I still haven't achieved my GPA target, which sucks, but at least it's not going down either: I'm like the goat who's sitting on the gate, waiting to jump and kiss the flat surface of the earth with its fragrant grass. Ok, I'm crapping again -_-
UIA is not a dump, but its not a droll place either (i guess that's because we still have KLCC nearby, which is to say it's not that cool of a place but still, a monument of civilization nearby calms my heart).
Oh, ahah!
I'm taking up to 8 subjects this semester (didn't I do that every sem? Oh yeah, I did! How wonderful!)
Ehem, UIA is such a wonderful higher education institution. It defies the nature of normality whereby we, it's students are introduced to new subjects every semester, mentioned with effect at the moment it is announced. I still have 8 hours worth of my precious time to be spent for Arabic.
Moving on about book raves: I'm currently hooked on Mallorean saga by David Eddings. It is basically a continuation of the Belgariad series by the same mentioned author. The story is basically about a hero on a quest to save the world and oh, his son is kidnapped by the opposing faction of destiny. There is one part of the story which I like most: Belgarath the Sorcerer was having a conversation with the devious Silk a.k.a Prince Kheldar of Drasnia about good and evil. Belgarath simply said that the concept of good and bad is too complicated. To indirectly quote the sorcerer on his view about the struggle between two fates: It's more about 'them' and 'us'. Good and evil are too much simple too be defined. I kind of agree with him. Each and everyone of us has a fixed concept about good and bad (or evil), and we tend to look at our perspective only, rather than looking at other's. Call me agnostic or whatever, I still think that good and bad is not a fixed concept as truth can be subjective for individuals.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Bilingualism
Def: knows more than 1 language in the same modality (Japanese+Englsih: modality writing), and knows more than 1 language in different modality (Jap:speaking+English writing).
Becoming bilingual:
1)simultaneous learning situation-more than 1 L at the same time.
1P-1L, 1P-2L
E.g: A child learns 2 languages at the same time at home when 1 parent speaks BM and one parent speaks Eng.
2)Sequential learning situation-intro to 2ndL after 1stL has been introduced (possibility: through different stage of acquisition)
E.g: situation with children of immigrants
Transfer effect of L1 on L2 learning-Not every pair of languages can be expected to be acquired at the same rate
1. similarity of syntax
2. similarity of vocab
3. sound system
Language shift: happens when a community abandon their native language and collectively shift to speaking another one instead.
-It can happen slowly or rapidly.
-Happens when 2 cultures/population with differnt languages conme into intense conatact =those who shift are the weaker/minority group (tupically), sometimes majority shift language.
Language Loss:loss of langauge due to langauge standardization, lack of respect for the dialect or culture
= dialect loss
E.g: England is dialect-hostile, made standard English a compulsory-no dialect.
Language Death: complete dissaperance of a language.
-usually a gradual process.
Types of Language death:1. Sudden: all speakers are killed or dead.
E.g: Tasmanian case.
2. Radical- under threat and political repression, or genocide (Nez Perce).
3. Gradual-minority languages dies out in contact with socially dominant language.
4. Bottom-to-top: survives only in a few contexts (e.g: Latin; liturgical use)
Revitalization languages:Refers to any deliberate effort to recover the spoken use of a language that is no longer spoken or learned at home
1. corpus planning
-modernization of lexicon (vocab)
-implement writing system
2. status planning
-build lay loyalty
-accept lanaguage in broader range of social functions
Becoming bilingual:
1)simultaneous learning situation-more than 1 L at the same time.
1P-1L, 1P-2L
E.g: A child learns 2 languages at the same time at home when 1 parent speaks BM and one parent speaks Eng.
2)Sequential learning situation-intro to 2ndL after 1stL has been introduced (possibility: through different stage of acquisition)
E.g: situation with children of immigrants
Transfer effect of L1 on L2 learning-Not every pair of languages can be expected to be acquired at the same rate
1. similarity of syntax
2. similarity of vocab
3. sound system
Language shift: happens when a community abandon their native language and collectively shift to speaking another one instead.
