-18T21:33:00.000-07:00

I woke up late today at about 8.oo a.m. i was quite bit angry to myself because i was supposed to get up early this morning- this is my principal... then, immediately, i went to bathroom and bathed though i was tired- i slept late last night because i did my math internal assesment. i was suprised as i went out from the bathroom, i saw izudin get up from his bed.. usually he is still sleeping at this time.. i wonder why. later, i took ablution and performed dawn prayer and took breakfast. i only ate biscuits and drank a cup of coffeee.. never mind.. at least i had something to eat rather than nothing. i asked myself why arif also woke up early this morning.. quite strange...i looked they were like rushing and murmuring something that i could not hear.. i did not really bother because i had planned to do my homework. i hoped i could finish up all my tareas so that they wouldn't be burdensome to me.

Before they were leaving for somewhere, arep told me that he wanted to go to Bandar Sunway.. i could see that he was wearing socks at that time.. many questions had arised in my mind and i just assumed that they wanted to jog and have breakfast over there. when i was about to read bbc news, my tummy went 'crazy'. abruptly, i took the towel and entered the toilet.hmmm i felt relieved after that... somehow, right after i went out from the loo, my mobile phone rang.. hmm.. weird.. i answered the call and from the voice, i already that the person was arif.. he asked me to go to the field which was located near to bandar Sunway.. i doubted.. further on, i asked him for what purpose i should go there.. he said that we were going to replant trees and join some other interesting activities.. he urged me to go there quickly..

I put on my cap and shoes before leaving.. i walked as fast as i could. on the way to the place, izudin phoned me. he told me to register at a booth which was located near to the public toilet.
however, i could not imagine the place as i seldom went to bandar Sunway. From afar, i could see many peoople wearing green shirts and hanging bags at their arms.. they were also holding two or three trees at the same time. i supposed i was late..i summoned up the courage to find the booth and finally i found it. i asked the volunteer whether i could participate in the program.. he said,' yes u can'. Thank Allah the all Mighty.. i still got the chance to join the program. the volunteer gave me a bag, a green t-shirt aand a pen. i requested to plant trees at that place, but he said that i was a bit late to join the activity.. trying to cheer me up, he suggested to take part in other activities. i just said yes to him.. i was not satisfied actually. i called izudin and asked where he was.

He told that he and arif were in group 14 and they were planting trees in the forest. then, i asked a volunteer where was group 14 and he showed me the way to get there. along my way, i saw many people were busy planting trees. wow... So, hardworking and attentive.. at last, i found izu and arep.. Thank God. i told them i didn't get gloves to plant the tree. they explained what we must do and how to plant the tree. Actually, someone had already dug holes and marked the holes with long sticks. so, it would be easier to all volunteers to plant trees at the area. izu, then, gave his gloves to me so that i could try this activity. i was touched because he gave me the chance to plant the tree.

I was exuberant to see arep, izu and me working together as one group. we helped each other in this program. we alternately dug out the hole, put the tree insside it and covered the soil . if i am not mistaken, i managed to plant about 10 trees or more than that. some photographers took our pictures while we were doing this activity. i felt gratified though i was tired. afterwards, we went back to the main booth and came across azam, nurhayati and aileen. i never thought to see them there. we greeted each other and talked about how many plant they had planted.

There was a booth where all of us put our thumprints on a drawing. the drawing showed many trees without even a leaf. Our job was to stamp our thumbprints on the trees. this activity was really exciting. Then, we went to the food booth and ate sandwiches and fruits. i supposed they served scrumptous foods.. To have more fun and at same time try to complete my our CAS hour, we participated in eco-hunt. It was a treasure hunt and we had to figure out the types of trees, arrange a sequence of pictures, distiguish biodegradable and non biodegradable stuffs and make words from the alphabet given.

Izu and i managed to list 5 words related to enviroment for a short period. The words were biomass, bee, ants, tree and hmmm.... i forgot the last word.. then, after completing the task given for the eco hunt game, we returned the question papers to check our answers.. i thought we would win in this game. while waiting for the results to be announced, we took lunch together and drank orange juice. i also saw Zainal Abidin, one of my favourite artists, singing on the stage at the main booth.. he asked all people to sing together with him.. his performance was fantastic and exhilarating. one of the best parts in his perfomance was when he asked all the people to sing ' di bumi ini' using his tones. It was as if i attended vocal class at that time. frankly, i could not follow his tones and it was quite difficult for me to make the tones. Nevertheless, i really enjoyed his performance.

Later, we went to the eco hunt booth to know who would be the winner. after the person in charge explaining the answers, she announced the winner, first runner up and second runner up for this game. unfortunately, we lost in the game but we were still happy with the results. finally, we went back home to D shire. i wish i can participate other interesting and enjoying programs next time.

mi vida hoy

2008-09-20T09:38:00.000-07:00

hmmmm... i am quite relieved today as i have revised some of sat questions.. today my opah, mak long's family, ucu, and cik zizul came to my house for break fast ( buka puasa). after eating, i went to my room to do solat maghrib and i did some of maths questions.. to me it is ok to study even though i have for a minute becoz i believe that time is crucial in human's life.

i also managed to memorize some new word like inconggrible, inherent, inane, inate, and insipid.
besides, i read two spanish articles in order to improve my spanish. thanks God. however, i still have many jobs to do such as english commentary, iop, ee, and physics question. i always pray to Allah that i manage to settle all my homework one day. Allah said in the holy Quran... so verily, every difficulty, there is relief. so, i must work hard and strive for my ambition to be an awesome geologist.. insya Allah.

