2015

Happy New Year!!!! Time flies, I'm 19 teen now. Damn, I feel so old suddenly. What happen to my 8 teen? I guess I went through quite well? Little bits of wondering, little bits of blurring, little bits of understanding... Sort of growing up and trying to get into the real world but not really get into, just walking around the fence of real world.. Wait! What am I saying? 

I guess the improvement (of myself) can be seen through language? I don't know but I think is pretty obvious that my English has slightly improved compare to the previous year? (Let's just put it slightly improved 'cause I've no idea how much have I improved. Motivation needed.) I'm forced to speak English more often when I'm in college 'cause I'm surrounded by a group of 'banana', most of the time. (I like and enjoy teasing or calling them "banana" very much and I still doing it now when I see them.) I guess I like making people feel more guilty? Or just telling them that you don't know how to speak your mother tongue!!

Speaking of that, I kind of glad that I took Mandarin in SPM. Thank you for that motivation keeps motivating me till the end. I will never know how much benefits I will get for taking Mandarin if I ever drop it. Telling people that I got 9A's in SPM is definitely the greatest benefit. (Trying to act like I didn't take Mandarin so I got full A's in SPM.) I did that most of the time. Second, whenever friends' parents or relatives are talking about whether to or not let her children drop Mandarin in SPM, I will show them that PROUD FACE (proud of getting an "A" in Mandarin). Next, they will try to ask me for some advices since I've gone through it. I will say "I took it SPM and I got an "A"" Immediately, they (for sure) will give me that respect or why-you-so-pro-face. That's my source of confidence =) I'll advice them not to drop but to take in SPM 'cause you will never know what grade you will be getting in the exam. Trust me, eventhough you don't get good grade in the end, you still feel that satisfaction 'cause a "B" is always better than you drop!! YOLO. You Only Live Once, so live with no regret.

Coming back to that banana topic, friends of mine tend to say that my voice sounds deeper (lower key) when I'm speaking in English. I don't act but it just happens naturally. They sort of guessing the languages I'm speaking by the pitch of my voice. When I'm speaking Mandarin, my pitch tend to go higher (without realising it) and I talk at a fast speed. They say my BM sounds like typical Chinese speaking BM 'cause my malay is like essay-type but not speaking-type (I guess I speak too proper Malay with too proper grammar and that makes me sounds so weird). My Cantonese? I'm pretty good at reading so called "Han Yu Ping Yin" to pronounce it properly. I mean little bit of accurate but most of them are off tuned. 

My first ever 9 teen post. 2015, please, please be a good year for me. Good as in academic, relationship, friendship and others. I obviously need more good luck for this year. Good Luck in everything. Let me experience the best luck this year (is it possible?) YESS. 

P.S. I drafted a lot. Like A LOT. This post was written in early January but I only have time to post it on now. Gotta go. Bye Bye

Happystar Li