-It can happen slowly or rapidly.
-Happens when 2 cultures/population with differnt languages conme into intense conatact =those who shift are the weaker/minority group (tupically), sometimes majority shift language.
Language Loss:loss of langauge due to langauge standardization, lack of respect for the dialect or culture
= dialect loss
E.g: England is dialect-hostile, made standard English a compulsory-no dialect.
Language Death: complete dissaperance of a language.
-usually a gradual process.
Types of Language death:1. Sudden: all speakers are killed or dead.
E.g: Tasmanian case.
2. Radical- under threat and political repression, or genocide (Nez Perce).
3. Gradual-minority languages dies out in contact with socially dominant language.
4. Bottom-to-top: survives only in a few contexts (e.g: Latin; liturgical use)
Revitalization languages:Refers to any deliberate effort to recover the spoken use of a language that is no longer spoken or learned at home
1. corpus planning
-modernization of lexicon (vocab)
-implement writing system
2. status planning
-build lay loyalty
-accept lanaguage in broader range of social functions
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
this week's ranting
yay! exam is around the corner (next tuesday, 3rd NOvember 2009). I haven't read the foggiest idea on what the hell I'm reading. Yippee!!! what a joy!
I discovered that i can be very vapid when I'm confused.
haha..i'm currently reading "baby bitch", which has nothing to do with language shift, language losss, language death. linguistic ppl, care to shed some light on this particular topic to me? i'm a friggin blockhead (i assure you my precious self, this condition shall poof when we're out of uni, yes it will my preciousss)
i've been wondering whether syahmi has ever worn any pink articles before (the effect of men wearing anything pink is ghastly) and fervently hope he doesn't.
btw, i want to rectify what Ian has said to me this week: I am not turning into a goody-two-shoes and I certainly have not been curb my tongue for the sake of other people's sentiment: I'm just overtired and if I try to be argumentative, I'd slurr my speech and it'll become vapid since I can't deliver my curses in colourful manner. Conclusion: I am so NOT nice and I will never be. Wait till hell freeze over!
I discovered that i can be very vapid when I'm confused.
haha..i'm currently reading "baby bitch", which has nothing to do with language shift, language losss, language death. linguistic ppl, care to shed some light on this particular topic to me? i'm a friggin blockhead (i assure you my precious self, this condition shall poof when we're out of uni, yes it will my preciousss)
i've been wondering whether syahmi has ever worn any pink articles before (the effect of men wearing anything pink is ghastly) and fervently hope he doesn't.
btw, i want to rectify what Ian has said to me this week: I am not turning into a goody-two-shoes and I certainly have not been curb my tongue for the sake of other people's sentiment: I'm just overtired and if I try to be argumentative, I'd slurr my speech and it'll become vapid since I can't deliver my curses in colourful manner. Conclusion: I am so NOT nice and I will never be. Wait till hell freeze over!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
I had an accident with a rented car last Saturday, haha...
It sucks. I was driving a rented car and I hit a pillar in front of Mahallah Asiah. There are piccies of the the whole thing; car, dent and tow truck.
I had to replace the left side shaft (it F&*^ing broke! the thing's supposed to be really sturdy and all) and cement the dent, paint it, blah,blah. The repair costs me nearly RM300. I can't believe it, since the shaft should cost about rm30 but the workshop charged rm80, that was friggin gila! and the owner wanted me to do the allignment, which is supposed to be her responsibility in the first place because she rented her defective car and she didn't bother to service the thing which explains why the bloody shaft got broken and my friends and I could have been killed if we had driven it outside the campus.
We were traumatized by that accident (I was really going to cry). Luckily, there was this nice uncle and Akhmal's friends who helped us with the stupid car since it won't budge (it got stuck in the middle of the archway since the shaft broke and the car couldn't be steered away from there)
(laughs maniacally) My life sucks! Gawd, why can't u just make a hole appear and suck me right down the bottom 'coz you made my life friggin horrible!