asimismo, yo recibe' a good lesson today after watching cerekerama at tv3. the movie tells about an ungrateful, rude, and pretentious son, who dies in terrible condition as his parents dont forgive his faults. at first, he is really a good, benevolent, altruistic child to his family. however, he becomes a forgetful person after he meets a beautiful, rich lady. he feels shy to have a poor family. he even does not invite his parents to his wedding because he assumes that their parents are the poors and cannot live with the richs.. in my opinion, this movie is harrowing and suitable for any viewers especially to those who are disrespectful to their parents.. i really hope i can be an altruistic, simpatico, benevolent and respectful person to everybody in this world. hence, we as humans must venerate and treat our parents very well as they have already looked after us since we were born to this world. one more message ( to myself and others) ...
dont be bellicose because i think it can bring many problems to us.. ok that's all for today.

2008-09-09T08:54:00.001-07:00

alhamdullilah, thank Allah for everything. today, i woke up early in the morning - it was around 5.00 o'clock... huhuhu... i felt somnolent.. entonces, yo comi el pan que aref me ayudo' a comprarlo. ezriq also woke up to take sahur.. of course sahur is important. Rasulullah said that there is blessing in Sahur.. so i will grab this chance to get the blessings eventhough i feel extremely tired. i ate roti john for sahur, it was spicy but i managed to finish it. Gracias Dios! After that, i drank a lot of water in order to dispel or lessen the spiciness at my throat. actually i did not want to take hot and spicy foods as it can affect my voice as well as my tummy. why i said so? bcoz i need to take care of my voice for theatre art performance... fufufu... i am going to perform in nov. i am acting for waiting for Godot with eugene.

To me, acting is quite though and unic as we need passionate and patience in carrying the character. i donno about other people but that is my opinion. i found that it is hard to me to memorize my lines in waiting for godot and the good son. u know y? frankly speaking, i always stammer when acting my chracter and sometimes i feel like something has constrained my voice from going out from my voice box. hence, i lose confident and hope that theratre art class will end early for that day. hehehehe. however, i'll try my best for the perfomance as we have been practising since last year. i wish i can memorise my lines before this coming thrusday. insya Allah!

i went to school with a van at & o'clock. i prayed in my heart ,' i hope there will be no assembly today'. as i arrived at school, i heard an annoucement saying that the assembly would be held at 8 a.m. ahh.... it really spoilt my plan to my ee... knowing that the assembly would take about one hour, then i decided to bring along sat vocabulary listsand hoped that my time could be filled with beneficial activity...

i was quite joyful, happy and feliz today because i managed to revise some SAT questions. at the same time, i memorized several new words like parsimony, affable, affluent, revorted, and etc.
i went back early today with Azmani. then, i took nap and i woke up at 6 p.m. subsequently, i did solat Asar and went to bazar together with Arif and Azmani.. sometimes, i wonder what is relationship between ... and ... because for what i have seen, they look like a blissful couple as the A is always helping the B and the b is always joking with the A... it still remains a question to me.. i believe that someday i will get the answer.

i also went to surau to perform solat tarawih and to listen to religion talk. i startled for a while when i saw the speaker who already gave his speech last year during the fasting month.. his last speech was really remarkable, articulate and quite funny though it was a bit... to me. today. he reminded as to always go to to surau or mosques as we do in Ramadan. Moreover, he advised all the brothers and sisters in Islam to attend majlis2 ilmu especially if they are about religion. he said that religion is really and extremely important in our life. we are bound to God's law and we must try our best to follow and obey His commands.

ok... that's all for today. i wish that i can write my diary tomorrow. que Allah me bendiga!

2008-08-23T01:42:00.000-07:00

i felt quite lugubrious today coz i have not finished my extended essay... eeeee... however, i am going to finish it by tomorrow coz my teacher really want it..

i was touched coz my fren ezriq, he phoned me today. he asked me about our homework, my daily routine during holidays and chemistry internal assesement. i grabbed this chance to ask him bout Sat, Toefl and my problem ee... Alhamulillah, i felt relieved after confiding in him..

only one day left before school re open on this monday... yo pienso que estudiar es importante pero no me gusta hacer mucha tarea.. la tarea es loca.. hehehe. whatever it takes, i really need to complete Ib and try to achieve 35 points in order to be an awesome geologist-my ambition since i was in form 3. anyway, i fasted today. thank God for giving me strength, fortitude and equanimity in my life.

deseo que yo puedo terminar mi ee y todo tarea antes de lunes. Insya Allah.

Vamos a aprender Espanol....

2008-08-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum...

hey, guys!!! i am Aliff from Cheras. Now i am studying at Sek Sri KDU and i am taking IB diploma programme. To me, IB is quite tough programme... really! if u don't believe me, it is better to all of u to try on this programme... hahaha..

However, i really like one of the subjects taught in this programme... namely... Spanish... i have fallen in love with spanish since i was in form one... y? because i love to watch telenovela...like Maria Mercedes, Rosalinda, La usurpadora, la intrusa and many more...

here, i want to tell about what i have learned so far... let's begin with the easiest part in spanish...

The Introduction...

basically for the beginners, they need to learn how to greet people in espanol

halo - hello
buenos dias - good morning
buenas tardes- good evening
buenas noches- good night
chao-bye
hasta luego- good bye.

that's all for today. i wish i can speak spanish like english and malay