Assalamualaikum...
Ok. when I started my new job here, I rarely post pictures into FB or Instagram compared to my previous workplace. And some of my ex-colleagues asked me, "Kau tak happy kan kerja situ?". I was like " No lah..I am happy. How come you jumped to that conclusion?". Ok kalau sebab I jarang post gambar kat FB or Instagram, banyak sebab:
1. Kat sini jarang and rasanya memang tak de event macam pot luck ke or family day ke teacher's day ke macam kat tempat lama tu. So, usually memang I suka ambil gambar kalau ada event and share kat fb and Insta.
2. Walaupun memang colleagues kat sini pun kaki amik gambar jugak macam I olls hehe tapi mungkin sebab kat sini culture nye memang asyik menghadap komputer (besides, I am the only lecturer among Malay lady staff here), so maybe mereka bz... and banyak lagi kerja nak buat.
3. Lagi satu, I x tau nape macam I rase kalau I post gambar banyak2 fasal kerja nanti my ex-colleagues kecik hati. ntah apa2 kan. entah2, diorg pun dah lupakan I olls. ye lar..masing2 bz ngan life masing2. sedey because we were so close. Tapi I tetap sayang my current colleagues jugak.
To put it in a simpler words, I am happy working here. Seriously. In terms of everything. Friends. Working environment. Alhamdulillah semuanya makin mendekatkan kita pada Allah swt and that was my doa, and will always be. Cuma satuuuuu jer..
Hmmm...students. Tu challenge nya. Bukan semua students. Tapi ada la beberapa. Challenge nya adalah most of my students sama ada same age saya or older. So, respect itu kurang. Ada yang siap ajak lunch and dinner. Saya anggap itu kurang ajar. Walaupun dia cakap intention memang anak appreciate saya as a lecturer, still saya rasa dia rude. Tak perlu u nak buy I lunch or dinner to appreciate me. I told him "There are lot of better ways for you to appreciate your lecturer; you can come early to class everyday, participate in class discussion and do your best in exam" (sbnrnya nak perli dia yang jarang datang class and kalau datang pun, lambat). Tapi still berusaha nak bagitahu intention dia yang memang nak belanja lunch. Ishhh...memang rasa nak lempang je student ni. Dia tak tau ke aku memang aku tak kan kuar with any guys berdua! Even though he is Christian, tapi I am very sure other students (regardless their age and religions) know the limit of topics that could be conversed with their lecturers. Kan? Pastu dia tak tau ke aku ni cinta mati dengan laki aku hahaha...sah sah laki aku paling handsome and awesome kat dunia ni (i know...i know haha).
Tapi, harus diingat ye kak ton2 dan bang ton2 semua, sebagai lecturer, kita harus lah profesional. Jangan bercakap menggunakan emosi. Saya tak suka marah students kerana mereka dah besar. Saya cuma akan bagi jawapan yang profesional dan rationale dan analogy saya kenapa jawapannya tidak. Harap dia faham and will never mention about it. never again.
So, nak cakap. Itu sahaja challenge yang I have to deal with when I work here. Other that this, trust me, I am more than happy and could not ask for more, ya Allah.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Kesan video Ahmad Ammar Ahmad Azam
Firstly I just want to mention this: I guess social networking websites like FB, Twitter and Instagram are actually giving us lots of benefits nowadays. Especially for people like me (read: people who find excuse to read newspapers be it from the internet or buying newspapers every single day!).
Contoh macam hari ni. Pagi2 bukak FB just to check news feed...and within one scroll, dah boleh tahu 10 berita terkini. And hari ni nama Ahmad Ammar sangat popular..hanya setelah pemergian beliau. Baru berusia 20 tahun, tetapi pemergiannya sangat diingati dan ditangisi. Bila tengok video perihal Ammar, terus rasa "beruntungnya si Ibu kerana dikurniakan anak yang luar biasa pemikiran dan analoginya". Semangat hijrah dan jihad yang ada pada Ammar amat sy kagumi malah sangat berdoa agar anak2 sy juga dikurniakan semangat yang sama. Semangat yang perlu ada pada setiap anak muda Islam.