I had to replace the left side shaft (it F&*^ing broke! the thing's supposed to be really sturdy and all) and cement the dent, paint it, blah,blah. The repair costs me nearly RM300. I can't believe it, since the shaft should cost about rm30 but the workshop charged rm80, that was friggin gila! and the owner wanted me to do the allignment, which is supposed to be her responsibility in the first place because she rented her defective car and she didn't bother to service the thing which explains why the bloody shaft got broken and my friends and I could have been killed if we had driven it outside the campus.
We were traumatized by that accident (I was really going to cry). Luckily, there was this nice uncle and Akhmal's friends who helped us with the stupid car since it won't budge (it got stuck in the middle of the archway since the shaft broke and the car couldn't be steered away from there)
(laughs maniacally) My life sucks! Gawd, why can't u just make a hole appear and suck me right down the bottom 'coz you made my life friggin horrible!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Haha...
Selamat Hari Raya. kalau ada salah silap, mintak maaf la ye.
am too lazy to celebrate raya this year, don't have any energy left. UIA sucked everything away. I hate that place (throwing mental bombs at that ***)
btw, my hol sucks.
Fatin said I will gradually embrace the place. Sorry dahling, my hatred towards that place grows ever strong.
Syahmi, I'm glad you are thriving happily in USM.
Aimi, even though she always complain about being run ragged by the activities in UPM, she sounds like she's having a blast studying there.
Boy, am I glad you guys are doing fine surviving in uni!
I know complain too much (I complained about going to UiTM before but in the end I was ok with that place) but I can't help it. My life really sucks. I'm stuck with bloodsuckers who did nothing and yet still get better CGPA which makes me angry I f****** don't understand how it becomes like that. I can't really comprehend my syllabuses, I'm taking way too little of TESL-based subjects. Why the hell do I need to learn moral and bloody social works, fu*ktard things which I can barely understand I feel like being dunk underwater while learning how to spell MONKEY which is really frustrating I HATE those classes. I can't really talk with people around me other than ian and fafa but it's still limited because I don't feel like I can confide a lot of stuff to them and farah has limited capacity of understanding anything complex and dina, bleh!, Akmal sucks macam biskut and most of the people there are too busy or not very understanding I'm scared i'd be condemned if i voice out what's on my mind, or they're just too pious it's suffocating to be there. WHY?WHY?WHY CANT'T I JUST ADAPT LIKE YOU GUYS?
I never cried about lame stuff like this before; I feel like I'm going to fail in everything for eternity because I can't even be comfortable and do things my way and I feel like such an invalid because I'm not good in being nice and friendly and all, I feel like fake doing things in UIA's way. I want to channge badly but my mom said she can't afford to pay more to send me somewhere else. She just doesn't want me to quit UIA because she bloody loves it. I hate everything around me, my face hurts like hell because I can't smile and I frowned way too much and even though I try smiling, most of the time, they are fake it's tiring.
I just can't call anyone and talk to any friends anymore because I would cry buckets and I don't want to look pathetic.
am too lazy to celebrate raya this year, don't have any energy left. UIA sucked everything away. I hate that place (throwing mental bombs at that ***)
btw, my hol sucks.
Fatin said I will gradually embrace the place. Sorry dahling, my hatred towards that place grows ever strong.
Syahmi, I'm glad you are thriving happily in USM.
Aimi, even though she always complain about being run ragged by the activities in UPM, she sounds like she's having a blast studying there.
Boy, am I glad you guys are doing fine surviving in uni!
I know complain too much (I complained about going to UiTM before but in the end I was ok with that place) but I can't help it. My life really sucks. I'm stuck with bloodsuckers who did nothing and yet still get better CGPA which makes me angry I f****** don't understand how it becomes like that. I can't really comprehend my syllabuses, I'm taking way too little of TESL-based subjects. Why the hell do I need to learn moral and bloody social works, fu*ktard things which I can barely understand I feel like being dunk underwater while learning how to spell MONKEY which is really frustrating I HATE those classes. I can't really talk with people around me other than ian and fafa but it's still limited because I don't feel like I can confide a lot of stuff to them and farah has limited capacity of understanding anything complex and dina, bleh!, Akmal sucks macam biskut and most of the people there are too busy or not very understanding I'm scared i'd be condemned if i voice out what's on my mind, or they're just too pious it's suffocating to be there. WHY?WHY?WHY CANT'T I JUST ADAPT LIKE YOU GUYS?
