I should have said eww!

“Don’t let your teachers teach you about wealth to death. Maybe there’s something else.”
-Jump
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For the moment:
Kasbah-Gaia
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Yesterday I went to Aldo at the Garden (MidValley), killing time before my mothers birthday dinner.
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I was indeed looking for a shoe so I knew exactly why I was there and what I have in mind. This early part you all can guess if you’re familiar with shopping in Malaysia.
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*It must be noted here that at all times, I was not negative or condescending or unkind. Throughout, I maintained a calm tone, if not a smiling face with respectful eye contact. Which if all are put together, was very subtly sarcastic.
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Hii.

Hii. Can I help you sir?

Noo. It’s alriight. I’m just having a look.

 

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With a nice smile and an indication I have acknowledged her offer and will call for assistance if needed.
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So now I’m scanning the shoes from top to bottom, standing 5 feet from them and she is 5 feet away from me. And literally about 5 seconds after I last spoke to her, she comes to me and say:
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Aldo is imported from Canada.

 

Owh fantastic! Good news.

Page 124 intimate talk

“If you want him to be romantic, romance him. If you would like him to send you flowers, send him flowers. And when he expresses surprise, emphasize how enjoyable it is to receive such a gift, and how wonderful it would be if he were to do the same for you.”
-Malaysian Womens Weekly Aug 2003
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For the moment:
Hurt Me Soul-Lupe Fiasco
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In the last sentence, notice how women are taught to catch men off guard.
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She pounce so well after a well strategized plan, that any man who dare say ‘I knew something was up’ is going to kena so hard that he will have to strategize twice as better just to remedy and make amends.
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It might not be a Womans World despite the many magazines, noise, hair, fragrance, beauty, shoes, shops, compliments, gossip, lies, revenue(or deficit), hair and love that women generate. But it’s definitely not a Mans World either.

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[None of those ‘qualities’ mentioned, aren’t peculiar or exclusive to women only.]
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Well said though.
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*I’m referring to the quote.

Localized english

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
-Oscar Wilde

For the moment:
Klarinettenkonzert-Mozart

A few days ago I came across this article. Brilliant.
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It speaks about how localized english, Manglish, Singlish or Spanglish is not wrong. While the Professor did a good job in addressing the usage of English English is still important, other forms are just different and its variation, is healthy. Here are bits of it…

“Though you don’t see much change in written English internationally, when you go out onto the street you hear lots of variation —and I think that’s good.”

“It shows that people speaking that variety of English are expressing their identity through English.”

‘Lah is an important particle in Southeast Asia, especially in Malaysia and Singapore, where it establishes a relationship between speakers —it marks informality and a convergence of attitude, and it aligns people, he adds.’

“We have to find ways of capturing that and not be embarrassed, worried or feel it’s incorrect but instead feel that it’s specific and appropriate to a particular culture, region or set of speakers. That seems, to me, important.”

‘Part of the problem is that we always see local lingo as being lower than the norm, but it is actually different, serving various purposes and expressing varied cultures.’

“I think written English is, by and large, stable and it’s important that, for purposes of written international communication, we know what correct forms are and that the clarity of communication be followed.”

“I think it’s important that it’s not about right or wrong but about difference, intelligibility and clarity.”

‘While maintaining the importance of native varieties of the language, there are also dangers in making them your only models.’

“It’s fair to say that the spoken and written languages will always be important but spoken language is becoming more so.”

“So it’s about appropriating and judging appropriateness, which is a big challenge for teachers but we have to get it right because over the next 20 to 30 years, it’s going to become even more of an imperative if we’re to have truly global communication.”

“I might be pleased but another part of me wouldn’t because it’s not the way English is as a language nor is it the way English should be.”

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What an English way to end it.