Tapi, when to think of that, fikir balik, kenapa tidak mula dengan diri sendiri? Kenapa perlu mula dengan anak-anak? Jihad dan hijrah bukan specific untuk lelaki dan anak muda sahaja. Kita kaum wanita pun boleh lakukan. I am reaching 30 in few weeks. Tapi selalu tanya apa sumbangan diri untuk agama? Sebab tu I nak continue PHD. I nak buat research yang boleh contribute something to my one and only Islam. Kalau ade rezeki, memang ade jugak teringin nak pergi negara2 Islam and jadi sukarelawan. Tapi cakap memang senang kan, bila nak buat, baru la macam2 alasan yang datang huhu.
Anyway, mari kita ambil semangat Ammar yang jelas mission akhirat nya lebih dari mission duniawi. Insya Allah
Monday, November 18, 2013
4 years: 4 Raya Pictures
Alhamdulillah... November is a special month for me and hubby as we was tied with a special knot on 28.11.2009. Reaching our 4 years as a husband and wife, I would like to dedicate this entry to look back at the progression of our marriage. One word. Alhamdulillah. ( I actually took the idea from a blog which I lost the url ;p)
Raya 2010
I was carrying Fahri at the 32nd week. I was heavy. did not know what to wear during raya. First raya at my hubby's kampung in Taiping, Perak.
Raya 2011
Fahri was 9 months young. I was lighter and know too much on what to wear ;p .
Raya 2012
Alhamdulillah ... another rezeki. Naeem was one month and Fahri was 2 years old. Do you notice that mr hubby is wearing the same baju Melayu? Yes, puas pujuk. Tetap tak mau beli baru! x berapa penting katanyeee..hmmmm
Raya 2013
Naeem was one year old and Fahri was almost 3! My sons are getting cuter, healthier. My hubby and I are working hard to look the same for every raya...hahaha... Alhamdulillah.
Resolution oh Resolution!
There is nothing wrong with listing resolution when it is already NOVEMBER! haha.. Especially for a person like me! sangat tidak berdisiplin punya olang. I'll always feel down when I feel I did not perform my best as a wife, mother, employee, hambaNya, etc etc. So, this is a wake-up call for me, to be more discipline, pleassseee YANA, pleasssee...stop dreaming!
1. Ok. I want to be a better employee. A better lecturer, particularly. Need to prepare my teaching materials earlier, maybe a week earlier. I have 6 subjects! Yes, thus I need a way earlier preparation. I have done posting questions for assignments and forums. Two more quizzes are in waiting-list! Ya Allah, I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I should be more thankful by pulling all out this time around. I also should wake up earlier so that everything will be more organized and in order. Duhhhhhhh!
2. I need to take supplements. I am running out of battery especially at nights. I easily fall asleep. I should help my MIL at least to wash the dishes, keep the left-over inside the fridge and other simple house chores. Duhhhhh lagi!
3. I need to be more discipline on my eating habit. My meals! My diet. I must say NO to food, sometimes heee. Like recently, I found that I have an unhealthy food consuming. I don't have time to eat breakfast, then I will eat a horse during lunch, then I will eat another portion of rice back home around 7 pm ( How can I resist 'sambal tempoyal / asam pedas / ulam cicah sambal belacan' after all the workloads in office? How? tell me? (Yes, my MIL is staying with me and she is the one who prepares these delicious meals ;) ) Even worse, IF my two power rangers are still in active mode in the middle of the night, I will secretly take another portion of rice! Paling Duhhhhhh! #taksanggupnaktimbangberatbadansekarang
4. Money! I need to control my big lust on spending money! haha. Yesterday, after some calculations, my hubby discovered that (discover lah sangat) I actually could save worth 1k for a month! That amount is after EPF and other commitment deductions. Well, I did expect that but I honestly do not know where my money goes. I really need to have a serious huge saving now. Pleassseee lah yana! I need to say NO to new cloth, new bag, new make-up tools, expensive food, new shoes.. (I know that is hard).