I never cried about lame stuff like this before; I feel like I'm going to fail in everything for eternity because I can't even be comfortable and do things my way and I feel like such an invalid because I'm not good in being nice and friendly and all, I feel like fake doing things in UIA's way. I want to channge badly but my mom said she can't afford to pay more to send me somewhere else. She just doesn't want me to quit UIA because she bloody loves it. I hate everything around me, my face hurts like hell because I can't smile and I frowned way too much and even though I try smiling, most of the time, they are fake it's tiring.
I just can't call anyone and talk to any friends anymore because I would cry buckets and I don't want to look pathetic.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Biskut raya dan ceritera....
Promosi kuih raya dlm toilet
*M cuci tgn kt toilet, jumpa plak S. Mereka bersembang dan M pon ajak pg bilik dia.
M: dtg la blk aku.
S: angkat kening, "buat apa?"
M: sample kueh raya la
S: oo...puasa x cukup dh mkn kuih raya!sedap ke kueh raya kau?
M: hehehe...mst la. pas sample, beli la yek. harga aku dpt murah skit.
i was laughing like hell when i heard that advertisement. venue: toilet mahallah ruqayyah, level 2
lagi cerita kuih raya....
Mak Ian suruh dia jual kuih raya kt lectureres ktorg. kami tolong la dia pikir cam na nk repackage kuih raya utk sample. bukak-bukak jer..kami diperkenalkan dgn jenis-jenis kuih raya (ye la.aku ni kan jakun sket pasal kuih2 ni).
I: ni kuih semprit
S: Oo...camtu kuih semprit.
(masuk satu dlm mulut) sedap la.
F: rasa gak. Uhm, sedap.
I: ni plak chocolate chips, n tart nenas
S: yang tu I kenal
I & F:Pandai S!kenal pon!---S sgt jahil pasal mknn local. aku baru tau karipap ada inti lain selain drpd potato.
Pastu asyik cakap "sedap!" n sumbat kuih raya masuk mulut. rase cam x sempat je nk bg sample ktt org lain -_-
FYI, I've tasted bakso! yeah! agak ok la jugak.
*M cuci tgn kt toilet, jumpa plak S. Mereka bersembang dan M pon ajak pg bilik dia.
M: dtg la blk aku.
S: angkat kening, "buat apa?"
M: sample kueh raya la
S: oo...puasa x cukup dh mkn kuih raya!sedap ke kueh raya kau?
M: hehehe...mst la. pas sample, beli la yek. harga aku dpt murah skit.
i was laughing like hell when i heard that advertisement. venue: toilet mahallah ruqayyah, level 2
lagi cerita kuih raya....
Mak Ian suruh dia jual kuih raya kt lectureres ktorg. kami tolong la dia pikir cam na nk repackage kuih raya utk sample. bukak-bukak jer..kami diperkenalkan dgn jenis-jenis kuih raya (ye la.aku ni kan jakun sket pasal kuih2 ni).
I: ni kuih semprit
S: Oo...camtu kuih semprit.
(masuk satu dlm mulut) sedap la.
F: rasa gak. Uhm, sedap.
I: ni plak chocolate chips, n tart nenas
S: yang tu I kenal
I & F:Pandai S!kenal pon!---S sgt jahil pasal mknn local. aku baru tau karipap ada inti lain selain drpd potato.
Pastu asyik cakap "sedap!" n sumbat kuih raya masuk mulut. rase cam x sempat je nk bg sample ktt org lain -_-
FYI, I've tasted bakso! yeah! agak ok la jugak.
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