5. I should at least find a way to work out every day. I need exercise. I am not getting younger ;p . And Insya Allah, mext week, I am going to start my swimming class...yeayyy
6. Of course a better Muslimah.
7. A better wife to En Ijam Epul. Kurangkan menjawab. Iyekan aje (haha..iyolah tu).
8. A better mama.
9. A better daughter. I nak call my mom once a week!
10. A better chef! I should steal time to bake, more!
11. House chores. Need to improve lots of skills on this especially during weekends. I want my house to be clean, organized all the time (beautiful to later pun tak pe).
Huhh...maybe I will add more..and I am sure I will have more ;p
1. Ok. I want to be a better employee. A better lecturer, particularly. Need to prepare my teaching materials earlier, maybe a week earlier. I have 6 subjects! Yes, thus I need a way earlier preparation. I have done posting questions for assignments and forums. Two more quizzes are in waiting-list! Ya Allah, I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I should be more thankful by pulling all out this time around. I also should wake up earlier so that everything will be more organized and in order. Duhhhhhhh!
2. I need to take supplements. I am running out of battery especially at nights. I easily fall asleep. I should help my MIL at least to wash the dishes, keep the left-over inside the fridge and other simple house chores. Duhhhhh lagi!
3. I need to be more discipline on my eating habit. My meals! My diet. I must say NO to food, sometimes heee. Like recently, I found that I have an unhealthy food consuming. I don't have time to eat breakfast, then I will eat a horse during lunch, then I will eat another portion of rice back home around 7 pm ( How can I resist 'sambal tempoyal / asam pedas / ulam cicah sambal belacan' after all the workloads in office? How? tell me? (Yes, my MIL is staying with me and she is the one who prepares these delicious meals ;) ) Even worse, IF my two power rangers are still in active mode in the middle of the night, I will secretly take another portion of rice! Paling Duhhhhhh! #taksanggupnaktimbangberatbadansekarang
4. Money! I need to control my big lust on spending money! haha. Yesterday, after some calculations, my hubby discovered that (discover lah sangat) I actually could save worth 1k for a month! That amount is after EPF and other commitment deductions. Well, I did expect that but I honestly do not know where my money goes. I really need to have a serious huge saving now. Pleassseee lah yana! I need to say NO to new cloth, new bag, new make-up tools, expensive food, new shoes.. (I know that is hard).
5. I should at least find a way to work out every day. I need exercise. I am not getting younger ;p . And Insya Allah, mext week, I am going to start my swimming class...yeayyy
6. Of course a better Muslimah.
7. A better wife to En Ijam Epul. Kurangkan menjawab. Iyekan aje (haha..iyolah tu).
8. A better mama.
9. A better daughter. I nak call my mom once a week!
10. A better chef! I should steal time to bake, more!
11. House chores. Need to improve lots of skills on this especially during weekends. I want my house to be clean, organized all the time (beautiful to later pun tak pe).
Huhh...maybe I will add more..and I am sure I will have more ;p
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
hijabista?
Assalamualaikum...
I feel like wanna blog about this term 'hijabista'. What is hijabista? According to mr. wiktionary, hijabista means "A Muslim woman or girl who dresses stylishly while conforming to the Islamic modesty code (hijab)". It is so scary how people will or are interpreting this definition of hijabista. Do we really need this term at the first place? Surprisingly, when I googled this term, I can feel the negative vibes from most of the bloggers towards this so-called new image for Muslimah.
Sangat takut sebenarnya jika niat kita tidak betul untuk menutup aurat. I don't claim myself as perfect when it comes to covering aurat. So many areas that need to be improved. I know there is perception like " x pe, janji pakai tudung... ok la dari yg x pakai tudung". 'tak pe' or 'at least' attitude is actually will lead to a wrong direction altogether. It is more challenging nowadays as there are so many styles of hijab because we are afraid that young girls or those who are just in the process of learning Islam, will have misconception towards the proper way to cover their aurat.
Ok..in my humble point of view la kan, as long as the concept of covering aurat is there ( like labuhkan tudung smpai bawah dada, tak jarang, tak ketat), there is nothing wrong with styling senses, be it the hijab or the attire. Harus diingat, konsep menutup aurat dalam Islam mestilah 'tidak melebih-lebih' sehingga menarik perhatian kaum bukan muhrimnya. Tapi kalau perempuan tu cantik giler, pakai purdah n abaya all black pun lelaki tetap akan pandang. Anugerah Allah s.w.t kan... That's why diwujudkan niqab bagi menutup sebahagian wajah bagi perempuan yang terover cantik ni. But again, kita tengok pulak culture masing2.
For me, Malay ladies mmg ada sedikit confusion...dalaman confusion..sebab kita adalah orang Islam yang berlatar belakangkan budaya Melayu yang sangat kuat. So kita memang sangat sukakan colors. Malaysia dan of course Melayu adalah sangat colorful. That's why kita sukakan tudung and baju yang pelbagai warna. In fact, sangat striking color nya! And most of us could accept the color-blocking fashion! Jadi, how are we going to deal with the real / basic concept of covering aurat where u should not wear attire that could attract men to look at you? Obviously, beautiful colors can attract them to look at you. Thus, do we have to wear black, grey and brown all the time?
Well, for me, there is a way. Tone down the color. For example, if you think your red dress is very striking and will catch the men's eyes, why don't you put on a black cardigan to tone down the element of attractiveness? and with a black shawl, maybe... I think it is our own responsibility to check our outfit before going out in public. Ketepikan nafsu untuk kelihatan lebih daripada orang lain, fikirkan dosa yang terpaksa ditanggung oleh suami or ayah, malah kita sendiri. Slow slow. ( Tuan tanah pun slowly untuk berubah. Mari kita saling berdoa).
Alhamdulillah juga, semakin ramai artis yang bertudung. I don't think we should have a negative perception towards this issue. It is very good as they have many fans. Kita doakan saja semoga pemakaian mereka lebih baik lepas ni. Nak cerita, I still remember, masa mula2 demam hijabista ni wujud pada tahun 2009. Honestly speaking, I am one of their fans and followers. Sebab: I memang jenis suka bersiap. Ntah. memang perangai macam tu. Kalau senang sangat or rasa sangat simple, I rasa I x boleh. Terukkan? Tapi x de lah over smpai nak pakai turban. My style is: tak terlalu simple tapi I suka yang perlukan effort ataupun lain sikit pada yang lain. I suka semua jenis tudung; bawal, awning, shawl. I suka tukar2...tapi paling suka shawl la..sebab boleh buat macam2 style and I think shawl ni lebih bersifat universal. giteww. I rasa kalau awning2 macam fareeda ni sangat Malaysia. So, kalau I rasa nak feel Malaysia lebih sikit, I akan pakai awning. janji kemas. wahhh bukan main.haha.
Ok berbalik kpd demam hijabista, I still remember yg I mula2 rasa teruja sbb terdapat tahu fasal blogger Fatin liyana. I suka sangat! masa tu sangat tengah trend pakai inner kat dalam and shawl lilit lilit sikit kat luar. I rasa sangat international look macam tu. So memang i suka ikut gaya adik Fatin ni. Siap beli shawl macam dia kat blogshop yang sama! haha.
I feel like wanna blog about this term 'hijabista'. What is hijabista? According to mr. wiktionary, hijabista means "A Muslim woman or girl who dresses stylishly while conforming to the Islamic modesty code (hijab)". It is so scary how people will or are interpreting this definition of hijabista. Do we really need this term at the first place? Surprisingly, when I googled this term, I can feel the negative vibes from most of the bloggers towards this so-called new image for Muslimah.
Sangat takut sebenarnya jika niat kita tidak betul untuk menutup aurat. I don't claim myself as perfect when it comes to covering aurat. So many areas that need to be improved. I know there is perception like " x pe, janji pakai tudung... ok la dari yg x pakai tudung". 'tak pe' or 'at least' attitude is actually will lead to a wrong direction altogether. It is more challenging nowadays as there are so many styles of hijab because we are afraid that young girls or those who are just in the process of learning Islam, will have misconception towards the proper way to cover their aurat.
Ok..in my humble point of view la kan, as long as the concept of covering aurat is there ( like labuhkan tudung smpai bawah dada, tak jarang, tak ketat), there is nothing wrong with styling senses, be it the hijab or the attire. Harus diingat, konsep menutup aurat dalam Islam mestilah 'tidak melebih-lebih' sehingga menarik perhatian kaum bukan muhrimnya. Tapi kalau perempuan tu cantik giler, pakai purdah n abaya all black pun lelaki tetap akan pandang. Anugerah Allah s.w.t kan... That's why diwujudkan niqab bagi menutup sebahagian wajah bagi perempuan yang terover cantik ni. But again, kita tengok pulak culture masing2.
For me, Malay ladies mmg ada sedikit confusion...dalaman confusion..sebab kita adalah orang Islam yang berlatar belakangkan budaya Melayu yang sangat kuat. So kita memang sangat sukakan colors. Malaysia dan of course Melayu adalah sangat colorful. That's why kita sukakan tudung and baju yang pelbagai warna. In fact, sangat striking color nya! And most of us could accept the color-blocking fashion! Jadi, how are we going to deal with the real / basic concept of covering aurat where u should not wear attire that could attract men to look at you? Obviously, beautiful colors can attract them to look at you. Thus, do we have to wear black, grey and brown all the time?
Well, for me, there is a way. Tone down the color. For example, if you think your red dress is very striking and will catch the men's eyes, why don't you put on a black cardigan to tone down the element of attractiveness? and with a black shawl, maybe... I think it is our own responsibility to check our outfit before going out in public. Ketepikan nafsu untuk kelihatan lebih daripada orang lain, fikirkan dosa yang terpaksa ditanggung oleh suami or ayah, malah kita sendiri. Slow slow. ( Tuan tanah pun slowly untuk berubah. Mari kita saling berdoa).
Alhamdulillah juga, semakin ramai artis yang bertudung. I don't think we should have a negative perception towards this issue. It is very good as they have many fans. Kita doakan saja semoga pemakaian mereka lebih baik lepas ni. Nak cerita, I still remember, masa mula2 demam hijabista ni wujud pada tahun 2009. Honestly speaking, I am one of their fans and followers. Sebab: I memang jenis suka bersiap. Ntah. memang perangai macam tu. Kalau senang sangat or rasa sangat simple, I rasa I x boleh. Terukkan? Tapi x de lah over smpai nak pakai turban. My style is: tak terlalu simple tapi I suka yang perlukan effort ataupun lain sikit pada yang lain. I suka semua jenis tudung; bawal, awning, shawl. I suka tukar2...tapi paling suka shawl la..sebab boleh buat macam2 style and I think shawl ni lebih bersifat universal. giteww. I rasa kalau awning2 macam fareeda ni sangat Malaysia. So, kalau I rasa nak feel Malaysia lebih sikit, I akan pakai awning. janji kemas. wahhh bukan main.haha.
Ok berbalik kpd demam hijabista, I still remember yg I mula2 rasa teruja sbb terdapat tahu fasal blogger Fatin liyana. I suka sangat! masa tu sangat tengah trend pakai inner kat dalam and shawl lilit lilit sikit kat luar. I rasa sangat international look macam tu. So memang i suka ikut gaya adik Fatin ni. Siap beli shawl macam dia kat blogshop yang sama! haha.
your truly ;) ..sama tak.. sama tak? haha
Lepas tu, terjumpa pulak blog Puan Tengku Rinanda ni. Laaagilah suka sebab dia pun da kawen and ada anak2. So, rasa lagi banyak persamaan gitu. boleh tak? Tapi, I mmg paling banyak refer to her style. She is effortlessly beautiful with her hijab style and outfit. Semua jenis tudung dia berani cuba and semuanya kena.
And hijabista-hijabista yang ini pulak pun I banyak ikut style diorang especially I paling suka Adriani Adnan and Aimee Bahirah. Memang inspiring gitu. Cuma kita labukanla tudung kita and so on. pandai-pandaila.
Liyana Hisham
And these are some of the artis yang I sangat suka tengok diorang punya style. For me, tak keterlaluan.
Dato Siti
Ayu Raudhah
Puteri Sarah
Ameera Zaini (host hijabista)
Memey
Norjuma
Heliza
Eja
So, what say you? =)
Friday, November 1, 2013
Bagaimana nak tingkatkan confidence level bila speaking English?
Wahhh...tajuk tak menahan. Tajuk nak traffic views je..haha. sometimes. ok. I would like to share tips or maybe at least my own experience how do I gain my confidence to speak English, especially in a presentation. Post kali ini adalah bersifat bilingual supaya lagi dekat and lagi feel buat adik2 or anyone yang nak improve their speaking skill in English. So, please forgive my code-switching mode =)
Ok. I kan. bukan datang dari family yang guna English dalam dialog seharian. Cuma I memang minat English dari I kecik. Plus, my dad pun suka anything yang English ni. Dia banyak influence I kot. So, u alls boleh la ambil tips I ni sebab kita punya background yang sama. Not from an English spoken family. Sama kan kita? Maksud yang spoken English family tu bukan la sebab u anak orang putih, tapi maksudnya sama ada u lahir kat oversea, u pernah ikut family u stay kat oversea, u anak mix-parentage or family u semua memang guna English as a mother-tongue language. Pilih yang mana. Kalau tak ada satu pun from the list, that means we are in the same boat. So boleh cuba tips ni.
Sabar. belum tips lagi (chehh..macam la ade org nak baca kan haha). Nak cerita, masa I buat TESL dulu, I ngaku I antara yang weak sbb most of my coursemates mmg hebat2 speaking nya.. so rasa low self esteem kejap..so I banyak dengar je daripada memberikan pendapat. It is normal when kita rasa down and tak yakin dengan sendiri seterusnya malas nak usaha bila tahu keadaan ketika itu sangat competitive. We tend to give up easily. So masa buat degree, memang I ngaku I x berapa nak usaha to improve my speaking skill. Memang tiap kali nak presentation, memang rasa nak lari balik umah mak, or tukar course terus. tapi tu bukan tips ye.... So, bila dah start teaching (kerja), barula start observe beberapa jenis English accents. Masa kerja dekat UiTM Perak, bercampur dengan senior lecturers yang grad from merata dunia membuatkan I dapat trace few accents yang pada I, menarik! Rasa macam nak jugak speaking macam Puan Noranida tu! Tapi still rasa tak apa. Still rasa ok, go with the flow.
Pastu, ok belum tips lagi. sambung buat master kat UM. Lagi la. kalau dalam class tu, memang boleh kira dengan jari la berapa students Melayu kan. So, just imagine berapa banyak accents yang I encountered masa tu. Ada Chinese English, Indian English, Thailand English, Middle East English, American, British dan macam- macam lagi. So, this exposure buat I rasa tertarik untuk apeaking English menggunakan accent yang tertentu. Masa tu I pun x tau accent mana yang paling I comfortable with. I tried to mix few accents. Sekejap nk sound macam American, sekejap macam Chinese English, paling tak tahan kalau nak bunyik macam British kan. poyo. memang. tapi itulah harga yang perlu dibayar. Biar orang cakap kita poyo asalkan kita guna bahasa tu dalam our daily conversation. Mula-mula memang poyo, tapi magiknya, slowly kita akan trace our own accent yang kita sangat comfortable with.
Contoh macam I. Memang mula2 I tak dapat lagi i punya accent identity. belasah je. janji guna the language. Tapi yang buat I confident to speak sampai sekarang adalah bila I masuk one of this master's classes. I sangat suka the way my lecturer ni speaks. Very clear and bila dia cakap, setiap perkataan adalah sangat bermakna and understandable. See...how importance clear and correct pronunciation is? Walaupun tak suka dengan lecturer ni, tapi memang accent dia sangat inspiring. She is a Chinese. Tapi accent dia tak la terlalu ketara bunyi pelat cinanya. So, I nak sangat my English sounds exactly like her. So, I practice tau. Bila mengajar dalam class, I try to imitate her accent. Ala..bukannya dia ada dalam klas I tu pun. Sampaila sekarang walaupun banyak lagi boleh improve, tapi once kita suka dengan accent kita, maka kita akan jadi lebih confident untuk speaking English especially in public.
Ok. Selain my lecturer tu, ada another person who influences my accent today. She is Dilly from mix fm. Everyday I go to work masa tu, I mesti dengar Dilly n JD morning show ni. Sebab I suka Dilly ni vocab dia yang bagus, pronunciation clear and she doesn't talk rubbish! So, basically, what I can say is that, the accent of English that I am using or applying in my daily life or more specifically when I am in class with my students is the combo of my ex lecturer tu + Dilly's. Haha..so jadilah I punya heee.
Ok. I kan. bukan datang dari family yang guna English dalam dialog seharian. Cuma I memang minat English dari I kecik. Plus, my dad pun suka anything yang English ni. Dia banyak influence I kot. So, u alls boleh la ambil tips I ni sebab kita punya background yang sama. Not from an English spoken family. Sama kan kita? Maksud yang spoken English family tu bukan la sebab u anak orang putih, tapi maksudnya sama ada u lahir kat oversea, u pernah ikut family u stay kat oversea, u anak mix-parentage or family u semua memang guna English as a mother-tongue language. Pilih yang mana. Kalau tak ada satu pun from the list, that means we are in the same boat. So boleh cuba tips ni.
Sabar. belum tips lagi (chehh..macam la ade org nak baca kan haha). Nak cerita, masa I buat TESL dulu, I ngaku I antara yang weak sbb most of my coursemates mmg hebat2 speaking nya.. so rasa low self esteem kejap..so I banyak dengar je daripada memberikan pendapat. It is normal when kita rasa down and tak yakin dengan sendiri seterusnya malas nak usaha bila tahu keadaan ketika itu sangat competitive. We tend to give up easily. So masa buat degree, memang I ngaku I x berapa nak usaha to improve my speaking skill. Memang tiap kali nak presentation, memang rasa nak lari balik umah mak, or tukar course terus. tapi tu bukan tips ye.... So, bila dah start teaching (kerja), barula start observe beberapa jenis English accents. Masa kerja dekat UiTM Perak, bercampur dengan senior lecturers yang grad from merata dunia membuatkan I dapat trace few accents yang pada I, menarik! Rasa macam nak jugak speaking macam Puan Noranida tu! Tapi still rasa tak apa. Still rasa ok, go with the flow.
Pastu, ok belum tips lagi. sambung buat master kat UM. Lagi la. kalau dalam class tu, memang boleh kira dengan jari la berapa students Melayu kan. So, just imagine berapa banyak accents yang I encountered masa tu. Ada Chinese English, Indian English, Thailand English, Middle East English, American, British dan macam- macam lagi. So, this exposure buat I rasa tertarik untuk apeaking English menggunakan accent yang tertentu. Masa tu I pun x tau accent mana yang paling I comfortable with. I tried to mix few accents. Sekejap nk sound macam American, sekejap macam Chinese English, paling tak tahan kalau nak bunyik macam British kan. poyo. memang. tapi itulah harga yang perlu dibayar. Biar orang cakap kita poyo asalkan kita guna bahasa tu dalam our daily conversation. Mula-mula memang poyo, tapi magiknya, slowly kita akan trace our own accent yang kita sangat comfortable with.
Contoh macam I. Memang mula2 I tak dapat lagi i punya accent identity. belasah je. janji guna the language. Tapi yang buat I confident to speak sampai sekarang adalah bila I masuk one of this master's classes. I sangat suka the way my lecturer ni speaks. Very clear and bila dia cakap, setiap perkataan adalah sangat bermakna and understandable. See...how importance clear and correct pronunciation is? Walaupun tak suka dengan lecturer ni, tapi memang accent dia sangat inspiring. She is a Chinese. Tapi accent dia tak la terlalu ketara bunyi pelat cinanya. So, I nak sangat my English sounds exactly like her. So, I practice tau. Bila mengajar dalam class, I try to imitate her accent. Ala..bukannya dia ada dalam klas I tu pun. Sampaila sekarang walaupun banyak lagi boleh improve, tapi once kita suka dengan accent kita, maka kita akan jadi lebih confident untuk speaking English especially in public.
Ok. Selain my lecturer tu, ada another person who influences my accent today. She is Dilly from mix fm. Everyday I go to work masa tu, I mesti dengar Dilly n JD morning show ni. Sebab I suka Dilly ni vocab dia yang bagus, pronunciation clear and she doesn't talk rubbish! So, basically, what I can say is that, the accent of English that I am using or applying in my daily life or more specifically when I am in class with my students is the combo of my ex lecturer tu + Dilly's. Haha..so jadilah I punya heee.
Dilly Mix FM
Ni ex lecturer saya ;p
Ok..finally. the tips. hope dapat membantu.
1. Banyakkan mendengar beberapa English accents. Paling senang kalau u minat movies or Hollywood artist ke politician ke, cuba dengar cara diorang cakap. Kalau u impress tu maknanya u memang nak cakap macam dia. So pilih few figures yang u paling suka dengar accent mereka. It can come from your own dad kalau u suka. Jangan hanya dengar satu. Kalau u rasa u minat Rihanna, jangan hanya nak jadi or sound like her. Cuba cari beberapa sample lain. Bila u ada beberapa sounds, baru u tau yang mana u paling comfortable and sesuai.
2. Bila dah tau siapa idola u dalam English accent ni, cuba dengar banyak kali, watch his/her movies for few times and PRACTISE! cakap sorang2 pun bagus for a start. cakap sorang2 dalam kereta pun tak pe. Biar gila asalkan pandai haha.
3. Kalau nak tau macam mana bunyi kita cakap, cuba record, sama tak macam Rihanna tu. But biasenya kita tau bila accent kita dah yang macam kita nak tu. So, bila dah berjaya imitate, jap. Imitate tak bermaksud kita akan bunyi exactly macam idol kita tu. Kita tak akan bunyi macam orang tu sebiji sebulat. never. so jangan rasa kita ni copy cat ke apa. sebab apa? akan ada faktor2 lain yang akan membuatkan kita punya accent tu adalah khas milik kita seorang. Contoh? macam kita lahir kat mana, first language kita dan kita pelat huruf apa. So, terhasillah accent kita sendiri.
4. Bila dah rasa macam 'eh....i sound like her la'..so apa lagi...eksyen la sikit. Use the language with full of confidence. Why? Because u dah ada accent sendiri! sedap pulak tu...bunyi macam Rihanna. So bila kita selesa guna accent kita, orang pun akan happy and smile bila tengok kita yakin. So, bila nampak orang happy dengan presentation kita, laaaagila kita confident.
ok. so itu tips nak ada confidence masa speaking la. Yang lain tu of course u kena improve your vocab and grammar. Baru lagi ngam!
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